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someguy3 , (edited )

Uh oh!

*My favorite random icq sound finding it's way into music https://youtu.be/nZHFy3YfagU

someguy3 ,

Seeing as it's not in the official song, I think it's from a bad rip or something.

someguy3 ,

Which community?

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Also not so fun is you couldn't skip the DVD ones. I played a DVD and couldn't skip the previews (remember those?).

someguy3 , (edited )

I remember we'd tape shows on the VCR when gone and it was so nice to fast forward through the ads.

Going back to live shows I found myself reaching for the VCR remote until I remembered.

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We have some serious income problems but yeah a lot of people waste a lot of money. Big ass trucks and SUVs, eating out, shopping sprees, all the newest bells and whistles, gotta keep up with the Jones.

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This is what we should do instead of massive military.

someguy3 , (edited )

If it's good enough for Star Trek it's good enough for me.

someguy3 ,

The Democrats can't do as much as you want them to when there's a very real chance of losing the election to the Republicans. If you want change, then vote. If you want policy 475, you need to vote for policy 1 first.

someguy3 , (edited )

Dude no. They need to win elections which means they can't lose to Republicans. That's it. When they know they can't lose, they will move on to better policies. They aren't going to magically move left when there's a very real chance of losing the election. Sorry to say, you're twisting yourself into knots trying to justify not voting.

someguy3 ,

Your question is complete backwards. They can't move left because there is a real chance of losing. You win elections from the center. If you have a risk of losing that means you stay firmly in the center.

someguy3 , (edited )

It's the Overton window. If the right ideas keep losing, then the left ideas have more say. If the right wing ideas don't win you elections, they slowly fade away. If left wing ideas win you elections, the the whole Overton window goes to which left wing ideas will win.

Like dude you just listed off the entire Overton window that they're appealing to because it won them an election and might win them another election. Like you just did it! Why do those talking points even exist? Because it won and could win again. Shut those out by voting. Tell them resoundingly that there's no chance of winning on those ideas, and then the Overton window can move left.

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You literally win from the middle. One switched vote is worth double from the fringes, because you take away from the other party and get one yourself.

And if you run against incumbents, you have to be even more in the middle - think Clinton and Biden. Biden had to run center, although he's acting further left than what he ran on.

Sorry but you're just trying to justify not voting, by pretending that not voting will magically make the party move left. It won't. It's fantasy. Not voting means they will meet in the middle even harder.

You want change? Make the Dems win resoundingly and successively.

someguy3 , (edited )

Bill Clinton is the one that ran against an incumbent. He had to run center. Against Bush senior. Bill Clinton. The one that was actually president. Bill.

Hillary Clinton thank you for bringing that up. She ran on climate war/map room. That and the attacks lost it. But what do you think the window would be if Hillary Clinton won? Easy, it would be further left. You're making my case for me.

And what did the protest no vote do? That's right, fucking handed it to Trump. You're making my case for me

Instead Trump won and guess what happened to the Overton window? It went off the cliff to the right. And it's still there because he won and could win again. You're making this too easy.

Disengaged voters you say. Hey I wonder what they could do. Hmmmmmmmm. Hmmmmm. Hmmmmm. I think they could, wait for it, vote! If you want policy number 475 you have to vote for policy 1 first. That's exactly what happened with GOP, they voted for decades and they finally got roe overturned. You keep making my case.

Besides, swing voters don't just vote according to a rational policy calculus of centrism. A lot of it is vibes or superficial nonsense.

Doesn't fucking matter. They vote. And guess what, that means they get heard. You keep making my case for me.

Agree the Dems aren't going to magically move left like you think they're going to when you don't vote. They will move with the voters. But you don't like this so you try to say it's all donors and whatever else. It's unbelievable. The way you get things is to change is to vote. This is so incredibly easy but you want to make up excuses and do mental gymnastics. Get dem in the whitehouse and majority in Congress for 20 years straight and watch it fucking move. You do that by voting.

Oh I see you're from .ml. it'll just be more excuses and mental gymnastics. Ciao.

someguy3 ,

Lmao thank you for confirming your mental gymnastics! You don't even make sense. Kinda figured after you saw your mistake with Bill Clinton. I did some edits though. Ciao for real and you don't get to complain when you don't vote.

someguy3 ,

Dude you didn't address anything I said, just a glib catchphrase that's frankly wrong. But in good faith I'll discuss:Depends on the circumstances. Clinton and Biden running against incumbents had to be even more center, although Biden is acting more left than what he ran. But you want to suggest Obama with Obamacare was right? Yeah no. And Biden is left than what he ran: IRA, chips act, marijuana, etc. Sorry your little catchphrase is inaccurate.

And if you want even more inaccuracy, get dem president and Congress majority for 20 years straight and watch it move. Because, as I said, you can't do what you want when there's a real chance of losing. Then more left ideas in the party get more attention and traction. Which is, you guessed it, the Overton window.

someguy3 ,

While there's some legitimacy in money winning elections, you know what it comes down to? Fucking votes.

someguy3 , (edited )

But but but but but but but but but but Biden bad!!1!1

Looks like he did $15 minimum for federal workers, ran out of time, and is asking Congress to do it for everyone (you know, because he currently doesn't have the house, you know because of votes). Lol looks like you should take your own advice and stop making excuses for yourself.

someguy3 , (edited )

I addressed it. I'll try again. The ultimate deciding factor in elections is votes. Literally votes. Election night isn't spent tallying who raised the most money, it's literally counting who got the most votes.

someguy3 , (edited )

Ah I see you're trying to ignore the entire Overton window point. Which is what I was talking about from the start. Votes change the Overton window dude. It's really that simple. If you want the Overton window to change, you vote.

