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Spotted on the DC Metro (Original Post) bigtree Jul 2024 OP
Love it! The kids are alright. jmbar2 Jul 2024 #1
Yep! jayschool2013 Jul 2024 #7
Yeah, if they'd quit slouching over their damn phones Warpy Jul 2024 #8
I'll give them a slouch phone pass BaronChocula Jul 2024 #22
Red Line, Gallaudet, car 3237. Thanks. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 #2
I was just reading a thread about young people being enthused. LizBeth Jul 2024 #3
One might think Hieronymus Phact Jul 2024 #17
Maybe they got woke & you just didn't know it yet. Or maybe by "young people" you forgot the ones with a uterus... Hekate Jul 2024 #23
I think a lot of young people are just like a lot of older people BaronChocula Jul 2024 #25
My daughter is now much more enthusiastic than she was a month ago ArkansasDemocrat1 Jul 2024 #19
Well, I do remember a time when young people supported an older wnylib Jul 2024 #20
A smart young man. democrank Jul 2024 #4
I have often said this should be more a younger generation's election. Bumbles Jul 2024 #5
This is a women's election GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #11
That was fast Renew Deal Jul 2024 #6
Love it, that was quick IronLionZion Jul 2024 #9
In DC I bet sold on street Tree Lady Jul 2024 #16
Yep, for elections and sports, they make shirts for both sides IronLionZion Jul 2024 #18
All it takes is having tee shirts on hand and a screen printer with paint supplies Attilatheblond Jul 2024 #24
lol! .. THAT was fast! sarchasm Jul 2024 #10
Didn't take long SpankMe Jul 2024 #12
YES !!! Rubyshoo Jul 2024 #13
EXCELLENT!!! calimary Jul 2024 #14
The youth understand the change that is coming. republianmushroom Jul 2024 #15
It will spread quickly amongst our young. Magoo48 Jul 2024 #21
A friend is on the hunt for Kamala cups from the official campaign - so it benefits them directly. summer_in_TX Jul 2024 #26
wow that was quick! ecstatic Jul 2024 #27
Please tell me that was on a Yellow, Blue or Silver line train headed to a purple or red part of NoVa Stinky The Clown Jul 2024 #28

jayschool2013

(2,553 posts)
7. Yep!
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 12:00 PM
Jul 2024

Joe's announcement will unleash enthusiasm among young people who wanted a change at the top. They'll still need our help in getting out the vote, especially among college students who don't attend university where they permanently reside.

If we can wade our way through those potential roadblocks and other GOP voter-suppression efforts in college towns and majority-minority neighborhoods, Vice President Harris will win — by a lot.

Warpy

(113,132 posts)
8. Yeah, if they'd quit slouching over their damn phones
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 12:01 PM
Jul 2024

so we could read their message t-shirts more easily.

Took me forever to get this one between the slouching and earbud noodles.

Now get off my lawn.

But yeah, the kids are looking OK to me, too.

LizBeth

(11,167 posts)
3. I was just reading a thread about young people being enthused.
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 10:31 AM
Jul 2024

A handful of posters were pissed the young people are not enthused with an old white man running the country and being an old person myself, I cannot understand why they have such a tough time understanding young people not wanting an old man to be their president. Why they want someone more representative toward them.

Agree or disagree with them is one thing, but to not understand is hard for me to understand, lol. Every younger person i know was dragging their feet to vote. Every young person I know is more enthusiastic. Take the emotion out of it, not that hard to understand.

Now... young people that are hard to motivate to vote has an obligation because they were given what they wanted.

BTW, haven't bought a Tshirt in a while. I want one.

Hieronymus Phact

(557 posts)
17. One might think
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 12:56 PM
Jul 2024

that having their reproductive rights stripped away, and their voting rights under attack, and the very rule-of-law now sliced up, might be enough of a motivator.
Now i know better: They don't give a crap about that stuff, they just need to be "enthused" by a candidates demographic background.

Once again: liberals think their vote is a valentine that can only be given to their One True Love. Conservatives see their vote as a chess move, They don't have to fall in love with the shape of the Chess pieces to be motivated enough to move them in the proper direction. They Always Vote no matter what.

Hekate

(96,978 posts)
23. Maybe they got woke & you just didn't know it yet. Or maybe by "young people" you forgot the ones with a uterus...
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 01:30 PM
Jul 2024

…because they are being threatened with slavery and death in a very concrete way from the nuclear bomb known as Dobbs.

The young female half of the population may not go forth every day expecting they will need an abortion, but they sure do expect that contraception will be available and legal.

BaronChocula

(2,620 posts)
25. I think a lot of young people are just like a lot of older people
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 01:34 PM
Jul 2024

They are seemingly incapable of seeing the whole picture. A they don't know how to rank values and priorities above personal likeablility.

wnylib

(25,211 posts)
20. Well, I do remember a time when young people supported an older
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 01:24 PM
Jul 2024

candidate for president. St. Ronnie the Raygun had a lot of support from young people. The young White ones liked Raygun's attacks on the progress that the civil rights movement had made. They felt entitled to jobs and degrees for themselves. They were offspring of the people who had promoted equal rights, peace, the environment, etc. They rebelled against their parents' generation and embraced the views of their grandparents.

Bumbles

(352 posts)
5. I have often said this should be more a younger generation's election.
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 11:52 AM
Jul 2024

Though sad to see Joe go in the manner he did, at eight-one I am pleased that this election will set the course by and for the younger generations that are inheriting this great democracy.

IronLionZion

(48,278 posts)
18. Yep, for elections and sports, they make shirts for both sides
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 01:05 PM
Jul 2024

so they are ready in case whoever it is.

Attilatheblond

(5,562 posts)
24. All it takes is having tee shirts on hand and a screen printer with paint supplies
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 01:30 PM
Jul 2024

One of my local candidates got a screen printer to set up graphics for her campaign shirts. We just go to his website, order which shirt style and size we want, make payment and the shirt arrives in the mail in 3 days. That way, he doesn't have to 'eat' any unsold product.

So, even faster if shirts are made/sold locally for various things. Just set the graphics, I assume computer graphic programs make it easy, then set up the screen printer. Fast, easy, good way for people to just do it. There are also printable Iron-On transfer available.

And, oh, if you want fast DIY bumper stickers or signs, there is printable MAGNETIC paper. Search to find it online or your local office supply store. Different sized packages, some with just a few sheets, several vendors. I am seriously thinking of trying some of that. Great for local campaigns or events.

summer_in_TX

(3,519 posts)
26. A friend is on the hunt for Kamala cups from the official campaign - so it benefits them directly.
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 04:44 PM
Jul 2024

I told her give it a few days, they're bound to have them ASAP.

ecstatic

(34,703 posts)
27. wow that was quick!
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 04:49 PM
Jul 2024

umm... He must have literally printed it himself today. Or overnight shipping of an order placed yesterday?

Stinky The Clown

(68,550 posts)
28. Please tell me that was on a Yellow, Blue or Silver line train headed to a purple or red part of NoVa
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 05:03 PM
Jul 2024
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