Right, I go to sarcasm too whenever it comes up. Or evade the topic all together if possible. I don't even mean about approaching people over politics though - that's like a known taboo that's been known for years. 

I don't have any commonalities with people in my country. I do not follow the sportsball. I stopped watching MCU and zogslop around 2016 and started doing more things irl. Aside from a select few vidya games to pass the time. Very little binging TV shows.