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1Aug 20, '24People think cathedrals like this were built by some ancient long-lost civilization. Bruh this cathedral was finished in 1965.62Γ—8.3M264k9.8k5.4k
2Jul 14, '23Men have paid off a significant portion of their student loans since 2009. Women have not.43.4Γ—5.8M16k1.3k1.4k
3Oct 8, '23They just...slaughtered a music festival. How did slaughtering a music festival help the cause of Palestinian liberation?43Γ—5.7M32k3.7k984
4Apr 12, '24He is Lisan al Gaib39.9Γ—5.3M69k7.8k1.9k
5Feb 8, '25The state of the American right in 2025, in one image:35.8Γ—4.8M197k10k10k
6May 8, '23View post on X35.5Γ—4.7M12k1.8k733
7Apr 15, '24A friend recently came back from China. He spoke in wondrous terms about how safe and clean it was, how easy it was to buy stuff and get it delivered. And he casually mentioned his34.2Γ—4.6M26k1.1k2.6k
8May 21, '25Everyone who says "cities shouldn't look like this" should be required to post pics of what they think cities SHOULD look like.32.5Γ—4.3M15k281890
9Mar 17, '23This is just an incredible graph. India is making absolutely amazing strides against poverty. (ht @scienceisstrat1)32Γ—4.3M14k2.6k1.3k
10Aug 28, '1715 years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now, the real world is an escape from the internet.29.2Γ—0196k89k171
11Mar 9, '25From "I'm going to make eggs cheaper" to "Shut up about egg prices" in six goddamn weeks27.5Γ—3.7M147k14k2.9k
12May 31, '24In the medieval period alone, Muslims invented geared mills, windmills, algebra, ammonium chloride synthesis, control valves, cryptanalysis, the kerosene lamp, double-entry bookkee19.2Γ—2.6M14k9121.5k
13Oct 18, '23I basically missed this whole news cycle. Are you telling me that the front page of the New York Times reported that Israel bombed a hospital and killed 500 kids, and it turned out18.3Γ—2.4M13k1.8k601
14Jul 15, '23"Let's help poor Black kids by just not teaching anyone math" is the most fucking boneheaded idea I've ever heard. Those kids are behind in math because they get less parental help18Γ—2.4M11k1.4k524
15Aug 6, '25People realize these are vaccines for CANCER, right? Like, cancer was going to become a treatable disease because of this funding. Now your cancer will be a death sentence, because17.6Γ—2.3M69k12k3.5k
16Mar 27, '25We imported a rapist to America and he started rapin'16.9Γ—2.3M125k11k2.2k
17Nov 28, '24Vaccines did this, btw16.6Γ—2.2M76k6.4k982
18May 21, '24I would just like to point out that a Boeing plane just got hit by turbulence strong enough to literally kill someone inside the plane, and yet landed just fine.15.1Γ—2M13k458758
19Jul 6, '25Libertarianism is working far better in Argentina than almost anyone expected, even libertarians14.8Γ—2M15k1.2k879
20Jul 31, '24A decade ago I felt like I could find anything on the Web. Now I feel like I can barely find anything. People just don't put information on web pages anymore.13.3Γ—1.8M19k9031k
21Apr 23, '23Sigh...FINE, fine, we'll do the joke.12.3Γ—1.6M22k2.9k590
22Nov 15, '25Honestly this is the exact right answer.12Γ—1.6M71k4.2k1.8k
23Sep 1, '24"Wow, Japan is so orderly and safe, it must be because of their homogenous population" Well...maybe there's something else going on there11.8Γ—1.6M13k7831.8k
24Sep 22, '25America is so committed to diversity that we have a Hitler from every ethnicity10.8Γ—1.4M17k865912
25Aug 18, '24Why don't we allow carmakers to sell cars directly to customers? Seems like a no-brainer.10.8Γ—1.4M10k279506
26Feb 7, '25So wait, if JD Vance thinks you should have more loyalty to your family than to your job, why does he go out of his way to defend an employee who hates and insults his wife?10.7Γ—1.4M11k798364
27Dec 13, '22The wildest thing about the India-China conflict is that by mutual agreement, both sides fight exclusively with melee weapons.10.5Γ—0105k9.4k5.9k
28May 29, '23I still kind of can't believe Russia sent in their tanks to conquer a neighboring country, then screamed that anyone who resisted them was against "peace", and some people with an 10.3Γ—1.4M13k1.7k202
29Sep 1, '24The median number of lifetime sexual partners for America women aged 25-49 is FOUR. Get a grip.10.1Γ—1.3M12k337487
30Jul 29, '24One thing Biden's withdrawal is revealing is that the Democrats actually have a much deeper bench of competent, appealing youngish leaders than the 2020 primary showed.10.0Γ—1.3M38k1.9k896
31Aug 2, '25For people who think Japan doesn't have political correctness: One time my Japanese friends repeatedly swore to me that the Japanese language has no racial slurs. I pressed them ag9.8Γ—1.3M30k5462.5k
