The Last Poster Wins! [v21]

[Neo Emolga]

Eh, I don't do politics. I'm aware of it, but I don't do it.

I don't like politics either. Everyone today is saying "go vote, go vote" but I'm saying no. I'm tired of choosing between the lesser of two evils. I choose no evils.

When decent candidates come back and run for office, I'll start voting again. I can accept a few flaws and I know not everyone is perfect, but this time around, no way.

[Noblejanobii]

I don't like politics either. Everyone today is saying "go vote, go vote" but I'm saying no. I'm tired of choosing between the lesser of two evils. I choose no evils.

When decent candidates come back and run for office, I'll start voting again. I can accept a few flaws and I know not everyone is perfect, but this time around, no way.

Now that's just plain stupid. It's your civic duty to vote after all. You're throwing it in the faces of those who have protected your right to vote by saying that you don't want to. You think I like the candidates? No. But I've sucked it up and voted anyway. If you think it's okay to any degree to not vote then you don't deserve to have the right to vote at all. It's not fair to the people who give their lives to protect that right for you to just say "eh I don't like them" and not vote. For the love of God you don't have to vote for the main two. Vote third party for all I care. But not voting is just plain stupid. And if you don't vote then you have zero right to complain about anything in the coming years because you didn't do anything to stop it.

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You may call me stupid then, because I don't vote whatsoever.

[Noblejanobii]

You may call me stupid then, because I don't vote whatsoever.

Then I want zero political complaints from you because you are doing absolutely nothing to change what is happening in the nation.

[Chibi Altaria]

I feel like education is worth less these days anyway. It doesn't matter what degree you have, no one wants to hire you unless you have experience, which makes no sense. xD Plus all the universities here are taking anyone and cranking out degrees to the point they're practically worthless, just cos they want money. (If I'd known just how HARD it is to fail out of university I wouldn't have stressed so much. Seriously people get so many extensions, repeat exams and second chances for nothing! xD) :P Everything's changing so much all the time. Who knows if it's better or worse. Depends what you want out of life, I guess!

This. ;O; I was out of Uni for over a year and I STILL couldn't pick up a job in my field (or at all, really) cause everyone and their mother wanted you to have so many years of experience. Then tell me, what was the point of even going to Uni? And I can't believe those people whose parents pay for them to go to Uni and they WASTE it by not going to classes and such. Do you even know how much debt the rest of us are in? D; That makes me sad. And yeah, failing Uni is so hard they'd probably pass you on attendance alone. Or the other way around, if you don't attend at all but still get the work in. Geeeeeeeez.

Honestly, instead of teaching us about algebra and calculus (who really needs that?) they should teach us about politics, how to vote, pay bills, real estate and all that other useful life stuff we'll need later on. I can't believe none of that is taught in school, and we're just expected to immediately know everything once we become an adult. xD


@Noblejanobii Now I come from a country where we ALL have to vote, even if we have no idea what's going on, or we don't want to. And I don't think this is any better. If half of us don't care about how we vote, how is that bettering the country? I'd rather we have a system like yours, where you only need to vote if you wish to. You told Neo that "you're throwing it in the faces of those who have protected your right to vote by saying that you don't want to", but isn't it his right in the first place whether or not he chooses to? Just because someone is given the right to do something doesn't mean they have to, especially if it might make it worse. Believe it or not, not choosing to vote is a choice as well. You're entitled to your decisions as someone else is to theirs. Respect their choice. Don't take personal offence where none is intended. O:

[Neo Emolga]

Now that's just plain stupid. It's your civic duty to vote after all. You're throwing it in the faces of those who have protected your right to vote by saying that you don't want to. You think I like the candidates? No. But I've sucked it up and voted anyway. If you think it's okay to any degree to not vote then you don't deserve to have the right to vote at all. It's not fair to the people who give their lives to protect that right for you to just say "eh I don't like them" and not vote. For the love of God you don't have to vote for the main two. Vote third party for all I care. But not voting is just plain stupid. And if you don't vote then you have zero right to complain about anything in the coming years because you didn't do anything to stop it.

Having the right to vote doesn't mean you HAVE to vote. That's like saying having the freedom of speech means you HAVE to talk and having freedom of the press means you HAVE to publish/broadcast something. If you helps you feel better, pretend I selected the "Neither" option and we'll leave it at that. Also, that does not mean I disrespect those that gave us the right to vote. I don't know where you came up with that conclusion. It's a privilege, yes, but not a mandatory obligation.

Why don't I vote? Because I fully reject both of these candidates and recognize the flawed system that doesn't allow for a third party candidate to have adequate representation. By voting for them, you are in part responsible for them and everything they do. Like I said, when candidates of better integrity, honesty, and credibility come forward, I will back them and support them. Also, I have the right to question and openly criticize the flawed system that fosters and enforces a two-party system where voting for anything besides Republican or Democrat is realistically throwing a vote away and just wastes time and effort. If it were an option, I would select "no, rerun the election with alternative candidates" and that's what I would go with.

