r/PoursTea • venom • 1d ago

Murdered By Words 🩸 Shots fired in Alaska

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u/Last-Appointment6577 1d ago

Why do I get the feeling that I'm JUST starting to realize that most of these fucks running for office are treating it no differently than a high school homecoming dance?

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u/Hutchiaj01 1d ago

Because you finally started paying attention? No shade, I'm no better. But that's what my self revelation was

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u/Last-Appointment6577 1d ago

well, here's the thing. I've been pretty aware of the state of things since 9/11 and up until age 35 (am 39 now) It was ALWAYS my running assumption that people just kept maturing as they got older...

Here I am all of about to be 40 just now fully coming to terms with the fact that some people never make it mentally past grade school and THAT is what is depressing for me.

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u/lituus 1d ago

The "everyone is twelve" theory just keeps coming back up