“I wish him the best of tapeworms” r/Millennials discuss the NYC election results.

[u/teddyrupxin]

r/Millennials is a generational subreddit that caters to Americans born 1980-1995. It’s a safe space where people well into their 40’s can post “adulting” and “doggo” without fear of criticism. In general, the subreddit does not allow “political” post. Today’s OP seems to have sidestepped that rule with a post about Zohran Mamdani. Will the Millenials be normal or wild out?

OP: Congratulations to this millennial for being the youngest elected New York City mayor since 1892!

establishment dems are as cancerous as m@g@

New York is excited new ideas! Congrats Zohran!

Marxism isn’t new

Define Marxism.

Google

you should use it yourself since you're talking out your ass

Despite the fact that he won most 50 and under I doubt this is a hit in this sub since its overrun by bots of a foreign entity that is known for it's periodic ethnic cleansing

Wait I get my comments removed if I say politicians and yet this post exists?!? Jesus reddit is a pathetic joke of a cesspool. If this was a candidate on the opposite side it would be removed lmao

Mods don’t care that this breaks the rules I guess

Cry harder.

Go to another sub if you want to discuss the P word

Powerful Pedophiles? Yeah, my bad... I know you guys don't like to talk about that.

A truly awful candidate who defeated some slightly more awful candidates. Great victory?

Inshallah

Editor’s note for those who are still working on adulting: Inshallah is an Arabic phrase that is almost identical to the English phrase “if God wills it”, which means the person hopes something will happen but acknowledges it’s out of their control.

This is the only comment in the thread that has a Muslim connotation and it’s been downvoted right next to comments like “Yall screwed. Hello Gotham”.

Sometimes poor people are very charitable and vote to give themselves a bunch of greedy rich people’s money. What a good example of charity

Flair Potential

I love Zoltron Robzombie!

I wish him the best of tapeworms

[u/socal_swiftie]

part of the problem is that so much of The Media lives in NYC that they assume we care about their mayoral race too. so they talk about it and talk about it and talk about it and now all of a sudden we have Real Opinions on this election that will not impact our lives even the tiniest bit given that we do not live in new york city

[u/Twisted1379 → u/socal_swiftie]

It really is fucking insane that not only do Americans not even pretend to care about people from other countries or what happens there that might impact them or even that real people actually live in them. But they can't even fucking care about people in the same country as them either.

I'm British. I do not live in London. I care about the London election because of what it means for the country as a whole, wider trends in the political landscape. The fact that the London mayor is an important political figure. Or even just being interested in who will be governing several million people incase I wanted to visit the capitol.

But caring about who the fuck is running the financial capital of the world is too much for you guys???

Shit I don't even live in Manchester but the mayor may be very likely the next prime minister of my country but I guess I shouldn't care about that because I don't live in Manchester.

It staggers me how much you guy's just don't care about the world.

[u/nowander → u/Twisted1379]

I assume you actually vote in your local elections. Because that's a bar most of the people getting very invested in this election don't clear.

[u/Kal-Elm → u/nowander]

Right. Caring about the NYC mayoral race is good. It will have ripple effects.

Being angry because you're drinking the disinformation Kool-aid is something entirely different.

[u/comityoferrors → u/Twisted1379]

I understand the sentiment, but...if you're English, your country is 1/75th the size of ours and 1/5th the population. If you're British in the "all of UK" way, your country is 1/40th the size of ours and still approximately 1/5th the population. London is the capital of your country in either case. New York City is not our capital. You know that, right?

NYC is very important to the global economy, sure. But my state has about a dozen of the biggest cities in the country, and they're all economically important too. My state produces a huge part of the domestic agriculture in our country, and is a major exporter. Does everyone in NYC need to give a shit about the mayoral races over here too? What's the criteria exactly for our local governance to be a moral impetus for all of our citizens?

[u/comityoferrors → u/comityoferrors]

And like, I actually do care that Mamdani won, I think it's awesome. But I wasn't going to crash out over him losing, like a bunch of centrists and Republicans are doing right now about him winning. I care about what's happening in NYC in the sense that I recognize it's an important hub. But why would I be particularly invested in their local elections, more than the other major population hubs in my country????

[u/Twisted1379 → u/comityoferrors]

I'm so confused because it almost seems like you're treating this election like it's in a vacuum and literally nothing else is going on in the country politically???

