Xennial Memes
Cartoon illustration of a red pyramid-shaped metronome with its pendulum arm swinging, red arrows showing motion. Text on the left reads "a better world is possible". Text on the right reads "we're so fucked". The base of the metronome is labeled "me".

Metronome Swings Between Hope and Doom

A metronome labeled "me" swings between "a better world is possible" and "we're so fucked," capturing the mood swings of politically weary adults.

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Cartoon illustration of a red pyramid-shaped metronome with its pendulum arm swinging, red arrows showing motion. Text on the left reads "a better world is possible". Text on the right reads "we're so fucked". The base of the metronome is labeled "me".

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Black-and-white comic panel by Singer. Headline: "PUBLIC TRANSIT WASTES MONEY. IT ALWAYS HAS TO BE SUBSIDIZED!" Labels: "Pollution subsidized by health care premiums"; "Parking subsidized by business & taxes"; "Subsidized police, fire & paramedics for 4 million accidents per year"; "Local, state & federal taxes subsidize streets & highways."; "Costs of cars, gas, maintenance & insurance "subsidized" by car owners."… Plain black text on a white background, written as a form letter. It reads: "Dear _________, Thank you for emailing me asking for a comment about 20__ being one of the hottest years in the record. No, this is not surprising — it is exactly in line with predictions. Here is a comment you can use for your story: "Every year for the rest of your life will be one of the hottest in the record. This in turn means that… Four-panel comic. An orange cartoon dog in a small yellow hat sits on an ice floe in rising water beside a mug on another floe. Panel 2, speech bubble: "THIS IS FINE." Panel 3: dog neck-deep says "THAT'S OKAY. EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY." Panel 4: only the hat floats, bubbles rising. Excerpt from a report titled "Box 6.2 Carbon footprints of the very wealthy" in two columns about CO2 emissions of the richest people, including the top 1%, 0.1% and 0.01%, and space travel emitting 75 tonnes of carbon per passenger in an 11-minute flight. Hand-drawn comic titled "CLIMATE CHANGE: A TIMELINE" with the credit "@SEMI_RAD". A long horizontal bar is split into colored sections. The wide light blue section is labeled ""CLIMATE CHANGE ISN'T REAL"". The larger orange section is labeled "OK, CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL, WE'RE JUST NOT CONVINCED IT'S CAUSED BY HUMANS". A small dark red-brown section is labeled "OOPS". The tiny yellow end section is labeled "FUCK". A huge dark tidal wave towers over a seaside city of apartment buildings. A white arrow from a box reading "CLIMATE CHANGE" points at the wave. Speech bubbles from the buildings say "Healthcare!", "Immigration!", "Guns!", "Free school!", "Justice!" and "Legal weed!"

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