

3rd party, in america, is mathematically and sociologically a waste of a vote
you have FPTP; you do not have STV or RCV etc
3rd party, in america, is mathematically and sociologically a waste of a vote
you have FPTP; you do not have STV or RCV etc
oh 100%!
and there are so many disingenuous arguments going around like “they voted for hamas! fuck around and find out!”… well, if you think that then you don’t get to complain about american politics (as most people do): https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/11/01/majority-palestinians-gaza-elect-hamas/
as usual with this shit show of a conflict, it seems both sides are awful: hamas used the hospital as a command post which means israel has to be able to attack it, however attacking it with indiscriminate shelling is absolutely unacceptable
both entities are completely unacceptable… debating which one is more so is outrageous, and if anyone “sides” with either one they’re morally corrupt, brainwashed, or too stupid to comprehend anything but binaries
add tailscale and you’re golden
as a linux professional, congrats you’re a junior and have a lot to learn about the world
not that i’m into it, but the headspace of little/age play is escapism: kids don’t have work to do, kids don’t worry about rent, etc… kids just kinda do what they want and are able to be a bit bratty and get away with it
the headspace for puppy play (which i am very into) is similar: dogs don’t worry, dogs just play, dogs get pats, dogs love unconditionally. its all about existing in the moment and focusing on what’s happening rather than worrying about human things
it’s literally in their interests too: given how completely rigged the republicans have made things, changing the system is the democrats best selfish choice
okay so you’re making a choice that as long as you’re not involved it’s okay for trump to win
cool cool cool so vote for trump and things get even worse for the palestinians
again, reality is fucked but that doesn’t change that it’s reality… work within the bounds of what’s possible rather than pissing into the wind because you don’t like the options
you can be done with it as much as you like but that doesn’t change reality… FPTP is absolute shit: vote for the lesser evil or you get the greater evil… that’s just the way it is
want something different? you have to change the system first
that’s just reality. deal with it or vulnerable people die and hate wins
that word doesn’t mean what you think it means
actually, i think it’s you that doesn’t understand what the word means so here’s the definition:
Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people in whole or in part. In 1948, the United Nations Genocide Convention defined genocide as any of five “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”. These five acts were: killing members of the group, causing them serious bodily or mental harm, imposing living conditions intended to destroy the group, preventing births, and forcibly transferring children out of the group. Victims are targeted because of their real or perceived membership of a group, not randomly.
partial targeting is still genocide
i believe the full name is
“the company formerly known as Twitter aka Birdsite, Xitter pronounced Shitter aka X”
thats a great point! i hadn’t considered that definition
i wouldn’t say its strictly political support though: support of a concept could be any number of things.
hmmm i’m not sure that’s true… if you’re, say, a member of trumps personal detail i’d wager you could defend him without supporting him… you can preserve, protect, and defend the person only because you whole heartedly support american democracy without supporting the individual that’s currently in power
that said, this exists because there’s a higher ideal that trickles down: your support of the concept doesn’t translate to your support of every outcome from the concept…
well, i’m not about to go back now that i have an ad-free experience… it was apathy and laziness that kept me there, and now invidious is a much better way to consume the content
i don’t use sponsorblock, so creators can monetise me (ie i can “pay” for the content) that way and google won’t see a cent or be able to farm my data (well, i’m sure they can but probably not as well)
i never really ad blocked on youtube (as annoying as they were), so nothing would have really changed for me… however, i do use umatrix to block all JS and other content by default and selectively allow only minimal parts of a site required for its operation
since the introduction of the “ad block detection” bs, youtube has been complaining at me and not letting me watch videos
i then searched for alternatives, found invidious, and now i dont see youtube ads
fuck you google
asia has the highest population in the world and i guarantee a lot of these people are also racist
are as likely to die from covid, as unvaccinated elderly people
and that’s the bit of grey that some people seem to latch onto: some vaccines (like the COVID vaccines) don’t prevent disease: they reduce the likelihood or severity of disease. that doesn’t mean they don’t work, it just means that they only work most of the time… which is a whole shit load better than none of the time
sure as shit works for most LGBTQIA+!