ringwraithfish

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[–] ringwraithfish@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is very interesting. With all the crowd funding methods, would it be theoretically possible to put something like this together? Granted, the person has to accept, but imagine being able to pay a politician to just disappear.

[–] ringwraithfish@startrek.website 85 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Republicans: The government needs to stop trying to be our babysitter

Also Republicans: this

[–] ringwraithfish@startrek.website 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

As a person

I too am a person and totally not an AI driven bot fellow human.

What I mean is don't listen to anyone who says "polls show". Polls have been weaponized by every media outlet to back up whatever story they're trying to relay.

Polls are only good for political strategists and only for forming actionable strategies. They don't capture true popular feelings about any subjects and completely eliminate room for subtleties and nuance in the debate.

For example, why is she polling lower than Biden? Could it be because the VP role is traditionally one of someone who works in the background, so the general public has very little reason to think about her too often? How many times is she mentioned in headlines (successes or failures) compared to Biden and Trump? Who was polled and who did the polling - was there any accountability for bias one way or the other?

Take all polls with a huge grain of salt.

Humanity would absolutely be the abuser in this toxic relationship

[–] ringwraithfish@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Polls don't mean jack shit. They're basically the "mood ring" of the political world.

And yet she still has to state the obvious for the oblivious

That's such a great feeling. I did the same with our cat when we got her as a kitten. She doesn't climb on my shoulders anymore, but she prefers my lap over the others in the house.

[–] ringwraithfish@startrek.website 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's an intriguing story. I don't think that makes him a gangster. More like something a common thief would do. That sounds like right out of a playbook of common street urchins in Paris or eastern Asia.

Glad the state department told Kraft to shove it. Could you imagine an international standoff over a fucking billionaire's ring.

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