My parents, who aren’t hardcore trumpers but did vote for him last time aren’t voting and I consider that a massive win

Not familiar with the implementation, so maybe this is incorrect, but does Wendy’s tell you when you’re paying more or less? If not, my primary issue would be transparency. I know to show up for happy hour or lunch and I know what the prices will be.

I don’t want to have to memorize the prices because they quietly bump up everything on the menu by $0.50 at peak meal times everyday for an hour and don’t indicate that anywhere.

Seriously hope this is a ‘of those men likely to vote situation’. I mean not voting is bad, but I’d rather that than have my gender prefer trump.

Having done some recent research on the possible effects of an aging population, I think we’re all better off with a stable population rather than either a large or small one. China is for sure going to suffer for their one child policy in a few decades. Pretty much every 1st world country is on track for a painful time as their population ages out. The key is to make changes slowly so we don’t put too much pressure on one generation.

I agree that humanity as a whole could probably do better with a smaller global population, but even a medium shrinking of population threatens an extreme level of unrest and suffering as too many old people have to be supported by too few working people.

Most of those crabs (myself included) are benefiting from very low interest rates on their mortgages. Low enough rates to more than fully offset this one time incentive. So they should just chill and be happy they aren’t paying 8% interest or whatever it is these days.

Rather than malicious or a scam, this is closer to the class rep promising free vending machines. They don’t have the power to give this and they’re unlikely to convince the people that do have the power to actually do so.

That’s not really better exactly, it’s still deceitful, but only because they can’t actually deliver, not that they can, but choose not to.

Same. I originally got it for YT music. I don’t listen to as much music as I used to without a commute anymore, but my wife and I watch a ton of YouTube. And it’s mildly more difficult to block ads on the Roku too. I know pi holes exist, but my wife plays those freemium games that give you currency for watching ads and blocking all ads will break shit for her and then I have to fix it. Someone will tell me there’s an easy solve I’m sure, but honestly the subscription is just way easier and I really don’t mind paying. $16/mo for a family plan is 100% worth it to just not deal with all of that.

Are like Uber drivers and stuff able to lie about tips? Not sure how that works when everything is through the app and digital. Would’ve thought that they’d have exact documentation on how much you were tipped for the most part.

You would have the freedom to abstain on every vote, but you have to submit the paperwork. I wouldn’t force someone to actually vote for a person if they didn’t want to, but like taxes or jury duty, they have to show proof that they completed the task. If that ballot is effectively blank, well that’s their choice. But I feel that getting to enjoy those same liberties you speak of requires you to at least minimally engage in the process.

Personally I’d rather have someone randomly fill in bubbles than not vote. As they’re randomly filling stuff in, maybe they see a name they recognize and they actually cast a real vote. That’s a win.

This is basically all modern elections. Very few flip sides, it’s mostly about which side actually gets enough people to get out to vote.

Which is why I want mandatory voting. The country would be a lot better represented if everyone was forced to cast a ballot. Sure tons of people would vote without any real care, but they’d still tend to vote roughly for anyone they knew they liked. The college kid that always talks politics online but can’t be bothered to vote will now actually cast a ballot and be heard.

But this would almost definitely finish off the current Republican party so it’s doubtful it’ll ever happen.

To be fair there are also a lot of ‘green’ company scams out there too. Grifters are everywhere

My parents are doing a write in instead of voting for Trump again, so I consider that a win

I mean exactly? Why are Democrats courting the people flirting with fascists instead of at least the broad, varied base of their own group. The could cater to the conservative Democrats and still come out ahead.

Ok so 3% of the 42% of independent voters are truly undecided. Why spend the effort on them, vs actually motivating the roughly 50% of your base + independents who are actually Democrats that just don’t show up.

It feels like by doggedly pursuing this tiny fraction of 3% undecided voters, they disillusion a much higher percentage of their own already locked in supporters from actually showing up. If they spent their efforts on targeting supporters that just don’t vote, could they get 5% more votes? 10? 15?

Time and time again it feels that the side that wins isn’t the one that flipped a vote, but rather the side that was more excited and engaged. Someone the Republicans seem to have figured out and work heavily towards.

Which is why I don’t understand why the Democrats seem to so heavily target these mythical independents. Feels like the Republicans have completely stopped catering to anyone other than their base, meanwhile Democrats seem to ignore their base or compromise their own values for voters that don’t even exist. To me it’s the strongest argument for the whole theory of controlled opposition, even if I don’t really believe in that.

I still can’t fathom how the fuck anyone is an independent anymore. Too lazy to vote, yes. Have no idea who your party’s candidate is? Sure. Don’t know which party to vote for? No way in hell.

It’s less than half, but ya pretty much

I think it’d be pretty tricky to get a fire going at that size and get the photo taken before the thin plastic of the tent melted or burst into flames. The tent in the picture is fine, which I honestly think would be impossible with that setup, even if you tried to be quick

I’d be impressed if someone was so busy they literally couldn’t decide if they were pro-racist or not pro-racist. Politics is no longer a complicated question of policy but a simple division of core ethical values in America.

Agreed.

‘undecided’ = “unsure if I give a fuck enough to go vote for my side”

This seems to have been true for awhile now. The two parties are so different, it’s hard to imagine anyone bouncing between the two as if they were close enough to compare.

Which is honestly why I find a lot of the democratic campaigning and rhetoric weird. It seems to still be trying to cater to a group I don’t think exists, instead of trying to excite their existing voter base enough into actually voting.