A bemused response
I think that our generation has motivational problems. Seriously, people. It's been said before, and I'll say it again, but we organize better for the sake of reforming facebook than we do for the sake of electing people to office who could actually enact some real life reforms to help us. Rahter than be preachy, however, I have maintained my enthusiasm for our organizing power and believe that should we choose, we could definitely harness our power for the sake of good and bring the ruling class to their heels. Or something like that. . . . Right.
I am very intrigued by a certain facebook group I am certain that everyone has at this point come across, one "If this group reaches 100,000 my girlfriend will have a threesome." Reaching 100,000 people was simple for this boy, so he promised photos should it reach 300,000. Now, should the group become the largest group on facebook, he promises video footage.
I honestly do not know if this group was created in jest, or if it was created in earnest, but it isn't important. I do not judge for this, but rather, hail him as the discoverer of the proper methodology in order to motivate today's generation! If politicians want us to truly throw our spirit into things, they should, instead of making silly statements about tax breaks and social security, promise grand public displays of pornography and/or violence. I'm fairly certain that any politician who could publically promise that anyone who voted for him would get some would certainly be rocketed to victory by the heretofore silent Generation Y.
On a tangential note, Generation Y is the dumbest generation name ever. Just had to say.
But imagine the glorious future: politicians, instead of engaging in stuffy old debates about current events, could rather broadcast scantily clad pictures of themselves on the internet, on television ads, on breakfast cereal, anything they could get their hands on. Campaign promises would beat anything in our wildest dreams, offering us a way to live vicariously through our elected officials with artsy and tasteful taping of explicit acts, each more scintillating than the one before it. If the politicians aren't attractive enough, no sweat, they just need to come up with even more attractive "running mates."
So our politicians would do well to remember this ever important lesson, and learn to harness the power of our generation. We will lead America to certain victory.
On a completely unrelated note, I was told by the sweedish gymnastic team that if my post gets 500 replies they will have a lottery and sleep with the winners in order to raise funds to cure cancer. Seriously.
I am very intrigued by a certain facebook group I am certain that everyone has at this point come across, one "If this group reaches 100,000 my girlfriend will have a threesome." Reaching 100,000 people was simple for this boy, so he promised photos should it reach 300,000. Now, should the group become the largest group on facebook, he promises video footage.
I honestly do not know if this group was created in jest, or if it was created in earnest, but it isn't important. I do not judge for this, but rather, hail him as the discoverer of the proper methodology in order to motivate today's generation! If politicians want us to truly throw our spirit into things, they should, instead of making silly statements about tax breaks and social security, promise grand public displays of pornography and/or violence. I'm fairly certain that any politician who could publically promise that anyone who voted for him would get some would certainly be rocketed to victory by the heretofore silent Generation Y.
On a tangential note, Generation Y is the dumbest generation name ever. Just had to say.
But imagine the glorious future: politicians, instead of engaging in stuffy old debates about current events, could rather broadcast scantily clad pictures of themselves on the internet, on television ads, on breakfast cereal, anything they could get their hands on. Campaign promises would beat anything in our wildest dreams, offering us a way to live vicariously through our elected officials with artsy and tasteful taping of explicit acts, each more scintillating than the one before it. If the politicians aren't attractive enough, no sweat, they just need to come up with even more attractive "running mates."
So our politicians would do well to remember this ever important lesson, and learn to harness the power of our generation. We will lead America to certain victory.
On a completely unrelated note, I was told by the sweedish gymnastic team that if my post gets 500 replies they will have a lottery and sleep with the winners in order to raise funds to cure cancer. Seriously.