32Nov 15, '25This photo might be the most exquisitely prepared joke I've seen on this platform. Read everything on the monitor.9.8Γ—1.3M30k1.3k3.4k
33Jul 7, '25Sorry but if you care about this, you're a creep9.7Γ—1.3M13k308622
34Aug 18, '24This is the guy the Palestine protesters are trying their best to elect:9.3Γ—1.2M22k2.1k605
35Dec 31, '24The main thing preventing support for walkable development and public transit in America is urban crime and disorder9.2Γ—1.2M16k571820
36Oct 11, '23IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NOT ALL OF THE SLAUGHTERED BABIES WERE BEHEADED. JOURNALISTIC ACCURACY, PLEASE!!!9.2Γ—1.2M16k1.6k327
37Jul 21, '25This is an important point. A lot of red-pill guys think liberal society is holding them back from being warlords. In fact, liberal society is holding them back from being slaves.9.1Γ—1.2M31k2.4k2.3k
38Mar 30, '24What's weird and creepy about the "drunk sex is rape" discourse is that if both people are drunk, the man is concluded to have raped the woman, rather than the other way around.8.7Γ—1.2M11k376945
39Aug 2, '24Stop trying to make America into a blood-and-soil Old World nation. It never has been, it never will be.8.6Γ—1.2M10k494430
40May 4, '25I didn't sign up to live in the fucking Soviet Union8.6Γ—1.1M27k1.7k715
41Jun 22, '24It wasn't until I moved to San Francisco that I realized that the reason rich people live on hills is only slightly about the views, and mostly about the fact that thieves don't li8.2Γ—1.1M14k618916
42Dec 22, '22Right-wingers have absolutely beclowned themselves by turning on Zelensky, who has embodied their supposed ideal of brave virtuous manliness in defense of his people and country, a7.8Γ—1M12k1.4k190
43Mar 7, '25France's 80 year campaign to avoid becoming too dependent on the U.S. after WW2 is paying big dividends7.5Γ—1M31k2.5k1.1k
45Aug 12, '25Pakistani immigration to the UK has not generally gone well, IMO.6.8Γ—910k12k9741.3k
46Feb 22, '25The Democrats need to cut this shit out. We need a credible opposition in America.6.5Γ—867k12k769469
47Aug 8, '25People don't realize how horrible cancer is. It doesn't just kill people; it turns their life into a nightmare. mRNA could turn that nightmare into a routine, manageable disease. A6.3Γ—840k17k3.2k832
48Jan 23, '25This is what's going to get Trump in trouble if he actually tries it. Macroeconomics is the natural predator of foolish regimes.6.2Γ—825k16k8951.1k
49Mar 25, '25Bruh, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS MOVIE. Trump created a vaccine against Covid, and the Dems all took it, and REPUBLICANS refused to take it and said Covid wasn't so bad!!!6.2Γ—823k25k1.4k719
50Aug 23, '24Just in case anyone forgot...6.0Γ—807k12k1.4k506
51Jun 24, '24Holy shit Einstein was right6.0Γ—798k18k993988
52Feb 14, '25Ok so what are you gonna do about it, dude? Build up your military? Restart your nuclear power plants? Actually allow a software industry?5.9Γ—788k18k859855
53Aug 28, '25We gave this man the power to cancel our cancer treatments5.8Γ—779k35k3.7k797
54Sep 6, '25"get laid" = have sex "get off" = have sex "get laid off" = lose your job English is a crazy language5.8Γ—772k19k6491.1k
55Apr 22, '24Protester: *punches baby in the head* Normal person: Hey, you can't just punch babies in the head Protester: OK I think we can all agree that what's happening in Palestine right no5.7Γ—763k12k1k636
56Jul 28, '24Once again: Getting shot at by a random psycho is not something that makes you more qualified to lead a nation.5.2Γ—696k20k803198
57Mar 21, '25This is bad, actually5.2Γ—696k21k817764
58Dec 1, '24I don't understand this. You can literally just go hang out with a bunch of guy friends and not invite any girls along. You can do literally any activity with just a bunch of dudes4.9Γ—658k21k1.2k633
59Jul 21, '25This you?4.8Γ—635k12k366400
60Mar 7, '25What the fuck is really going on here4.6Γ—614k13k1.2k579
61Apr 25, '25The Palestine fucks are now saying that India isn't a real country and doesn't have a right to exist4.5Γ—594k13k751626
62Jun 17, '25Iran is losing to a country one-ninth its size, and Russia is stalemated against a country one-fourth its size, it's almost as if the rightists and leftists are both wrong and West4.4Γ—583k12k899819
63Aug 11, '25Baltimore has a really good mayor4.3Γ—576k23k1.5k569
64Aug 27, '24The GOP just collapsed as a party and was taken over by a gang of random weirdos backed by Russia4.3Γ—571k11k1.1k323
