JackiesFridge

JackiesFridge, 2 days ago

For eight years we’ve been told we’re overreacting as we predict all this stuff like Trump stuffing the courts with conservative activists, overturning Roe, killing chevron deference, and generally legislating from the bench. Poorly written law can be interpreted however they like. True or not, the SCOTUS majority has proven that they don’t care what’s written in the constitution, law books, etc. Whether or not you think the law can be interpreted a certain way, they are now set up to do whatever they like because even though they don’t make the laws, they actually, implicitly do.

JackiesFridge, 2 days ago

I should have said “cherry-pick” what’s written in the constitution.

JackiesFridge, 2 days ago

And who decides how to interpret law and levy consequence? And whose pocket are they in?

JackiesFridge, 4 days ago

The issue I have with Dems NOT stacking the court given the chance is that the GOP absolutely would - and might still if they wanted to future-proof their stranglehold. Stack the court. Get a shim in place (SCOTUS term limits, oversight, anything). Don’t worry about what the GOP might do, worry about what they ARE doing and maybe try getting ahead of the problem for a change.

JackiesFridge, 7 days ago

You’re right, of course. Patent illustrations traditionally show the item only from behind.

JackiesFridge, 1 month ago

Kombucha Girl meme with the title “I know you’re trying to make a point, but” with her skeptical face labelled “Cottagecore” and her intrigued face labelled “With skulls”

JackiesFridge, 1 month ago

Your world sounds interesting.

JackiesFridge, 2 months ago

You’re not wrong, but it beats the GOP’s playbook, and it’ll buy us some time to do the actual work of building a viable third party that might have a chance after 20 years of constant support from local elections on up.

Not voting sends no message other than you’re fine with how things are so you can’t be bothered. Threatening a comfy 2-party system with a solid alternative will make them sweat.

JackiesFridge, 2 months ago

People demanding better is not a side, and thus cannot win. The let’s not bomb kids side has zero power. Your choice is between bombing kids and bombing more kids. Enabling the bombing more kids side means your fake morals outweigh the sloppy real-world political situation that actually exists.

Your house is on fire. You are standing equidistant from a full petrol can and a bucket of water, and you’re deciding not to act because neither is the perfect solution.

JackiesFridge, 2 months ago

So happy to see him here.

JackiesFridge, 2 months ago

Okay wait seriously? 7+ years of PB&J for lunch and y’all are telling me that’s not normal?

JackiesFridge, 3 months ago

This is true. Sadly, our system of representation is limited to two viable parties, one that’s Not Great, and one that’s Demonstrably Evil. If you send the message that you dont support the Not Great party by not re-electing them, the only thing that benefits is the Demonstrably Evil party.

Both parties have proven historically that they dont care about people who won’t vote for them by simply not engaging with groups they consider a lost cause. This frees up their time and money so they can gin up the groups that do (or might) support them.

The ONLY way to make sure you have the representatives you need is to start now and hope future generations will benefit. Establish a viable independent party starting in local elections - school boards, city councils. These people make decisions about local education and infrastructure that will directly benefit people in your community and prove that this new party truly has their backs. From there, this party and their reps will move higher up into state and federal governments with recognition and an established voting record.

True representation takes a lot of time and effort, and if we start now, maybe our grandchildren will have a better life. It’s a long game, like it or not.

JackiesFridge, 3 months ago

I mean yeah. You can barely scratch the surface and find who these laws were written to protect. The racism is right there.

JackiesFridge, 3 months ago

I haven’t seen anybody mention failing systems. These consoles are all old enough that some TLC may be required soon to replace failing capacitors, etc. If you’re good with that and the (light) headaches involved in connecting old consoles to new TVs, there are solid recommendations in this discussion.

If you’re okay with emulation, the Anbernic RG351MP (or the newer 353) will play games from Atari 2600 through PlayStation 1, including arcade machines and old DOS games. The Anbernic hardware is very nice and exceptionally portable.

Steam Deck and Nintendo New 3DS are also phenomenal emulators for old games, but require some setup.

JackiesFridge, 3 months ago

Yeah but the graea knew stuff

JackiesFridge, 3 months ago

Serious discussion about what, the genocide?

JackiesFridge, 3 months ago

Trump is a figurehead. The man himself is nothing. If her gets elected, the smart people behind him who actually DO learn from past mistakes will have four years to reshape the government, and last time, things moved FAST.

Not voting does not send the message you think it does. It sends the message that you’re fine with the status quo and content to sit home and let things play out. “Protest” voting in the final election within a 2 party system is the same as not voting. It’s winner take all, and nothing else matters to these people.

JackiesFridge, 3 months ago

Ibid

JackiesFridge, 4 months ago

Galaxy brain dada jokes here

JackiesFridge, 4 months ago

The issue is: why are restaurants not paying their staff “proper” wages? Why are they the outlier, subsidised by customers?

If I eat at a restaurant, I already know I need to tip to make up the embarrassing gap between what the restaurant pays them and what a proper wage would be. Just raise your stupid prices to account for that and let me not do math after I eat.

But no, the Great Unwashed love a good illusion, so posting the actual price of a meal will drive them away. Adult society is full of toddlers.

JackiesFridge, 4 months ago

Well. I guess they do.

JackiesFridge, 5 months ago

I have a Keychron K10 I got as an Amazon Warehouse deal. It was cheap enough (but not under 50, sorry) and is an enjoyable budget mechanical keyboard. Decent keys and features for the money. Based on that I’d recommend Keychron.

JackiesFridge, 6 months ago

In the board game theme, have you tried any 2-player abstract strategy games? Some of my favourites include:

Quarto (complex 4-in-a-row game with a twist: your opponent chooses the piece you must play)

Quixo (from the same publisher, Gigamic - tic tac toe on steroids with an ever-changing board)

Hive (each piece moves a certain way, very portable defend-the-queen game)

Tak (simple rules, deep strategy - connect opposite edges of the board while preventing your opponent from doing it)

Not strategy, but abstract speed game: Nine Tiles by Japanese company Oink Games (not Nine Tiles Panic, tho that one isn’t bad). Oink has very clever, easily packable party games and a few can be played with two people.

JackiesFridge, 7 months ago

Looks like I’m the first comment actually interested in this cool giveaway! Thank you kind stranger for sharing your fortune.

Arkham would be the only game I’m interested in, as I do like Batman lore and hear the games are good. I’ve never played one before, but if my brother can get his hands on the OLED Steam Deck next week he will sell me his old one and I’ll finally have a Deck to play games on!

I’m years from playing games (not since the PSP), so if there are any cool Steam games y’all want to recommend I’m all ears!

I don’t have time for open world or RPGs, so I prefer puzzle, racing, and more linear story games. Pick-up-and-play stuff. That said, if you’re passionate about a game, I’d love to hear about it!

JackiesFridge, 9 months ago

After which the Biden admin kept working with the railroads and unions to get the workers’ demands met - and largely succeeded to no headline coverage.

theguardian.com/…/railroad-workers-union-win-sick…