wagesj45

wagesj45, 2 months ago

That means that the government is injecting itself on deciding what "extremist" is. I do not trust them to do that wisely. And even if I did trust them, it is immoral for the state to start categorizing and policing ideologies.

wagesj45, 2 months ago

Some "ideologies" need to be fucking policed

Someone wants to start with yours, and they have more support than you know. Be careful what you wish for.

wagesj45, 2 months ago

You can always claim you represented "former presidents of the United States" without having to say it's Donald Trump or that you lost.

wagesj45, 2 months ago

He fell ass-backward into a good idea.

wagesj45, 2 months ago

Hell yeah.

wagesj45, 2 months ago

You'd rather stay ignorant in your Biden bubble and not know that he's doing really bad across most demographics?

Absolutely this is the case. A lot of democrats are going to think that they've got this in the bag because "Trump is worse!" They're want to live in echo chambers and think that Biden is doing great because the other option is too scary for them to admit to themselves. And anyone that prods that cognitive dissonance will be yelled at and shouted down with cries of "Russian bot" and "You're helping the fascists".

Meanwhile, Trump republicans and "normal" republicans (is there such a thing now?) are all rallying behind their God King, and everyone "in the middle" (i.e. uninformed people that don't keep up with the news, and what they do know is surface level at best) just sees a doddering old grandpa vs a charismatic flimflam salesman.

I want to enthusiastically support Biden. It would be great if he were earning my support. But his behavior and campaigning are forcing me to merely reluctantly hold my nose to vote for him.

wagesj45, 2 months ago

When I was in middle school the girl I was crushing on and went on proto-dates with had a dad that was a political science teacher for the high school. He asked me my political leanings and I said "conservative" and my only reasoning was that I didn't dress "weird" or dye my hair.

I think about that a lot and I don't even know why.

wagesj45, 2 months ago

Literally mistaking nostalgia as a government/globalist conspiracy. She is not mentally well.

wagesj45, 2 months ago

My internet experience has been slower since switching to Mastodon and Lemmy/Kbin. And it's so nice. The things I see are more interesting. The conversations are usually more well thought out. And lowest common denominator dopamine content isn't being driven into my eyeballs by Algorithms. I've legitimately been happier since the Reddit API debacle.

Long live the Old Internet.

wagesj45, 2 months ago

Could happen to anyone.

wagesj45, 2 months ago

I agree to a point. But everyone with the power to do something about this also has the obligation to act within and maintain the law. They have to use their best judgement on what it means to have "committed" insurrection, whether it is just based on vibes or a common understanding or a conviction in a court. I can't fault them for any of those choices. Legally at least.

I didn't take an binding oath to respect our legal system, so I can easily say he shouldn't be on the ballot anywhere in America. They can't make that assertion so easily.

wagesj45, 2 months ago

No shit. But everyone knowing something is different than being convicted of it. It's why OJ Simpson isn't in jail. Either we all agree to abide by the legal system or we don't.

wagesj45, 2 months ago

Since it says nothing, it's left up to "us" to decide. And by us, I mean our elected representatives and the courts. And those entities are indeed making these decisions right now. I'm just not shocked that they don't all come to the same conclusion like some people in this thread.

wagesj45, 2 months ago

Holy cow. That's wild. Thanks!

wagesj45, 2 months ago

As always, there is an XKCD for that.

wagesj45, 2 months ago

It's me. Even down to compiling ffmpeg myself.

wagesj45, 2 months ago

Oh that's good shit, bro.

wagesj45, 3 months ago

re: Reddit/Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/TikTok/YouTube/etc/etc/etc/...

wagesj45, 3 months ago

Don't include a webserver which does HTTPS, let the people run their own reverse proxy.

Yes.

Nothing more annoying that fighting an installation that automatically spins up caddy and tries to contact Lets Encrypt on its own. :|

wagesj45, 3 months ago

Crystalis for the NES has an absolute banger soundtrack. The game is also great. The overworld theme will stick in your head forever.

wagesj45, 3 months ago

The two party system is shaking a bit.

If we can manage not to fall into a hellish fascist dystopia, that would be a good thing.