Steve

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[–] Steve 9 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

New vehicles have always been far too expensive for a lot of people. Expecting even the lower middle class to buy new is misguided. I'm 44. I think I've know people who bought new, 3 times. I've never bought a new car in my life.

[–] Steve 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They convinced the FCC, cellular networks are different than wired, and should have different rules.

[–] Steve 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

It's literally the right community for any* question.

* Any question not pertaining to illegal, medical, or psychological advice. Or against any other rules.

[–] Steve 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Because her supporters don't want her to look like a tough on crime ass hole.

And her haters want her to look like a soft on crime bleeding hearts lefty

So nobody has incentive to push that narrative.

[–] Steve 6 points 3 weeks ago

Did anyone think it would do the job alone?
The article mentions needing to both stop using fossil fuels, and pull carbon out of the atmosphere to meet goals.

[–] Steve 0 points 3 weeks ago

I know I don't see this stuff like most people do. Platitudes and vague substance-less rhetoric does nothing for me... That's not true. It annoys me.

She wouldn't need to go into details. She could have simply said "Yes of course. There are several possibilities we've discussed and have contingencies for. I think we're well prepared for his inevitable shenanigans." That would have been a solid confidence inspiring answer. But instead, she tries to dodge the question, focusing on the present. I assume because she's not aware of any plan and doesn't want to say that. Then hearing herself, realizes it's a bad answer to focus on the now without looking ahead; So she tries to find a way to say something that sounds like being prepared. And finally caps it off talking about how bad Trump is again.

I think so many people are so used to vacuous bullshit from politicians, they've started judging it by different standards than they would use in normal real world conversations. Imagine you asked a coworker a question, and got a response like hers. I'd hope your bullshit alarm would be blaring.

[–] Steve -5 points 3 weeks ago

You can't be ready for anything.

[–] Steve -3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Being ready for anything doesn’t mean planing for everything, that’s impossible.

Just as impossible as being ready for everything.

[–] Steve -5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

No it's not.
Being ready for anything is having a plan for anything.

When you can't know what your opponent might do, you can't plan. That's exactly why the best swordsman is afraid of the worst. He's forced to go without a plan.

[–] Steve 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (10 children)

That's not what I heard.
"We've got two weeks to go, and I'm very much grounded in the present. We will deal with election night and the days after as they come, and we have the resources and the expertise and the focus on that as well"

She's saying they have a bunch of capable people who'll figure it out on the fly.
That's called improvising. Improvising is exactly the opposite of a plan. It's what you do when you have no plan.

[–] Steve 11 points 1 month ago

It's the original instance, run by the main Lemmy creators.

[–] Steve 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yah that is pretty terrible.
Better to simply execute for all crimes, and abolish prisons.

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