How incredible to see the effect of political messaging on citizen/voter perception. It is that the exaggerations, lies, and outrage marketing clearly have an outsized effect. I wouldn’t say the US population is dumb. But I would say the manipulation of perception is too much for the average person to do their own research and come up with unbiased facts.

***To those dismissing this based on inconsistencies between topics, you can’t make those comparisons. There is some blending of data in the methodology that is appropriate in order to look at the range. This is only about the gap between perception and reality, and a stack rank.

Here is GenX

41% make up the US House of Representatives 28% make up the US Senate 42% of governors

Some GenXers: Elon Musk Jeff Bezos (squeaked in) Jack Dorsey (Formerly Twitter) Michael Dell (Dell CEO) Satya Nadella (MSFT CEO)

And in 2018, about 40% of F500/Inc500 CEOs were GenX.

So, not missing. We just don’t wear our generational name as a badge. What’s the point?

Okay, so if or when Megan’s daughter Yardly hits puberty (she’s 14), she’s fair game for men? That’s not pedophilia? That isn’t statutory rape? Really???? And with more and more girls having their first period as early as 9, that wouldn’t be pedophilia to pursue and have sex with them? What a piece of shit for a woman and mother.

so dems have a message for europe. where is the message for us citizens? who’s the priority - citizens or businesses worried about their wallets as europe turns away from us businesses (TECH)? i’m curious how they think they will repair our country and democracy.

Bad choices of those on SNAP…

1. Joined military to serve my country and this is how they treat me!
2. Worked for government, got DOGE’d, and no one is hiring!
3. Picked the wrong birth parents and at 6 no one will hire me!
4. Lost job over 50 and those kids won’t hire me!
5. Lost job to AI and I went to Standford!
6. Pro-life and kept my baby! 7)…fill in the blank

“It has also been reported that engineering, a business master's, counseling or therapy, and speech pathology will not be considered "professional" either.“

Well, AI can do the job of an engineer - they are just code monkeys. (sarcasm)

But the one I like the best - business masters. Stick it to the CEOs and corporate execs. According to Sundar Pichai, AI can do that job too! Karma.

When will we be able to exit the world of stupid?

Orangeman didn’t learn. NATO now knows the effectiveness of low cost strategic actions to bring a superpower to its knees. This is the rantings of a nihilist lunatic. I mourn for our country. We didn’t even make it to our 250 birthday.

I prefer cake

Frontier tech companies build algorithmic science experiments, release them to the public as real products that replace applications and people, which we find are not actually applications or effective trustworthy workers, then ask customers and consumers to build the applications tech firms used to create and sell, and now they want us to foot the bill on the infrastructure to let us use the dumb experiment. Tens of thousands of workers that used to transition tech R&D into real products are laid off. And politicians are bribed with billions of dollars to create or block legislation that would make tech firms responsible for and take the burden on of actually delivering a real solution to meet their hype. So what happens when people can’t make a living and recycle money back into a consumer oriented economy? A Great Depression. I guess the tech bros create their new society on the moon and Mars with the money they raided from the government coffers. What a $&!7 show.

Easy fix, republicans can grow some and vote with their constituent's and the country’s interests. Tune out corporate and foreign interests. Support health care. Strengthen social security (a pension we pay for!). Break up monopolies. Put policies in place to improve cost of living and upward mobility. Shut down the culture wars that are distractions. Invest in education and science for our future. Repair the lost trust with our global allies through diplomacy, laws, and actions. Oh - and place consequences on our president and leaders that are pedophiles, corrupt, and war criminals. The answer is SO SIMPLE!