Nobody knows how to inspire the masses like Ralph Nader. Speaking at Metcalf last night, part of BU’s “Ready to Vote” program, Nader was brought in to yell at students for being lazy. Because the kids who are actually willing to miss the “Plastic Fantastic” Nip/Tuck episode and go to Metcalf Hall on a Tuesday night to see Ralph Nader are the apathetic ones.

It was a positive message that Nader extolled, about becoming a “skilled voter,” about “growing up civic,” about the “generic deprecation of the human mind.”

Nader is the kind of person people listen to, so maybe his talk will inspire students get off their asses and make a change.

Anyway, with the writers strike there are only so many weeks left of original episodes.