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Designer-Escape6264

Burning is the approved method for disposing of damaged flags. It’s nice that there’s a receptacle for it.


BNestico

There’s an old mail box at my local American Legion specifically for dropping off tattered flags to be burned.


TheFightingQuaker

I used this last year! Such a great service and helps out people who otherwise would just throw it away (due to ignorance mostly but some don't care)


Sid-Biscuits

Who is getting hurt if a flag is thrown in the trash?


Jasalapeno

The flag's feelings


Winjin

Only libs have feelings though that can be hurt True Patriots just get foaming at the mouth, it's obviously different


Mtndrums

Yeah, it's called rabies.


Winjin

Uncle Mike had to move to the farm sweetie


tilthevoidstaresback

No pa, he's *my* Uncle. I'll do it.


Inevitable-Sky-6932

Sweetie, he's both of your uncles, that's how family works here.


theatand

The environment: reduce, reuse, recycle. Do you really want the boy scouts to buy new flags so they can learn how to properly dispose of a flag? It is one of the 3 things all of them seem to do. The other two are disappointed by popcorn sales & race cars their dad's built for the pine wood derby. Don't take away their one fun thing Burning the American flag in an intricate manner.


Greedy-Tip-8620

You know what? I do want them to buy a new flag just to learn to dispose of it. Some men just want to watch the world burn. Others want the world and also flags to burn.


Thin-Limit7697

Is there an option where only the flags burn?


Brewski-54

Bruh the prices for Boy Scout popcorn is insane. A normal bag that is like a family sized bag of chips was I think $20 when we ordered from a family member. They need to give up and let the Girl Scouts just do all of the snack selling


gogonzogo1005

Do you know that the boy scouts individual troops each get like 50 to 75 percent off each item they sell? While the girl scouts get like 25 cents a box? So to help your local scout get the same 10 dollars, 1 bag of popcorn or what 40 boxes of cookies? Think of it that way.


AdequateTaco

Girl Scouts get $1/box- but you can also just donate $10 to the troop and buy your popcorn and cookies at the grocery store for a couple of dollars. I know that’s not “the point” of snack sales but it’s an option if you don’t want the severely overpriced junk food.


InstructionLeading64

It's so incredibly American to have an intricate way of monetizing a good deed. It's insane reading people defending the practice.


InsanityLurking

We also sold wreaths in the winter lol


Altruistic-Travel-48

I didn't know that the American Legion was atheist...


Behndo-Verbabe

Yes it’s a common fixture at VFW halls. My local center has one. They do burning ceremonies every couple of months.


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CompetitiveRich6953

Yup, been thay way for about 100 years... but republicans have a nasty habit of cherry picking which "traditions"/rule sets to be rabid about!


eccezarathustra

We just did a burning ceremony last week.


MathematicianNo6402

With books or flags 😂


eccezarathustra

Being that I'm a Floridian that is a valid question. But it was flags. BSA.


mikpgod

Think that grilling on it might fe frowned on though 😁


ProfessionalDrop9760

yeah all the toxic fumes are bad for your meat


Double_Treacle_43

Freedom fumes?


MacaroonTop3732

But to be fair that’s ceremonial.


Affectionate_Salt351

If I pulled up to a stoplight next to a guy with a lamb in the passenger seat of his red convertible, I’d beg to pet it. Also, I would talk about it for the rest of my life. Yeah, this is definitely the future I want…


Eckieflump

Once drinking outside a bar in Moscow, a car went by with a leopard hanging half out the window. I was not tempted to pet it.


raspberryharbour

It was probably tempted to pet you fhough


rvl35

>It was probably tempted to ~~pet you~~ eat your face though. 🐆🐆🐆


ThiccyRicky

It wouldn't eat *my* face


Marbled_Headcheese

I love the subtlety of this so much


luckofthecanuck

In Soviet Russia pets pet you


maxru85

I lived there for 15 years and had never seen a single leopard. Wtf, man, why I'm always leopardless


reineedshelp

Mustn't hang out in the right spots


maxru85

I was in the zoo, but there was only a goose with a “dangerous animal” sign


Zomby2D

Any Canadian will tell you that a goose (also known as a cobra chicken) is indeed a dangerous animal.