You're conflating a shit ton. Do capitalists care about abortion? No. Rich donors probably didn't really care either. Guess what changed it? Fucking votes. They picked that topic because it gets votes.

Votes determine policy and the Overton window because votes win elections.

And that is what I said: while there's some legitimate talking point in money helping to win elections, what ultimately wins elections is, wait for it, votes. Votes are the ultimate decider for elections and yes policy.

someguy3 ,

but that should pave the way for a candidate on the left that people actually want

Candidates don't emerge for voters that don't vote. Because in the analysis they don't even exist, because they don't vote. It's a null data set. No politician is going to gamble on it possibly maybe existing but don't vote. No donors are going to donate to causes which the voters maybe possibly exist but don't vote. It simply doesn't happen.

someguy3 , (edited )

New to Lemmy? There are hordes of users (no exaggeration) that say they won't vote because the Dems aren't left enough and bothsidessame.

someguy3 ,

Holy fuck. Is that like all their customers?

someguy3 ,

The convention is 2" before milling. Milling takes off 1/4"on each side, so the result is 1.5".

someguy3 ,

I can only think it was when the lumber mill was the dictator of terms. That's what they put out, so that's what it was.

someguy3 ,

If a thot goes on vacation and doesn't post, does it exist?

someguy3 ,

How the fuck is it cheaper to software lock than to assemble a smaller battery? Like aren't the batteries expensive? You just put in fewer cells for a smaller battery.

someguy3 ,

He said the exact opposite.

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You had it, then you lost it. It's for those things you need only once a year or two years or never again.

someguy3 ,

Now a multi screwdriver is something you can buy.

someguy3 ,

Fucking brilliant.

someguy3 ,

Analysts are all about "product differentiation". Everyone was Android, so the way to differentiate themselves was to go with windows.

someguy3 ,

I really don't get this love of gas stoves. You'd think electric stoves killed their parents.

someguy3 ,

What's this about?

someguy3 ,

Do it.

someguy3 , (edited )

Hmmm, our prior meeting.

No wait, the prior meeting.

*No wait, the most recent prior meeting.

*No wait: the most recent prior meeting of this club.

someguy3 ,

What?

someguy3 ,

Crazy, the legend continues.

someguy3 ,

Ultimately, the Rivian owner's adapter didn't work, so he decided to leave and head to a nearby EVGo charger. That's when the Tesla driver confronted him. Trying to "steer the conversation towards a constructive dialogue only seemed to aggravate him further," so the Rivian driver got in his car and left. "As I drove away, I saw him angrily talking on the phone, presumably to an unfortunate 9-1-1 operator."

someguy3 ,

But you can see Gibbers Crabst.

someguy3 ,

This. People buy hardware and use whatever comes with it.

This is why and how ChromeOS became used. Google didn't just put it on a website, they got manufacturers to make products with it.

someguy3 ,

To anyone with back pain: do squats (bodyweight).

someguy3 ,

Tesla Sweden is seemingly facing its toughest challenge yet in its ongoing conflict with trade union IF Metall. As per recent reports, sympathy strikes from the Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees (Seko) and the Electricians Union have successfully put a stop to Tesla Sweden’s expansion of its Supercharger Network.

someguy3 ,

What office do you use?

someguy3 ,

Are you referring to this?

https://youtu.be/IP2EKTCngiM

someguy3 ,

Hey everyone!!! Sorry I haven't been making videos lately, here's my life story for the next 5 minutes! Comment and like and subscribe and follow for 2 more minutes! Sponsor stuff for the next 3 minutes! Anyway on to the show. (Sponsorblock saves lives.)

someguy3 , (edited )

You are confusing direct payment and general revenue/fees from which the store pays employees. You are correct Handling fee is not directly transferred to the employee. Handling fee is revenue collected by the store. Now that they have a big pool of revenue, they pay their employees from it (the minimum wage you referred to). Read that in context of the next two paragraphs.

WRT cashiers and stockers that was part of the existing business model. The general profit from groceries covered those expenses.

The general profit from groceries does not cover the expense of a different business model of hiring additional employees whose sole job would be to walk around filling orders. Those additional jobs require additional revenue, which the store gets from handling fee.

The next question may be "why a Handling fee" instead of paying those employees from general profit from groceries. The answer is because online orders have a new direct cost, which the store wants to put on those customers that are creating that cost. That's the short of it.

Tipping is an entirely different part of this.

someguy3 , (edited )

I think I'm done explaining things. You're not trying to understand, you're trying to argue. Sorry to say but your confusion is never ending. And you're weirdly argumentative over something when you clearly have no idea about business or accounting. Like did a handling fee rape your mother or something? No need to answer, ciao.

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