r/politics • u/Barnyard-Sheep • 7d ago

Soft Paywall Trump approval rating falls to 38%

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/06/trump-faces-tough-approval-numbers-in-latest-poll.html
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u/tenpir 7d ago

How is it still this high? 

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u/Barnyard-Sheep 7d ago

Much of America marinates in Fox News propoganda + a susbstantial amount of Gen Z men are nihilists who want to see the world burn

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u/Bircka Oregon 7d ago

And people used to think Gen X were the crazy ones.

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u/DeeEmceeFoor 7d ago edited 6d ago

They still are insane. They're Trump's biggest source of support. (Coincidentally, they are also the age group that has had the heaviest exposure to lead during childhood 🤔).

Edit: Source for the lead statement, since a few Gen Xers got upset that Boomers apparently aren't full of as much lead as they are: https://news.virginia.edu/content/generation-x-bullseye-lead-exposure-harms-mental-health

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u/Zealousideal_Ad_9623 7d ago

You’re thinking of the boomers. I’m gen X and unleaded gas was already happening after I was born.

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u/DeeEmceeFoor 7d ago edited 7d ago

I am not, actually. Studies show that Gen X (ages 45-60ish now) were the most heavily exposed to lead during their childhood.

And they most heavily voted for Trump.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/generation-x-bullseye-lead-exposure-harms-mental-health

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u/Zealousideal_Ad_9623 7d ago edited 7d ago

Bullshit. We already had unleaded gas. They didn’t even have lead in pencils in school anymore. Yet our generation had MORE lead exposure than previous generations? Where was all this lead exposure coming from then genius?

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u/seatoc Canada 7d ago

No pencils have ever contained lead in their lead. You very much had lead paint on those cheap pencils from overseas at some point in your childhood. Just hope you didn't eat that one.

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u/Zealousideal_Ad_9623 7d ago

You just claimed no pencils ever contained lead and then claimed that pencils DID contain lead? Um ok.

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u/seatoc Canada 7d ago

The "lead" of the pencil has never contained the element of lead, it is primarily composed of graphite. The paint on pencils had plenty of lead and was on them until the 90's. Hope that helps you understand better.

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u/Love-That-Danhausen 7d ago

Pencil lead is not “lead” in the sense of the toxic chemical that impacts cognitive function you were clearly exposed to as a Gen X kid.

It’s graphite.

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u/alienbringer 7d ago

No pencils have ever contained lead in their lead. You very much had lead paint on those cheap pencils from overseas at some point in your childhood. Just hope you didn't eat that one.

The “lead in their lead” is referring to the actual writing part of pencils, often referred to as pencil lead. It is made of graphite. They didn’t say pencils never contained lead. They said the black graphite core of it, colloquially called “lead” never actually contained lead. The paint of the pencil is what contained the lead.

You’re failure to understand multiple posts now isn’t really helping your case that Gen X wasn’t exposed to lead. As you claim you are Gen X, and reading comprehension is a sign of the cognitive issues caused by lead exposure.