32 New Trends That Are Doing A Lot Of Damage But Many People Don’t Realize It

We’re social beings, so it only makes sense that many of us want to be respected, accepted, and adored. We crave being part of the group, so we copy certain behaviors to fit in and appear hip and cool. However, blindly following trends can do a lot of harm, especially when they change so quickly these days.

Inspired by u/Tater-Tot-Casserole, the r/AskReddit online community opened up about what they personally think are the most damaging new trends that we see these days. They hoped to raise some awareness among other internet users and urge them to be more careful. Scroll down to read their opinions, and remember to upvote the ones you agree with, Pandas.

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32 New Trends That Are Doing A Lot Of Damage But Many People Don't Realize It Extremely elderly politicians.

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Ladedah 6 months ago

Can we get an exception asterisk next to Bernie's name? That man could be 500 years old and I'd still vote for him if given the chance.

96points

Fabian Walter 6 months ago

I am not from USA. I am from Germany and I´d vote for Sanders - He would make so many things better for your country.

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Marcellus II 6 months ago

If I were american I would too, because there's no alternative in a 2-party state. But it's just depressing none of the younger have any chance.

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Diane H 5 months ago

We don't need his ideas either!

-2points

Michael Largey 6 months ago

Bernie's not elderly. He's just been doing the right thing for a long time.

-2points

Nina 6 months ago

He's the exception that makes the rule :)

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Dd P 5 months ago (edited)

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Ladedah 5 months ago (edited)

How inbred am I? How wealthy? Oh please! I just love how you go around peddling insults and inaccurate information, pretending that if you puff your chest out enough, it might sound like an actual argument. And for your information, I'm a Registered Nurse (who actually worked on a covid unit during the 'crisis' that you keep using to distract from your lack of actual argument)... and guess what it is that they happen to teach people who are getting a nursing degree? Oh - that's right - they provide an extensive education on how to research information, judge the quality of article information / source, and think critically about information presented. So if there is one of us who doesn't know what the f**k we are talking about, then I highly suspect that person is you.

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The Original Bruno 6 months ago (edited)

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madeleine f 6 months ago

Old, conservative, religious men that make decisions about young women's bodies as in abortion should be banned.

20points

Michael Largey 6 months ago

Young, liberal, atheist men have no business making those decisions either.

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Trisec Tebeakesse 6 months ago

"Till death do us part" is no way to run a country.

10points

My O My 6 months ago

Ask the monarchy!

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General Anaesthesia 6 months ago (edited)

Photo: Cape Canaveral, briefing in 1962. President John F Kennedy was 45 when he was assassinated, Lyndon B Johnson was 54 when he succeeded him.

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Jack Burton 6 months ago

French point of view here: we have very young politicians since Macron election. Well... no many differences, different age but same troubles.

9points

Mike T 6 months ago

I'm more interested in performing the job well than how old a person is.

8points

Verfin22 6 months ago

There's no term limit as long as they keep on being elected. That has to change. Biden has been a lifer in politics and ran to oust Trump. To be fair, JFK, Clinton, and Obama were young presidents. Sadly no one decent to pass the torch to.

5points

Susan 6 months ago

I keep saying this! How can we entrust our future to men who have the majority of their lives behind them. They don't care about the future because they won't be around long to see the repercussions of their choices. Also they are stuck in the past ways of doing things (that caused us to be in the mess we're in now) and don't know how to adapt to new ideas.

4points

fly on the wall 6 months ago

Print this and then drag it out when you are 30 years older.

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Jayjay 6 months ago

But I must mention that in the Netherlands the 2de kamer (kind of Senate) is much more diverse than the picture above: many more women and young people. And even the UK parliament is more diverse. I associate this with the USA (call me wrong :) but also it looks like a picture from the sixties .

3points

Nicole Weymann 6 months ago

Accordig to @ General Anaesthesia's comment: Photo: Cape Canaveral, briefing in 1962. President John F Kennedy was 45 when he was assassinated, Lyndon B Johnson was 54 when he succeeded him.

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Captain McSmoot 6 months ago

If they are so old that they'll be dead soon after they serve, guaranteed to never live in the consequences of their bad actions, they should not be allowed to serve. All they're doing is 1) being controlled as a puppet to younger, less known politicians because these seniors are an old, familiar face and/or 2) collecting as much bribe money as possible to set up their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren for life. I'm look at you, Joe Biden and his handlers.

2points

Jayjay 6 months ago

But maybe this has something to do with the fact that senators, just like judges in the USA, are appointed for life. In that case it is better to have the old :) they die sooner.

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Beachbum 5 months ago

There needs to be an age limit. There is an age limit for how young someone can be, having an 83 year old president is awful...shouldnt they be retired by now?

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Mental Liberals 6 months ago

They are corrupt!! Reboot the entire system!!

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Jayjay 6 months ago

And then what you get? Probably the same old sh*t in a new coat. But you could enter a new post on how we could reboot the system?

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M Kovacs 6 months ago

Ageism abounds.

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PeTeH 6 months ago

It takes ages to rise through a political party starting from the local politics, and everyone is locked in for a term of years at a time.

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Jaya 6 months ago

Sure, that's why it makes sense there aren't many 30 year old politicians in high places, but not why it would make sense that there are 70 year old important politicians.

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Robert Larson, LPN, JD 2 days ago

Like an 80 year old a*s-hat?

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Janice Sanz 5 months ago

I agree. I'm sick of old white politicians.

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Trish Christoffersen 5 months ago

I'm a Boomer and it annoys the heck out of me that all the politicians are ancient. We need fresh blood, new ideas!

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Sandy Kavanaugh 6 months ago

And this isn't a new trend. It's as ancient as the politicians.

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EJN 6 months ago

Kennedy wasn't considered to be old. He was, in fact, the youngest elected president.

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Khavrinen 6 months ago

That's not really a "new" trend.

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Dawn Thomas-Cameron 6 months ago

Stale pale frail male

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ThisIsMyDisplayName 6 months ago (edited)

New trend? That's as old as politics. JFK was seen as exceptional partly because he was young. Think of terms like "elder statesman". Proudly stupid politicians seem to be a relatively recent development though.

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Steve Hall 6 months ago

Thet need to be retired by the time they turn 65. This includes both don and joe.

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CD King 6 months ago

I really wish I could up vote this a million times. Get rid of the boomers in politics.

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Andrew Read 6 months ago

This is ageist.

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Invisible Potato 6 months ago

70 yo? no, he cant work at the office, post office, mall, police, fireman, doctor, but sure, let them run country for four years, maybe 8, lets say 12, what can go wrong.

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Verfin22 6 months ago

Presidents in USA have term limits. People in Congress can keep being elected every few years as long as they don't lose. Hope I cleared that up.

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Sunny Day 6 months ago

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Bec 6 months ago

It's hard to get elected when running against any incumbent. And there is no campaign funding regulations in the US, so incumbents have plenty of $ to stay in office

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Corvus 6 months ago

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