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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Oh man, if only there was a way for them to force acceptance of these beneficial ideas. Like getting local reps elected who support those ideas to push the party as a whole farther towards those ideas. Instead of just saying “but it’s for a just society!” Once every four years and then wondering why they never get support.

    I agree it would be awesome if we could make a hard shift left and move to a more just society for everyone in it but dreams don’t just pop into reality, there has to be work done and I don’t see a lot of them helping out. Certainly not where I’m trying to gather support for the same ideas. Always “too busy to help” until a presidential election rolls around, which is fucking infuriating.



  • The claim is that they glom onto good causes when visibly suitable, which is for major elections. It’s that the vast majority are not active in any election other than when they pop up for a presidential election. Posting on Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and other message boards does not mean politically active per se unless you count screaming into an echo chamber.

    What you’re talking about in the second paragraph is what is desired, what is usually seen are Instagram and message board posts with little actual action until a presidential election where suddenly they pop out of the woodwork and scream that things aren’t fair.

    No shit things aren’t fair, those of us actually being active trying to get local support for the same ideas get pissed at the sudden influx of people with good intentions but no idea how to act on them other than lambast the groups who aren’t perfect enough for them.

    I don’t know how you got “only focused on the presidential election for four years” fromy previous post.


  • It’s not that it’s invalid, it’s that typically most people have no desire or input into the political sphere through their own choices right up until the presidential election and then get pissy that the things they want aren’t being done.

    No shit, if you want them done you have to show up for more than one election to build the political capital to do it. Does that mean their ideas are invalid? No, just that you can’t sit out 90% of the time and then expect to be taken seriously.


  • I do understand that those strategies have some effect. I disagree that it means reason is moot, and the more shits that come out of the woodwork with doomerism the more effective it is so I have a question for you. Why are you pushing that narrative as well? What are you doing to change it other than point it out?



  • I mean, yeah Biden hasn’t been great at campaigning this time. He’s been significantly better at the actual job, and we don’t only elect the person. We elect their cabinet effectively as well and Biden surrounds himself with much more competent staff than Trump who has several staffers up for felonies, nevermind himself.

    Am I worried? Just about you assholes who keep forgetting that the president doesn’t do everything themselves.

    Loads of felonies being led by a convicted felon who has said he would commit more crimes the second in office… vs one guy in the group being “old” despite only being a few years older than his opponent.

    I get it, Biden is old. I don’t get how that one fact counters every other one from the other side.


  • I asked what level of work could be done and you said look around at the people who are working in that or hotter weather. Ok, so how many hours of manual labor can be done in 79 degree weather before the body needs rest? In sun vs shade? At 40/60/80% humidity? None of what you said answers any of that beyond what could have been a “Google it yourself”.

    You spent multiple lines writing something I didn’t ask for to be an ass. If you don’t know or don’t feel like answering, don’t answer.





  • I was saying that it’s not really confusing… And then used the thermal blanket analogy to try and give an example.

    How do I know this isn’t that confusing to the average person? I teach it to high schoolers in environmental systems. They get the hang of it pretty easily if you just give them a decent example with a visual. Unless high schoolers aren’t average people anymore…








  • The ai results from Google I have been getting are less helpful than two specific searches. It could be because of how we search for things and it is definitely getting messed with because of seo weighting and ai targeting those tools, so I think a better option would be to teach people how to actually use the search engines properly instead of just sitting back and letting ais pick up slack.