KoboldCoterie

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 22 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's about who has a chance of winning. If you're trying to argue that any candidate other than Harris had a chance of beating Trump in this recent election, you're kidding yourself.

I've said this before and I'll continue saying it: Trying to inject a 3rd party candidate into the presidential race is foolish. A much better tactic would be trying to push for 3rd party candidates in smaller races for local / state government, or congress. Doing that is a lot easier, and can make small incremental changes that add up over time. There simply isn't a realistic way for a third party candidate to compete in the presidential race until the voting system is changed.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 32 points 6 days ago (28 children)

If not, what would it take?

A viable third party candidate. Before anyone says it, Jill Stein is not it. Alternately, a voting method that allows voting third party without just enabling a GOP sweep (again).

It'd be great if this resulted in some major revision of the Democratic party from within, but I'm not holding my breath. I will, however, continue voting for the "less bad viable option" if the "more bad option" is on par with Trump.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 18 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Isn't AOC eligible to run in 4 years? Hmm...

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's assumed that you already have a pear tree; the partridges are just being installed into your pre-existing tree. Don't be greedy. Mature fruit trees are expensive.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've spent the better part of the last year trying to convince people to hold their nose and vote blue to stop exactly this from happening, and that clearly was for nothing... I've got a lot of anger that I'd love to redirect at this new source of outrage. If you've got any insights on developing movements to rally around, I'd love to hear about it.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

One brother is on an Xbox One is on a PC One is on a steam deck with WiFi hotspot.

That's going to be the limiting factor.

Are you specifically looking for something to play against each other? There's some pretty good options for co-op games with crossplay, and that might make for a more friendly experience, but if you're in the mood for something competitive, options are a little more limited.

Some potential options:

  • Destiny 2
  • Monster Hunter Rise
  • The Ascent
  • Borderlands 3
  • Warframe
  • Remnant 2

If you all had a PC, you'd have a lot more options. Maybe two of you should consider going in on a Steam Deck for Brother #3 for Christmas!

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 86 points 1 week ago (7 children)

This is really the worst part of this whole thing. If a 'normal' politician with his exact platform had won the election, it wouldn't feel nearly as bad. It'd still be awful, but not nearly as bad. The fact that he's getting away with all of this shit, that's the real kick in the teeth. It's a complete hemorrhage of justice and it really just hammers home how utterly fucked the system is. There is no justice, unless the perpetrator is poor and/or brown, and that should piss everyone off, regardless of political affiliation.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 134 points 1 week ago (17 children)

A man with 34 felony convictions can’t win the presidency in a nation where trust in institutions is high. It’s only in a culture where the justice system has long since lost its legitimacy that a man with such a thick criminal record as Trump glides by relatively unremarked. That one man can so effortlessly game American institutions to his own benefit says as much about the decrepit state of America’s institutions as it does about the moral decrepitude of the crook.

Well, no shit. It's the same shit that sane people have been saying for a long time. If only the media wasn't completely dominated by the billionaire class, we might actually be able to organize around collective outrage, but most people seem content to just consume whatever Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump tell them to consume and not think beyond that.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That honestly doesn't look like it would be bad to use. If you're holding it close to your chest, that seems like it would have your hands in a more natural position, so it's probably ergonomically better, for some people.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 32 points 1 week ago

So what you're saying is, tips are bullshit, and it's really just a shakedown? Got it.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

NoStupidQuestions maybe but really, the answer is simple: If someone is committing a crime, report it to the police.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This will doubtless be removed for Rule 1 soon, but until it is: Maybe consider posting this elsewhere. This is not the right community.

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