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tacocat  ·  2244 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 12-young-people-on-why-they-probably-wont-vote

Fuck these assholes. This one in particular:

    I hate mailing stuff; it gives me anxiety.




user-inactivated  ·  2244 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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kleinbl00  ·  2244 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If I were a "young person" I'd be livid. Did NyMag run an article on 12 young people who probably will vote?

EDIT: close enough

ButterflyEffect  ·  2243 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So I'm using Instagram polls to gage how many of my friends have voted...so far the split is 60/40 did not vote yet, to have voted. If that number doesn't change A LOT I'm going to be pissed. So pissed.

NYMag is just looking to paint those pesky whipper snappers as uninvolved so they have an easy story to run in the event elections turn sideways.

ThurberMingus  ·  2244 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I guess I still thought, Okay, my vote is largely symbolic in this election because I’m in Texas. Even if Texas went blue, I’m pretty sure my vote wouldn’t matter anyway.

That's not an argument against voting. It's an argument in favor of voting in primaries. I know most spots are going Republican, so in the primaries I at least vote for the Republicans who aren't juggling fraud investigations or campaigning for bathroom bills. (Bonus: I get to vote against Cruz twice as often)

kleinbl00  ·  2243 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's the spirit.

Back in 2000 Washington allowed you to switch parties as often as you wanted and the Republican primary was after the Democratic primary. So I voted for Dean, changed parties and voted for Bush because LOL! at least then they wouldn't field someone with a chance of winning like McCain.

Yeah that one still smarts.

tacocat  ·  2243 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was rooting for Trump through the primaries because I assumed he had no chance in the general election. Whoops

Quatrarius  ·  2244 days ago  ·  link  ·  

i have anxiety uwu

_refugee_  ·  2243 days ago  ·  link  ·  

apparently the kind of anxiety that prevents one from printing out forms, filling them out, printing out postage, sticking it to an envelope with any adhesive, and - gasp - actually leaving the house to go as long and far enough as the mailbox, at which -- double gasp -- one is actually also expected to put the flag up!

seriously you don't have to interact with a single human being to send mail

user-inactivated  ·  2243 days ago  ·  link  ·  

but what about the anxiety of knowing someone you'll never meet is reading and judging your handwriting and who you voted for.

It's simply too much.

_refugee_  ·  2243 days ago  ·  link  ·  

i accept that some people strive to do the bare minimum to survive in life so they can spend the rest of their free time jerking around (literally i personally have been revisiting this acceptance just this morning)

what i can never truly accept is those sorts of people into my life

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