the post of tom joad

Yeah if the DNC really gave as much credence to the vote power of racism and misogyny as they do when complaining about election losses, then why would they deliberately step on that landmine by selecting kamala only 8 years after HRC? It’s not like we think idealistic dreamers run the DNC right? That’s silly.

Why did Dems lose the Senate? Keep the house? Cuz its more than just Harris here… What we’re seeing is voter repudiation of the last 4 years.

Wait… This chart is hard to read. This chart is … “how much more important these issues are to people as a percentage, than they were as a percentage in 2020?”

really? I must be reading this wrong

Thanks, edited

Boo i loved the webcomic before the change. She always put random facts in her updates too, that’s where i learned about Pando.

Aaaaah hahahahaha i wish i could see your face while you were typing out this “lesson” omg. Sheeeeheehee i can’t, i can’t! were you proud of yourself when you hit reply, like “aw yeah gottem”?

I dunno what dating experience you have, or even if everyone does this. Only speaking to my own experience, i used to calculate whether i was being a good mate or whether i was being taken advantage, that kind of thinking. When i met my partner all that stuff disappeared.

I glossed over the “get head right” stage but that was the most important bit for me, and may be where you are in life if you follow my path.

I am and have always been a romantic, really wanted to be with someone. Gave up even looking for dates and focused on my own head and life. Went to the gym, got a little project to do, (you know, that pat shit everyone says to do like it’s fucking easy.)

It just happened to be something i was capable of in that moment. I i discovered them what it means when ppl say exercise is good for your brain. And then, while i was busy minding my business i got chased down and married by someone who saw more in me than i see in myself.

I’m definitely not special in any way, solid 6/10. That means it can happen to you even tho it sounds like I’m blowing smoke up your ass.

Anyway i don’t know how to finish this, but i really empathize with where you are cuz i was there too. i just wanna extend the belief to you that you can get here, you really can.

When you’re in the right frame of mind (where you aren’t looking to complete yourself with someone else) someone will find you or you will find someone where the “calculations” about proper amounts of time and money spent with them go out the window and the “work” that must be done does not feel like such.

At least that’s what happened to me. When it feels natural you can tell the difference from the other ones… then you’re on the right track to happiness

The term “algorithm” in this context is simply a convenient term hiding the intentional right wing radicalization of users to push them towards pro-business policies, so can we please call this out more often?

I’m quite tired of “algorithm” standing in for the intentions behind the owners who write and maintain it.

It was also an “algorithm” that inflated rent around the country, right?

An algorithm, yes. Written with the intention of inflating rent.

It’s not an accident. Algorithm my hair-hole

are you? 👮‍♂️ 👀

Yeah I’m saving this thread this is good shit gotta check some of these innanet tips

FF blocks Facebook et al widgets in strict mode now? This is news to me, news indeed. Thanks for the tip

Epstein didn’t kill himself

I’m just screwing around but you want to talk about fear and power in Washington? Leverage? Who has them tapes?

It’s not nuts to say here a lot of politicians are implicated right? I wonder who’s gottem?

Not that any exuse needs to exist beyond the rampant corruption, cowardice, and lack of compassion we see daily on garish display

Or - OR, right, everyone can turn off location and WiFi on their phones.

Right now. But maybe not forever and so regulation to make sure that we canor even better, regs against this tracking. Because it shouldn’t be necessary.

It’s not mentioned because only things rich people care about are mentioned on our rich people news programs

This from the store that smelled like an axe bottle and had soft core porn mags inside?

If they don’t list their pronouns and i can’t tell by their speech i just go neutral. Checking profiles for gender is definitely not considered necessary in the circles i run in. If poster doesn’t make it clear and doesn’t have pronouns listed honest mistakes will be made and forgiven

My back says there’s a difference

I was driving outside of Phoenix one time in stop and go construction traffic. 5 Lanes were going down to like 2 or 3 and i was leaving space in front of me in a non-ending lane for people to merge in. I dunno what was up but people were not having itthat day. No takers no matter how many lengths i gave. Honking, cussing, etc. i kept on, doin my thing until a fuckin winnebago swerved from my lame behind me just to fill the gap i made.

I dunno if it was just hot that day or if phoenix hates merging or what, but i never forgot that wild shit

Well, i’m just goin by how insurance ends up working in the us so take it for what it’s worth. Problem is for-profit insurance companies in the States are so badly regulated they are denying the very claims they exist to pay. You are right that people need help and i didn’t really offer an alternative. If you pressed me on how, i guess i’d advocate govt. assistance for disaster relief as a superior choice. It would be far better for citizens money to be spent on taxes towards this than to a private company. How do i know this? I don’t, but my experience how private insurance “serves” me and people i know here in the land of the free couldn’t be fuckin worse.