SomethingMusic
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SomethingMusic
20d ago
The larger problem is that it'll be ineffective. As you said, it really isn't enough to defray costs. Every 1st world country is running into population replacement problem, but the larger problem is sticky wages, the lack of young men willing to be fathers, the lack of infrastructure in cities for children and families, and the widespread popularity of reproductive services. Current societal standards aren't supportive for children, and the increasing selfish nature of young generations is compounding the problem. At some point throwing money at the problem isn't effective, it is the culmination of many social issues compounding into the lack of family formation.
SomethingMusic
20d ago
Ahh ,my bad. Still pretty accurate and funny in a dark humor way.
SomethingMusic
20d ago
SomethingMusic
21d ago
Cash tips are generally not taxed, it's literally one of the reasons why I tip servers cash when I think the did a good job. Automated tips are taxed though, and they should because waiters can make 6 figures at a good restaurant. There's a reason why pretty much every wait staff prefers tipping over regular wages.
SomethingMusic
22d ago
I hate 4chan but I can't stop going on it, like a bad pimple you want to pop or an awful car crash you can't look away from. Can anyone recommend me site add ons or website blocks on phones that aren't easy to circumnavigate once installed?
SomethingMusic
22d ago
I'm still quite sad about what happened to JP. Benzos, and getting off Benzos, definitely did a number on him. His podcast isn't that bad, but dunno what's going on with his Twitter. Canada also did him really dirty and put a huge chip on his shoulder.
SomethingMusic
22d ago
DC has the assistance of endless Federal programs pumping the city because congresspeople don't want to live in a dump. I haven't been to DC in years, but as a child I loved visiting there. At some point in adulthood I want to do a big museum tour, but I don't know when that will happen.
SomethingMusic
22d ago
You don't need to write comments, you just need to vote. When China brainwashed American POWs in Korea, they never told them what to say. They simply rewarded them for saying the right things. The Americans invented the Communist propaganda themselves. Training people on Reddit using updoots would be the simplest thing in the world.
That actually explains modern "journalism" frighteningly well. Use capitalist incentives against your opponents by signal boosting and paying the absolute worst journalists (see the top level post below) the most money to generate the most divisive shlock.
SomethingMusic
23d ago
SomethingMusic
23d ago
My galaxy brained take - political parties are using AI to astroturf online spaces in coordination of superusers to dominate election discussion. Can humans really argue with AI who can output an infinite amount of shlock? AI will (or should) be this year's Cambridge Analytica. I think Republicans/Trump may be too slow to adapt with how AI transformed the internet to really understand what they're against.
After the election, party-aligned AI models will come under scrutiny and be regulated to only whomever is in control.
SomethingMusic
24d ago
I agree that the dynamics were there before Trump, but Trump truly embodied them and brought them to the forefront of American culture war battlegrounds that wasn't as present during the Obama era.
SomethingMusic
24d ago
I agree that there needs to be a substance for a top-level comment with a more thorough explanation of the users thesis, but I don't see how this isn't speaking plainly.
SomethingMusic
25d ago
I believe the polling is accurate. President Trump is uniquely polarizing and is considered the catalyst that got us into the culture war dynamics of the past 8+ years. The central organization points of the 2016 Trump campaign have been banned and ostracized from the internet beyond Truth social, who supposedly has 2 million users and 600k active users (I never tried it, and it seems a pale comparison to twitter or other platforms. Even Gab supposedly has more registered and active users and I haven't tried their site since 2017 at the latest). The assassination was great PR for Trump but also obviously psychologically damaged Trump, who seems a lot more cautious of making public appearances which has been historically his greatest strength. Vice President Kamala's coordination with establishment and new corporate medias has allowed them to block out Republican messaging and boost her "Vibes based" messaging.
This is most represented by her website. Her website is devoid of everything a normal presidential run consists of. Whay are her policy positions? Interviews? Pressers? Tours? Kamala's history as a political radical has been washed from the internet. When is her last TV interview? Presser? Zoom rally? The silence has to be deliberate; anyone position she holds, or historically held, has been scoured from search engines.
President Trump needs more eyes on him for him to sway voters. Vice President Kamala needs the opposite.
SomethingMusic
30d ago
I think there's a difference of presenting something untrue as fact and questioning someone's willingness to rebrand themselves the instant the winds change. If you interpret "Is she black" as a racial statement rather one of cultural alignment than that's your movie screen. "Is she black" is a relevant question to Black America - is she truly someone who aligns herself to the plights of impoverished Black Americans, or is she conveniently emphasizing her Blackness as a way to procure votes? It's mudslinging, sure, but also has an element of truth asking people to analyze her character beyond simple racial solidarity.
It is the Democrats who dragged Trump through the mud with legitimately false claims such as the Steele Dossier. I find Trump's 'lies', 'hyperbole', or 'political mudslinging' positively refreshing compared to the gaslighting Democrats have shown themselves willing to do on an international level for the past 8 years.
SomethingMusic
30d ago
Not only do you not need her to take positions, there's a strong incentive for her to not take positions. Stand for nothing and people will fill in the gaps in their own mind. I bet if being a human being wasn't a requirement we would have a pet cat as a president.
