Insane_Turnip

@Insane_Turnip@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Australia lower the voting age to 16 like the UK? We asked 5 experts⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe introduce it as optional until you are 18? And then it goes compulsory.

  This is the answer. It will give a (small) voice to the next generation who has to suffer under the piss-poor legislation that our government creates, so they can at least fight back. They’re the ones who are on the border for a lot of things (or even partaking of some ‘over-18’ activities, like tax) and they should get a say in it.

  Imagine if every 16-17 year old voted down the clowns in parliament so they (for example) have at least some chance of buying a house one day? The older generation (boomers) has already lost the majority voting base, and the Lib/Lab duopoly is feeling the hurt because of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit bought a giant ad in Paris, urging young french people to create an account⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Reddit is the most new-user-unfriendly site I have ever been to. You’ve got to farm an unknown amount of karma before you can post or comment in subreddits. There’s a reason I’m at Lemmy now. Fuck Reddit. (Also, 4chan is a toilet. The occasional nuggets of good stuff aren’t worth trawling through pages of shitposts for.)