The Masked Poster

yeah, but when's Half-Life 2 Episode Three?

Yeah nah that's a gen X face if I've ever seen one. Early 80s birthdate

If it makes you feel better we don't know 100%, but we like, 99% know it was him and his son Ron Watkins after the original Q posts on 4chan that were just randos who weren't organizing it, and posts like theirs were a dime a dozen

I know a lot of conspiracies are true but it's usually the ones happening right in our faces

Sometimes in life there is no grand conspiracy, just one or two true believers who suck shit and are useful idiots for a cause they have no logical reason to believe in

Well we know exactly who Q is. It was Jim Watkins, owner of 8chan. He let it slip several times and the founder of 8chan, who is now a decent human being, confirmed it

Shout out to Tostitos marketing for calling them party size bags and not I'm going through it a little bit and just need something to nurse by myself for a few days leave me alone size bags

The self-checkout machine thinks that I'm super popular and have lots of parties, that's really nice

It's a kitten, they are either completely on or completely off

I loved that phase

Right? I felt so alone in this. Even in season 1 it didn't feel like Kang was charismatic and enigmatic, it felt like an actor was punching above his weight and trying to force presence that he wasn't capable of making

He acted this way about his tax returns even when there was nothing actionable in them, they just looked bad. I can't imagine it's going to be as bad (or actionable) as people are hoping

I'm not doing the Mueller Report thing again, I can't

Also I voted blue in every election since I was old enough to even though I live in a solid blue state so my vote for president in the general is pointless

Pass, even

I think Sanders and Ed Markey, both progressives, are too old and should patch the torch, yes lol

If we do step up, it would be despite the established party elite, not because of, and that's a massive problem!

Considering how many Democrats die in office or, like late Feinstein, were more or less puppeted by staffers, and considering BIDEN, yes, age is a significant consideration.

Again, younger voters do try to step up, but there's citizens united again, plus how voters operate on name recognition

The fact that they're holding seats that could go to younger people and using name recognition and deep wells of money to keep them is horrible enough.

Could have, yes. Would have, they are directly resisting policies that the youth are demanding and dumping money *using advantages created by Citizens United* to protect the old guard against primary challenges.

So. Honestly. Fuck'em.

Again, America today is not America in the 1910s lol

And the suffragettes were supported and organized by older, wealthier women that actually had a voice and the ability to organize, which allowed the working class to get in on it

I don't support Platnor OR Mills, both are terrible picks

IDK why the septuagenarians and octogenarians keeping younger generations out of power isn't a problem to you. The youth should get out to vote for a party that refuses to share power or listen to their ideas?

Also I'm 35 lol

? Gen X youth didn't vote more. They voted even less than Millennials youths. The last time the youth vote came out stronger than it is now was the Nixon era, which was a very different America to today and generally the youth were more prosperous... And so had more time and energy to vote

It's not like I don't blame the youth vote for complaining about things then not voting. But they aren't powerful public servants who shape the Democratic platform and controls the treasury to decide what races get funded. Pelosi fights candidates who younger voters like. Why depress them like that?

So, once again, Pelosi can let new ideas in that would actually appeal to new voters. There can be pushes to make election day a federal holiday so young people have time to vote without missing a paycheck. She chose not to. She had more power in her hands to change these things.

Citizens United was indeed a catastrophic blow to democracy. Part of the problem is also that Pelosi can use uncapped contributions to keep new blood from entering the party. The Dems are old and their policies and stale and their strategies were outdated in the Bush era. They don't adapt.

2) The America today isn't the America of the suffragettes. The only bipartisanship on big issues like cost of living and healthcare is Democratic capitulation to Republicans. Obama, Biden, Harris, all of them pretend bipartisanship can still be accomplished. Even you understand that's unrealistic.

You're replying to several different posts in the chain for some reason so I'll just sum up.

1) You assume a college aged adult would be too young to remember Pelosi's big victory. That's part of the problem. Even with the ACA, which IS an improvement, we lag behind in healthcare severely.

Even pragmatically, when you need movement, what's easier? Getting a couple dozen Dem leaders at the top to budge? Or corralling tens of millions of younger voters who do not vote for extremely diverse reasons?

People want ambition and fight that the Democratic party has never had. This was a joke so old that we still post that one Simpsons screencap about it.

Youth voters are often too indifferent and cynical, but look around. The top ticket Dem candidates play by the rules and get nothing done. Republicans take over with razor thin margins and suddenly a lot can change very fast. Yes, their job is easier, but they're still shooting for the moon.

With Pelosi, that is a single person whose decisions made monumental changes. A single youth voter has next to no power, particularly if they live in a solid blue state. Therefore, Pelosi had more power and responsibility that she squandered than Aiden did.

The youth has a lot of shit going on. They are busier, poorer and more active. Mamdani has proven that it is, in fact, possible to mobilize the youth vote.

Nancy Pelosi had way more power to shape the party, its image and its messaging than Aiden C Skibidi cramming for exams at BSU