donbosco
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If you think no teenagers or 20 something are political...well, I hope you're right about maga.
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If you think no teenagers or 20 something are political...well, I hope you're right about maga.
lawtig02
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From what I have seen, a very small number of teenagers are truly focused on politics.
An ENORMOUS number of teenagers and early-20 somethings are extremely concerned about their ability to get a job, buy a house, etc.
So I'm all in favor of letting the Pubs fight the culture wars like this ad campaign, and let's focus on policies that will show young people they won't have to live in their parents' basement forever.
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Not "none" and, because of social media, certainly more than when I was in my teens-twenties.
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Also a good excuse to show more videos of Sydney Sweeney, probably.
As an aside, first thing I saw her in was White Lotus and never really got over my dislike of that character — so I remain surprised by her ascendancy (though I understand she has proven herself a solid actor in some subsequent roles).
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Speaking from absolute and complete ignorance about whether teenagers are focused on politics, I am in no position to comment on it. However, (words signifying bull feces to follow) when I was a teenager, the Vietnam War was still active, the draft was still in effect, and the right to vote--via the 26th Amendment--was enacted. Two somewhat contradictory points about this: 1) I considered getting the right to vote at age 18 a big deal when draftees under the age of 21 were being sent to Vietnam. 2) Somewhat contradictory, a key reason I enlisted in the Army was to qualify for GI Bill educational benefits. I specifically asked my recruiter about the minimum time I could serve on active duty (all enlistments were for six years, with various splits between active duty, active reserves, and inactive reserves) and still get the maximum GI Educational Benefits. I served my time, graduated college debt free, and purchased my first home--way before I could have afforded it otherwise--with a 30-year VA loan with a zero down-payment. My next home was purchased with a 15-year regular bank loan, due to the appreciation of my first home. My current home was purchased with a 10-year regular bank loan that I paid off in the sixth year, because of how much money I brought over from the sale of my previous home.
Neither my education nor my homes would have been possible without (a) the extra maturity I had when I entered college, (b) the "free money" from GI Bill Education Benefits, and (c) a zero-down payment first home loan. All of the above is a form of political interest. It definitely was also self-interest, but politics was definitely involved. If there is any doubt about my abysmal ignorance of teenagers of voting age, then let me remove that doubt: I have no idea if what I did could be done by teenagers today, but I seriously doubt it could be.
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you claim liberals are more empathetic which is an emotional trait and you brought up liberal desires for more regulation. the regulatory desires are based on logic, not emotion. i don't really disagree that liberals are more empathetic but it doesn't control all of their policy.
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That's pretty much a "full-stop" for me. To paraphrase a line from "Jerry Maguire," you had me a Sydney Sweeney in skin-tight jeans.
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Indeed, all federal regulations since 1981 have been subject to cost-benefit analysis per executive order, statute or both. Cost benefit analysis is like the least emotional thing out there. It literally involves putting a price on peoples' lives. Debates among regulators are often of the form, "we think human lives are worth $8M and you think they are worth only $5M."
Of course this poster has no clue about any of that.
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The Sydney Sweeney Jeans Ad "Backlash" Is Mostly Fake
How a handful of TikTok comments became a national controversy about eugenics, Democrats, and denim.
“Within approximately 37 seconds, the internet did what the internet does. But here's the thing—when you actually look at this "massive backlash," it starts to feel a bit... manufactured?
Sure, some TikTokers made videos calling it fascist propaganda. A Columbia University lecturer analyzed it for eugenic messaging. But when you dig into the actual numbers, when you look for the hordes of furious liberals supposedly melting down over a jeans ad... they're surprisingly hard to find.
What you can find, in abundance, is the backlash to the backlash. Vice President JD Vance gleefully telling podcast hosts that Democrats attacking Sydney Sweeney for being beautiful is “how you're going to win the midterm.” The White House communications director calling critics “warped” and “moronic.” Ted Cruz rushing to defend... a jeans commercial. Countless right-wing accounts sharing the same handful of critical TikToks as evidence of widespread liberal hysteria.
