GiddyGap

joined 1 year ago
[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 56 points 1 month ago

I still can't believe that January 6th ended up meaning absolutely nothing to voters. Nothing. Wild.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

Ok, well, just change it to whatever we have here then. It's not a big deal and not everything is a conspiracy.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We have the same screens with a card. Here you print out the paper ballot and put it in the counter. Never seen them without a paper ballot.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Who doesn't have paper ballots? The states that use a touch screen (e.g. Dominion) still has paper ballots. You just make your choices on the screen and print the ballot. You check that everything is accurate and insert the paper ballot in the counting machine.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Eliminate the Electoral College. None of this other crap.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, the next nut bags are already lining up.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The only silver lining about Trump is that he's done after 4 years (supposedly). I hate this timeline.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My father-in-law always grunts "socialism something something" whenever I mention supporting a universal healthcare system. Of course, he does that while being on Medicare.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Short-term solutions are hard. In past work, I’ve proposed solutions to men’s compensatory anger and aggression at both the individual and societal levels. For example, I believe that it’s important for adults, such as parents, clinicians and teachers, to resist the urge to put undue pressures on boys, as well as to equip boys with the tools they need to resist such pressure. At a broader level, it’s important to promote gender diversity in positions of leadership and power, so that boys learn that people of all genders—not just men—share the responsibility for providing and protecting. If we can target the mechanisms underlying the pressure that boys and men experience, we should be able to mitigate the anger and aggression they exhibit to prove their manhood.

Well, a lot of the families of these young men are also deeply involved in the evangelical community that teach that these pressures are not only societal, they are God-given and healthy. They learn that if they don't adopt this type of masculinity, they are going against the biblical version of the man. They might not even make it to heaven. They'll be burning in eternal fire. And if your parents and your church and your day-to-day leaders keep pushing this, it's no surprise that they end up voting for the toxic masculinity Trump represents.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But, assuming that this is in the US, one of the major parties relies on keeping people uneducated, so they don't want people to pursue higher education. And certainly do not support cancelling student debt.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

My thought is that you should find a different class with a different teacher.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I don't think it's fair. A billionaire only needs one pillow like everyone else. And there are a lot of people starving in this world.

 

"The U.S. is more problematic because it is harder hit by a range of issues that kill people even before they hit old age, including drug overdoses, shootings, obesity and inequities that make it hard for some people to get sufficient medical care."

 

Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 47% to 40% in the race to win the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, as she appeared to blunt Trump's edge on the economy and jobs, a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Tuesday found.

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