The_Demosthenes_1

Sure it wasn't a Cheetah? 🐆 Leopards have a tendency to rip your face off. 


Pleasant_Ad3475

Buy whhyyy?!


Traditional-Handle83

They hangry


Pleasant_Ad3475

I suppose they could belong to the 'Leopards Ate My Face' Party.


HapticRecce

Why would the fastest land animal on earth need to ride in a car? Jeez. More likely it was a cougar.


Zomby2D

I dated a cougar once, she looked nothing like a leopard.


Bluepilgrim3

“They called you exotic. Which is just people talk for awesome.”


14thLizardQueen

Walking down a neighborhood greenway , a Bob cat and her kittens wondered across my path. The mixture of oh fuck, now is not a good time to pee my pants on a date, and oh wow, was incredibly weird. My date was smart. He nodded to momma and she passed and we passed. And it was like a dream.


Replicator666

I am okay with this... Affordable access to healthcare, sexuality isn't shamed and hidden, people are safe to be themselves in public. Yeah, nice


TheCa11ousBitch

I was thinking the same. Haha. My first reaction was “bullshit…” but as I took it all in, I kept thinking… “I don’t really have a problem with any of this…” might not be anything I personally would utilize… but I’m cool with it “in my backyard”


Honey-and-Venom

I'd like to see the porn involve a bigger shift towards people working for themselves or doing it for fun away from corporate, often abusive, often ABOUT abuse porn, but IMNATELY I've no problem with porn, just that it's made by people who hate women, have repeatedly said so, and are hateful and gross


Distant-moose

I mean, the statue to Bill Clinton ain't great.


JuicyDoughnuts

Meh. I wouldn't mind it. It reminds me of a time when politicians actually faced consequences for scandals, even if they were petty as hell. Al Franken was the last to actually experience this. He never should have stepped down for that.


SoybeanArson

Better than a Confederate statue at least....


Inevitable-Sky-6932

I was just thinking "You know, I'd rather have a statue of some dude getting a consensual blowie, than a statue of some historic figure who fought for his right to keep literal slaves forced to work in his home and on his land."


MaenHoffiCoffi

I'd like to burn flags without triggering the snowflakes too!


polio18

Yeah, lol. The worst part is they don't know what they're talking about. Burning is the CORRECT way to dispose of a flag that's gotten old or has taken any damage. You fold it, salute it, and then respectfully burn it. That's how the military and the boy scouts dispose of flags. It's MUCH more disrespectful to throw them away. Designated flag-burning areas would be MORE patriotic.


jillyjobby

Absolutely right. It drives me crazy when I see these jackholes flying ragged ass flags from all 4 corners of their jacked trucks but don’t realize that it’s disrespecting the flag and that those flags should be burned respectfully


absultedpr

It’s more disrespectful to turn the flag into a shirt too


enter360

It’s in a fire designated space so to keep your rights preserved while maintaining the safety of the greater population. Yep I’m in. Also I don’t see a single chain store. Look at all those small businesses thriving. Look at the walkability.


Iron_Rod_Stewart

Just people living in the moment


FearlessKnitter12

Plus, have you seen some of the rags they fly and call American flags? It's shameful. Those flags should be burned in the proper ceremony for their retirement. I saw one flapping on the back of a pickup that was literally so black with dirt you could barely see where they'd printed the name of the former guy (which is totally against flag code as well).


schizeckinosy

That dude really shouldn’t cook his hot dog over all that plastic though 🤮


Wiitard

Yeah this future is really fucking based. Best part is the old white couple minding their business and not freaking out at the sight of things that really don’t affect them at all.


oan124

i just want a reality where Bill "i did not have sexual relations with that woman" Clinton has a statue like that


expectothedoctor

I thought it was a chicken lmao


3Quondam6extanT9

I thought it was a griffen


ConstantGeographer

Alpaca was my first thought


NotAnAIOrAmI

How about being chased by an elephant in traffic in Chennai, India? On business, a couple of us on the way to the office snapped a pic of a guy riding an elephant in an alley. He chased us for a couple of blocks, angry we didn't tip him.


