BatmanAoD

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[–] BatmanAoD 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Sorry, to be clear, you're saying that potential Trump voters would vote for Stein to protest our relationship with Israel?

[–] BatmanAoD 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If all third-party candidates had to vote for one of the two main candidates, I think nearly all of the Green Party votes would go to the Democrat, while the Libertarian votes would be much more of a split.

[–] BatmanAoD 3 points 1 day ago

Was there actually news indicating that preppers, as a group, were more likely to be against masking than for it?

I wouldn't be too surprised, but I haven't actually seen any evidence to this effect.

[–] BatmanAoD 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's incorrect. Look at the NYT. The difference is that Politico's numbers weren't updated after the final votes were counted.

[–] BatmanAoD 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

See how that says "99.8% reporting"? If you look at the NYT, it shows the results after counting 100% of the votes, and it matches what's in the picture.

[–] BatmanAoD 4 points 1 day ago (6 children)

The Green Party is far more left-wing than the Libertarian Party is right-wing.

[–] BatmanAoD 7 points 1 day ago

Where are you getting those numbers? The ones in the photo match NYT and Wikipedia.

[–] BatmanAoD 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why would someone who agrees with the Green Party platform prefer Republicans to Democrats? I'm sure such people exist, but I expect they're a tiny fraction of Green Party voters.

[–] BatmanAoD 1 points 2 weeks ago

I mean...okay? My whole point is that "purchase a bunch of music to own forever" and "pay a streaming service to hear a bunch of music once" are totally different use-cases. It's great that you own music. Good for you. I own some too! But streaming fits my needs better overall.

And all of this is completely beside the point that it's really not that weird that the cost for two people to stream is higher than the cost for one person to stream.

[–] BatmanAoD 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Get an extension cord?

[–] BatmanAoD 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

...sure. Yes. If you own a song, you can listen however many times you want, simultaneously or not.

But streaming services are simply a different value proposition. Listening to an mp3 means either buying all the music you listen to or pirating; it also means having the music stored on your listening device in advance, or streaming from a personal media server. I listen to a lot of music that I haven't heard before and don't know if I'll actually like; I also listen on my phone a fair amount and have a limited amount of storage space for music. For that use-case, streaming is preferable (to me).

[–] BatmanAoD 1 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Maybe, but how is that different from needing to pay for two separate copies of anything else if two people are using them at the same time in different places?

I'm not a fan of how little the major streaming services (except Tidal) pay artists, but they do all offer bundle packages. Spotify's pricing is $12 for an individual, $17 for two people, and $20 for a family of up to 6. So it's only $5 more than the base cost if two people stream simultaneously.

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