TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Continuation: Our avatars are in a room.

Go To

Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#486426: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:33:27 PM

some say if one doesn't vote the monster under their bed will appear and it'll take the form of the current president

dead devotion
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#486427: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:34:24 PM

does that mean if we never vote ever we can keep Emperor Trump from doing anything because he has to be under all these beds

Lilqueendaisy A chill feller from Not Earth Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
A chill feller
#486428: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:34:29 PM

I'm just scared that I'll vote for the wrong guy and I don't know if my tiny vote will effect the Masses of people supporting trump!

And I only learned this shit on a online class I took along with my math one that caused me intense stress!

edited 21st Mar '16 6:35:16 PM by Lilqueendaisy

LOVE IS STORED IN THE AXOLOTL!
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#486429: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:35:12 PM

Logically speaking, Daisy, you not voting would be exactly what the Trump voters would love you to do.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#486430: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:35:25 PM

@trip: yes

@daisy: lots of people think that and then they don't vote, and then that situation could be reality

dead devotion
ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#486431: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:35:41 PM

Voter apathy leads to shitty candidates being elected.

High turnout is always good.

Trump's not even the nominee yet. Wait and see what'll happen.

edited 21st Mar '16 6:36:19 PM by ramuf

Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#486432: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:36:32 PM

The government actually wants us to not vote at all.

Less voters means less opinions out there means more people with the same opinion relecting the people that they like/they think will pander to them.

Also I'll get as hypebolic as I want.

This is my Hyperbolic Time Chamber and I'm about to go Super Saiyan.

edited 21st Mar '16 6:38:40 PM by Azure

PM box is Closed, Indefinitely Friend Code: 3368-4181-6850
Lilqueendaisy A chill feller from Not Earth Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
A chill feller
#486434: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:38:36 PM

But aren't they already ignoring votes and stuff like Hil said?

God this whole this feel stressful. No wonder politics is not a good conversation topic.

LOVE IS STORED IN THE AXOLOTL!
ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#486435: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:38:44 PM

The government isn't controlled by an evil cabal of uninteresting bureaucrats who want to make sure everyone thinks the same way.

This isn't 1984.

Ignoring votes isn't a systemic issue so far as I am aware. If it was, there'd be a hell of an uproar about it.

edited 21st Mar '16 6:40:15 PM by ramuf

HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#486436: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:39:34 PM

@norm: maybe so

then again you lucky bastards have actually viable third parties so there's also that

also to clarify, i would never straight up advocate not voting

its more we have a really shitty system that is seemingly tailor made to promote voter apathy

Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#486437: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:40:33 PM

@daisy: voter fraud like that makes a fraction of a fraction of a percent of actual votes

dead devotion
Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#486438: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:40:58 PM

Its 2016 and I still gotta wear these glasses.

PM box is Closed, Indefinitely Friend Code: 3368-4181-6850
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
WonderSquid Since: May, 2012
#486440: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:43:04 PM

@Ram: Nobody's saying you shouldn't vote. This whole discussion started because I was complaining about people not bothering to vote. It feels like you're drawing conclusions based off of things I said that weren't there to begin with.

What I'm saying is the Senate is a mess and will continue to be a mess unless people start actually paying attention to it.

I mean for fuck's sake we had a period of three weeks or so where the government would rather blame each other and bankrupt the entire country than find middle ground and therefore pay millions of people that desperately need money from their jobs that are cancelled and did nothing wrong. Our senate literally had a lower approval rating than syphilis at one point

@Daisy: You still absolutely need to go out and vote no matter how useless you think your vote is

Because none of my co-workers are going to vote, not appreciate the irony that this statement means 80% of them were not voting and 20% (i.e. me) were.

edited 21st Mar '16 6:44:27 PM by WonderSquid

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#486441: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:43:17 PM

I find myself stricken with the fact that I think I'm the only person in the entire US who feels optimistic about politics and the future of the country.

Everywhere I look I see nuffin but jade.

I was replying to Daisy with the whole thing about not voting.

edited 21st Mar '16 6:44:00 PM by ramuf

HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#486442: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:43:23 PM

also wait what

i didn't say they were ignoring votes, i said i often feel like my vote doesn't really matter

but that's not because i think there's literally some big conspiracy where my vote is being tossed into a furnace while the illuminati snickers at me

Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#486443: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:44:37 PM

there's absolutely no reason to be optimistic about it

Lilqueendaisy A chill feller from Not Earth Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
A chill feller
#486444: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:44:50 PM

Oh...

... I think I'll try voting sometime.

God this topic is scary.

LOVE IS STORED IN THE AXOLOTL!
WonderSquid Since: May, 2012
#486445: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:45:07 PM

Go vote. It's really fucking important and you will be contributing to voter apathy if you don't.

edited 21st Mar '16 6:45:15 PM by WonderSquid

Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#486446: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:47:23 PM

vote or else the donald trump monster will rise from your bed and build a wall

dead devotion
ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#486447: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:49:14 PM

The way I see it.

The more you know about politics, both in your own home country and abroad, the more depressing it gets. Look at Brazil, look at Poland, look at Hungary. They're all in the middle of horrific government malfeasance and god knows whats. Hell, look at the UK for a much milder example.

But I just can't do that. I can't look at everything and be crushed by it. Where others look at it and feel nothing but apathy, I see potential for improvement. Now, admittedly, that's a US-centric opinion. Poor fuckin' Hungary, but I don't see much potential for improvement there. They're really in for it.

But the US? No, we're not gonna go through hell. We have a hell of a lot of advantages, and we have a pondering but functioning government. We're going to be fine. I guess I just have a tremendous faith in government. The end of the world is not nigh. The US survived fucking Buchanan. We'll survive Trump.

Pessimism doesn't lead to improvement. Optimism doesn't necessarily either, but it has a shot.

I don't think we're fucked. Our system, though deeply flawed, has worked in the past and will continue to work.

edited 21st Mar '16 6:50:11 PM by ramuf

Lilqueendaisy A chill feller from Not Earth Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
A chill feller
#486448: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:49:42 PM

I will I will!

But for now I am gonna hide under blankies because it is cold for some reason.

LOVE IS STORED IN THE AXOLOTL!
Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#486449: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:53:28 PM

besides if trump gets elected we'll always have democratic candidate guy fieri in 2020

dead devotion
ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#486450: Mar 21st 2016 at 6:54:33 PM

KANYE 2020

EVERYONE GETS YEEZYS

I live in a constant state of fear and misery.

Total posts: 510,405
Top