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Reddit feels so peaceful after muting all political subs

This is a captioned reaction meme using the famous opening scene from the 1965 film *The Sound of Music*, showing protagonist Maria spinning happily with her arms outstretched in a bright green alpine meadow, with snow-capped mountain peaks under a clear blue sky in the background. White bold text is placed at the top and bottom of the image: the top line reads 'HOW REDDIT FEELS', and the bottom line reads 'ONCE YOU MUTE ALL POLITICAL SUBS'. The joke draws a parallel between the idyllic, calm, joyful feeling of the scene and the improved, peaceful user experience of browsing Reddit after filtering out all political discussion subreddits, which many users find stressful, divisive, or annoying.
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HOW REDDIT FEELS
ONCE YOU MUTE ALL POLITICAL SUBS

Overview

This is a captioned reaction meme using the famous opening scene from the 1965 film The Sound of Music, showing protagonist Maria spinning happily with her arms outstretched in a bright green alpine meadow, with snow-capped mountain peaks under a clear blue sky in the background. White bold text is placed at the top and bottom of the image: the top line reads 'HOW REDDIT FEELS', and the bottom line reads 'ONCE YOU MUTE ALL POLITICAL SUBS'. The joke draws a parallel between the idyllic, calm, joyful feeling of the scene and the improved, peaceful user experience of browsing Reddit after filtering out all political discussion subreddits, which many users find stressful, divisive, or annoying.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit. It is a derivative work that adds text captions to a widely recognizable still from the classic musical film The Sound of Music, a popular source for reaction memes expressing joy or relief. The original title of the post when shared was 'It's so peaceful now'.

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