tmyakal

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[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

No, capitalism is feudalism with loot boxes! Because I could win the lottery.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you've met any Long Islanders, this tracks.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

That last point is why I couldn't play Fallout 4. My son was kidnapped, my spouse was killed, and I need to find out who did it and where they are! Right after I save a library, build a town, and solve some detective mysteries, I guess.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tons. It turns out that when the government said they wanted to invest in American manufacturing and green energy, that meant giving a ton of money to an American manufacturer that is producing wind farms.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This article is four years old. GE did react and right the ship, eventually splitting into three separate companies for the three business sectors they serviced. All of them seem to be doing fine.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago

You can look for sword art anywhere. I guarantee the library has some books.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because last time his number one policy promise was to build a wall and have Mexico pay for it. And his number two promise was an alternative to Obamacare.

He's not so great at following through with his promises. That's the only thing non-MAGAs have going for them: he's pretty incompetent.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I bought one when they first came out, and one when they did the $5 liquidation sale when they were discontinued. I wish I'd bought more, just to be safe.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Does your town have a grocery store selling goods at exactly cost?

No, you're describing a co-op. Which my town does have, right across the street from the for-profit grocery store.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago

A buddy of mine got "OUCH" on the inside of his lip. Ironically, it hurt a lot less than the piece on his shin.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

For real. Any gun I could obtain as a private citizen is not going to stand up to the weight of the police, let alone the US military if a true authoritarian regime took over. My right to a hunting rifle doesn't matter when they have tanks and drones.

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The bigger problem is that the number of seats in the House has been frozen for about a hundred years. Our population exploded, but our number of representatives stayed static, so places with the most people actually get less representation in congress.

On top of this, the number of electors a state has its equal to the number of representatives that state has in the Senate and the House combined. So more populated states also get underrepresented in the presidential election.

The Three-Fifths Compromise was absolutely fucked, but it's not what is deadlocking the House now and its not what is letting a people lose the popular vote and still go on to be president in 21st century elections.

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