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When you're on top, your every decision is bound to be scrutinized, so you have to be able to take the heat. Both from the inside and the outside. Especially if you're leading the Free World. Setting an example simply comes with the job.
But the Facebook group 'America's Cultural Decline Into Idiocy' (ACDII) thinks the country could — and should — do better.
Its 277K members share funny yet sobering memes poking fun at politics, culture, and everything else they believe is spiraling out of hand. Here are some of the ones that have received the most attention there.
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#1
Charlie the Cat 1 hour ago (edited)
Universal healthcare, walkable cities, significantly cheaper cost of living, less chance of getting mvrdered at school, to name but a few.
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#5
Bored Jellyfish 2 hours ago
Now THIS is where “Thank you for your service” would be appropriate.
#7
TroubleMarkOne 45 minutes ago
I just want to see a photo of her disappointment on the 31st December when she empties out the jar of pennies and counts them...
#21
Ipetmykitteh 2 hours ago
That person is a flat earther. That’s some acrobatic thinking right there.
#22
Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47) 2 hours ago
This is a gag gift from the Bernard Food Industries. They started making this in 1964.
#23
Gavin Johnson 2 hours ago
U.K. number plates and the cars look like U.K. variants, U.K. style markings on the road, I’d say this is a shcool in the U.K. not really an American decline into idiocy unless we know the painter was American or the writer of the article is American. 🤷🏻♂️
#27
Gehti nIXON 52 minutes ago
Let's call it AI and give it a chat interface with confident responses.
#30
ShortAttnSpanTheatre 2 hours ago
Because those are different equasions, and order of operations is multiplication before addition.
#36
Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47) 2 hours ago
"Stewart Lansbury, of Charlotte, was taken to the emergency room after reportedly inserting a packet of Pop Rocks into his rectum, then using a turkey baster to add Coca-Cola as part of an $80 bet with friends."
#40
Charlie the Cat 1 hour ago
If I was the store manager, I would make her pay for it all or get her done for criminal damage.
#42
Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 59 minutes ago
The fact that someone got this on film means that it was on its way to happening for quite a while. I can't fathom how the drivers on the van didn't hear the thing banging on the roof for miles!
#43
Roxy222uk 2 hours ago
Blimey, this list is getting more and more annoying. Something as hugely expensive as a lift is not going to be manufactured ‘wrong’, leave the factory ‘wrong’, be accepted by the purchaser despite being ‘wrong’ and installed even though it’s ‘wrong’. This is obviously for a purpose.
#44
David Paterson 2 hours ago
"Noah fence" is a perfectly humorous redition of "No offence". By the way, if I remember correctly, there is a law that makes the playing of bagpipes illegal in Latvia.
#45
Culinary tip of the day for my foodie friends:
If you run out of whipped cream, you can substitute mayonnaise and no one will ever know!
#48
#50
chi-wei shen 2 hours ago
Kayleigh Düring is from the Netherlands and this is clearly a joke, not a sign of American decline.
#52
Lady Gypsy Rain 2 hours ago
This was far funnier as video. They laughed so hysterically and I couldn’t wipe the grin off my face for a long time.
#53
#60
Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47) 2 hours ago
🎶 Oh you can't roller skate in a buffalo herd, but you can be happy if you've a mind to. 🎶
#61
Multa Nocte (she/her/86 47) 2 hours ago
Is this US? I thought this store was from the Philippines.
#65
Charlie the Cat 28 minutes ago
This happened last month. A 3-year-old boy survived a crocodile attack after a stranger grabbed and threw him into an enclosure at Johnsons of Old Hurst zoo in Cambridgeshire, England, on June 18, 2026. Zoo owner's wife, Tracey Johnson, bravely jumped into the enclosure to rescue the child, pulling him to safety.
#69
chi-wei shen 2 hours ago
Even though most people would know who Boba Fett is, not knowing it isn't a sign of cultural decline.
#71
Elladine DesIsles 2 hours ago
I'm not a mashed potato fan, but aren't they typically prepared with milk, cream and/or butter? Hence "plant-based" not for the potatoes themselves, but for the lack of dairy.
#82
This kind of defeats the purpose of having ears.
Elladine DesIsles 2 hours ago
And yet they expect us to believe that a certain piece of presidential cartilage repaired itself, scar-free.
#83
#85
Gavin Johnson 2 hours ago
This is getting out of hand now. BT, British Telecom. 999 emergency number in the U.K., photo taken at least 20 or 30 years ago. This whole post is a joke. Not America, not a descent, FFS.
#86
#89
David Paterson 2 hours ago (edited)
Niqab, Burka, Covid mask. Spiderman costume? I feel there's a story behind this one.
#92
#98
Gavin Johnson 2 hours ago
It’s IN the U.S. but the utterly corrupt President of FIFA is Infantino and FIFA definitely isn’t an American business. More laziness by the writer.
#101
#103
Gavin Johnson 2 hours ago
U.K. sign, U.K. sign. No American idiocy on display here, again. Lazy writer.
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Justin Case 2 hours ago
You should do one titled “Bored Panda’s Literary Decline Into Idiocy: 105 Ridiculous Posts About Americans”
Gavin Johnson 2 hours ago
Indrè you’ve been a bit lazy haven’t you? So many of these images AREN’T from the U.S., I’m all for a bit of casual racism but you can’t really take the p1ss properly if you aren’t being accurate y’know?
Justin Case 2 hours ago
You should do one titled “Bored Panda’s Literary Decline Into Idiocy: 105 Ridiculous Posts About Americans”
Gavin Johnson 2 hours ago
Indrè you’ve been a bit lazy haven’t you? So many of these images AREN’T from the U.S., I’m all for a bit of casual racism but you can’t really take the p1ss properly if you aren’t being accurate y’know?
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