The “controversy” even spawned a completely fake apology that went viral — one that joked about American Eagle not realizing “how big her boobs would be.” People shared it as if it were real, further proof of woke insanity. But it was just some content creator having a laugh.
You don't need an actual controversy anymore. You just need the idea of one.”
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American Eagle has responded to critics after the brand’s new denim campaign with Sydney Sweeney caused major controversy.
“‘Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans’ is and always was about the jeans,” the company said Friday in a statement obtained by The Post. “Her jeans. Her story.”
“We’ll continue to celebrate how everyone wears their AE jeans with confidence, their way,” the statement continued. “Great jeans look good on everyone.”
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“‘Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans’ is and always was about the jeans,” the company said Friday in a statement obtained by The Post. “Her jeans. Her story.”
“We’ll continue to celebrate how everyone wears their AE jeans with confidence, their way,” the statement continued. “Great jeans look good on everyone.”
American Eagle breaks silence on Sydney Sweeney ‘great jeans’ ad controversy
“Great jeans look good on everyone.”
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From the Columbia University lecturer:The Sydney Sweeney Jeans Ad "Backlash" Is Mostly Fake
How a handful of TikTok comments became a national controversy about eugenics, Democrats, and denim.
“Within approximately 37 seconds, the internet did what the internet does. But here's the thing—when you actually look at this "massive backlash," it starts to feel a bit... manufactured?
Sure, some TikTokers made videos calling it fascist propaganda. A Columbia University lecturer analyzed it for eugenic messaging. But when you dig into the actual numbers, when you look for the hordes of furious liberals supposedly melting down over a jeans ad... they're surprisingly hard to find.
What you can find, in abundance, is the backlash to the backlash. Vice President JD Vance gleefully telling podcast hosts that Democrats attacking Sydney Sweeney for being beautiful is “how you're going to win the midterm.” The White House communications director calling critics “warped” and “moronic.” Ted Cruz rushing to defend... a jeans commercial. Countless right-wing accounts sharing the same handful of critical TikToks as evidence of widespread liberal hysteria.
The “controversy” even spawned a completely fake apology that went viral — one that joked about American Eagle not realizing “how big her boobs would be.” People shared it as if it were real, further proof of woke insanity. But it was just some content creator having a laugh.
You don't need an actual controversy anymore. You just need the idea of one.”
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Sayantani DasGupta, a lecturer at Columbia University, said in a TikTok video that the campaign was “really imbued with eugenic messaging” and compared its tagline to remarks President Trump made in 2020 about how Minnesotans had “good genes.”
“It is both a testament to this political moment, and it’s contributing to and reinforcing this kind of anti-immigrant, anti-people of color, pro-eugenic political moment,” she said of the campaign, adding that she planned to teach it in at least one of her courses in Columbia’s narrative medicine program in the fall.
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Easy now, killer. She’s like 25. Do you typically find your granddaughters or their friends attractive? I guess Donald Trump really IS the perfect guy for you!
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Hey do you remember earlier in the thread when you said American Eagle sold $300 million in jeans in one day then disappeared because you looked like such a tremendous idiot?
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Anyone who has such little understanding of empathy doesn't deserve a response.
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She is attractive and I'm an old man.
The difference is boundaries and awareness, of which trump has none. So while we can acknowledge her beauty, we stop there where trump would tell everyone how she wants him and how he could still satisfy her.
I don't believe being a "registered" republican makes her a cult member. I've read a few opinions that lead me to believe she has a level of empathy and caring for others that would disqualify her as a maga cultist.
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Regulation if most often a response.
They didn't think up lock out trash out policies because everyone was safely working and not getting hurt.
I've known three people who died while working on equipment and not following regulations regarding removing potential energy sources.
I'm sure some posting here would have no empathy on a man being killed by machine movement caused by stored potential energy. I'm sure they would see it as an outlier and not see a need to regulate.
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Unfortunately the jeans are pretty loose in the commercials, disappointing i know.