65Aug 15, '24Yes. Biden was the first President of my lifetime to actually DO SOMETHING about manufacturing, instead of just running his mouth.4.2Γ—567k13k2.6k504
66Feb 12, '25Japan, South Korea, and Poland all need nuclear weapons immediately.4.1Γ—545k11k1.1k419
67Jun 1, '25I am once again begging Americans to realize that Native Americans are not, and never were, the elves from Lord of the Rings.3.9Γ—525k15k580472
68Jul 16, '24Trump is just not a good person3.8Γ—510k11k45295
69Apr 23, '25An underrated reason that the 90s were the greatest decade is that Russia just fucked off for a while3.8Γ—509k12k871423
70Sep 18, '24Yet another quiet victory that Biden will never claim or receive credit for3.7Γ—495k12k1.9k371
71Feb 7, '25Can we all just stop saying "gaslighting" and go back to saying "lying" like we used to? It's just extra letters.3.7Γ—494k15k1.1k225
72Apr 17, '25America is a good country led by bad people3.6Γ—480k15k1.2k670
73Oct 14, '25HAHAHAHAHAHA IT'S A VIDEO FROM THE PORT OF LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ3.4Γ—458k11k562513
75Sep 27, '24Agreed. How dare people who weren't born in the U.S. get involved in American politics!!!3.3Γ—438k15k484209
76Aug 5, '18This about sums up the Republican party right now.3.3Γ—017k6.7k168
77Jun 11, '25This stuff just validates the MAGA line that immigration is an invasion.3.1Γ—420k11k436622
78Feb 1, '25One thing people seem to forget about The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that at the end of the story, there's a real wolf3.0Γ—399k15k1.1k501
79Dec 2, '22When this person learns where the word Jedi comes from she's gonna have a stroke2.9Γ—034k9731.1k
80Aug 21, '25MRNA could cure brain cancer. It could turn a death sentence into a mere annoyance. And the Trump administration wants to stop you from getting this cure.2.8Γ—377k12k2.2k579
81Jan 19, '25Reading a recent graphic novel, I'm once again struck by how Americans have just decided to call literally any massacre a "genocide"2.7Γ—354k11k234505
83Aug 24, '24Today in "pictures that look fake but aren't"2.6Γ—349k12k421618
84Mar 22, '17I swear to God, the sight of people with deadly diseases crowdfunding their health care is the most dystopian thing about America right now.2.5Γ—016k7.6k0
85Nov 27, '22Russia: Losing a war to a country 1/4 its size Iran: Massive protests China: Increasing protests, sputtering economy U.S.: Record low unemployment, election deniers lost midterms E2.5Γ—023k3.2k584
86May 3, '17Most countries: The govt gives you health care. America: You frantically call the govt to beg for the right to continue to buy health care.2.4Γ—016k7.6k0
87Sep 17, '17This headline should read: "Americans who dress up as clowns outnumber clowns who dress up as Americans"2.4Γ—020k5.8k0
89May 15, '21We should permanently normalize wearing a mask when you have a cold or the flu, in order not to infect other people. Japanese people do it. Why not us?2.2Γ—023k2k125
90Oct 10, '25Hasan Piker is one of the most unlikable human beings I have ever seen2.1Γ—282k14k539438
91Aug 9, '24Watching MAGA people pivot from "Trump is inevitably going to win the election" to "The election is inevitably going to be stolen from Trump" is the clearest sign that the vibes ha2.1Γ—280k12k578162
92Oct 9, '19Basketball fans are being kicked out of games for pro-Hong Kong signs IN AMERICA.2.1Γ—016k5.1k139
93Mar 21, '22Every time I see Ukrainians post photos of the unprovoked Russian shelling of their cities, I think "In 2003 that was how Iraqis felt about us." About 7000 Iraqi civilians were kil2.0Γ—018k2.9k601
94May 7, '18Happy 200th birthday, Karl Marx!2.0Γ—017k4.6k57
96Jun 1, '18The cool thing about cyberpunk coming true is that we got ALL the cyberpunk futures. China: universal surveillance and social control America: cool gadgets and staggering inequalit1.7Γ—012k4.6k113
97Sep 26, '22Yes, they commit crimes at a disproportionately LOW level.1.4Γ—016k892174
98Dec 29, '19Conservative friends keep telling me how lefty NPR is, and then once a year or so I listen to NPR and it just boggles my mind how much they bend over backwards to present conservat1.4Γ—014k1.3k81
99Nov 21, '22I think France is the wisest country. They really have it figured out, man. They just eat good food, ride the train, have sex and riot1.1Γ—011k886402
100Dec 5, '22Nobody rioted over this one, but it was one of the worst.1.1Γ—011k869277
101Oct 15Talk of an AI bust is back. AI is earning a lot more money than it did last year, but data centers are being built with a lot more debt.0.5Γ—70k1541286

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