▲ 1426 ▼ More Gen Z Americans identify as LGBTQ than as Republican (www.thepinknews.com) submitted 2 years ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 502 comments fedilink hide all child comments let's gooo
[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago (4 children) Now if they’d just vote…. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 35 points 2 years ago (1 child) To their credit, they are: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/12/12/near-record-high-numbers-of-young-people-voted-during-the-midterms-signaling-a-possible-shift/ 1 out of 4 for a midterm election is nothing to sneeze at. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago Specifically, an estimated 27% of eligible voters in that age group turned out to the polls in 2022 In 2018, approximately 31% of young people voted It's not that many, and it's actually down from the last midterm election. Fucking vote. permalink fedilink source parent [–] stoly@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) Golly I remember once on Reddit saying that people should vote and by howdy did a whole bunch of angry people vote me down double digits because, you see, apparently voting doesn't matter and I made people feel sad. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago To be fair, I've voted my whole adult life and don't really feel like anything is better off because of it. I will continue to vote for the lesser evil, but I also completely understand why people are frustrated with this system. We just keep voting between a turd sandwich and a giant douche, and it gets old. So it doesn't surprise me when people feel like voting is useless, it feels like it's hopeless by design. We need a new system. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ThePenitentOne@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) People get mad when they have a problem and you provide a solution they can feasibly take part in. As soon as they have any agency/capability to take responsibility suddenly they are unable to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago My mother in law famously stopped seeing a psychologist when they told her that she has the power to fix all of the problems in her life. She then spent the next 15 years being an unbearable cunt until her second-eldest had a child and suddenly she doesn't want to fuck up the grand kids as much as she fucked up her own children. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chakan2@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago They do vote...they're in areas where their vote doesn't count. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Emerald@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) A lot of us aren't old enough to vote yet permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] billwashere@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Ok you get a pass 😉 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 35 points 2 years ago (1 child) To their credit, they are: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/12/12/near-record-high-numbers-of-young-people-voted-during-the-midterms-signaling-a-possible-shift/ 1 out of 4 for a midterm election is nothing to sneeze at. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago Specifically, an estimated 27% of eligible voters in that age group turned out to the polls in 2022 In 2018, approximately 31% of young people voted It's not that many, and it's actually down from the last midterm election. Fucking vote. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago Specifically, an estimated 27% of eligible voters in that age group turned out to the polls in 2022 In 2018, approximately 31% of young people voted It's not that many, and it's actually down from the last midterm election. Fucking vote. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stoly@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) Golly I remember once on Reddit saying that people should vote and by howdy did a whole bunch of angry people vote me down double digits because, you see, apparently voting doesn't matter and I made people feel sad. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago To be fair, I've voted my whole adult life and don't really feel like anything is better off because of it. I will continue to vote for the lesser evil, but I also completely understand why people are frustrated with this system. We just keep voting between a turd sandwich and a giant douche, and it gets old. So it doesn't surprise me when people feel like voting is useless, it feels like it's hopeless by design. We need a new system. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ThePenitentOne@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) People get mad when they have a problem and you provide a solution they can feasibly take part in. As soon as they have any agency/capability to take responsibility suddenly they are unable to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago My mother in law famously stopped seeing a psychologist when they told her that she has the power to fix all of the problems in her life. She then spent the next 15 years being an unbearable cunt until her second-eldest had a child and suddenly she doesn't want to fuck up the grand kids as much as she fucked up her own children. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago To be fair, I've voted my whole adult life and don't really feel like anything is better off because of it. I will continue to vote for the lesser evil, but I also completely understand why people are frustrated with this system. We just keep voting between a turd sandwich and a giant douche, and it gets old. So it doesn't surprise me when people feel like voting is useless, it feels like it's hopeless by design. We need a new system. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThePenitentOne@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) People get mad when they have a problem and you provide a solution they can feasibly take part in. As soon as they have any agency/capability to take responsibility suddenly they are unable to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago My mother in law famously stopped seeing a psychologist when they told her that she has the power to fix all of the problems in her life. She then spent the next 15 years being an unbearable cunt until her second-eldest had a child and suddenly she doesn't want to fuck up the grand kids as much as she fucked up her own children. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago My mother in law famously stopped seeing a psychologist when they told her that she has the power to fix all of the problems in her life. She then spent the next 15 years being an unbearable cunt until her second-eldest had a child and suddenly she doesn't want to fuck up the grand kids as much as she fucked up her own children. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chakan2@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago They do vote...they're in areas where their vote doesn't count. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) A lot of us aren't old enough to vote yet permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] billwashere@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Ok you get a pass 😉 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Ok you get a pass 😉 permalink fedilink source parent