tmyakal

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[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As an individual territory, the U.S. is isolated. As an empire, we have bases on every continent. The risk isn't being killed. It's being declawed.

Not advocating for American imperialism, just clarifying the point.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 30 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Ah, yes. One of those good Jim Crow policies.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

No, capitalism is feudalism with loot boxes! Because I could win the lottery.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

That last point is why I couldn't play Fallout 4. My son was kidnapped, my spouse was killed, and I need to find out who did it and where they are! Right after I save a library, build a town, and solve some detective mysteries, I guess.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Because last time his number one policy promise was to build a wall and have Mexico pay for it. And his number two promise was an alternative to Obamacare.

He's not so great at following through with his promises. That's the only thing non-MAGAs have going for them: he's pretty incompetent.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 13 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I bought one when they first came out, and one when they did the $5 liquidation sale when they were discontinued. I wish I'd bought more, just to be safe.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

A buddy of mine got "OUCH" on the inside of his lip. Ironically, it hurt a lot less than the piece on his shin.

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

The bigger problem is that the number of seats in the House has been frozen for about a hundred years. Our population exploded, but our number of representatives stayed static, so places with the most people actually get less representation in congress.

On top of this, the number of electors a state has its equal to the number of representatives that state has in the Senate and the House combined. So more populated states also get underrepresented in the presidential election.

The Three-Fifths Compromise was absolutely fucked, but it's not what is deadlocking the House now and its not what is letting a people lose the popular vote and still go on to be president in 21st century elections.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

The real problem is that the size of the House of Representatives has been frozen for 100 years. The number of electoral college votes a state has is equal to the number of reps and senators they have. Since the House hasn't grown alongside our population, the relative representation for rural areas has steadily grown more and more.

Ending the cap on the House would balance out the electoral college issues and help reduce the constant congressional deadlocks we're seeing.

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

Except that elections happen every year....

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

The difference being the PS4 wasn't backwards compatible. The remaster was intended for people who hadn't and couldn't play the PS3 version.

PS5 is backwards compatible, making this a little more bullshit.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

or estimated net worth

Walmart credit card. They don't need to estimate when you willingly provide it.

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