I know I said that I wanted to avoid stickers making a political statement during this experiment, but I felt like this was too perfect of an end not to use. It seems like all we have talked about since Obama got re-elected back in 2012 has been this election. We didn't even get Obama sworn in for his second term when the 24 hour news networks started to speculate who would be the likely candidates. Then 2015 happened and potential candidates poured out of the woodwork; it seemed like everyone was dipping a toe, testing the political waters. As the primaries started, there were 17 Republican candidates and 6 Democratic ones. They slowly began to drop out like flies but the ones that stuck around just made the election louder and often more intolerable.
As the noise of election grew, people started to express their disdain for the whole thing. One of those expressions was this sticker. What started off as a personal meme on the creator's Facebook page, turned into a small business for a different man so he could have a bumper sticker of his own, and became a bit of a phenomenon. I'm not entirely sure who created the candidate page for this meme on Facebook back in May but it's managed to get over 5,000 likes. And while the election was definitely divisive on many levels, it's clear a lot of people could get behind this sticker and it's message. According to a Reuter's article in the beginning of October, roughly one in four of the young voters polled would rather see the world get destroyed by a meteor than vote for either presidential candidate. I think it's always good to find a bit of humor to get yourself through things, even if it would be considered a tad dark by many. The meteor's page is an impressive collection of apocalyptic and political humor, I really enjoy the "live" election results for the meteor's win. What really gets me about this sticker is how even though the election is over it still hasn't ended, making the meteor's arrival still a valid solution. I know there aren't many in my age group who are thrilled with the current result, I definitely am not a fan of it, but the fact that it's still going on is bordering on ridiculous. I was tired of the election when I took this photo weeks ago and at this point I would totally back a giant meteor's run for president.
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Maggie Ondrey
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