That was the Bush era as an American (mostly just the white men, I would imagine), perhaps, but in some other places around the world probably felt pretty dystopian because of the Bush administration. Beyond the usual complaints, there was the Global Gag rule (don’t say abortion or even think about saying it!) and the stop-loss policy (sure, let’s extend your military service requirement to 100 years!). Those things, among many others probably felt pretty dystopian during the Bush era.
It was pretty fuckin’ dystopian as an American in opposition to invading Iraq. The only way I feel that could’ve been otherwise is through some combination of support, ignorance, and/or being a child/unborn.
I was young, white, and male with a good support system. So, my life was close to best case scenario. I was too young to vote in 2000, but I voted against him in 2004. I was naive to the importance of elections outside of the general election. I’m not sure why my parents didn’t educate us more on that. My kids are more than a decade from voting and we are already discussing how we look up information to inform our votes. We vote in every election and we get the kids excited about it (they love the voted stickers!).
Yeah I guess I should clarify for posterity the ‘ignorant’ part isn’t meant to be damning, just, well, true for much of the American electorate. Then and now. I knew I was already a weirdo for even caring about politics at all in my youth and accept it now. Political apathy is the default state so there’s just no grudge to hold or ax to grind about it.
I didn’t find the “they’re eating the dogs” shit even mildly amusing in 2024 because I knew a large amount of people were going to just go vote for the “they’re eating the dogs” guy after watching the memes and laughing.
Yeah it’s not funny anymore. The time for jokes is really long gone
Bush era was great for jokes. He was awful, and fuck him, but this shit is dystopian.
That was the Bush era as an American (mostly just the white men, I would imagine), perhaps, but in some other places around the world probably felt pretty dystopian because of the Bush administration. Beyond the usual complaints, there was the Global Gag rule (don’t say abortion or even think about saying it!) and the stop-loss policy (sure, let’s extend your military service requirement to 100 years!). Those things, among many others probably felt pretty dystopian during the Bush era.
It was pretty fuckin’ dystopian as an American in opposition to invading Iraq. The only way I feel that could’ve been otherwise is through some combination of support, ignorance, and/or being a child/unborn.
I was young, white, and male with a good support system. So, my life was close to best case scenario. I was too young to vote in 2000, but I voted against him in 2004. I was naive to the importance of elections outside of the general election. I’m not sure why my parents didn’t educate us more on that. My kids are more than a decade from voting and we are already discussing how we look up information to inform our votes. We vote in every election and we get the kids excited about it (they love the voted stickers!).
Yeah I guess I should clarify for posterity the ‘ignorant’ part isn’t meant to be damning, just, well, true for much of the American electorate. Then and now. I knew I was already a weirdo for even caring about politics at all in my youth and accept it now. Political apathy is the default state so there’s just no grudge to hold or ax to grind about it.
It’s never about the humor, it’s about delivering a message
I didn’t find the “they’re eating the dogs” shit even mildly amusing in 2024 because I knew a large amount of people were going to just go vote for the “they’re eating the dogs” guy after watching the memes and laughing.
It was never fucking funny. Political memes is as bleak as it is fucking stupid.
The time for jokes is never gone, we just make calls about which ones we feel like making.