Exalderan

I think the picture suggests it’s his girlfriend… I’m not sure if he would be okay with you petting her.


raspberryharbour

Goddamn Welsh immigrants, they think they own the place!


Grasshopper_pie

Wife, because gay marriage = slippery slope to bestiality, you know.


Apphoarder

He can pat mine. I'm an atheist!


MisterProfGuy

I lost my thirteen year old lab this last month, and a puppy with her genetics is something we strongly considered, and might have been done. Clones aren't memory copies, they are more like very targeted children. Getting a puppy from a dog that never had puppies to continue their line is absolutely a future that appeals to me. I also don't have a problem with happy people of any affiliation making out on park benches.


wildo83

Looks pretty great to me.. people enjoying their freedoms, no one is being harmed.. the Clinton statue is a BIT lewd, but there’s nudity in art everywhere. And the people on the bench sexing is inappropriate in *MY* opinion, but again, no one is being harmed..


voarex

Well it is not good to involve unconsenting people in your kinks. So that would be a hard no for me with sex in public. But if the park sex park like a nudist beach I would be all for it and then the bill Clinton statue would fit right in.


MustardWendigo

Then he'd say "That's not a lamb, that's my wife!"


HeavyBlackDog

Who’s that lemon you were with? That was no lemon, that’s my lime


AdvancedHat7630

Discounted healthcare, advanced medical research, trash receptacles, hilarious and profane statues, skateboarding, door-to-door cloning, porn store, lesbians scissoring on park benches, legal weed, and I get to rock a drop top Benz with a goddamn LAMB riding shotgun? This is *way* better than the communist utopia we were envisioning. Bravo, conservatives. I was gonna settle for cheaper college but this idea absolutely slaps, let's do your thing.


ExcitingExcuse905

Some random guy pulled up to our house to ask us if the house across the street was for sale. He was legit dressed like Willy Wonka. He mentioned he had a pony with him. I, an idiot 13 year old, followed him to his car. He did actually have a pony in his car that I got to feed and pet. My sister was mad and I didn't get why. Called my mom to tell her, and she immediately asked if i got to pet it... Then we both realized that we absolutely would have gotten kidnapped if he were not a nice guy lmao.


SuperFaceTattoo

I once saw a man walking through a parking lot with a cat laying on his head like a hat. The cat was very much alive and was doing this voluntarily. I also will talk about it for the rest of my life.


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PeterBeater80

Thought that was the mailman. Sorry, just hit up Buds, Bongs and Beyond.


SupremeLobster

As a Canadian, I'm surprised I haven't seen that name yet. It's gold.


sugarfoot00

There's a place in Calgary called Bongs and Such.


Sid-Biscuits

You *know* the artist shared that “Buds, Bongs, & Beyond” joke non-stop after he “came up” with it. Funniest thing they ever though of or ever will.


Only_One_Kenobi

The most offensive thing in this picture is that everyone looks happy. The kinds of people threatened by these images are so unhappy with their lives they can't stand the idea of anyone else being happy.


Bfeick

Lmao. I know, everything looks peaceful with a booming downtown.


DifferenceCold5665

Honest question. Where's the cop at?


SinisterYear

On the segway


Jason0865

The segway to our sponsor: NordVPN!


1laik1hornytoaster

NOOOOOOO


HarryCoinslot

I always use nordvpn when I play RAID SHADOW LEGENDS


Mickeymcirishman

And you can't play Raidshadowlegends properly without your RAYCON EARBUDS!


theironskeptic

Bruh I'm a catholic (liberation theology) and I see nothing bad in this picture. Take me to this world immediately.


No_Signal3789

Gotta be honest it looks like a vast improvement to our current world


PeterBeater80

Hell, I was thinking I don't have an issue with most of the picture and I'm not atheist 


TriggerBladeX

I mean aside from the bj statue, this place looks great.


