Please share! MAGA who FAFO

[Anonymous]

FAFO Florida.

Florida beach cities ‘ghost towns’, local businesses down 30% this summer. Has the Sunshine State lost appeal forever?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/florida-beach-cities-ghost-towns-190000484.html

With over 825 miles of sandy beaches, Florida’s reputation as the perfect summer holiday destination has always been considered unshakeable. But this year, some business owners along the coast say the typical summer boom failed to materialize.

"Spring Break, really never happened for us, and then the summer swing, never happened for us," says Kirsten Smail, a marine educator for Dolphin Quest told ABC Action News. “It’s a ghost town,” confirmed Amber Simmons, General Manager at Pirates Pub & Grub. "It's the slowest year we've had since 2020."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FAFO Florida.

Florida beach cities ‘ghost towns’, local businesses down 30% this summer. Has the Sunshine State lost appeal forever?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/florida-beach-cities-ghost-towns-190000484.html

With over 825 miles of sandy beaches, Florida’s reputation as the perfect summer holiday destination has always been considered unshakeable. But this year, some business owners along the coast say the typical summer boom failed to materialize.

"Spring Break, really never happened for us, and then the summer swing, never happened for us," says Kirsten Smail, a marine educator for Dolphin Quest told ABC Action News. “It’s a ghost town,” confirmed Amber Simmons, General Manager at Pirates Pub & Grub. "It's the slowest year we've had since 2020."

The Canadians are big mad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:India’s Narendra Modi.
Hee, hee, hee! This is the thanks he gets for sucking up so hard to Trump. Now he looks like a buffoon both in India and to the rest of the world.

Indian-American here and I agree. So many of my relatives over there support Trump or think American politics here is just funny or a joke. It's not their fault (they didn't vote in this election) but people are now seeing how serious this is.

Why are Indians pro-Trump?

I would guess for a similar reason that Brazilians are. When you're looking at it from outside the US, Trump looks like he is putting the smug liberals in their place and enacting a conservative agenda.

But if you actually follow what he's doing closely you know that it's completely illogical and the only goal is to destroy government and rule of law. They're not following it that closely and just place it in their own domestic context and assume he thinks like them. He doesn't. Same with the Cubans.

Looks like that tide has turned with his big beautiful tariff on India.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:American Eagle:
https://www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025/08/11/exclusive-foot-traffic-down-9-at-american-eagle-following-sydney-sweeney-ad-controversy

Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Americana’ Bombs at Box Office After Her American Eagle Controversy

https://www.tvinsider.com/1209447/sydney-sweeney-americana-film-box-office-bomb/

And it's a well-rated film on Rotten Tomatoes. 65% and 77%. Too bad because Halsey is in it. "We are the new Americana, high on legal marijuana"

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/americana_2025

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FAFO Florida.

Florida beach cities ‘ghost towns’, local businesses down 30% this summer. Has the Sunshine State lost appeal forever?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/florida-beach-cities-ghost-towns-190000484.html

With over 825 miles of sandy beaches, Florida’s reputation as the perfect summer holiday destination has always been considered unshakeable. But this year, some business owners along the coast say the typical summer boom failed to materialize.

"Spring Break, really never happened for us, and then the summer swing, never happened for us," says Kirsten Smail, a marine educator for Dolphin Quest told ABC Action News. “It’s a ghost town,” confirmed Amber Simmons, General Manager at Pirates Pub & Grub. "It's the slowest year we've had since 2020."

The Canadians are big mad.

Once you get polite people big mad, they don't come back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They voted for change because they did not want to pay taxes in their overtime. They don’t have to pay taxes on anything because change for Trump brought them. Total job loss
https://x.com/MAGACult2/status/1953856991090311220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1953856991090311220%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

Community notes says video is 7 years old.

Then they FAFO seven years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:American Eagle:
https://www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025/08/11/exclusive-foot-traffic-down-9-at-american-eagle-following-sydney-sweeney-ad-controversy

Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Americana’ Bombs at Box Office After Her American Eagle Controversy

https://www.tvinsider.com/1209447/sydney-sweeney-americana-film-box-office-bomb/

And it's a well-rated film on Rotten Tomatoes. 65% and 77%. Too bad because Halsey is in it. "We are the new Americana, high on legal marijuana"

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/americana_2025

Sorry Halsey but if you lay down with dogs you risk getting fleas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:FAFO Florida.

Florida beach cities ‘ghost towns’, local businesses down 30% this summer. Has the Sunshine State lost appeal forever?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/florida-beach-cities-ghost-towns-190000484.html

With over 825 miles of sandy beaches, Florida’s reputation as the perfect summer holiday destination has always been considered unshakeable. But this year, some business owners along the coast say the typical summer boom failed to materialize.

"Spring Break, really never happened for us, and then the summer swing, never happened for us," says Kirsten Smail, a marine educator for Dolphin Quest told ABC Action News. “It’s a ghost town,” confirmed Amber Simmons, General Manager at Pirates Pub & Grub. "It's the slowest year we've had since 2020."

The Canadians are big mad.

Once you get polite people big mad, they don't come back.

No kidding. Plus they are finding new places that they will now return to year after year.

Trump is such a shortsighted, ignorant moron. Would have thought though that Desantis knew better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, one more thing I didn’t know was different about where I grew up until I moved away. When someone asked where you’re from, we’d say which county, not which town. Most towns were so small, other people hadn’t heard of them. At best, if your town had an exit, people may have seen the name of the town on road signs or possibly stopped for a bathroom break while driving through the state. We all knew the counties, because most counties had one high school, and all the kids in that county went to that school, and our high school sports teams would be rivals. Most kids went to games if they weren’t working, because there wasn’t a lot of other stuff to do in small towns. When I went to college, I learned people in other areas didn’t have to do that, because their towns had more than 3000 people in them and people who didn’t live there had heard of those towns.

This answer and the one above it were fascinating to read. Thank you for painting this picture.

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Anonymous wrote:India’s Narendra Modi.
Hee, hee, hee! This is the thanks he gets for sucking up so hard to Trump. Now he looks like a buffoon both in India and to the rest of the world.

Indian-American here and I agree. So many of my relatives over there support Trump or think American politics here is just funny or a joke. It's not their fault (they didn't vote in this election) but people are now seeing how serious this is.

Why are Indians pro-Trump?

I would guess for a similar reason that Brazilians are. When you're looking at it from outside the US, Trump looks like he is putting the smug liberals in their place and enacting a conservative agenda.

But if you actually follow what he's doing closely you know that it's completely illogical and the only goal is to destroy government and rule of law. They're not following it that closely and just place it in their own domestic context and assume he thinks like them. He doesn't. Same with the Cubans.

Yeah if you're not following it closely, you don't realize it's "serious." My relatives over there were messaging on election night like they were talking about who'd win a sports match. He's a showman and that's "fun" for ppl who watch the news casually and assume (till now) they won't really be affected either way.

There was also an odd assumption that he'd be good for India bc he looked cozied up with Modi.

Anyway, none of this is to say my random relatives are representative of the country. It was just disturbing to me. And in any case (unlike the MAGA this thread is really about, they are not to blame since they don't live here and can't vote!

Is this also a little to do with anti-Muslim sentiment in India and the fact that Trump's base is also anti-Muslim?

Absolutely. I am the PP and don't disagree at all.