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Mildred
  • When I was in school the kids with the weird names were either picked on or they were super cool and popular. Their parents had no idea which one they were going to be when they chose the name.

    Your friend has the benefit of knowing who she is already. If she knows she's going rock it, then go Mildred.

  • Yep
  • I have no idea if these numbers are correct. For me I don't need any history though. One party is standing behind a guy who has been charged with 91 felony counts in four different jurisdictions and convicted of 34 and counting, and that's just for stuff he did while in office or as a candidate. He attempted a coup. He fomented a terrorist attack on the Capitol. Still, the Republicans are like, "Yep, that's our guy!" all while the Democrats tear themselves apart over Biden being old and doing old person things. Yeah it would be nice to have a better option for president, but this is not a difficult decision.

    Please vote, friends!

  • Stay Mad, Tankies
  • So your solution is to give up and throw your vote away? I'm glad you didn't want my respect because you didn't get it.

    A literal corpse being paraded around for four years like Weekend at Bernie's would still be a better choice than Trump. He attempted a coup to invalidate the will of the people and maintain power, sent a mob to attack the Capitol building, and has been charged with 91 felony counts in four jurisdictions just for stuff he did while in office and as a candidate (convicted of 34 and counting).

    But democracy died when an old man showed signs of being old? Not all that other stuff? Yeah, I'm voting for Biden. Easiest decision of my life. You should too.

  • Stay Mad, Tankies
  • Most probably wouldn't have voted at all but that doesn't change the math. In a US presidential election, voting third party and not voting at all are equivalent in every practical sense.

  • Stay Mad, Tankies
  • It absolutely is righteous indignation. You aren't in the same situation as that guy and you aren't being brave. Palestinians in Gaza will not be thanking you if Trump becomes president.

  • Stay Mad, Tankies
  • They aren't both Hitler though. One is unquestionably worse than the other even if you only look at that single issue. One of them WILL be the next president whether you like it or not. You can have a say in who that will be, or you can go with righteous indignation and let the worse option win by default.

  • Stay Mad, Tankies
  • Are you sure we don't understand it correctly? Trump won in 2016 in part due to the righteous indignation of people that refused to vote for Clinton. Third party spoiler candidates are not a new phenomenon.

  • Stay Mad, Tankies
  • Good for that guy. His beliefs were just and moral. He didn't have any options though. Hitler and the Nazis were already in power.

    You have an option. You're acting like you're brave just like this guy but I bet he wished more people voted for the candidate that wasn't Hitler.

  • Stay Mad, Tankies
  • It's about having your desires counted on the public record.

    Get your desires on the public record in local and state elections and primaries where it might actually matter. For a US presidential election it's an entirely empty gesture that makes you and only you feel better. No policies will change. No causes will be advanced. History will not remember you. It is very likely, however, that will make the lives of vulnerable people inside and outside of this country worse by giving trump a second term.

  • Stay Mad, Tankies
  • Do you understand why you are being demonized though? You're making a choice that is purely symbolic just so you feel better, but real and vulnerable people across the country have to deal with the fallout.

    You want to make a difference? Great! There's a lot of ways to do that. Campaign and fundraise at the local and state level. Push for election reform, ranked choice voting, end to gerrymandering, term limits, electoral college reform, curtail lobbying... any number of things, and push for them more often than once every four years. Voting third party in a presidential election does NOT help.

    If you want my respect, acknowledge the reality of the situation and vote for the best option (or the least bad option) among the viable candidates and then work for change within the system. It sucks that we are in this situation, but make a choice grounded in the real world, not a fake ideal world.

  • USA presidential candidates
  • I agree with this. But also, this time is the closest to "end of the world" stakes we've had in recent memory. We have a literal criminal, rapist, and fraudster who already tried to overthrow the government once leading the polls.

  • USA presidential candidates
  • I know it's just a meme, but Krusty would be a silly and ineffective president at worst. You'd have to combine the worst traits of many of the shows most horrible characters to create someone similar to trump, and even then I'm not sure any character in that show attempted a coup and sent a mob to attack the Capitol.

  • Stay Mad, Tankies
  • Fine. Your choice is three steps right (Biden) or five steps right (Trump). Not voting is also five steps right, but you get to feel smug about it. Thanks in advance for your help, I know you'll make the right decision.

  • Stay Mad, Tankies
  • I never said Biden is great. I said Trump is unquestionably worse and that is still true. You can be mad about it. Be furious. But don't let your righteous indignation be the reason we get four more years of trump.

  • Stay Mad, Tankies
  • The problem with your pedophile vs murderer analogy is that Biden and Trump are not equally bad. Trump is a drastically worse choice than Biden. It's not even remotely close.

    You can choose not to vote and try to wash your hands of the whole situation, but they will never be clean. If you don't vote and Trump wins, that's on your hands too.

  • Spacetop G1 is a $1900 laptop that uses a pair of Augmented Reality glasses as a display - Liliputing
  • I can't tell if this is a good idea or a bad idea. Probably a bad idea at that price point with those specs, but this seems like a much more usable and useful form factor than a fully head mounted system when you factor in the weight of the thing on your head and the input method. Like, I might actually be able to do work on this thing unlike an apple vision pro.

  • A grasshopper made from old typewriter parts

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    The building where I work is decorated exclusively with art donated by local artists. I think this one is super cool.

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