• CEbbinghaus@lemmy.world
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    Do these people think real life is a fucking game? At this point I’m convinced repoblicans are delusional

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      That’s the result of being rich and not knowing what consequences are.

      Imaging touching a hot plate and not burning yourself. What incentive would there be to not touch that plate?

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      When you have enough money and power to avoid experiencing the vast majority of consequences of your actions, then life does become a game for the vast majority of the time.

      The reluctance of governments to take action against the rich and powerful just feeds their delusions further.

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      Do these people think real life is a fucking game?

      Yes. And that they have to ‘win’. And that the consequences for other people ‘don’t matter’.

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      Well if it wasn’t there would be consequences for this shit. As far as their concerned it’s all just theater until there’s a judge involved. And let’s be honest here. They’re basically right at this point.

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    That wouldn’t even fucking work, lol. You need, at minimum, a proof of address, and even if you spoofed 10 different names and addresses that each corresponded to 10 specific precincts, you’re going to be given a provisional ballot, in which case your vote doesn’t even get counted until it has been independently researched and verified by county workers, which if it succeeds, won’t get counted till a week later.

    God. I fucking hate that these idiots have a non-zero chance of winning.

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    We live in a world that if you call someone an idiot or violate some other arbitrary rule you get banned, but if you spread dangerous lies you usually are fine and rarely see a consequence

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    And every fucking time it’s been proven in court, it’s been a Republican that did it.

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    Should have let her run her little scam so she could go to jail like the other Karen’s.

    I didn’t realize Musk bought citizenship for his apartheid mother. And she’s here quoting sovcit qnut conspiracy garbage at us like it’s a real thing. Fuck the Musk family until the end of time.

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      Please keep your hate towards other family members to yourself. There is no generational guilt. With at least one of his children we already know it is not a fucked up asshole.

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    She’s just prepping some Rs to think that faking votes is easy so they’ll be more accepting of the idea that the election was stolen when Trump loses. As a bonus she also makes it seem like the R party is the one stopping this fictional fraud.

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      It’s very clear that these people legitimately do not understand how voter registration works on even the most basic level.

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      That and creating voter fraud instances so that they can call the whole thing a sham and kick the inevitable case to the SCOTUS, whom will kick it then to the house. I believe this is the plan to get Trump the win.

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    I demand you stop calling her Megatron, that is way too cool of a nickname for that woman.

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    Nobody wants to point out the community notes sound like the narrator from Arrested Development?

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    Do they not realize how annoying and hard it is for the average person to vote just once during an election?

    People don’t have that much free time.

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      This is why I love mail voting.

      1. receive ballot in mail
      2. fill it out
      3. mail it (must pay postage) or drop it off at a ballot box sometime in the 2-weeks before the election

      I have never actually voted in-person, I just don’t have the time for that.

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        I’ve voted in person a few times. But I absolutely prefer mail in. I can calmly, quietly, and thoroughly look through the options on the ballot. In person I feel rushed and judged.

        Every part of it is better with mail in ballot.

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          Exactly! I do it in front of my computer where I can research candidates and issues. If I went to a polling station, I wouldn’t have the time to do that research. I tend to spend 30 min or more on my ballot, even though I’m pretty sure I can accurately predict the results of the election before even looking at the ballot (in my area, the R will win; if it’s not a partisan office, the incumbent will win; if it’s a yes/no, it’ll be yes, unless it’s something I actually want, in which case no).

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            (in my area, the R will win; if it’s not a partisan office, the incumbent will win; if it’s a yes/no, it’ll be yes, unless it’s something I actually want, in which case no).

            I’m not in quite a red area, but I feel your pain

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        Here I’d have to insert between step 2 and 3 “get it notarized”, here ballots don’t count if mailed in without a notary.

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          That’s really weird. In my state, the only signature that matters is the voter’s, and the voter can track their ballot though every stage of the vote counting process. I forget what it looks like exactly, but I think there’s an option for someone to sign if they’re helping the person fill it out.

          I personally drop mine off at the ballot box because I feel like it’s safer (and I don’t want to pay for a stamp).

          Requiring a notary to sign would probably be considered illegal voter suppression and potentially considered a “poll tax” (because you’d essentially need a bank account to get access to a notary).

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            Guessing they would state that if you had no access to a notary, voting in person is still allowed (with a valid state issued photo id)

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              Then the counter is that some people can’t reasonably get to a polling station, either due to work schedules, disability, etc, except at significant cost.

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            Voting in person has no such restriction. Though now you need a valid state instead 6 photo id…

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      Less than 20 minutes on average for me. That is, 20 minutes from leaving home, walking to the nearest voting place, voting, and walking back. Added about 5 minutes or so when part of my work commute.

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      Conspiracy theory is that this is another one of Elon’s sock puppet accounts. A version of his mom that appreciates his work.

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        That doesn’t even make sense unless he’s locked her up in a basement cage.

        Otherwise she’d come out saying it’s not her.

        If it is a sock puppet then she’s agreeing by not saying anything which means his mom does appreciate his work and approves of this and it’s not a ‘version’ of her.

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          Why would she bother? If I said my parents said crazy stuff, my parents probably wouldn’t notice or care. I don’t have a Twitter/X account, nor do I follow it, and the only exposure I get is here. If someone started saying crazy stuff about me, I probably wouldn’t notice, and if I did, probably wouldn’t care enough to correct the record publicly.

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                wouldn’t notice,

                Are you checks noted one of the richest people in the world stirring up shit where it’s almost certainly likely someone would tell them?

                nor would they probably care too much if they did.

                Then they accept it and are complicit.

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                  Then they accept it and are complicit.

                  Strong disagree there.

                  And no, I’m not extremely rich or famous, but even if I was, I wouldn’t expect my parents to step in if I started doing stupid stuff, unless that crossed into slander or libel or something.

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    Republicans don’t make up the bullshit about election fraud, they read their own playbook and only change the names. Such is the criminal weirdo party.