Maltese_Liquor

joined 2 years ago
[–] Maltese_Liquor@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

But people are more than 7" thick. It depends on how you interpret it I guess, I read it as moving 7" in any direction which means you'll still overlap with your own body, but if you read it as there being a 7" gap between where you were and where you are now then it would work.

[–] Maltese_Liquor@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In absolute terms you're right that Democrats aren't the left but we're not in an absolute situation, we're in a relative situation. Until someone comes up with a plan to actually get sufficient support for a new party or ranked choice voting we're going to remain in this situation where Democrats are the only real option to the "left" of Republicans.

[–] Maltese_Liquor@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I completely agree about Mamdani, first good thing to happen to the Democratic party in a long time! Which is why it's so telling to see how mad they are about it.

On a related note, thank you for the reasonable and well thought out response. All the best to you my friend.

[–] Maltese_Liquor@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I can't speak for everyone but for me personally I'm less angry about the whole "both sides are the same" argument than I am about the total lack of a plan over what to do about it. I agree with what you just said but it gets really old hearing it from people who seemingly think that simply saying the line is enough to actually effect change. Absent of a plan it really feels more like a conspiracy to divide the left than a path towards real change.

[–] Maltese_Liquor@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Tell 'em about the scalps

[–] Maltese_Liquor@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I remember a lot of similar arguments about how ubiquitous Flash was when mobile devices were first taking off. Not saying it will be easy or even likely not saying it will never happen is a bit of an assumption.

[–] Maltese_Liquor@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

This is dead on. I really have no idea how to deprogram even one person who thinks like this, let alone millions...

[–] Maltese_Liquor@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

There's actually a company called Helion which is trying to skip the steam turbine step completely with fusion energy. Although generally speaking you're correct, they're kind of the exception that proves the rule.

[–] Maltese_Liquor@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Or they stop trying to lock people in with exclusive games and instead attempt to actually compete by the quality of the service. I know it will never happen but I can dream.

[–] Maltese_Liquor@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Until a conservative sub can prove that it's banned all Nazi and fascist content and is fully separated itself from support of the current administration and its attempted coup I will continue to downvote on sight. I refuse to pretend as though there is a reasonable middle ground to be struck and I don't have to tolerate intolerance.

[–] Maltese_Liquor@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Gonna be pretty shitty if Goff can't play due to a cheap hit that should have been called during the pick 6

[–] Maltese_Liquor@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

These refs are just making up penalties like they have a quota on how many flags to throw today.

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