The Census

[insertNameHere]

I saw this status on my friend's facebook wall, and I know he was in no way joking about his answer, but he has a point.

"They sent my Census form back! AGAIN!!! In response to the question: "Do you have any dependents?" I replied - "12 million illegal immigrants; 3 million crack heads; 42 million unemployable people, 2 million people in over 243 prisons; and 535 more in the U.S. House and Senate." Apparently, this was NOT an acceptable answer."

[ExRetailDrone]

I saw this on a Lamebook posting a week ago.

[Hyena Dandy]

Why try to help the government run smoothly and take an accurate account of its citizens when we can make trite political commentary instead.

[Gravekeeper]

Why try to help the government run smoothly and take an accurate account of its citizens when we can make trite political commentary instead.

Yeah, I don't see the point in using the census as a sarcastic feedback form. The Census Buraeu doesn't give a damn what you think about politics. They're trying to help allocate government services and political seats to ensure accurate representation. But hey, fuck that! Imma make a funny.

The only person thats going to read it is a miserable data entry drone who A) Doesn't care, B) Has no power to change anything you're complaining about and C) Is not going to pass along your thoughts to anyone that can do anything about it. So all you've done is annoyed him and made his day worse because now he has to arrange to get a new form sent out to your stupid ass and the taxpayer is footing the postage.

So, bravo?

[Andara Bledin]

As someone who has actually had a job entering data from such forms, though not the census, I can say with utmost certainty that any such inane entries are pretty much ignored completely.

^-.-^

[MadMike]

I saw this status on my friend's facebook wall, and I know he was in no way joking about his answer, but he has a point.

Considering that one of my friends posted the exact same thing, I'm pretty sure it was a joke. I thought it was pretty funny myself, but if I thought he had done that for real, I would think it was stupid.

[Nyoibo]

Why try to help the government run smoothly and take an accurate account of its citizens when we can make trite political commentary instead.

The problem becomes when it won't take an accurate account of its citizens but forces them into the governments pre-concieved moulds of what they are.