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There is absolutely no situation in which I would be okay with one of these people being in a leadership position. They’ve proven that they can’t be bothered to do the basic citizen’s duty of caring about politics enough to cast a vote at all, and you want to put them in charge of operating the government? No.

Foreign money in US elections used to be illegal. A law that isn’t getting enforced isn’t a real law.

I catch myself using “GG” in real life all the time, it’s just become part of the local parlance in my gaming group. Usually it comes out as part of “RIP GG”, basically, good try but we’re cooked.

I’ll still vote, because it is my duty as a citizen.

Then you aren’t the target of this! Many folks refuse to vote and then act all upset that their wishes aren’t being respected. No shit they aren’t, you haven’t presented any wishes. None of us chose to be responsible for the future of our nation, but if you want to continue to live in a democracy, then you need to contribute to that democracy. It is a duty as a citizen and in my opinion should be mandatory.

Don’t get me wrong though, I completely understand your perspective. Mostly because I’ve felt a lot of it myself. Make no mistake, I am also blaming and bullying the ass off the current US administration that enabled this and the previous generations that allowed it to progress. But shitting on Boomers doesn’t help fix the problems we have today.

Just remember, a state doesn’t vote. People vote. Your state votes red because people in that state vote red. If enough people come out to flip that, then the state vote will flip. Voting in local elections will help ensure this much more than only showing up every 4 years to vote in the presidential.

We still, as of now, have a viable path forward that can prevent bloodshed and collapse of American society. I am going to fight tooth and claw to follow that path if we are able. If we aren’t, then so be it. But I will not suffer apathy to destroy my home. End of story.

Edit: but honestly, is shaming me into voting going to make the system better or is it just to make you feel better about the broken system?

If you go vote, then yes, it has a chance to make the system better. It’s not guaranteed, but nothing is.

Look, if every American goes out and votes in a free and fair election and we still get stuck with a fascist regime, fair enough, I’ll just leave. I can’t ask for more than that from the voting public. But when more than half of America doesn’t vote and then we get stuck with a fascist regime, I won’t abide that. We can and should shame non-voters for that. Your voice matters, and if you won’t grasp that power for yourself, the rest of us will bully you into it because your apathy detrimentally affects all of us.

Has Temu ever had their act together from the beginning?

I always got the impression it was the Wish.com version of Wish.com

And it costs the taxpayers 30 grand for every line of text

I’m waist deep in The Dresden Files right now (just started Turn Coat, book 11 of like 20 and counting) and it very quickly became one of my favorite series I’ve ever read. Jim Butcher has woven a web of a story where every little detail is a foreshadow that often won’t pay off until two books later, it’s incredible.

Prior to this I read The Expanse and that one also comes highly recommended. It’s one of the most believable space operas I’ve ever read. I also hear the TV show is good, no idea, never watched it.

EU4 is pretty much exactly as difficult as being a real king in history just without any of the long term consequences. Paradox worked pretty hard to make this the case.

Hell yeah thank you

I’ve tried and bounced off several mobas at the request of my friends over the years, but Deadlock is really pulling me in recently. I was surprised too.

Screensaver? I rigged up Wallpaper Engine just to make that my actual desktop background.

I’m a technically savvy but new to Linux user who installed Mint as my primary OS about a month ago. So far I’ve used Flatpaks and AppImages without any issue and haven’t come across snaps. Would you explain the differences and why I would care about one over another?

Metroid Fusion was a banger. I didn’t even own a Gameboy, but my friend did, and I would trade him half my allowance every week to let me borrow it over the weekend. Many many nights were spent up late under the covers exploring BSL Station.

Ooh, also changing your post after you’ve already replied, into something completely different. Real classy. Definitely real stable genius kind of behavior.

I’m going to say this once, nice and loud and slow for you and everyone else in the back seats : Repeating a lie over and over again does not make it true. Doubling down on a lie when called out also does not make it true.

Now I’m going to do the intelligent thing, that I should have done the first time we had this exact same argument: Enjoy your block, we won’t be interacting again.

Nice try, but no.

This user has a long history of just saying things without looking them up. I have them tagged as such from around 8 months ago. I applaud your effort, but save it.

This dog looks like it should have a coffee and an earpiece.

I want to argue about that being technically Welsh, but I was coming in here to say foie gras and that’s French as fuck so fair enough I guess.