• msfroh@lemmy.ca
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      10 months ago

      I remember reading something about the political divides in US sports fandoms.

      If I recall correctly, the NFL and MLB are both pretty balanced across the political spectrum.

      The NBA has more Democratic fans, which is largely demographic correlation with having more black fans. College football is arguably the quintessential Republican sport. Again, I think that’s largely demographics, though, because college football is more popular in areas without NFL teams (more rural areas).

    • Hamknight@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Baseball is kinda a more old school and traditional sport, while basketball is more hip and new.

    • thirteene@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I think demographic spillover to some extent. Basketball is seen as more of an African american sport (vs hard racism). Rural areas are also more likely have to have a gas station with a 44-64oz/1-2L fountain drink vs urban coffee shops. Macs are viewed as more artistic and high end

    • daannii@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Well Starbucks has been hardcore screwing over their workers so they are on the shit list.

      I don’t know what the people are doing at the top.

      • NannerBanner@literature.cafe
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        10 months ago

        I think the people at the top are supposed to represent the ideal that the side wants. Republican farters want women in dresses and men in suits (likely doing business), where the democrats want, I guess, casual friday? It’s accurate for the red dicks, at least.

    • Rusty@lemmy.caEnglish
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      10 months ago

      At first glance I thought the catcher is pointing a gun towards the other guy’s ass.

    • CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      As Jesus intended

      * Jesus in this comment is American Jesus only. Any resemblance to other incarnations of Jesus are entirely coincidental and should not be inferred.

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I like that they think the business professionals just spend the day eating KFC in their pickup truck while listening to Morgan Wallen.

    Although the catcher with a handgun is somewhat correct.

    • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I like that they think the business professionals just spend the day eating KFC in their pickup truck while listening to Morgan Wallen.

      I mean, have you lived in the south? Not too far off base

  • aliceblossom@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    For those I interested in the etymology on the party names at the top:

    The democrat side uses the characters “the people”, “lord”, and “party”. My interpretation is “the people are in charge party”, which makes sense because democracy is “th e rule of the people”.

    The republican side uses the characters “share”, “peace”, and “party”. To me, this one doesn’t have an interpretation that obviously links to republicanism.

    • Ice@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      共 - here meaning “together”, “joint” or “common”

      和 - here meaning peace or harmony.

      The connection here is a peace/harmony/order (because peace/harmony stems from order) that comes from “together” or “joint” (rule). Hence, republicanism (as in the ruling system).

      It is the literal translation of the names of the parties.

      Democracy party

      Republicanism party

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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      10 months ago

      Yeah, no. Republicans and sharing are two words that won’t fit into the same sentence

  • mika_mika@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Fried chicken got a chuckle out of me. I refuse to let the right take away my crispy chicken identity!!

    • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Yeah, they blew that one. But, I suspect it’s because they associate “fast food” with KFC, over McDonald’s. Although, I think McD’s is nearly as well known, if not as well liked there?

    • fonix232@fedia.io
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      10 months ago

      Agreeing/coming to an agreement, versus the “left” side constantly arguing.

      Japan et al is a very societally conservative country and considers the typical right-wing mob/sheep mentality preferable to the left’s constant debates.

      • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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        10 months ago

        Japan et al is a very societally conservative country and considers the typical right-wing mob/sheep mentality preferable to the left’s constant debates.

        Eh… Kind of? In my experience most people under 40 in Japan are completely apolitical. Like to the point where they wouldn’t really understand the difference between the left and right.

        They have some of the worst voting turnout in the world, and the older class typically makes all the decisions in regards to government.

        They are socially conservative, but mostly because the younger generations are completely disconnected from politics.

        • tuff_wizard@aussie.zone
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          10 months ago

          That’s how the west got where it is now. The majority no giving a shit opens the door for the minority/nutters to do what they want.

          Being “apolitical” means you support the current system/party. If you didn’t you’d be political.

  • AeronMelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    This doesn’t even make sense. What makes Basketball inherently democratic/liberal? What makes Baseball republican/conservative?

    Apple is aligned with Trump thanks to Tim Cook, NYT writes with a conservative slant, HP is shit-tier hardware, but WhyTF is it red? Why list it at all?

    This feels like something thrown together by someone who spent and entire weekend learning about US political culture from memes, and I’m 50% certain this was drawn by AI.

    • magnetosphere@fedia.io
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      10 months ago

      What makes Basketball inherently democratic/liberal? What makes Baseball republican/conservative?

      Maybe the artist considered basketball “liberal” because many of the best players are Black, and the game is often played by kids in cities. I think better choices for a conservative sport would be American football or NASCAR.

      This is all just a guess.

      • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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        10 months ago

        Most city schools don’t have room for a baseball field, but everyone’s got a basketball hoop. And idiots love to rally around baseball as the red blooded american sport, never mind that half the MLB is latino.

        • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Hell I have a basketball hoop in my driveway that came with my house! Have I ever used it? Nope! Not my thing, but if I had someone over who wanted to play basketball or my kids decided they really wanted to play it, I’ve already got a full size hoop just gotta pop over to the store and get a basketball

    • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Apple is aligned with Trump thanks to Tim Cook

      The infographic is explaining broad cultural differences. If you think many people in liberal america are changing their laptops because of Tim Cook, you are out of touch.

      NYT writes with a conservative slant

      Again, this is about broad cultural trends. I know one of lemmy’s favorite catchphrases is “America has a center right party and a far right party” - and I’m not saying that isn’t true. But the people in these parties and the people occupying their associated social demographics see large differences between each other, which is what this infographic is about. American liberals, by and large, respect the NYT. They might disagree with its slant in one way or another, but if a god-and-guns conservative starts criticizing it over thanksgiving dinner, they will defend it tooth and nail. Meanwhile, American leftists are not represented in this infographic because they make up an incredibly small portion of the population, and are largely culturally irrelivant outside a few isolated and insular pockets.

      HP is shit-tier hardware, but WhyTF is it red?

      It is a stand-in for non-Mac PCs in general. They probably felt they had to pick a brand to counter “Mac”, and HP only has 2 letters and so fit in the infographic better.

      What makes Basketball inherently democratic/liberal? What makes Baseball republican/conservative?

      I agree this is their weakest comparison. I assume they were going with basketball=black people, baseball=apple pie. A more apt comparison, imo, would be conservatives watching sports while liberals watch TED Talks or something.

    • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      HP is BUSINESS, while Apple is CREATIVE. The greatest of political divides. /s

      This picture is at least 15 years old, I remember it making the rounds during uhh, I want to say Obama’s first term.

    • mika_mika@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I came here to comment that this looks like AI and don’t want to be repetitive but I would reckon this is 100% AI.