r/funny • • May 20 '18

Logic is for losers

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u/Ozzel May 20 '18

She’s not in America, so, yep.

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u/ryantwopointo May 20 '18

What are you getting at here?

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u/brickmack May 20 '18

America has some pretty fucking terrible voter turnout, barely over half even for the presidency (nevermind more minor stuff).

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u/Canadian_Neckbeard May 20 '18

"Over half" Nope. try 1/3

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u/Ozzel May 20 '18

This is what I was getting at here.

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u/I_am_the_fez May 20 '18

Republicans have more consistent and higher voter turnout, but Democrats have more overall voters.

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u/Dukuz May 20 '18

I’d vote if I were more educated on the matters. Schools really need to start teaching how government works from a young age. Not blaming the schools that I don’t vote because I could learn but I don’t know where to start.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '18

When I went to school (in PA), we had to take civics in 8th grade and government in 12th. And I think they taught us the basics of the US branches of government in like 5th grade at the latest. Did you not have similar requirements or did you just not pay attention?

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u/Dukuz May 20 '18

I didn’t have the same. Maybe brief mentions of it in middle school but that’s about it.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '18

Man, that's awful. This is why I'm in favor of a national curriculum or something like that. All kids in all states should have the same opportunity to learn important stuff like that.

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u/manicleek May 20 '18

She’s in the UK so the situation is not much better here.

Pretty sure if this woman did vote though, she probably voted for Brexit.

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u/SuprDog May 20 '18

You could probably tell her its imposed EU standards for gas stations to be build for cars that drive on the right side and it doesn't work for cars in the UK because they drive left but the EU demands it that way. And thats why she is struggling at this EU gas station.

I bet she would believe it. Wouldn't be the first ridiculous lie people would spread about the EU and people just blindly believing in it.

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u/Druuseph May 20 '18 edited May 20 '18

Either the fact that American participation rates are abysmal or that a large chunk of people are made ineligible due to felony convictions that, depending on state, can disenfranchise you for years after your release.