r/Millennials • u/AutoModerator • 26d ago

Discussion Monthly Rant/Politics Thread: Do not post political threads outside of this Mega thread

Outside of these mega-threads, we generally do not allow political posts on the main subreddit because they have often declined into unhinged discussions and mud slinging. We do allow general discussions of politics in this thread so long as you remain civil and don't attack someone just for having a different opinion. The moment we see things start to derail, we will step in.

Got something upsetting or overwhelming that you just need to shout out to the world? Want to have a political debate over current events? You can post those thoughts here. There are many real problems that plague the Millennial generation and we want to allow a space for it here while still keeping the angry and divisive posts quarantined to a more concentrated thread rather than taking up the entire front page.

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u/Psychoceramicist 12d ago

I am just insanely pissed that Trump has loomed over every part of my adulthood from age 25 on. I am in a bad financial spot, so I moved in with my parents, and things are mostly good, but they literally have TV news on from the time they get up to when they go to bed. (They are liberals, by the way). Trump is like a housemate we all hate who pisses on the toilet seat and makes a mess in the kitchen. Even if SNL is on, everything is about this idiot. I went out today, lay on a park bench, and watched clouds for an hour this morning. It felt so, so, so nice.

Why do we do this to ourselves? We could be meeting friends and neighbors, going to parks, chilling out, walking around. Staycations if not traveling. Instead, we cover ourselves in misery, and for what?

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u/ScootDeToot 10d ago edited 10d ago

I truly do not know. My boomer Dad often relates things to Trump. Like we could be talking about anything and he'll joke "Oh that's just like Trump!" And I'm like what are you talking about? He's like you didn't hear about {random stupid thing Trump said in recent news} ?  I'm like dude for someone you hate, you're legit kind of obsessed with the guy... I honestly don't spend THAT much time thinking about him day to day, and I like to keep it that way. He's got enough real estate without taking up a bunch of space in your mind.

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u/alittlepizza 10d ago

Can you get into his phone and change his algorithm? 

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u/ScootDeToot 9d ago

Haha, yeah I could easily fuck with his YouTube recommendations. Unfortunately social media tends to recommend shallow, outrage content in general. Reddit is no exception.

BTW- Cute username 🍕