ResplendentShade t1_j2ne84l wrote
Brazil having an epic celebration of the life of one of it’s national treasures, meanwhile it’s president is hiding in small-town Florida eating KFC, lmao.
ladyem8 OP t1_j2ng4hk wrote
Wow. That picture of him with the KFC hanging out of his mouth is amazing. How the mighty have fallen!
LupusDeusMagnus t1_j2njktc wrote
Now ex-president.
But I also find it hilarious that the person posting the photo is claiming Bolsonaro is being humble for eating at KFC…. In a foreign country, a luxury the vast majority most Brazilians can only dream of.
thegatekeeperzuul t1_j2o368e wrote
Orlando has a ton of Brazilians that visit, go to any of the theme parks and you’ll hear Portuguese just as often if not more than Spanish. Certainly not a luxury someone from a favela could afford but it’s not seen as something only attainable by millionaires or whatever. And obviously KFC exists there and is not a luxury food.
Obviously Bolsonaro is a piece of shit and PR bullshit is PR bullshit but for anyone who buys into it it would be seen as humble for an ex president.
LupusDeusMagnus t1_j2osv6r wrote
>ton of Brazilians that visit
You're overestimating how many Brazilians visit Florida. In 2018, the US had 2.2 million visitors from Brazil - assuming those were all single time visitors (and thus ignoring frequent fliers), that's still <1% of the population.
The absolute vast majority of Brazilians can't afford to take international vacations, the ticket costs themselves are prohibitively expensive. Not to to mention the requirements for a visa preclude the majority of Brazilians anyways (in the case of the US).
thunder_thais t1_j2oxudg wrote
There are so many Brazilians that live down here in Florida. I’m currently visiting two of my cousins. It’s crazy going to a Walmart or convince store here and hearing people speak Brazilian Portuguese everywhere.
LupusDeusMagnus t1_j2pijh4 wrote
Yes, but those are very few of the total Brazilian population.
thunder_thais t1_j2pioi5 wrote
There’s more of us?
jokzard t1_j2o0nu9 wrote
Hush! It's supposed to be a low key "shit hole country" insult about Florida.
aronrodge t1_j2nompj wrote
Orlando is a small town?
ResplendentShade t1_j2ntnce wrote
The post in which I originally saw this identified it as a KFC in Kissimmee, near Orlando but much smaller (population 80k).
AntiDECA t1_j2o6j18 wrote
Really puts it into perspective when some people call 80k a small town.
Makes you wonder what they'd call a 10k town lol.
thunder_thais t1_j2oxwp4 wrote
Minuscule
aronrodge t1_j2o6aix wrote
Home to Disney world though.
Lutoures t1_j2o683e wrote
Former-president (fortunately) since yesterday
ContentWaltz8 t1_j2oknvl wrote
What's the odds he's hiding there to avoid extradition?
Florida is a hotspot of white collar crime and corruption.
TrinityF t1_j2npt80 wrote
Surely Ex-President by now.
khinzaw t1_j2nz1m6 wrote
Not at the time of the photo.
shalol t1_j2pqapt wrote
Left wingers try not to make literally everything about politics challenge (Impossible)
ResplendentShade t1_j2qgp5o wrote
I did do that, and I can agree it's tacky behavior. Though in this case it was honestly less as a political fixation and more because it's a hilarious circumstance and underappreciated photo - I was going to post it on the first article I saw about Brazil today regardless of the topic. Still I can see how it's annoying. Oh well, I'll upvote your comment to offset the person who downvoted.
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