Apparently Floridians didn’t have the right to not be hit by a car for exercising their first amendment rights

I found Triangle because it was in the same vein as Primer, which is fucking amazing!

I would say I’m baffled at how her supporters could think she was a decent politician when she doesn’t even proofread the bills she votes on and votes against her own opinions regularly.

But then I remember that I could just stop the previous paragraph at ‘think’ and have my answer as to why.

Very easily, that’s why you never see things like “use glue to keep the cheese on your pizza” or “Marlon Brando is a human man and will not be in heat because that’s for animals”

Man, I’ve stopped following politics in Iowa since I left that shit hole after trump won the first time, and I hate going back. I feel bad for my wife’s family who are stuck there and can’t afford to move, but no way in fuck would I stay there for anything longer than a long weekend.

Turdstache really fucked over the state, and it amazed me just how quickly the people dropped the mask and turned into the stereotypical hateful redneck goon people think of when thinking of backwoods Midwest.

Oh wow, who could have foreseen the Gestapo would undermine public safety? Anyone with 3 functioning braincells?

Spite is a hell of a motivator. I had an uncle who had only ~20% of his heart working after a heart attack and the doctors basically sent him home to die within months. That fucker lived for 5 years before it finally gave out.

I cut my finger down to the bone while working with a jewelers saw. Didn’t even realize I hit flesh until my whole finger was being moved by the blade. Don’t particularly want to think about how far I may have gotten into the bone…

Womp womp.

The only sympathy I have is for the overworked employees.

he exposed that under a determined enough man with enough popular support behind him

Well good news, he’s not actually that popular. I’m baffled that he’s still got an aggregate 47% approval rating, but even faux news’ poll has him down to 44% and he was only above 50% in poling for less than a 2 weeks after he came into office.

And that’s all before the most recent news about the medicare/medicaid slashing. And ahead of the coming wave of layoffs due to the economy slowing down. The policies he’s trying to enact are going to (slowly) erode what support he still has as his base realizes just how fucked they are.

How exactly does blaming your neighbors create meaningful change?

I don’t know, short of trying to show people the errors of their ways in tacitly supporting a fascist. But what other options do we have? Lie to them and say “it’s totally not your fault that trump was elected, even though you chose not to put forth the bare minimum effort to stop him”? I get that electoral politics isn’t enough (and we all need to be out in the streets doing what we can to resist), but I’m tired of pretending that the third of the country that’s checked out of politics isn’t also responsible for the people that get elected while they chose to abdicate their responsibility as a member of the voting public.

If this was your neighbors dog is shitting in your yard and not cleaning it up, would you blame the neighbor for their choice (leaving shit in your yard you have to deal with because they couldn’t be bothered to pick it up) and try to help them see the error of their ways, or would you ignore the shit entirely and hope they do better next time?

I don’t care whether you think it’s right or wrong, I am asking how it actually helps improve the system.

Turning your question around, how does ignoring the culpability of nonvoters in election outcomes improve the system? Do you think we’ll see an improvement in turnout if we ignore that republicans only win through voter suppression and don’t point out that encouraging not voting is one of their preferred strategies?

Increased participation is one of the best ways we can get out of this hole, and I’m really tired of people supposedly in my side constantly getting own goals with this kind of rhetoric.

That’s oligarchy apologetics bullshit to keep us from changing the system.

Or, you know, I’m being realistic about how things work in the real world. Or do you think that letting the fascists win is going to change the system for the better?

Whether or not you think its ‘oligarchy apologetics bullshit’, 2/3 of voting the population either explicitly or tacitly supported this shit. So yeah, I’m going to blame the majority for the outcome of a majority vote. Ignoring that fact is just going to make getting any meaningful change that much harder, and its hilarious to watch people justify their inaction in the face of the result of their choice.

That’s because 1/3 of voters tacitly support this shit by not voting.

Right up there with being ‘deeply concerned’ about the things they’re doing.

For once the massive shithead and his turdburgler followers might do something good for once in their miserable lives.

Be somewhat honest with the kid. Let him know you love chatting with him, but you’re over sensory (or whatever your particular issue is at the time) at the moment and you can’t give him the attention he deserves right now, but you’d love to hear about it later.

Kids are smarter and notice more than you think. Being honest and open about your issues is healthy for both of you, and helps show the kid it’s ok to not be in the mood to talk to someone and a kind/polite way to disengage.

The only way to be smart about the lottery is to not play.

I don’t disagree, but I also thing playing the lottery once in a while is fine if you’re just doing it as a daydream or something. Back when I worked in an office, if the jackpot got high enough we’d do an office pool and everyone that wanted to would throw in 10 bucks or something. And I’ve also done the same myself for the above reason but I play at most once or so a year.

Even if you’re bad with money, take the lump sum and go get a fiduciary advisor to handle it and give you a regular payout. Being a fiduciary advisor is important since it means they are legally obligated to work to the benefit of your money, not lining their pockets. Using something like a trust is another good way to protect you from yourself.

Mmmmm, boots taste delicious, don’t you think?

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