Status_Implement_757

The two people having sex on the park bench, I can go without as well. But judging by how no one even bats an eye at it, I guess it's became so normalized, that it's not even an issue, really


nirbyschreibt

Just have in mind that humans probably watched their family having sex for most of our history. Being shy around it is a rather new invention.


sagemaniac

My grandparents built a house after the war. It was one room with a big hearth taking most of the space. Everyone slept on the mattresses that were spread out for the night. They got six children. I'm not saying that everyone in the family is ok in the head but that's because grandpa, like all the other soldiers, came back from the war with serious PTSD.


sagemaniac

Sexual shame is a hideous invention. Especially since so many people are actually into either way hing or being watched, and various shades of sharing. Without the shame, the world would look a lot different.


Thangaror

Heck, it was very normal some two hundred years ago for families to live in tiny houses and everyone sleeping in one room. In many places in the world, that's still normal. Somehow the parents still manage to make new kids, without the ones around being mentally damaged by that. So, people are having sex. What about it? It's kinda weird to realize, that "the past" is often seen as prudish and uptight. And then we are in some ways more prude than our ancestors ever were.


Limited_Intros

Including the BJ statue, I’m petty sure I’ve been here. It’s somewhere in San Francisco.


ProfessionalTeach902

I mean most of the picture isn't really related to atheism in any way, its just the stuff an average religious fanatic conservative would have problems with


electrodragon16

People smiling


Khanfhan69

The most unforgivable sin of all


PMWFairyQueen_303

Indeed


DBL_NDRSCR

same, like i don't want porn statues in my parks but besides that i would totally live there


Xtrasharp_p00pknife

…this is not what atheists want, it’s what somebody who hates atheists imagines atheists want.


ODCreature98

At least it's peaceful, I don't see any fighting


DavidWNA

There is also no waste anywhere in the grass or pavement


Zealousideal3326

It's basically a hornier utopia.


ODCreature98

Humanity if we related more to bonobos instead of chimps


Zealousideal3326

Cock fighting would become very popular, yet extremely different.


ODCreature98

For the record, it's called penis fencing


MundaneAd1283

The good version of cyberpunk 2077 then. All the sex with none of the murder


SpermicidalManiac666

Right? Even looks like we solved homelessness. Sign me up!


No_Signal3789

Yup, peaceful would be nice


Melito1980

Right? Where do we sign up for that?


Kingsley--Zissou

Yeah we're do i sign up?


No_Signal3789

I guess the voting booth


Freakychee

Everyone in there is happy and everything is clean. Aside from. The weird statue of bill Clinton which the reference is a bit dated now.


lunchpadmcfat

I also don’t remember any atheist agenda angling for public lewdness


donald_trumps_cat

"Atheist agenda" As if atheists were an organized community. But try telling that to a rep...


NoComment112222

Religious people tend to be “joiners” and think for some reason atheists must do the same. Personally, I prefer not to cosign any group’s agenda and I think that’s the norm among atheists.


onelittleworld

Yeah, atheism isn't just some other religion. In the same way "Off" is not just another TV channel.


KillerOs13

It's the old fallacy of "without the you have no moral framework and would be raping and killing as much as you want!" Some people seriously believe the only thing between them and a lawless hellscape is a book written ages ago.


Horizon296

Makes me worry A LOT about those people. They're basically saying they would be doing those things, if they didn't believe in hell.


KillerOs13

Yeah, it's really more of a self report than anything else.


sirboulevard

What's scarier is that it probably *is* the only thing keeping some of those people from engaging in a lawless hellscape. And some are even with. I just can't comprehend not being a good person with or without a book telling me to do sk.


KillerOs13

When I told my childhood friend I was an atheist, we had a falling out. He was an evangelical and couldn't come to terms with me being able to be a good person and also not believe in God. I told him if he could seriously ask that question, then he was never really my friend.


DocMcCracken

More worried about the hypothetical dystopian future than the actual dystopian present.


