Gareth
@mrgareth.bsky.social
Maker, gamer, humanist, just trying to be a person with Star Trek ideals in a world more in line with Warhammer 40K.
The fact that Daniella Weiss has been nominated for a Nobel Prize tells you how deeply unserious the whole concept is.
March 17, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The fact that Daniella Weiss has been nominated for a Nobel Prize tells you how deeply unserious the whole concept is.
Not without a fight, per se. More so that the future of the country relies on the duopoly being upended, but I don't know how that comes to pass when both sides oppose it.
So I guess you could say more that I agree with your sentiment, but fear the violence that would be required to see it happen.
So I guess you could say more that I agree with your sentiment, but fear the violence that would be required to see it happen.
February 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Not without a fight, per se. More so that the future of the country relies on the duopoly being upended, but I don't know how that comes to pass when both sides oppose it.
So I guess you could say more that I agree with your sentiment, but fear the violence that would be required to see it happen.
So I guess you could say more that I agree with your sentiment, but fear the violence that would be required to see it happen.
That's a fair point. I was referring to the party that won the greatest number of counted votes of those who decided to/were allowed to, that is to say, the more right-wing of our two parties.
Not that I think that party holds true demographic majority, but the system was designed that way.
Not that I think that party holds true demographic majority, but the system was designed that way.
February 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
That's a fair point. I was referring to the party that won the greatest number of counted votes of those who decided to/were allowed to, that is to say, the more right-wing of our two parties.
Not that I think that party holds true demographic majority, but the system was designed that way.
Not that I think that party holds true demographic majority, but the system was designed that way.
You have to fix the electoral systems first. With current systems, there will always be a duopoly, and the Dems benefit enough from the win/lose rhythm that even they don't want it to change, even if it means standing by while billionaires and private equity strip-mine the economy.
February 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
You have to fix the electoral systems first. With current systems, there will always be a duopoly, and the Dems benefit enough from the win/lose rhythm that even they don't want it to change, even if it means standing by while billionaires and private equity strip-mine the economy.
I think you mean the corporatist oligarchs that own the majority party. You know, the ones giving press conferences while the "majority's darling" sits sulking in his cuck chair...
February 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I think you mean the corporatist oligarchs that own the majority party. You know, the ones giving press conferences while the "majority's darling" sits sulking in his cuck chair...
To be fair, it seems that with so many of the voters on the right finding out how much this is screwing them too, "the majority" and the ones who don't know how government works (or rather deliberately doesn't work) are a circle on the Venn diagram.
February 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
To be fair, it seems that with so many of the voters on the right finding out how much this is screwing them too, "the majority" and the ones who don't know how government works (or rather deliberately doesn't work) are a circle on the Venn diagram.
Excuse me sir, but where is the profit in that? WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE POOR SHAREHOLDERS!?
February 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Excuse me sir, but where is the profit in that? WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE POOR SHAREHOLDERS!?
I feel you. I'm not sure what will break first, my need to get up at 4 or my 100% caffeine-fueled vascular system.
February 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I feel you. I'm not sure what will break first, my need to get up at 4 or my 100% caffeine-fueled vascular system.
“If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none."
-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
February 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none."
-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
I'd argue it's closer to the puppet governments that America installs after they topple a burgeoning left-wing government.
February 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I'd argue it's closer to the puppet governments that America installs after they topple a burgeoning left-wing government.
Given the kind of weaponry the US is sending to obliterate Palestinians for doing that exact thing, I shudder to think how scorched-earth they would go if the territory in question was instead what the US took.
January 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Given the kind of weaponry the US is sending to obliterate Palestinians for doing that exact thing, I shudder to think how scorched-earth they would go if the territory in question was instead what the US took.
Look at it this way, you can only get better from here.
January 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Look at it this way, you can only get better from here.
My most interesting shelf is probably the "for reference, mostly" one I'm putting together for my workshop space (clearly still a work in progress 😅)
January 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My most interesting shelf is probably the "for reference, mostly" one I'm putting together for my workshop space (clearly still a work in progress 😅)
When you really want an exceptionally "well-rounded" reading.
January 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
When you really want an exceptionally "well-rounded" reading.
No taco shells? Use hot dog buns!
January 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
No taco shells? Use hot dog buns!
The mayor of Thiberville is named Guy Paris...I envision a kind of drive-thru "pay it forward" chain in the making
January 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The mayor of Thiberville is named Guy Paris...I envision a kind of drive-thru "pay it forward" chain in the making
It's bloo sky. If it was bloo-skee it would be spelled Blueski.
January 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It's bloo sky. If it was bloo-skee it would be spelled Blueski.
The eternal struggle. They are the place for things you feel you need to keep, but want so badly not to that you'll put them somewhere you'll never go.
January 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The eternal struggle. They are the place for things you feel you need to keep, but want so badly not to that you'll put them somewhere you'll never go.