You’re thinking of the Revolutionary War. In the US Civil War, the Second French Empire was friendly towards the Confederates, not the Union.

The graph is saying “As millennials get older, the debt increases”

Time axis, but millennial focused

Can I get some serotonin

The Civil War?

… hm.

FUCK YEAH

They just played Sam and Max one too many times

The meme became very widely used outside of /pol/ and rarely criticized on ‘racist’ grounds.

I’m guessing you don’t go to many country music festivals.

Well, no, my family tree isn’t a circle

Maybe it’s my inner straight male talking, but I don’t see nearly enough girls in American flag bikinis and cowboy hats in this country.

I once went to Texas and got complimented on my sombrero, though.

I mean, other than some folks jumping in to defend the honor of the Fatherland helpless foreign country which needs terminally online Americans to defend it, I don’t really know that there’d be a big difference in reaction.

There’s not much here that’s… actually offensive unless you really try to read into it? “Ha ha, debt goes up, major restaurants, car type that’s fucking everywhere despite no reason for it, overused national symbol, food additive, regional hat, flag bikini, national obsession”

I guess the diabetes bit?

I don’t really know that an Argentine drawing the same tongue-in-cheek style pic with inflation, whatever national chains are prominent, vehicle jokes, regional dress, a national-team shirt, and a soccer ball would really get a majorly different reaction.

God, I better not ever make jokes about the absurdity of living here, lest I be seen as problematic against my own country.

The artist is American, for one.

Oh no, I know what it means

Renounces?

It’d be much cooler to celebrate liberty in December instead of some kid being born too, tbqh.

Yep, capital I. “Yo” is how I usually hear it. I’ve seen it argued that “Ee-oh” is the appropriate pronunciation.

Later invention, I’m afraid! German-American cartoonist Thomas Nast is often credited with the modern design of Santa Claus during the US Civil War, of all times.

That being said, many of the traditions of Christmas are linked to Saturnalia.

Explanation: Saturnalia was an ancient Roman festival of merrymaking, where the social order was turned ‘upside-down’ in celebration of the liberty granted by Saturn. People exchanged small gifts, dressed in outlandish outfits, played holiday games, and drank and feasted to excess.

Emperor Julian was the last pagan Emperor of Rome, who attempted to enforce tolerance for all faiths in the Empire - something which the Christians, who had enjoyed ~50 years as an empowered minority with Christian Emperors persecuting their enemies, the pagan majority of the Empire, regarded as a great offense.

EMPEROR JULIAN GAVE US BACK SATURNALIA

With thanks to @Deceptichum@quokk.au

I was there when they were invented, they were called mini-bowls. The marketing team didn’t like it, though, so we had to rewrite all the clay tablets with ‘spoons’. Which is a dumb name, for the record.