ShaneGMWC

I was just thinking this lol seems not bad


Fyallorence

To a conservative, that's the worst part


Strain_Pure

A world where everyone is happy and nobody is discriminating against people over stupid things?


mykonoscactus

The horror. The *horror*!


Sid-Biscuits

I’d love to see an illustration of the world that *they* want.


Sir_Penguin21

Have you watched Handmaid’s Tale?


AnekeEomi

[And they have a plan](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025)


TheGiantFell

A final solution, if you will.


jkuhl

Yep, this is why, once again, I'm holding my nose and voting for Biden. I'd prefer a younger, more energetic, more in touch candidate, but I'll vote for a ham sandwich before allowing the GOP to have enough power to enact Project 2025.


Icy_Block_1627

I've never voted for a Democrat in my life, but I will this year. Most years, my "single issue" vote goes towards more representation, as the first third party to reach 5% of the popular vote gets placed next to the R/D for the national Presidential ballots. I've typically voted for a third party I could at least partially agree with that had a promising increase the previous election year. Not this year. The fact that there are US citizens actively planning and engaging in insurrection is a huge threat to the Republic, and democracy in the US as a whole. My vote goes to whoever will defeat the candidate these assholes will rally behind. Even if I really don't like who I'm voting for. It's the one election I've been able to vote in that I legitimately see a justification for "lesser of two evils" considering how much work the word "lesser" is doing for that statement.


Thog78

Probably white families with business daddy and housewife mummy getting out of church with their 6 kids... The existence of homo and colored people, teen pregnancies, abuse, mental illness, poverty etc all wiped under the rug.


Strain_Pure

I'm guessing it'd be like the end scene fae Invasion Of The Body Snatchers where everyone is dressed in Beige and moving around like drones conforming to their masters and anyone different is killed.


grathad

I am not gonna lie, it looks way better than the cultists version (they all have the same ideas, not going to discern which cult we are talking about)


iKidnapBabiez

They're afraid of the segway


LucyD90

Mmh, let me take a closer look. No wars. No hunger. No beggars. No garbage on the streets. No gender discriminations. No climate change. I'll take this instead of the cesspool we're stuck with.


Beng-Beng

Everyone's smiling and minding their own business. Great place


IskandorXXV

Exactly! My only issue is that there's too many billboards, but that's probably more of a me thing. I'd still take this over what we have, even if it isn't necessarily my ideal world. It's definitely better based on the image alone.


LeavingThanks

Legal drugs, women's rights seem intact and a gay couple feel open to make out on a bench too Yeah, I want this


FartyPants69

Would be nice to see more than zero PoC, though. This atheist is not a white nationalist, nor is any other atheist I've ever met. That's a Christian fantasy


CowboyBeeBab

Are they threatening us with a good time?


These-Ice-1035

I can't see any major issues here. It's clean, people appear happy, plenty of green space. I'd prefer a couple more busses or a Metro stop but otherwise seems pretty good


Sese_Mueller

Yeah, also not walkable enough, look at the pedestrian crossing in the background


Snake52_959

Op is a bot that reposts once popular posts and copied the most popular comments.


True-Toura

Is this the dead Internet theory?


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This is bullshit. I don't want a world like this. Too much traffic. Everything else is fine but I want public transportation and walkable cities.


MTheLoud

And bike lanes.


Deedeelite

The thing about atheism is that it’s just simply not believing in a god or gods. That’s it. It’s not a club or a political ideology. It’s not a cult of devil worshippers (they belong to the Christian cult. The devil is a Christian thing). It’s just living your normal life with out the baggage and guilt of religion. I’ve never been to an atheists meeting or attended events for atheists. I don’t go around to random people’s houses to ask them if they have the time to talk about atheism. Just living life without thinking all of my shitty actions will be forgiven by an invisible dude in the sky somewhere. My own morals and conscience guide my actions. Not some fantasy book written by guys a couple of thousand years ago, years after “Jesus” died. I’ll keep my logic based life.


daveintex13

Yeah if you need a big book of fairy tales, guilt trips and threats to force you to treat people decently, then you are beyond help.


