My tankie ass on in that Thinkpad with Linux shit. The Japanese news reading public can not possibly comprehend this

I prefer a custom built PC. What does that make me on the US political spectrum?

And take the NYT there too

And Apple

Yep move all the mainstream media out of that left column.

And the Tesla

As Jesus intended

* Jesus in this comment is American Jesus only. Any resemblance to other incarnations of Jesus are entirely coincidental and should not be inferred.

Hell, facism is the least of all reasons to hate HP laptops

HP is BUSINESS, while Apple is CREATIVE. The greatest of political divides. /s

This picture is at least 15 years old, I remember it making the rounds during uhh, I want to say Obama's first term.

It is 100% AI, so I wouldn't think too deep on any of the choices depicted. Look at the apartment building.

Apple is aligned with Trump thanks to Tim Cook

The infographic is explaining broad cultural differences. If you think many people in liberal america are changing their laptops because of Tim Cook, you are out of touch.

NYT writes with a conservative slant

Again, this is about broad cultural trends. I know one of lemmy's favorite catchphrases is "America has a center right party and a far right party" - and I'm not saying that isn't true. But the people in these parties and the people occupying their associated social demographics see large differences between each other, which is what this infographic is about. American liberals, by and large, respect the NYT. They might disagree with its slant in one way or another, but if a god-and-guns conservative starts criticizing it over thanksgiving dinner, they will defend it tooth and nail. Meanwhile, American leftists are not represented in this infographic because they make up an incredibly small portion of the population, and are largely culturally irrelivant outside a few isolated and insular pockets.

HP is shit-tier hardware, but WhyTF is it red?

It is a stand-in for non-Mac PCs in general. They probably felt they had to pick a brand to counter "Mac", and HP only has 2 letters and so fit in the infographic better.

What makes Basketball inherently democratic/liberal? What makes Baseball republican/conservative?

I agree this is their weakest comparison. I assume they were going with basketball=black people, baseball=apple pie. A more apt comparison, imo, would be conservatives watching sports while liberals watch TED Talks or something.

Yeah, no. Republicans and sharing are two words that won't fit into the same sentence

I think demographic spillover to some extent. Basketball is seen as more of an African american sport (vs hard racism). Rural areas are also more likely have to have a gas station with a 44-64oz/1-2L fountain drink vs urban coffee shops. Macs are viewed as more artistic and high end

HP, I think, just represents using a generic PC. The stereotype is that liberals use Macs

AI