I mean… yes? But also if you had showed up and flipped the finger, then all the ground you stand on would be rock solid. “You ignored me and this vote I am slipping into the ballot box could’ve been yours, but nope, now it goes to Micky mouse. Too bad, so sad.”

You are now automatically grouped with cheeto finger guys sitting in their underwear playing league to reach iron 2 because they just don’t care. What data can I wave to say you aren’t in that category?

Literally all of our bureaucracy is built on data. You’ve provided no proof that you are disenfranchised. A protest vote of none takes less time than a protest, and leaves more data.

Yeah but that just means you can be safely ignored.

The Democrats don’t bother to win voters that don’t show up. 40% didn’t vote. They aren’t going to read your lack of vote as “I ain’t voting because I hate y’all”. ALL statistics are based around voters. Who showed up are more likely to show up again.

I’m not saying you should’ve voted Kamala because she was the lesser of two evils, far from it. I’m just saying that if you want the message to be received, you need to be petty. Use the write in space and write “fuck you Kamala” If you lack a write in space, just don’t fill out the presidency. It’s recorded.

If they receive 6% less voters, it’s ignored. You can only estimate that. if 6% of ballots just… ignored the presidency. That’s an eye popping statistic.

Agreed. Staying at home is always read as “I don’t care” It’s the #1 excuse of “we need to win over right wing voters because they vote” argument.

If you’re truly that disenfranchised, then show up and write none. If you can’t write in, then write NONE across the ballot and turn it in. it’s a defaced ballot and it’s recorded. Make it clear, show up and provide the middle finger so there’s no room for doubt. This is exactly the moment you would’ve voted for your candidate if you had one.

On the bright side, centrists are getting split between Biden and Kamala.

Let them bicker amongst themselves for once. The rest of us can unite for once.

Oh I know, that’s why I say go to events. Going to a coffee shop or even a club aren’t places I’d recommend. Interacting is so expensive there in terms of energy, anxiety, and stress.

But a lot of events have a lot more contextual options. Where questions are appreciated, as well as compliments. Anime conventions are a great example. “How did you make this?” “What show is this from?” “What is this line for?” “Can I get a picture?” “You look awesome”

Would never do that in a coffee shop.

… what makes you think they didn’t vote for Kamala? I rolled through their last posts, nothing screams Trump.

… do you assume that because they criticized the democrats, they must be some form of evil? Why are you so gung-ho on defending the campaign. It really could’ve been a vastly better campaign, in so many ways.

Why are people not allowed to criticize the democratic party for botching this so badly?

I’m just glad I’m not the only one who views dude as androgynous.

I thought I was one of the few.

… Ok well here’s the link to the moment (in the video you watched) where we have one **staff ** member giving an official response to how LTT interpreted the problem in a forum post on their website.

https://youtu.be/vc4yL3YTwWk?t=811

And here’s a link to their youtube channel where they talk about honey

https://www.youtube.com/@LinusTechTips/search?query=honey

You’ll notice. There isn’t one.

So for at least two years, they knew honey was stealing affiliate links and considered it a big enough problem to end their partnership, but did not consider it a big enough issue to make a video on it.

I think what was truly surprising is that they were bought for 4 billion.That much money for… basically an out and out scam. Paypal is that sure that it’s:

1. entirely legal

2. Will never be stopped

3. will return on a 4 billion investment.

seriously… did you watch the video?

https://youtu.be/vc4yL3YTwWk?t=785

Here. Here’s a link to the exact moment that entire chapter starts.

Huge fan of the we are legion, we are bob series right now.

It’s about a guy at a sci-fi convention who signs up for one of those “we freeze you before you die” programs/scams and wakes up as an AI with no rights a few hundred years in the future.

It really starts going off the rails when he gets sent off to space and given orders to

Build a space station

Copy yourself several times

Send those copies off to build more space stations.

A growing civilization of yourself and endless space. What can possibly go wrong?

I actually heard she’s aiming for a governor spot.

Ordinarily I would agree, but there are a few issues with that.

For one, he’s not just an actor. He’s also credited as one of the 13 producers and co-producers. That producer hat does not disappear once the director yells action. That alone should open up a door for all 13 of these guys to get charges applied if they ignored warnings about safety. Not saying it’s an open and shut case, hell maybe he’s only producer in name for bragging rights and never attended a meeting, it’s a valid argument he can make. But I think it definitely opens the door.

Secondly, the amount of star power he has does give him some power in this film. If people are complaining about safety and he’s domineering over people going “Shut up! I need filming done in 3 months so I can move to x film, give me the gun lets go”. He’s culpable in my eyes. He actively silenced and ignored concerns in that hypothetical and proceeded to roll the dice himself. Again no idea if that happened but it would absolutely open the door for charges.

The fact that the case is being dropped suggests that maybe they thought they had a case in these two veins, but ultimately couldn’t make the argument to a reliable degree.

I don’t think it’s an unreasonable ask either, but from what I understand, Valve is incredibly libertarian, like more than the libertarian party libertarian. Their politics and policies are freedom freedom freedom, and any form of regulation is sheer anathema to them.

nah, it’s not the same.

Then you have a no go area underneath your cozy table. Build it into the table and then you have full reign. Stretch out your legs, get drunk, have a foot fight with somebody. You’ll never kick it over built in.

Carcassonne: Tiles and Tactics

Cute Things Dying Violently

Crusader Kings Complete

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

Cosmic DJ

don’t even know what half of these are, but they sound fun.

WHICH IS WHY WE TREAT MOXXIE NICE

AND EXPLOSIONS!!!

I get where you’re coming from, I do, but milquetoast is an optimistic definition.

There are multiple sources claiming that internal polls showed trump winning 400 electoral college votes while Biden was still running. Straight up LYING to donors, constituents, and media. A “competent administrator” would’ve held an honest primary. Not tried to shove this man uncontested down everyone’s throats.

It’s seems incredibly disingenuous to put this all on the voters. At some point you need to admit that the entire democratic party straight up shot themselves in the foot. It also does NOT seem to be a stretch to assume that it was well known in inner circles that he was NOT in his right mind anymore and had NO GOOD REASON to run again at his age.

I agree with you. Trump sucks. A paper bag could’ve defeated Trump. so why the hell didn’t the democrats just walk down to cub foods and grab one, instead of refusing to get off their asses, rummaging in their couch cushions looking for something to throw in the ring?

Dems need to stop blaming the voters, do some introspection, and admit to themselves that they completely screwed this up all on their own.

So one year my sister an I save up for a game cube. We had Kirby air ride, a few controllers, a few Zelda games, we were happy campers.

Christmas rolls around and the first thing I unwrap for christmas? Halo: Combat Evolved.

We’re good sports about it, everybody makes mistakes, second and third gifts? two xbox controllers.

the morning continued, memory cards, some xbox party game, the works.

right at the end, the SOB reveals he won an xbox in a raffle.

happy ending, but god damn that was an awkward Christmas start

I honestly think southern states haven’t shaken off the notion of mudsill theory.

They might not call it that anymore, but god damn does their entire platform seem to push it.