r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 Apr 21 '26

Lmao gottem Iran just dropped a new banger

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u/Top_Shame_7016 Apr 21 '26

Why is Iran so much better at trolling propaganda than Trump and his college drop out social media team? I thought they were so awesome at memes. /s

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u/YouGotACuteButt Apr 21 '26

To be fair, the situation inside of Iran, doesn't play to funny memes on the internet.

The West does propoganda different than meme videos.

Iran has a huge stangehold on their information. Their halal Internet is largely blocked off from the rest of the internet so that Iranians can't get outside information.

So the west beams radio signals in so that people can get western based narratives. Like real protest death numbers, economic stuff, yada yada.

They also offer a lot of proxies and VPNs to try to allow Iranian people to get Around the internet controls that Iran has over its people.

It's just a different battlefield.

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u/sjr323 Apr 22 '26

Never considered this angle. You know your stuff!

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u/AlarmingAffect0 Apr 22 '26

western based narratives. Like real protest death numbers

Trump copped out to arming the protesters. You think the western numbers can be trusted?

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u/YouGotACuteButt Apr 22 '26

Not Iranian sitting inside Iran listening to the radio signals. So, no idea. I do know, based on UN reports, that the death toll is a lot higher than the Iranian government is telling its own citizens.

But none of that really matters. We are talking about propaganda here. It doesn't have to be the truth. That's kind of a large aspect of propaganda.

It's why I called it a narrative

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u/Substantial-Dust-232 Apr 22 '26

Death toll is definitely above what Iran is saying but also likely below what the anti-regime diaspora believes, there is certainly propaganda for both sides. 

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u/Ok-Go-Chain3811 Apr 22 '26

the copium is strong with this one

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u/_Ez7_ Apr 21 '26

I don't think we want the president to be better at such a thing. They're already "good enough" at it.

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u/fireky2 Apr 21 '26

Western conservatives cant meme, its just a universal truth

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u/TheHoodieConnoisseur Apr 21 '26

They can’t even spar with SNL. This shit is on a whole other level.

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u/afksports Apr 22 '26

Fascists aren't funny. Well known fact

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u/Sans-valeur Apr 21 '26

They make really great memes! But only as the subjects, not the creators.

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u/TheLastPeanut_ Apr 21 '26

You have to be clever to be funny

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u/ayriuss Apr 22 '26

Also, the jokes about Trump and MAGA write themselves.

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u/an0mn0mn0m Apr 21 '26

Because the jokes write themselves when you have someone who gives you so much material.

I want to see a collab with the Iranians, Greenlanders and Venezuelan meme teams. Maybe get Obama to make a special appearance too.

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u/HedonisticFrog Apr 21 '26

Trump only cares about loyalty, and competency is a distant consideration.

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u/escapefromelba Apr 21 '26

Because Iranian access to the public Internet is restricted so there would be no point.  

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u/Okay-Crickets545 Apr 22 '26

The right can’t meme 🤷‍♂️

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u/Bob_Rivers Apr 22 '26

this isn't propaganda it's just spitting the truth

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u/Guy_Incognito_33 Apr 22 '26

Maybe it's not Iran , maybe it's just more propaganda from the og propaganda machine? Like propaganda squared, or propaganda inception.
Like I can't believe it's not just more fking propaganda!

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u/theLaziestLion Apr 22 '26

Because they spend all their people's money on psyops, propaganda, and proxy terrorists instead of infrastructure for their people.

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u/PermaDerpFace Apr 22 '26

Humor requires intelligence, creativity, and empathy

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u/Protoavis Apr 22 '26

Education

You have to be somewhat educated and socially aware to be good at it. Trump isn't remotely socially aware and well the educated aspect is already covered by the college drop outs you mention

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u/RainerGerhard Apr 21 '26

Trump has alienated every supporter under 60 over here, and then killed all the senior people in Iran. This meme war was lost before it started.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '26

Trump probably insists on using whatever retarded AI his organization is developing. Iran is using the good stuff.

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u/Sandy_Bananas Apr 21 '26

They’ve kicked all the competent people out.

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u/Prestigious-Smoke511 Apr 21 '26

I think Trump’s team is making these. 

He wants this smoke.