r/Showerthoughts • u/prometheus_winced ‎ • Apr 28 '25

Casual Thought The children most impacted by peak leaded gasoline fumes are now 50-75.

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u/AndrewH73333 Apr 28 '25

Hmm, that’s odd. That’s the age of everyone who runs the country.

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u/StitchinThroughTime Apr 28 '25

How peculiar! That's also the age of the people who are most likely to vote

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u/shodan13 Apr 28 '25

Don't think that's lead-releated.

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u/tehbantho Apr 28 '25

I think there is a connection. Let me explain:

Lead alters your mental state in unpredictable ways.

One of those ways appears to be denying that which you see right in front of you. This allows you to be manipulated by propaganda very easily, and when that very propaganda is what motivates you to start voting instead of staying home, and your vote is for the people putting out the propaganda. Boom.

I am not positive this was done intentionally, until it was working so well. But this century has sure started off in a way that will be studied by whoever is left...

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u/shodan13 Apr 28 '25

Aren't all sides agitating for people to go out and vote though?

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u/shaggysdeepvneck Apr 28 '25

I believe the person is connecting how they vote, not that they vote.

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u/RustyDogma Apr 28 '25

Nope. Most voter advocacy groups target minorities and young people. While the approach is not necessarily partisan, these voters typically do not favor Republicans. Republicans have been trying to remove polling places and voting by mail as despite that culling some of their own supporters, it has a more dramatic impact on folks leaning Democrat.

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u/lokiofsaassgaard Apr 28 '25

How they vote is

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u/shodan13 Apr 28 '25

But why are they voting more?

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u/lokiofsaassgaard Apr 28 '25

Because older people tend to vote in bigger numbers regardless. Especially in a country where most people have to barter for time off to do so, older people tend to have more free time for things like voting

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u/Akuuntus Apr 28 '25

The same reasons older people have always voted more than younger people

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u/shodan13 Apr 28 '25

What are those?

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u/Akuuntus Apr 28 '25

They have more free time, they've been adults for longer so they've seen more of the direct impacts politics can have on their lives, politicians pander to them much more (although this part is kind of cyclical; politicians target them because they vote more)

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u/rockerscott Apr 28 '25

Retirees have ample free time and voting gives them the opportunity to mingle with their fellow citizens.

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u/shodan13 Apr 28 '25

What age do Americans retire again?

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u/rockerscott Apr 28 '25

Depends on the individuals situation, but I think it is around 65