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Yeah... that's exactly what happened with the USSR. Stalin was overthrown by the people, millions didn't die, and everyone had wonderful lives after the state withered away.
December 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Yeah... that's exactly what happened with the USSR. Stalin was overthrown by the people, millions didn't die, and everyone had wonderful lives after the state withered away.
As long as Supreme Court justices are chosen based on politics, no number is safe from one side getting enough to hijack the court.
December 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
As long as Supreme Court justices are chosen based on politics, no number is safe from one side getting enough to hijack the court.
Tyranny of the proletariat is still tyranny. Ultimately, a single person rises to the top, and the only people getting sacked are those deemed enemies of the state.
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Tyranny of the proletariat is still tyranny. Ultimately, a single person rises to the top, and the only people getting sacked are those deemed enemies of the state.
How much ram is even necessary for the average user who browses the web, streams videos and plays some games? I have 16 gig, a ton of steam games, including Elden Ring, and have never felt the need to add ram.
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
How much ram is even necessary for the average user who browses the web, streams videos and plays some games? I have 16 gig, a ton of steam games, including Elden Ring, and have never felt the need to add ram.
If you take the long view of the ideals that originated it and how over 2 centuries it has moved, but not always consistently, to better embrace those ideals, the issues you cite come not from the system itself, but from those who seek to subvert it.
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If you take the long view of the ideals that originated it and how over 2 centuries it has moved, but not always consistently, to better embrace those ideals, the issues you cite come not from the system itself, but from those who seek to subvert it.
I had this issue back in the day.
December 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I had this issue back in the day.
That's not how they were stupid. They knew his moral failings but just didn't care.
They're stupid because they voted for the same guy who ALREADY had been president and his presidency had been an absolute dumpster fire. It's like going back to a barber four years after he set your hair on fire.
They're stupid because they voted for the same guy who ALREADY had been president and his presidency had been an absolute dumpster fire. It's like going back to a barber four years after he set your hair on fire.
December 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
That's not how they were stupid. They knew his moral failings but just didn't care.
They're stupid because they voted for the same guy who ALREADY had been president and his presidency had been an absolute dumpster fire. It's like going back to a barber four years after he set your hair on fire.
They're stupid because they voted for the same guy who ALREADY had been president and his presidency had been an absolute dumpster fire. It's like going back to a barber four years after he set your hair on fire.
Reminds me of Homer Simpson insisting he had saved Lenny's life by destroying Lenny's egg salad sandwich.
December 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Reminds me of Homer Simpson insisting he had saved Lenny's life by destroying Lenny's egg salad sandwich.
Didn't Trump promise to fix inflation on day 1?
December 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Didn't Trump promise to fix inflation on day 1?
Goddamn you to hell for ruining a half century of blissful ignorance by introducing me to that monstrosity.
December 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Goddamn you to hell for ruining a half century of blissful ignorance by introducing me to that monstrosity.
Next week, the Taco Bell Humanitarian Award.
December 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Next week, the Taco Bell Humanitarian Award.
You can audit all you want, but once you promote distrust in the system, nothing will satisfy people who are convinced the other side must have cheated because of such and such 'logic'.
December 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
You can audit all you want, but once you promote distrust in the system, nothing will satisfy people who are convinced the other side must have cheated because of such and such 'logic'.
How is this kind of evidence free accusation any different from what Trump and his supporters did in 2020?
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
How is this kind of evidence free accusation any different from what Trump and his supporters did in 2020?
Attending the inauguration of the opposing party is a sign of respect for our system. Lack of respect for our system is not a lesson worth learning.
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Attending the inauguration of the opposing party is a sign of respect for our system. Lack of respect for our system is not a lesson worth learning.
For minorities it's even worse than does nothing.
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For minorities it's even worse than does nothing.
A big pet preeve is when institutions assume everyone has an internet connected smart phone and provides no alternative. I'd go to my kid's high school theater production and couldn't buy a ticket with cash and had to scan a QR code and download a pdf if you wanted a program with the cast.
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A big pet preeve is when institutions assume everyone has an internet connected smart phone and provides no alternative. I'd go to my kid's high school theater production and couldn't buy a ticket with cash and had to scan a QR code and download a pdf if you wanted a program with the cast.
Still on same no frills washer for last 20 years. By myself, I replaced the door switch twice and the main control unit once.
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Still on same no frills washer for last 20 years. By myself, I replaced the door switch twice and the main control unit once.
Agree on the Walz item. Not convinced going hard left and anti-Israel would have swayed many Trump voters to switch to Harris.
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Agree on the Walz item. Not convinced going hard left and anti-Israel would have swayed many Trump voters to switch to Harris.
What would you have done differently if you had been put in charge of her campaign after Biden had dropped out?
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
What would you have done differently if you had been put in charge of her campaign after Biden had dropped out?
I thought storage meant energy storage like batteries to capture wind and solar during times when more energy is being produced than can be used and save it when less energy is being produced.
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I thought storage meant energy storage like batteries to capture wind and solar during times when more energy is being produced than can be used and save it when less energy is being produced.
And economists would say product substitutes are one of the ways consumers use when faced with... wait for it... INFLATION!
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
And economists would say product substitutes are one of the ways consumers use when faced with... wait for it... INFLATION!
Saving this description for the next time Pesca wants to haunt us with the mornings of Carville.
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Saving this description for the next time Pesca wants to haunt us with the mornings of Carville.
Unless you're Buster Bluth.
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Unless you're Buster Bluth.