EU be like

[u/vintergroena]

[u/erik_7581]

Mate, we weren't joking.

[u/MarshallThings → u/erik_7581]

Whether Americans are dumb or not was likely a joke pre trump, but the "America is a third world country" has always been said sincerely by anyone that understands that any first world country needs universal healthcare and no GPU number will make up for it.

[u/PaneczkoTron → u/MarshallThings]

I know you mean gdp, but I find it extremely funny to measure whether a country is developped or not based on how many rtx 5090s they have

[u/chillysaturday → u/PaneczkoTron]

I think they both work and that really makes me angry as an American. 

[u/under_psychoanalyzer → u/chillysaturday]

I mean for the past couple of years haven't we be correlating GDP with GPU? Actually kind of opens up a rabbit hole of an analogy about AI relevance to economics...

[u/truejackman → u/PaneczkoTron]

My household is a developing nation with a 3080ti.

[u/ElevenCarPileUp → u/truejackman]

Shit, I'm still underdeveloped here with a 2070s

[u/Carl-99999 → u/MarshallThings]

That would make it a second world country though.

[u/TheLyingProphet]

nah man this meme is 8 years late... everyone knew in 2016

[u/Ok_Television9820 → u/TheLyingProphet]

Everyone knew in 1980.

[u/VokThee]

Who was joking?  Not all Americans though. Just even more than we thought.

[u/Disastrous_404 → u/VokThee]

"Not all americans" in 2025 is the same as "not all germans" in 1933

[u/Carl-99999 → u/Disastrous_404]

Mass protests in every state today. Look at the 50501 subreddit

[u/StephaneiAarhus → u/Carl-99999]

And we love to see that ! Democracy at its finest.

[u/NatrousOxide23 → u/Disastrous_404]

I hate that I can't argue against this. The complacency is just as bad as enabling.

[u/spartaxwarrior]

I thought this was pretty well known nowadays? Like after people started being able to light their tap water on fire, at least.

[u/thebluediablo → u/spartaxwarrior]

Didn't it take like 5 years to get that mess with the water supply in Flint, Michigan to get sorted? That's embarrassing, even by third-world standards.

[u/StrayAlexandria]

Are you taking refuges? Sincerely a trans woman who never wanted anything to do with this backwards country

[u/DerrellEsteva → u/StrayAlexandria]

It's interesting. Depending on how much escalation happens in that department, but generally I believe there actually could be grounds for Asyl since you are being persecuted by your government.

It's wild that one could argue that the USA actually is not a safe country anymore.

[u/StrayAlexandria → u/DerrellEsteva]

Thanks for the insight. I do live in a safe state so unless something major happens at the federal level I imagine I would be a low priority candidate, especially since I have a lot going on (divorce, bankruptcy, mental health issues; I do have an MS at least). It is wild that it's becoming even less safe for me to live here, though...

[u/AgileKitchen2]

They don't really go to church, they just use their blinkered understanding of religion as a cudgel.

[u/Carl-99999]

MAGAStan is a third world country.
The West Coast (Greater Idaho parts of Oregon don’t count) and the Northeast are first world.

[u/jackass4224]

Literally the smartest people in America are the European expats. (Well Asian expats too)

[u/dlamc → u/jackass4224]

I know Asian expats who voted for Trump.

[u/Carl-99999 → u/dlamc]

Same reason cubans do: anyone who says “I HATE COMMUNISM!” gets their vote

[u/PrincipleBest5804 → u/Carl-99999]

Nah, I think they just dumb

[u/kawakuma]

Eurocucks is pathetic. I do not see you combating rising facism, maintaining free world order. All you do is sit in the corner laugh at Americans only to ride on the back of American Hegemony

[u/DerrellEsteva → u/kawakuma]

Laughing at your MAGA asses IS our way to combat rising fascism and maintaining free world order. There is no American Hegemony to ride on, just the sad facade of a failing empire.