whenigrowup356

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[–] whenigrowup356 55 points 9 months ago (11 children)

I'll go further: actually bothering to talk about some of the positive things that happened under his presidency will be necessary for him to win.

If progressives, leftists, antifascists, etc. can only manage to offer a "I guess he's not a literal pile of shit so maybe I'll consider holding my nose and voting," there's no permission structure for Enlightened Centrists™, Never-Trumpers, or even tired Democrats, to turn out. Trump voters are mad as hell. Lots of them really think the election was stolen from him. They're going to turn out.

We need more than holding your nose.

The child tax credit cut child poverty by possibly as much as 46%. Biden's campaigning on bringing it back to stimulus levels. That's money in the pockets of people who need it the most.

Biden tried to forgive student loan debt. Conservative judges blocked him. Re-elect him so he can keep appointing judges and finding new ways to fight against more bad decisions like this.

Biden's Inflation Reduction Act may include some of the most impactful climate policies ever enacted by any American congress since the creation of the EPA.

There are "yes, but"s for each of those points I made but my argument is simple: you don't get to make more accomplishments if you don't talk about the ones you made already.

This hasn't been a perfect administration, we've never had one. But he damn sure hasn't done nothing when it comes to some of the most important political issues of our time.

[–] whenigrowup356 39 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Meat clearly isn't gonna be a unique answer here, but it does have a weird effect on what it feels like to travel to different countries when your diet doesn't revolve around animals.

Where other people see tons of street food and opportunities for interacting with a culture, some places mostly just feel empty.

Not meaning it in a judging way, but there are tons of places where I don't really feel welcome.

Also how is your butthole doing, bro?

[–] whenigrowup356 20 points 9 months ago

For real, doing a double take on one video can leave their shit popping up in your feed for weeks (on pretty much any social media site). Gotta be quick on the trigger to avoid that stuff

[–] whenigrowup356 16 points 9 months ago

I think Obama's personal politics were actually much more progressive than those of Biden. It's just that his theory of governance seemed to revolve around taking the positions of moderate Republicans and then starting with those as his own position. He thought that would be taken as a meaningful step towards compromise and give him partners across the aisle.

Instead, that meant that the old moderate position became the new left position, and his opponents could move even further to the right.

At least he unintentionally provided progressives with a lesson on how not to advocate for policies going forward.

[–] whenigrowup356 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, how did the party of Iran-Contra suddenly start behaving underhandedly?

[–] whenigrowup356 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't know how to tell you this but... Batman kills the shit out of some people

[–] whenigrowup356 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pain is le french word for bread, you see? Oui oui

[–] whenigrowup356 3 points 9 months ago

A majority of Americans want stricter gun laws, and that's been consistent for quite a few years.

We also have a dysfunctional political system that prevents popular ideas from getting anywhere, but we're not really unique in that I suppose.

[–] whenigrowup356 3 points 9 months ago (8 children)

I just don't understand how Apple, a company known for their sleek, elegant design aesthetics above all else, put their name on something that looks so dorky

[–] whenigrowup356 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When you can't afford a Big Mac, just eat the rich

[–] whenigrowup356 56 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Ultimately, it's selecting for crabs. Crabs are perfection. There is no escaping carcinization.

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