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PunnyName

@PunnyName@lemmy.world

I’m a filthy fucking socialist.

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One day at a time.

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Fuck TurboTax, fuck H$R Block

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Wat

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What concessions?

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I'm broke AF, but that might actually still be a good price if you're regularly using the service. Inflation is one, I'm sure, as well as the inclusion of Hulu and their library moving back to their services.

You can pay or not.

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Nope

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Kiwi. Penguins. Ostrich. Emu. Cassowary. Rhea.

And many other flightless birds without a functioning airplane. Sad times.

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I only see *******, are you sure you typed it in right?

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Texas has plenty of rain and car washes. This is just bad overall design.

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Samesies

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So what if you're playing a game that's supposed to kill enemies?

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How anyone even remotely thinks they should do this boggles my mind.

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Thank companies like TurboTax and HR Block. They're the ones who make it hard.

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Thanks TurboTax and HR Block.

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The IRS are the good guys.

TurboTax and HR Block are the ones making it a shitfest.

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Traveled to Buffalo. No eclipse =(

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Memes change. That's literally how they work.

PunnyName ,

Woah. That's commitment.

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Other way around: he pays to generate content

Buying a blue check is just another NFT

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Oh, something to look forward to! I'm at 75 right now.

PunnyName ,

Have your catbus spayed or neutered.

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Maybe she's a bitch.

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Ok the one hand, FTP.
On the other hand, fuck cars.

But, paid parking is the better route here, since free parking is a plague on actually getting walkable cities.

PunnyName , (edited )

Strange. Seems social bonds have been the real winner in human's selection process.

What makes you think it's the opposite?

PunnyName ,

You also got ADHD?

PunnyName ,

"Should" is not the operative word.

"Have the choice to" get an abortion is the operative phrase.

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French ASMR: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLo8oALRfaQ9uc2G-bWeoSezFACPZ-LK_

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COVID motherfucker, do you speak it?

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FOIA request, ASAP

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Good.

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Problem is that actions breed habits. And if it comes down to Joe and Fuckface 45, they'll likely do the same in November ... which will NOT end with Joe in office.

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Voting for president is damage control.

Real action is local. And voting local is far more influential in the long run.

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Uncommitted campaign is just a vote for Fuckface 45 in a trenchcoat.

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But he's going to win via the Spoiler Effect if people keep this third party shit up.

A vote against Biden is a vote for Fuckface 45.

Until we get rid of First Past the Post voting, at least.

PunnyName , (edited )

Ok. And? As do I.

But I also understand how voting 3rd party is a vote against Biden, and due to the Spoiler Effect, is a vote for Fuckface 45.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo

PunnyName , (edited )

You mean all of America. Because it's not as simple as that. We have agreements and contracts and alliances we can't just get rid of at the drop of a hat without consequences.

We can all stand with Palestine - and yes, I do - but do you also want that happening to the US itself? You really wanna fuck with that hornet's nest?

A vote against Biden is a vote for Fuckface 45. And he's worse.

You want that? You want Fuckface 45 again? Say it.

PunnyName , (edited )

Those people are voting uncommitted for Fuckface 45 then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo

PunnyName ,

And you honestly don't believe people aren't going to keep this mentality up in November?

PunnyName ,

And you think people aren't going to keep this mentality for November?

PunnyName , (edited )

I see you're voting for Fuckface 45. At least we know, now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo

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The "Biden is complicit and we aren't voting for him" mentally. Primary or not, this "movement" can gain a lot more momentum going into November than is desired.

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https://tenor.com/view/john-oliver-cool-sarcasm-sarcastic-gif-8465330

PunnyName , (edited )

You seem like a logical person. I'd like to circle back to the Uncommitted thesis that Biden is in support of genocide, if you will. Since this is the crux of the whole voting campaign.

If you would allow me to ask 4 questions about this whole Uncommitted campaign:

  1. What action(s) is Joe Biden doing that is a DIRECT support of genocide?

  2. What action(s) is Joe Biden actively NOT doing that is a direct support of genocide?

  3. What action(s) should Joe Biden BEGIN to do to that does not support genocide?

  4. What action(s) should Joe Biden STOP doing right now to avoid supporting genocide?

I ask these 4 questions, because right now, I'm not seeing much actual definition of actions that define the support of genocide, nor the quelling of genocidal support.

Should he be sending troops? ...talking? ...cyber warfare? ...sanctions? ...carpet bombing? ...ghosting? ...written threats? ...dehumanization? ...assassination?
These are all examples of actions. There are more things, of course. But right now, I'm not seeing any clarification - no specificity - just absolutist rhetoric from the Uncommitted.
And I'd like to know more.

PunnyName , (edited )

Ivan Cantu got over 150k signatures for a stay of execution, and he's still dead. I'm not a centrist, far from it. I'm a progressive.

But I also understand game theory, psychology, and sociology (all on an admittedly amateur-ish level), as well as how First Past the Post voting works in the US. I'm 100% for a cease fire in Gaza, humanitarian aid, the Israel government to be tried for war crimes, etc. But how YOU are doing it has shown time and again that it doesn't produce results. Oh, so I guess I know a little history too.

So, for instance, you remember 2020 when George Floyd was murdered in cold blood in the streets and then the world's largest protest broke out? What happened?
What was accomplished via those protests? Did Police Brutality stop? What about the more pertinent Police Brutality of POC? Did Qualified Immunity cease? How many bad apples are still in the bunch? Police unions get busted?
We got a couple of "I'm sorry"s, and a fucking street naming.

You see, while collective action CAN do things (not much), you need to understand that this vote ain't gonna do fucking squat. You got a 100k+ votes for uncommitted? Yay. Out of 330+ million people in the US. Less than 1%

The general election has been called. And either Biden or Fuckface 45 is gonna win. By recruiting to third party, you're swaying more people to:

  • NOT vote for Biden at all (which is a vote for Fuckface 45)
    or
  • not vote AT ALL in the general election in November (which is a vote for Fuckface 45, because the Rs always vote)

I'm not voting for Fuckface 45 in the General Election. Are you?

You wanna stop the genocide today? Take to the streets with a gun in hand. Take to Israel with a gun in hand. Take to a senator's house with a gun in hand. Don't self immolate, you'll just kill one of your comrades in arms.
While I don't think everyday life should ever have a gun in hand, when you want IMMEDIATE political / wartime change, non-violence solves nothing. (this goes for protests against police brutality, bring a gun - take the mask mandate protests, they were armed, they got what they wanted)

But if you want gradual policy change: vote local, campaign local, work with a local candidate, etc.
Otherwise, you're just trying to find your friends, and you're making enemies of possible allies.

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Thank you.

So, the truncated version is for the US to go to war again.

You were educating me on things YOU (uncommitted campaign, et al) wanted. I can't know without asking, and my Google Fu wasn't providing specifics. No, I wasn't being a Sea Lion.

As for scholars and the like, it seems like perhaps this whole event is in "good" hands, since they literally know the ins and outs better than the average citizen.

PunnyName ,

"That's a really good point. Never thought of it that way."

PunnyName , (edited )

So...rich.

PunnyName , (edited )

Depends on how you define rich. If I make enough to have a decent home, food on the table and have a rainy day fund, does that make me rich?

In this economy? yeah, rich

Everyone should be able to afford a comfortable life, and the money is there. But it's not being fairly distributed, and as such, the wealth gap makes a stable - relatively stress-free - life equal to being rich.

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