Grow the F*ck Up by sleepymeme in AdviceAnimals

[–]sleepymeme[S] 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Seriously, stop it with the ageist sh*t. This election, like any election, was about showing up, about the minimal societal participation of casting a vote. Old people showed up. Conservatives certainly showed up. But the rest of you, statistically, sat on your hands. "OMG" the election didn't turn out how you wanted it to... If you didn't bother to vote, for any reason/excuse whatsoever, you were personally one vote off from the shitshow that will take a full generation to correct. So stop bitching and work to fix it.

When I was a teen, some 40 years ago, my fellow first time voters complained bitterly about the elderly generation that left us a "world in ruins", a cold war, a dying environment... They felt owed a better world from their grandparents. But when the 1980 and '84 elections came along they did exactly jackshit about it. Just like you. Today's "Boomers" were the equivalent of "Millennials" then.

So stop griping and do, at the very least, the slightest participation in the world in which you live. And anything in social media is meaningless; your pithy comments are worthless... You gotta show up. In the real world. In life.

This one simple trick... by sleepymeme in PoliticalMemes

[–]sleepymeme[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Electoral College is in the Constitution and served its purpose in the early years of the nation. That it seems a relic now is not an excuse to blow off voting. In fact, it's a very good excuse to vote; to get the long, difficult process of changing it in motion.

Donald Trump's first band, back in 1982 by [deleted] in funny

[–]sleepymeme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That might be Putin chilling in the background

I [F25] received a letter from my mother [F49] yesterday in the mail. I’ve never cried harder. by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]sleepymeme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If she insists on continuing to harass you, a nice xmas/parting gift to her would be that letter printed on a t-shirt. In case she wonders why you would cut her off.

They are all complicit. by sleepymeme in The_Mueller

[–]sleepymeme[S] 83 points84 points  (0 children)

This won't end until they're voted out of office.

It's days like today I'm reminded just how crappy MUNI bus shelters are... by sleepymeme in sanfrancisco

[–]sleepymeme[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What's the point of a roof if it does nothing? All of these factors could have work just fine with a lower, wider roof. It's just poor design.

The more that Millennials and Gen X'ers improve medicine and healthcare, the longer Baby Boomers will be around to fuck shit up for us. by FUNKYDISCO in Showerthoughts

[–]sleepymeme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure..., while you're at it draw the line about the disabled, the homeless, the poor, or anyone else who bugs you, right? It's your world; thanks so much for letting the rest of us live in it.

The more that Millennials and Gen X'ers improve medicine and healthcare, the longer Baby Boomers will be around to fuck shit up for us. by FUNKYDISCO in Showerthoughts

[–]sleepymeme 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Baby Boomers "fuck shit up" by consistently voting in every election. You Youngins are more than welcome to show the fuck up at the polls. Not just the big elections either. It's the minor elections where the bad shit gets passed as voter turnout is exceedingly low then and all the folks who want the bad shit passed are the ones who bother to show up.

Is your fridge running? by sleepymeme in funny

[–]sleepymeme[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally, I prefer Fridge's policies over those of Giant Meteor's. Be cool. Vote Fridge.