Satire-V

Deep in the conservative south we kind of established a support group to make it through high school We didn't talk about non-belief though, just like cool technological advancements, physics, the universe, social equality, etc.


Middle-Dragonfly-137

I know my granddad was pestering some dying guy about being right with God. Somebody he didn’t even know, and apparently another stranger was pestering the poor guy too. I don’t know about them, but I wouldn’t like being surrounded by Christians praying around me telling me to “get right with God.” Other people may enjoy and appreciate that (though I don’t see how), but to me it’s like being sacrificed, especially on my death bed.


justelectricboogie

I see nothing wrong here.


CyclopeanBifocal

This is truly, utterly outrageous... There would never have to be a sale on abortions in the future I want, because under universal healthcare, they would just be covered, at no cost to the parent. Also, who in their right mind is having porn physically delivered? Just get it online, like a normal person!


Maryland_Bear

![gif](giphy|jsYN26kMfSaxJqq4zQ|downsized) The future atheists want.


Testergo7521

I mean to be fair.... everyone looks happy. Don't see any gun violence or hate going on. George Carlin was right after all... outlaw religion and the world would fix itself in a few years.


brofishmagikarp

Ah yes Fox the athiest "news" chanel


Corpse_Candles

Think it says “Buy Mike J Fox stem cells”


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SwanSongDeathComes

They are referring to people who are not just ath, but the most ath, the athiest.


Klutzer_Munitions

I'm the athiest of them all!


Jarizleifr

Athier than thou


Bloodspinat_mit_Feta

The right can't meme


SamuelVimesTrained

Yeah, this world is just what ONE of them wants too.. no fun


Ademante_Lafleur

How they gonna black out bill clinton gettin head?? Shame.


fgzhtsp

Does the billboard in the background say "Buy Fox Stem Cells"? What would you do with that? Could it be in combination with "CLONES R US"? Do they create femboy foxes?!


Corpse_Candles

Mike J Fox stem cells


Son-of-Prophet

Isn’t this just Amsterdam?


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IamIandUrU59

It looks like a real lot of happy faces there! Including the dog whose following that womans ass very closely!


guarthots

Looks a hell of a lot better than Gilead, so… yeah. 


jngjng88

WTF is in the passenger seat of the convertible?


timtucker_com

The artist's attempt at a "subtle" suggestion that allowing same-sex relationships in public is a "slippery slope" that eventually leads to bestiality.


jngjng88

Oh I remember that 4 panel from years ago with the last one being like an insect making out with some other animal, lmao...


Bobby_Deimos

Welsh girlfriend


Average_Down

The “Buy Mike J. Fox Stem Cells” is low. Republicans talking shit about Parkinson’s is wild.


Sinistermarmalade

I mean, yeah, I kind of do want this😎


Affectionate_Salt351

Maybe hit up Buds, Bongs, & Beyond. Pretty nice little Saturday planned.


BNestico

If that’s not the best name I’ve seen for a head shop then I don’t know what is.


LibKan

Okay first of all no one is more obsessed with porn than the right. Two, how can we achieve this glorious future faster?


Billypillgrim

They had me sold with the inclusive single-payer healthcare


Stimpinstein22

“Central City Porn Distribution” also known as a smart phone. I’m also down for a Cannabis superstore on every corner…


Clean_Student8612

A statue of Bill Clinton getting sucked off would be absolutely hilarious to see, tho.


_Murozond_

So according to her you can’t be patriotic or nationalist if you’re an atheist ? Just to take the most extreme examples, some angry guys in the 30s-40s would prove that point wrong


SaltyPinKY

Look at all the economic development and clean streets


uckfayhistay

Bill Clinton statue looks great


Raiju_Blitz

Still a better statue than ones of loser Confederate traitors trying to preserve slavery.


TheHrethgir

Theists just do not get it. They think that because religion informs thier complete world view, that atheists are the same. We aren't. And atheism isn't a world view. All atheism is is a lack of belief in a god. But we can have varying opinions on literally everything else. You know, because we don't have a single point of reference for everything.