SomethingMusic
30d ago
People have been begging the past 8 years for a 'return to normalcy' and believe that Kamala, whose sycophants are scouring the internet in an attempt to rebrand her as a moderate Democrat, will most likely represent this return. Trump can never brand himself as status quo by the sheer nature of his personality. The media is guaranteeing that upon reelection the media is promising 4 years of obsessive hatred and hit pieces against the man.
The best thing Kamala can do is shut up, hide, and let the Democratic machine work their propaganda. The less she says and the less she's in the spotlight the more likely the strategy can work. As soon as she comes on stage and exposes herself the jig will be up. The Democrats only hope is that their spin overwhelms anything she the person excretes.
SomethingMusic
1mo ago
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Thought maybe a bit more coordination would be a good idea than wild looting.
SomethingMusic
1mo ago
You would have to argue that the gifts he received was quid pro quo, and that multiple justices have done it in recent history, as one dissenting ruling doesn't seem to have an impact on the supreme court. Democrats have been attacking Thomas for 30 years, so him hobnobbing with wealthy friends hardly constitutes a new attack on his character. Who doesn't bellyache about getting paid enough?
What's the point of instituting and codifying an 18 year term limit except to boot out outliers? It makes it seems it's at best a short-term political play to get the most longstanding conservative judge off the bench and refresh an old Democratic judge and is a purely partisan reform.
SomethingMusic
1mo ago
Lots of young women would like to be able to get abortions in case they get pregnant while having fun casual sex. Why is the male version of this something cool and fun while the female version of this cat lady hectoring?
I've never understood this argument. It's not cool and fun when men engage in casual "fun" sex, nor is it cool when women do it. The more we treat sex as something separate from a person emotionally, physically, and spiritually, the more it become commodified and exposed to a 'free market' exchange of sex, in which selfishness is prioritized instead of mutual building. Suddenly we have an increase of single parents which is well documented to lead to worse behavioral outcomes for men, which even the politically washed Bing-GPT still spits out:
Male children of single parents face unique challenges and experiences. Here are some key points:
Demographics: A growing number of single-parent households are headed by fathers. As of recent data, 16.1% of single-parent households are led by fathers, up from 12.5% in 2007 1.
Educational and Behavioral Outcomes: Studies show that boys raised in single-parent households may face more behavioral and academic challenges compared to those in two-parent households. However, the presence of a supportive and involved parent can mitigate many of these issues2.
Economic Factors: Single-parent households, especially those led by mothers, are more likely to experience financial difficulties. This can impact the resources available for the child’s education and extracurricular activities2.
Emotional and Social Development: Boys in single-parent households might experience different social dynamics. They may take on more responsibilities at home and develop a strong bond with the custodial parent1.
Role Models: The absence of a male role model can be a concern, but many single mothers and fathers actively seek out positive male influences for their sons through family, friends, and community programs3.
SomethingMusic
1mo ago
The whole point of no term limits on supreme judges is so they remove the incentive of selling out to interest groups to maximize their income or social interested during their tenure. Unless there's evidence that long standing judges do in fact profit more than, say, congressmen in the nature of their duration as supreme court judges, #2 is pure culture war and could end up backfiring spectacularly.
#1 is from what I've read on this from here and other places, is a way to push things through this through disingenuous reading of the ruling and ignores the nuance of what the judges put forth. The only reason to put this into the reform is to go after an ex-president legally, and if it doesn't go through is a way to blame "those wiley Republicans are preventing the rule of law, what power hungry hypocrites!" It's pure dog-whistle for Democrats.
#3 is too open ended and essentially is a way to perpetuate those in power by hemming in the presidency. The liked president who toes the party line will get a pass, the unliked or controversial president will be hamstrung by 'morality' and 'ethics' which will mean whatever people want it to mean at the time.
SomethingMusic
1mo ago
I can't help but see that the crux of your opinion and argument is largely based off your personal experiences and it sounds you live in a red-coded area doing a job that will involve you with a lot of poor red coded individuals. This is nothing new for a lot of people and I suggest that it doesn't significantly impact your personal political identity. A lot of people I met who left conservative bastions to the big bright blue cities have their political opinions informed by the people they met. They hate the same schitzo red tribe that you just met, and because they don't want to associate with them, they feel like it's necessary to take every opposite political opinion to socially and intellectually disengage from the people they so disparage.
This is why it's important to realize your bubble. I currently live in an area that is HEAVILY dominated by Democrats and I see the same schitzo squealing as you do, but just blue coded. Fat feminists rioting for women's rights, endless signs of the "liberal's creed (we believe in science, etc.)". Pro-abortion and acceptance flags in every business window, while at the same time dozens of people begging and pan handling in the streets, accosting people on the street. There's a lot of low intelligence people in every region that are absolutely bat-shit, and while our brains are very good at recognizing problematic individuals as a safety precaution, it's also important to realize that these people are largely the statistical outliers and do not represent the political tribal spectrum.
SomethingMusic
1mo ago
My question is, where the hell are people getting these Zoom links? I haven't seen any advertising or public posting for any zoom calls, and if I did, I would probably immediately consider is a scam.
SomethingMusic
1mo ago
I honestly missed their segment; I was flipping between TV and my work computer in another room so I mostly popped my head out when there was a piece of classical music I recognized.
You know the media's successfully pigeonholed reality when no one is mentioning that Trump was shot at and very nearly killed at a rally. Don't you think that would negatively damage ones ability to rally?
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