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I play guitar, watch USMLR and NHL, occasionally brew beer, enjoy live music and travel, and practice sarcasm.

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  • Not bad faith, I just want to make sure we're saying what we each think we're saying. Because I don't think you're quite responding to what I'm actually saying, at face value.

    I'm not saying she ran a good enough campaign and everyone should have been enthusiastic about her. She absolutely made bad choices by letting the DNC machine make bad choices for her, and I absolutely recognize that those cost her votes and that. I'm not saying the primary process was totally the awesomerest best one we could have possibly hoped for, because it wasn't. But I think the media coverage of the 4% primary voter turnout for Uncommitted, which surely had an impact on Democratic donors putting pressure on Biden and the party to change course, just serves to validate my belief that if we actually all came out and voted, we'd have a more representative government. Enthusiasm for the Harris/Waltz ticket was sky-fucking high at first and then it was squandered with milquetoast status quo. No argument from me about that.

    What I am saying, is that in isolation, come the general election in 2024, voting for Harris was the only action that would have prevented Trump from winning the 2024 general election. I feel like that's just incontrovertible math. If you're saying to me, in response, that looking solely at the singular event of the general election in 2024 (not the primary season, or anything that happened on the campaign trail, just the general election itself), that my vote for Harris in the 2024 election helped Trump win the 2024 election, then I think you need to show your math because it sounds truly insane.

    But I don't think that's what you're saying. So I'd like a little more clarity on what you're saying rather than making assumptions and inferences.

  • Glad to hear it. If I'm reading this correctly, only 13 districts nationwide split for Trump with Democratic candidates down-ballot. So to me that suggests far more people who refused to vote for Harris simply refused to vote outright.

  • Which point?

  • Sure, man. Voting for Kamala somehow equaled a vote for Trump. Not sure how that tracks but if you say so. 👍

  • Maybe how you approach politics is harmful and supports rightwing movements.

    I feel like "vote for the prevention of the accession of fascists" should resonate with more people than "let the fascists win to teach the DNC a lesson" did.

  • They exercised another right, abstain.

    They should have voted and left the Presidential race empty on their ballots. All those down-ballotnstate and local races could have really made an impact. And strategists only care about the policy issues of likely voters.

  • Wyrd Pyramid Sisters, by Terry Pratchett

  • Option C:“It’s so nice and warm today.”“Think it will last?”

  • I thought it was going to be a new form factor iPhone that could fit comfortably in your pocket.

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  • Your personal results could be indicative of an as yet undiagnosed fertility issue rather than a failure of the research communities assessment of its effectiveness.

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  • Ok that tracks.

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  • I ain't never heard nobody in Texas say it like that.

  • Pretty confident she didn't get pregnant by pegging it.

  • See my vest! See my vest! It's authentic gorilla chest!

  • 4D time cube?

  • “Democrats just flipped two Georgia commissioners,” marking “their first statewide wins in 30 years.”

    What? Is he trying to gaslight the fact that both of Georgia's US Senators have been Democratic since 2020? One of whom was subject of intense media coverage for back-to-back runoff elections in 2020 and 2022 with the US Senate majority up for grabs?

  • +1 on checking in Pixelfed. Lemmy -> Instagram isn't comparable user experience. But given the closing comment about "local stuff and people I know" then odds are they won't be on Pixelfed either.

  • It was French's mustard, clearly an illegal immigrant sandwich. This Dunn guy was aiding an illegal alien's assault of an officer.

  • The DoJ is on the hunt, for bread October.