#im 28

[demareth]

its me birthday

[uiruu]

I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you’re very young and aren’t deliberating spreading misinformation about how the US branches of government work. The president does not have ANY say in Supreme Court decisions. The president belongs to the executive branch of government. The Supreme Court belongs to the judicial branch. The only influence the executive branch has on the Supreme Court is if/when the president gets the opportunity to appoint a new justice, which only occurs when a current justice dies or steps down. Those appointments from the president’s office need Senate approval before a justice can be confirmed to the court.

The US currently has a conservative majority on the court: there are nine justices total with six being conservative — three of them were appointed by Trump due to vacancies that occurred during his administration* (technically one vacancy occurred under Obama, but the conservative-majority Senate at that time blocked his nominees until he left office, meaning Trump was in a position to fill that vacancy. Hm, almost as though voting does in fact matter because of how our branches of government are designed, and Democratic presidents alone can’t achieve unilateral change!).

I understand the frustration with the state of the country right now, but acting like Biden is a king with unprecedented power over the judicial and legislative branches is dangerously out of touch with the reality of how this country works. Although ironically, Trump and his allies plan to redistribute power into the executive branch when he takes office by minimizing the power of the legislative and judicial branches (see Project 2025). If Project 2025 comes to fruition, the executive branch WOULD have king-like power, which is what The US Constitution was written to avoid. I recommend learning about the limits and parameters of presidential power before you “voting is useless” your way into handing absolute power to Trump.

im not gonna respond to very much of this, except to say that i'm almost certainly older than you, and also it's funny for you to be like "Biden isnt a king and doesnt have absolute power, there's nothing he can do about the supreme court. but Trump will have absolute power". which one is it? is the president important or not? also, you people all say that the democrats will be better than the republicans. where's the proof of that? what have they done for anyone? commit genocide?

[im-dirtydan]

It's my birfday

[thewondersofmorgan]

Bought a bed for the first time and oh my gosh it's so nice!!!!!!!! Like I've had beds before, always hand me downs or like the small ones I had as a kid. But this is a brand new bed I bought with my own money and I'm so happy!

[tbh-entp]

Guys, I'm out here searching for my Gomez Addams. Are there any out there?

[xxanimechildxx]

Im overdue for my baby by one whole day and my brain is immediately panicking that my midwife is going to judge me like a teacher would for my homework being late

Thats a totally normal thing right

[pluckedanarchist]

is my birthday!

[jadeyharls]

i swear every year i get older it feels weirder and weirder

like im close to THIRTY what the fuck?

[zazagundam]

hate having gamer brain. it just clicked with my ADHD that leaving good notes for others on calls is akin to finding a bloody diary in a horror game letting you know what the hell happened.

[aimofhawkeye96]

[ahdor]

No, I should not be writing professional emails and answering phone calls. What I should be doing is practicing cursive with my peers.

[skellydun]

why is it when people ask me what i want as a gift i immediately become someone who enjoys nothing at all and has never wanted anything a day in their life.

[iwantmoreoctopusses]

I have only changed phones when the previous was truly obsolete (like, it didn't had WhatsApp), it was stolen or broken.

Now I want to upgrade because I want a better camera, and I know I can afford it... But it feels like a waste to me? I feel old.

And lemme know your age (if you feel comfortable!), and when you got your first phone in the tags!

If these options are scuffed I'm sorry, I genuinely have no clue how many phones people are "supposed" to have had (hence the poll)

[technicolortrenchcoat]

After roughly a decade I've decided to stop plucking my gray hairs and just let them happen

[personaglitch]

ITS MY BIRTHDAY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME.

[chikinan]

I'm sentimental about them. & about camcorders. [twt + insta + ptrn on bio]