Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 1 month ago

Ted “Ten Inch Cock” Hitchcock on Shoresy says “me boys” as part of his Newfie accent

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 1 month ago

In other words, if Trump keeps his trap shut and doesn’t cause needless delays, then the judge would be willing to let him go, but what are the odds of Trump being able to do that?

Pretty good if he keeps falling asleep

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 1 month ago

“YOU JUST WANT TRUMP TO WIN” - centrists

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 1 month ago

You could give me 11 months off work and I’d still want at least three times that much to be a teacher.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 1 month ago

Ever since Jimmy Buffett died a lot of retirees have more free time

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

So a Supreme Court justice can work remotely, but federal employees must be in an office.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 1 month ago

It’s sad that so many animations from the Golden Age of Flash are lost forever

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 1 month ago

In high school the class that graduated before me took a class picture, and all the jocks lined up in the front with their uniforms on. Then, when they took the “crazy” picture they pulled off their uniforms and had “DEEZ NUTZ” written on their shirts. They lied and said it was an inside joke, and when the faculty got all the pictures they realized what they did. So they had the entire yearbook committee draw Zorro capes and masks on them, and attempt to change the shirts to say “ZORRO” for some reason.

This was in 1999.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

Please don’t. I don’t want to argue with someone that dumb.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 1 month ago

Well at least all the restaurants will be Taco Bell

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

Democratic strategists, liberal pundits are making a living off doubting President Joe Biden’s viability in the 2024 presidential election. Why?

Because they need it to be a horse race to get keep people’s attention. They write those things because they get clicks and views and comments.

Notice how they’re not writing about how our system is failing everyone by being this way. That’s because they like the system this way because it keeps them on top.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

There are a lot of reasons things are the way they are - the fucked up way we elect a president, the fucked up way we count the votes, the fucked up way we apportion representatives - but the bottom line is that our government is broken and we’re not going to get actual representation out of it.

So unless progressives are going to move the red states en masse to actually change things, we need to get used to being an unrepresented minority, ruled by a different minority that has more land.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

There is literally only one sane choice on the ballot this year.

Which is the real problem, has been a problem since before I could vote, and is a problem that cannot be fixed.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

tl;dr - The system is broken but we still have to pretend it isn’t because otherwise its brokenness will allow terrible things to happen and the people who do those things will face no repercussions.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

🇺🇸 F R E E D O M 🦅🍔

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

Nowhere in my post did I say anything about voting.

Just keep pretending that this is a valid and legitimate government just like all the other centrists.

Fuck me for wanting something other than a dull knife to protect my family, right?

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 1 month ago

It’s been lesser-evilism since the country was founded

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

Maybe people realize that even if the economy is doing great they’re one medical emergency away from bankruptcy, and their kids will never afford college, and they get paid a lot less than the value they create for their employer while executives and hedge fund managers make out like bandits.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 1 month ago

I only get things sent from pink hippos

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

I’m old enough to remember when debates were run by the League of Women Voters and had actual moderation and discussion of the issues

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

BUT November is a long way off and voices need to be heard

This is why I voted for Dean Philips in my state’s primary

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

The neat part is that, for me, voting is also a vote for the candidate I don’t like.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

The fact that this is even on the table is why I’m upset. A sane government would not let that sort of thing happen. But we have a majority of the Supreme Court nominated by two presidents who lost the popular vote because a bunch of slave owners over 200 years ago were butthurt at the idea that the popular vote for president wouldn’t go their way.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

Do you want to keep the Republic, or not?

I don’t want the republic but I don’t want fascism either

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

Exactly. Our government is like we took an 18th century sailing ship, bolted on a steam engine, piled it full of people, and then strapped on some wings so it could fly to the moon.

The structure of our government is so anachronistic I don’t know why people are upset it’s working so horribly.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

There are instructions, but those instructions were also modified at the behest of slave owners who wanted an outsized influence. So we can’t update it without risking something even worse.

