cheeseandrice

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[–] cheeseandrice@lemm.ee 6 points 3 hours ago

I could say this the long way but I’ll say it the short way - as an American it’s completely obvious that it’s taken on this label because demographics other than old, rich, white men are now at the table. It’s always been identity politics. It’s the only kind of “politics” there have ever been.

[–] cheeseandrice@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

Hey now, I love pussy. Lets go with “cowards”.

[–] cheeseandrice@lemm.ee 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

*They lack the empathy to care that problems that don't impact them directly are real

FTFY

[–] cheeseandrice@lemm.ee 6 points 4 weeks ago

If you know Howell's history it's easy to guess it's there, but it's a shame. Cute town.

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

Ok so, how did they do that?

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

Gillibrand is only 57, she's got at least 40 good years left.

[–] cheeseandrice@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

I think “single for a reason” is what all that attachment theory shit is trying to help contextualize. It specifically sets the context as “single for a fixable reason” if you have the courage and humility to do the work.

[–] cheeseandrice@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Nixon, Reagan, HW Bush, W Bush, Trump. Did I miss one?

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

I'm more cynical about the DNC than anybody but - people daydream all the time about what could happen in the future if this or that happens. Some asshole right winger started daydreaming about taking over the Supreme Court back in the 1970s and it doesn't mean that he planned it all out but you can still think about the next few moves to be ready if the opportunity arises.

Somebody in the DNC imagined this scenario many months/years ago and talked about it to their bosses. Gaming out the possibilities and having the slide deck ready is how wild, game changing moves like this end up happening.

[–] cheeseandrice@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Awesome, thank you :)

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

Did you learn it from a meme on Lenny and have you verified that it's true? I didn't, and I'd like to believe that stat.

[–] cheeseandrice@lemm.ee 40 points 2 months ago (2 children)

“They didn’t own the liberals. They owned the conservatives. They stole this money from their own constituency. And Bannon, having promised that he would not take any money, did the same thing.“

And that’s the reptilian genius of these guys. It’s much easier to fool someone than to convince someone they’ve been fooled. By taking fools’ money, the fools now have skin in the game. It will eventually turn around on them though, because it always does. I just hope it happens soon enough.

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