wagesj45

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You'd rather stay ignorant in your Biden bubble and not know that he's doing really bad across most demographics?

Absolutely this is the case. A lot of democrats are going to think that they've got this in the bag because "Trump is worse!" They're want to live in echo chambers and think that Biden is doing great because the other option is too scary for them to admit to themselves. And anyone that prods that cognitive dissonance will be yelled at and shouted down with cries of "Russian bot" and "You're helping the fascists".

Meanwhile, Trump republicans and "normal" republicans (is there such a thing now?) are all rallying behind their God King, and everyone "in the middle" (i.e. uninformed people that don't keep up with the news, and what they do know is surface level at best) just sees a doddering old grandpa vs a charismatic flimflam salesman.

I want to enthusiastically support Biden. It would be great if he were earning my support. But his behavior and campaigning are forcing me to merely reluctantly hold my nose to vote for him.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

When I was in middle school the girl I was crushing on and went on proto-dates with had a dad that was a political science teacher for the high school. He asked me my political leanings and I said "conservative" and my only reasoning was that I didn't dress "weird" or dye my hair.

I think about that a lot and I don't even know why.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

Right here. He's the head of the administration giving them access to the weapons to carry the genocide out. At best he is abetting a genocide. At worst a willing participant.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Literally mistaking nostalgia as a government/globalist conspiracy. She is not mentally well.

[–] [email protected] 198 points 2 years ago (5 children)

My internet experience has been slower since switching to Mastodon and Lemmy/Kbin. And it's so nice. The things I see are more interesting. The conversations are usually more well thought out. And lowest common denominator dopamine content isn't being driven into my eyeballs by Algorithms. I've legitimately been happier since the Reddit API debacle.

Long live the Old Internet.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago

Could happen to anyone.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

Since it says nothing, it's left up to "us" to decide. And by us, I mean our elected representatives and the courts. And those entities are indeed making these decisions right now. I'm just not shocked that they don't all come to the same conclusion like some people in this thread.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

No shit. But everyone knowing something is different than being convicted of it. It's why OJ Simpson isn't in jail. Either we all agree to abide by the legal system or we don't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Holy cow. That's wild. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

As always, there is an XKCD for that.

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