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netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
5hr ago
That’s kind of like blaming South Carolina for the Civil War. Sure, they provided the most visible reason, but there was no shortage of alternatives.
COVID killed fewer than 250,000 Americans by November 2020. Unless those were all concentrated in Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin, they weren’t going to translate into a Trump victory. They certainly didn’t approach the 7,000,000 popular-vote difference.
The obvious second-order effect is voters blaming the current administration for a dead or dying family member. That might get you closer.
Personally, I’d credit the massive economic recession.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
6hr ago
Uh, I think you should recalibrate.
If the current Democrat oeuvre is illegitimate, whatever that means, then you shouldn’t have to worry about transferring power to them. Conversely, if they’re getting ahold of the country, are they really so unpopular, especially when the government structure favors Republicans?
Also, suggesting a coup because you don’t have faith in your ability to give up power is…one hell of an own goal.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
6hr ago
Dude’s a billionaire reality TV real estate agent. How did he ever convince people that he wasn’t the swamp?
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6hr ago
If it’s such old stuff, why didn’t you bother to give an example? C’mon, surely Nixon or LBJ tried it, at least. We’ve got 80 years of sordid machine politics to choose from. One of them has to be more concrete than your sense of unfairness.
The entire reason the left hates Trump is that he does politics back to them.
The hate was in full swing before he ever got into office. He ran on a platform of barbecuing sacred cows. Then he spent four years bumbling around, trying to figure out how to turn on the gas. If he’d been “doing politics” he might actually have accomplished something.
complain about corruption if you want,
Gladly. It is positively shameful how much corruption is being excused with a pansy-ass “well, the other guys do it!” Maybe we should elect somebody to do something about it. Drain the swamp, as it were.
FULL DISCLAIMER: I think lawfare is bad! I think Biden’s pardon bullshit was a travesty and a miscarriage of justice! No one should be above the law. Am I allowed to critique the obvious corruption, now?
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
9hr ago
People do still care about the tariffs, even if they’re less visible than gas prices. Businesses in particular.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
23hr ago
They can be tamed but they aren’t domesticated. My dad had one or two growing up.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
1d ago
Cute theory, but…no?
Sherlock Holmes: yes to Hound of the Baskervilles, no to Valley of Fear, Study in Scarlet, or Sign of Four. There are too many short stories to cover; plenty of them have neither a high-class victim or perpetrator.
Dupin: yes to Purloined Letter, no to Rue Morgue and the forgettable Marie Roguet.
Poirot: I actually haven’t read any of these, and I don’t want to spoil them, so sure. Maybe they’re shameless class envy.
I think a better explanation would be that mysteries demand drama, and two hoboes shivving it out in an alley isn’t dramatic unless there’s some extra spice. A treasure from India worked just as well as an English inheritance.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
1d ago
before I deleted X
Finally, I can feel like I had a positive impact on the world.
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The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
2d ago
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The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
3d ago
I’ve been holding on to a desire to run an Ars Magica campaign, but I’ve avoided it on account of my own lack of experience. How did you get started DMing at all?? There’s just so much to do even before the players get involved.
My current plan is to shelve that dream and try OSR instead. Less mechanical baggage, less asked of the players. On the other hand, they’re more experienced with Pathfinder and 5e, so maybe there’s a different sort of baggage.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
3d ago
What’s wrong with EDH?
It’s hard for me to tell what a more accessible, casual format does to the other formats.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
3d ago
I was gonna say that getting GPT to polish your affirm your intuitions wasn’t good evidence, but I read the sample question and now I smell burnt toast.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
6d ago
More effort than this, please.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
7d ago
It has lots of staying power ‘cause it’s an efficient motte and bailey.
Motte: the stereotypical email-shuffler. Office Space. Sinecures for the trust-fund kid. Wal-mart greeters.
Bailey: anything I don’t like or respect. Fundraising? Bullshit. Compliance? Nobody cares about that stuff. Management? Fuck those guys in particular.
Apply the usual incentives of group psychology, and bam, everyone’s getting Gell-Mann Amnesia.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
8d ago
Okay, that’s definitely more widely distributed than I was expecting. I know a lot of those counties already went heavily red but the New England stuff is really surprising.
I guess I really do put a lot of it down to Trump.
The GOP isn’t really acting like a party which is competitive everywhere. It made gains in coal country, Alaska, and Montana while doubling down on blaming Coastal Elites. Very Trump. I don’t see how that converts into lasting popularity elsewhere.
Trump can’t carry turnout forever.
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The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
8d ago
Yeah, you’re coming in too hot here.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
8d ago
“Look, it’s been over 30 years since the show ended. Let it go.”
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9d ago
"Well, officer, I saw he had multiple stab wounds, so I broke a couple fingers. Helps to counter the bleeding."
I don't think this would accomplish what you seem to expect.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
9d ago
To play devil's advocate: neither administration has expressed much concern with PR up to this point.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
9d ago
Sounds like a good response to the guy asking for pulp recommendations.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
9d ago
Aubrey/Maturin? Strong men with strong convictions about king and country, honorable conduct, etc. Not that it keeps them from engaging in all manner of vice and self-sabotaging romanticism.
netstack
The horse embodies the wings a person feels inside.
9d ago
My own build started from https://www.logicalincrements.com/. The idea is that each row of the table consists of parts which are roughly aligned in performance. Everything within the row is cross-compatible, so if you find a sale you can swap it in. I’d look at the $1500 or $1700 tier; it should manage your use cases just fine.
Good on them. This is a good crackdown, as far as I can tell.
The problem with looking for examples is that everybody, Democrats included, wants to claim credit for the big wins. Newsom can say that he’s proud of this bust; that plus ten dollars might get you a cup of California coffee. For related reasons, Democrats railing against Trump corruption are about as controversial and brave as Republicans concerned about Hillary’s emails.
If I had to pick Congressmen, I’ve got a soft spot for Jason Crow, who’s a bit of a grandstander but at least seems earnest about insider trading laws. Kirsten Gillibrand is another one who’s serious about the subject.
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