What should have been added was the requirement that it be updated every 20 years.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

Article V has the procedure for amending the Constitution

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

The rabbit that my cat brought home today was definitely not vibing

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

Tech products often use stainless steel bolts, which are a lot softer than a normal steel

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

If they expect me to take the Constitution seriously they’ll need to do the same.

What a joke of a country.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

Should the NSA simply hang up and not find out what it’s all about due to a lack of warrant?

Yes.

There, that was easy.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

I’m sure as I type this there are men beating their wives and children, maybe to death.

Should the government put cameras in every house to prevent this?

If not, why do you hate women and children and want them to die?

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

The Patriot Act* didn’t exist before 9/11. Your argument is invalid.

Also, the NSA can get the FBI to get a warrant for the person in the US. We already have mechanisms for monitoring communications in the US.

• It’s actually called the USA PATRIOT Act, which is an acronym for “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.” I prefer the acronym U SAP AT RIOT/

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

The idea that someone should just “learn to code” shows a huge lack of understanding of what “learning to code” entails. It also doesn’t help that they’ll need to earn a living while they’re learning to code, and that they’ll have to move from a dying town to find a job where they can code.

They weren’t offended by the idea of learning to code. They were offended by the dismissive nature of the major life change that switching careers and moving to a different state entails.

And, as someone who learned how to code, I’m offended by the dismissive nature of the technology industry as just “learn to code.”

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

Anybody who thinks the US will abandon Israel is ignorant of history, too. As is anybody who thinks they can vote for a president and not get blood on their hands.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

basically drag Biden to a better policy position.

I keep hearing words like “fight” and “drag” and “push” as to what we do to stop this, but they don’t mean actually fighting or dragging or pushing, just being annoying in ways that are easily dismissed.

I’ve gotten enough “fuck you I do what I want” letters from my reps and senators about things that I’ve given up “pushing” them in that way.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

The other part is that online lefties like us are a minority. If Biden does move left he risks losing the election to the majority of Americans who support Israel unconditionally. So nobody’s going to end up happy and he loses the election anyway.

He’s from a generation that believes “the system works”, because its worked well for him/ them.

This is a great insight that people who keep saying “we just need to push him after the election” don’t seem to get. Yes, I’m sure that in the past writing letters to Congress might have done something more than waste paper. But the system is so broken now that people don’t believe them and see the only way to get a message across that this is unacceptable is to not vote.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

Thanks for the essay! I liked it a lot. (Though the first paragraph could be broken up for readability.)

The tl;dr I’m getting is this: Both parties are “big tent” parties now, and Democrats seem to have forgotten this and are operating on 90s political theory. Sound about right? If so, I agree wholeheartedly.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

If you’re not ashamed to be an American you probably failed history.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

I feel like if I pushed Biden on anything he’d fall over and break a hip.

Still voting for him tho

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

Yeah! There’s a lot more to open source projects than code. Even if all you do is edit the docs for punctuation and spelling mistakes you’re helping.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

There’s too many moving parts in the government for me to think they’ll actually get something done. Maybe one district in some state flips red and suddenly there’s a Republican majority and nothing happens no matter how hard I press the button in my district.

Low expectations are key to not being disappointed.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

Some window screen and zip ties would solve that problem.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

Even though I’m not a Christian I wish they were right about The Rapture because then we wouldn’t have to deal with them anymore.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

I don’t blame the community, I blame the media. The media needs to generate views to sell eyeballs. They need to keep you clicking and watching by saying that the resolution is just around the corner. If they waited to report on things that actually happened nobody would care.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

I mean the logo for Christianity is already a lowercase t.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

Working in a restaurant shows how disgusting Christans are. The Sunday brunch/lunch crowd are rude, impatient, dirty, and tip poorly. They come from a place where they’re ostensibly being told to love everyone and then forget everything before they get in their car.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod, 2 months ago

In my version of the 90s it was a flannel shirt tied around my waist