To be honest I think now that every MAGA candidate running for secretary of their state with explicit plans to fuck up the coming presidential election has lost AND it looks like Dems are going to win Georgia and thus have enough of a majority in the Senate to actually do stuff AND it’s entirely possible they’ll keep the House I think we can change the post election messaging from a bittersweet “it may seem like we lost and didn’t achieve much but if you look at the bigger picture this was a big step in the right direction” to a loud, victorious “despite everything with the help of millennial and gen z voters we pulled off the fucking impossible and you should feel so incredibly overwhelmingly proud of and empowered by that”
This election didn’t just hold the line, we crushed the far right almost everywhere that it mattered, made up for our losses flipping previously red areas, kept the margins razor thin even where we lost so they know we aren’t here to fuck around, and set ourselves up for an even bigger win in 2024, so you should never again feel like you’re powerless or your vote doesn’t matter. Every single one of you mattered. You made and will continue to make all the difference. I mean the 18-28s voted so hard we apparently canceled out EVERYONE OVER 65. That is fucking incredible. Trust me, the GOP is scared of us for a reason and we can keep up the momentum, crush them again and again.
We didn’t just barely stagger to the finish line, we ran full force over it, and we should celebrate that.
Like I cannot stress enough that on Tuesday night the idea that the Dems would keep the Senate by as wide a margin as this AND possibly keep the House was Completely Fucking Unthinkable, and yet here we are. Damn near every political analyst on twitter is admiting they never thought this was possible, that it basically shouldn’t have been possible. Everything was stacked against us, every bit of previous wisdom and statistics and polls and state, county, and demographic voting history said it should have been a red tsunami, but IT WASN’T, and that’s because of us.
I am not exaggerating when I say that we literally pulled off the impossible. We humiliated the far right by beating them within an inch of their lives in an election cycle that should have been a cake walk for them. They’re in full meltdown, attacking each other trying to rationalize it, hell they want to change the voting age because they’re so scared of us.
Young voters proved that we’re not apathetic, that we make all the difference, that we’re who needs to be catered to, that no one can afford to ignore us.
We made fucking history this week, and I can’t wait to see what we do next.
and this is with roughly ONE. QUARTER. of gen Z turning out to vote.
imagine what we could do with 30% turnout? 50%? if we can overcome the gerrymandering, voter suppression, lies, conspiracy theories, billions of dollars, and open threat of violence with only 1 in 4 of us turning up to the polls, what magic could we work if it was 1 in 2?
if you voted this election, please take this as proof of how important your vote is. this is something to be insanely proud of, to get fired up over! we can fucking do this!
I want Gen Z to be very proud of themselves. Every single election, every time, we tried to get young people out to vote. We tried everything. I have voted in every election that I could because I had an amazing teacher in high school who taught me that it was my duty and my voice and how we hold back the dark. And by God it was demoralizing to see Bush REELECTED after he stole an election and plunged the country into war, because my peers didn’t vote.
And, there was 2016. I think we’re all still traumatized by that.
But you guys voted. You guys came out and did what they said what couldn’t be done and that is so fucking amazing and you should be so proud. I’m so proud.
And with that energy, in 2024, we are going to do amazing things. Just you wait.
I truly hate the word “unalive.” There are so many other euphemisms that fictional Italian mobsters worked so hard to provide you with and you just ignore them.
ID: A youtube comment with 11 likes by Niceone, it says “I’ve lived 46 years without knowing this. How nice of life to save some of the best bites for later.” End ID.
Normally, people tend to get frustrated, even jokingly, if they miss out on something. This comment was on a song from 1974 and it made me smile quite much. Simply appreciative. Like a dessert after dinner.
this isn’t a moral statement so please dont’ take it that way but. to me i dont think tumblr trying to make money necessitates backlash considering if it doesn’t make money it will simply cease to exist. i genuinely really like tumblr and don’t want it to go under, so i’d rather they find a way to make a chunk of their money off stupid little features rather than inundating their userbase with ads and selling their data.
Write out ‘Suicide’ Write out 'Rape’ Write out 'Abuse’ & 'Assault’ & 'Gore’
If you don’t use the real words in your tags? People won’t be able to filter those out and stay SAFE.
You need to tag properly to keep everyone safe.
Don’t water down warnings just because social media has trained you to water them down.
Seriously guys. I know a lot of y’all newbies (welcome, by the way!) are coming from places where you get in trouble for just typing those words out.
But here, our tagging and filtering DEPENDS on y’all using the actual words. You’re not going to get in trouble for saying them. Using the full and proper word is what will allow you, and your fellows, to curate your experience well.