As for complaining about what goes on in the upcoming years, I don't lose that right to question and point blame at any wrongdoings the next presidential candidate does. Anyone and everyone should have the ability to call out a flawed leader if they feel they have done something wrong, regardless of whether or not they voted in the election.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Then I want zero political complaints from you because you are doing absolutely nothing to change what is happening in the nation.

Haha this is pretty much how I feel. xD It's even funnier when they voted FOR someone dumb and then complain about that person doing dumb things. Well duh! xD Happened a lot here with our last prime minister!

Still weird to me that you guys gotta try and vote on a Tuesday. I read it's just a traditional thing and a certain republican keeps trying to get it changed to a weekend but for some reason it doesn't go through. My friend said it's probably to stop the poorer working classes from being able to vote as they'll be too busy working. :P Conspiracy!

This. ;O; I was out of Uni for over a year and I STILL couldn't pick up a job in my field (or at all, really) cause everyone and their mother wanted you to have so many years of experience. Then tell me, what was the point of even going to Uni? And I can't believe those people whose parents pay for them to go to Uni and they WASTE it by not going to classes and such. Do you even know how much debt the rest of us are in? D; That makes me sad. And yeah, failing Uni is so hard they'd probably pass you on attendance alone. Or the other way around, if you don't attend at all but still get the work in. Geeeeeeeez.

Honestly, instead of teaching us about algebra and calculus (who really needs that?) they should teach us about politics, how to vote, pay bills, real estate and all that other useful life stuff we'll need later on. I can't believe none of that is taught in school, and we're just expected to immediately know everything once we become an adult. xD

Yeah I can imagine it would be even harder in a field like yours with people wanting experience. :( I know you're not exactly working in your field but it's related right? You must be getting close to having enough experience to apply for other things? At least in my field, I can say I got plenty of lab experience while doing my studies. xD Plus everyone always wants volunteers around here so it's not hard to get work experience. Gonna be tough to get an actual job though. Darn you, world! *shakes fist*

The more I think about it, this "life skills" business idea sounds better and better! xD So true, there are so many useful things people should know... how to maintain cars, rent houses, home maintenance, tax returns, apply for jobs etc.

On an unrelated note, I came across this site the other day and it looks kinda interesting. https://www.designcontest.com.au/

[Neo Emolga]

Yeah I can imagine it would be even harder in a field like yours with people wanting experience. :( I know you're not exactly working in your field but it's related right? You must be getting close to having enough experience to apply for other things? At least in my field, I can say I got plenty of lab experience while doing my studies. xD Plus everyone always wants volunteers around here so it's not hard to get work experience. Gonna be tough to get an actual job though. Darn you, world! *shakes fist*

The more I think about it, this "life skills" business idea sounds better and better! xD So true, there are so many useful things people should know... how to maintain cars, rent houses, home maintenance, tax returns, apply for jobs etc.

I don't know why a lot of companies are now disregarding degrees and don't see it as experience. A lot of these classes are hard and passing those classes does show you're at least diligent and responsible enough to study up and meet the expectations of these classes. Doesn't that stand for something?

Also, like you said, we need "life skills" classes WAY more than the mandatory algebra and calculus classes that 99% of the planet hates with a passion. Let that 1% go out and find careers in fields of mathematics by taking electives in that stuff if that's what their passion is, but the rest of us don't need to have it shoved down our throats for us to gag and choke on it. I don't want to know how many people have given up on a degree simply because they were forced to take unrelated math classes that they couldn't handle when those math classes had absolutely nothing to do with their intended career path or what their major was for.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I don't know why a lot of companies are now disregarding degrees and don't see it as experience. A lot of these classes are hard and passing those classes does show you're at least diligent and responsible enough to study up and meet the expectations of these classes. Doesn't that stand for something?

Also, like you said, we need "life skills" classes WAY more than the mandatory algebra and calculus classes that 99% of the planet hates with a passion. Let that 1% go out and find careers in fields of mathematics by taking electives in that stuff if that's what their passion is, but the rest of us don't need to have it shoved down our throats for us to gag and choke on it. I don't want to know how many people have given up on a degree simply because they were forced to take unrelated math classes that they couldn't handle when those math classes had absolutely nothing to do with their intended career path or what their major was for.

Yeah it's pretty interesting how they force maths on people. I probably use maths more than most people in daily life. But I can't say I've had to do any complex calculus. xD I don't know much about US college stuff, but I heard that often everyone has to do a common first year or something where they have to do all kinds of subjects (like maths!) that aren't even related to their course? And then after that they specialise? Is that right?

Over here you don't do that. I didn't need to do any maths at all for my science course (unless I wanted to). I only did chemistry and biology subjects and I ended up doing first and second year statistics by choice, which I enjoyed and probably should have pursued cos I'd be rich right now. XD

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I plan on living in some mountains somewhere, where all I have to worry about is whether I should go for a dip in the lake, or fight a tree.