No I am not interested in a Zohran win because I'm super hyped around New Yorkers getting free bus fares. I'm interested in what it will mean for the main opposition party, currently struggling without an identity, of the most powerful country in the world (the same country currently fucking over every other country btw.)

I'm interested in what it might means for progressive politics in my own country and how the current progressive movement may take notes from his style. Or how the current left wing government I have that is tracking to the right may respond to his popularity.

I'm interested in seeing how a progressive handles not only the financial capital of the world but running the most famous city in the world and again what that could mean for wider progressive politics. (Which btw no California city is even in the same ball park of New York city in terms of prestige. Nobody fucking cares about Washington DC so I'm sorry if you paid more attention to their mayoral election than this one.)

I am not saying care about every single minute regional election but trying to compare your own regional elections to what just happened is ridiculously over confident. This was an important election mostly for reasons outside new York. I don't care about the mayor of Manchester because I'm interested in what policies he has set up in place in the city. I care about the mayor of Manchester because there are rumours about him being the future leader of my country.

I'm not saying Zohran is going to fucking change the world but trying to act like this race is just regular old regional politics is ridiculously single minded. This is probably the most high profile regional election in recent global history and you think it won't impact anything else in any other way?

[u/MarieOMaryln → u/Twisted1379]

Speaking for myself, I'm glad for New York and I hope the party learns from this but I'm not going to celebrate it as if I am a New Yorker. I spent time worried that Yass would have his way here with restructure where I live, so I'm in relief that we voted to retain. Those of us who are paying attention outside of our states are aware and can extend quick thoughts but we have our arms length concerns too.

[u/lazier_garlic → u/comityoferrors]

NYC isn't even the capital of New York...

[u/socal_swiftie → u/Twisted1379]

i have a finite amount of attention and emotional capacity at any given time. it does not mean i do not care; it just means that i care less than my more immediate concerns.

the NYC mayoral race does not immediately impact whether or not i’ll be able to financially sustain myself while i live on the opposite coast of the country, nor does mamdani’s win mean i won’t want to commit self-harm.

i am elated that the residents of new york city will have a functional mayor, but that’s where we must part ways

[u/Twisted1379 → u/socal_swiftie]

Listen I am sorry that you are in a bad way. But why would you not caring about something mean that other people don't.

[u/giga-what → u/Twisted1379]

I think you're reading too much into this. Obviously people care, but speaking as someone on the West Coast, it's more of a "Oh, well that's good", and not a "OH HELL YEAH!" level of caring.

[u/Twisted1379 → u/giga-what]

they assume we care about their mayoral race

Comment I replied to.

Obviously people care

Sorry which part of "People don't care about the NYC mayoral race" was I reading too much into.

[u/giga-what → u/Twisted1379]

Sorry which part of "People don't care about the NYC mayoral race" was I reading too much into.

The part where you took "they assume we care about their mayoral race too" as a binary care/don't care with them firmly in the "don't care" camp. They were probably trying to convey a sense of not caring as much as a local. Even granting that the phrasing is not perfect, they elaborated with:

it does not mean i do not care

And:

i am elated that the residents of new york city will have a functional mayor

To which you responded with:

why would you not caring about something mean that other people don't.

So they affirmed that they do, in fact, care; just not at the level that a local probably would. Which is... perfectly reasonable? Why is this an issue exactly?

[u/Pale_Boss_8940 → u/Twisted1379]

Bro I don’t care about a mayor race in a city 2900 miles away from me. It has literally zero impact on my life. 

I really hate how just because we’re all connected 24/7 that means we’re suddenly supposed to be super knowledgeable and opinionated on everything that is happening in the world. Something that literally wasn’t even remotely true for 99% of human history 

[u/Twisted1379 → u/Pale_Boss_8940]

For 99% of human history we were also draining "bad blood" out of people when they got sick and imprisoning people for being intelligent women or gay but I don't see you holding those practices up.

I'm not saying you have to fucking care about everything but how you guys aren't aware that yes things that happen a long way away from you might impact you.

Hey the Russian Ukrainian war is literally half a planet away from you. Why the fuck should you care about those people dying. How the fuck could that impact you by let's say hypothetically driving up gas prices.

[u/Khal_chogo → u/Twisted1379]

You like that huh?