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Teenagers love when the people of the internet goes viral and manages to collectively upset/ridicule The Man. Conversely, they really really hate when governme
by JorgeGT 10y ago
Teenagers love when the people of the internet goes viral and manages to collectively upset/ridicule The Man.
Conversely, they really really hate when government bureaucrats show them that democracy can be a farce and people's choices are worthless.
Teenagers are on a complicated phase of life where adults ask them their opinions as if they were adults too, but then when they don't like the answers, use their power to override them. Which is exactly what transpires of this whole process.
- visakanv 10y agoThis is totally true. I still have strong memories of being passionate about being social activism, etc and then getting frustrated at being blocked over and over again (by school, govt bodies, etc).
- yarou 10y agoA docile, numb, and drugged population is the holy trinity for authoritarians.
- gaius 10y agoTnis was not "the people", it was bored wind-up merchants on Reddit and Twitter. The lesson that those people should be ignored can only be a good thing.
- sangnoir 10y ago> Tnis was not "the people", it was bored wind-up merchants on Reddit and Twitter. The lesson that those people should be ignored can only be a good thing. Yes, let's ignore the people who bother to vote because they are not the right sort of people. Instead, we'll do what our idea of a 'rational' voter would want /s
- icebraining 10y agoThen why do an internet poll at all? Nobody would be complaining if NERC had just decided on the name by themselves. By launching the poll and then reneging on it, they just look foolish for failing to predict an obvious outcome, and somewhat petty for not owning up to it. And as I pointed out in an earlier thread, it's not like the Royal Navy ships never had playful names; some past examples include the HMS Speedy, HMS Child's Play, HMS Happy Entrance and HMS Arrogant (later renamed HMS Insolent).
- maus42 10y agoI hope teenagers don't consider Internet polls as a measure of democracy.
- joshmanders 10y agoCould kind of equate it to elections. It's essentially a huge nationwide poll. If the people they wanted to vote's choice wasn't good enough for them to name the boat Boaty McBoatface, then who's to stop the US government from thinking "ya, know what? We want Trump anyway." and throw the votes out? Far fetched I agree, but that's the message being sent. That being said, I'm happy with their choice. Sir David is a great thing to name something after.
- rdtsc 10y ago> Conversely, they really really hate when government bureaucrats show them that democracy can be a farce and people's choices are worthless. Yap, it is a valuable lesson of how the real world works. The people can only choose as long as they choose what those in power let them choose.