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I loved Perfume. The movie is a lot of fun as well.

Totally. If it had been described it to me, I’d have probably passed on it. But a friend of mine highly recommended it, and I’m glad that I listened. It’s more interesting than it sounds, and its such a quick, enjoyable read.

People demonstrably vote, including leftists. I also never said that not voting is going to move politicians to the left.

I’d also recommend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upstream_Color

Huh, weird. I haven’t dated in a looooong time, so I cant say if anything would be off about that.

That used to fail pretty frequently for me. It wasn’t the worst bug, but it was pretty annoying.

I’ve always tried to phrase it as “What do you do?”, skipping the “for a living” part. That opens it up to more than just work. It could be “What do you do for a hobby?”, or “What do you do for fun?”, or “What do you do in your free time?”, etc.

Sure, it’s not the best conversation starter, but when I know nothing about someone, it’s a good way to get the ball rolling.

Totally. I remember this happening back when everyone was using forums. This is a “Social Media” problem, not just a Lemmy problem. I have no idea how to fix it, but it’s been around longer than votes have been a thing.

Last book: This is How You Lose the Time War - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_How_You_Lose_the_Time_War
It was good. I don’t normally like love-stories, but this was poetically written. A lot of fun sci-fi and beautiful imagery.

Current book: Little Brother - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Brother_(Doctorow_novel)
Lots of fun hacking and rebellion against an increasingly authoritarian government, very much inspired by 9-11. It’s a fun Young Adult Novel so far.

I’m not happy, that’s why I voted against him, and the politicians that enabled him. While I don’t think the Democrats would have done the same thing, they would have continued building out his infrastructure (like they did last time), as well as continue bombing kids, backing a genocide, taking from the poor and working class and giving to the rich, etc etc…

You know, the things they claim to be better on, but aren’t.

Well, maybe if we had a Lefty candidate to vote for, more of us would have. But all I saw from the two main parties last time were two right-wing candidates.

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He totally knows. He’s just trying to cover for the guy

And many protestants!

The first time I heard it called “brain” was in the movie Waiting.

WARNING: There is some language in this clip that hasn’t aged well, just like most of the movie…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dzw4t_dB5M

They do. Check out Mamdani, who had record-breaking voters turn out. Remember FDR? They voted so hard for him, that Congress had to set up term-limits. It turns out that this “Leftists don’t vote meme” is bullshit. Leftists just don’t want to vote for Right-Wingers, which is why they never show up for Democrats.

We’re not going to get the things that we want from the Democratic party. They’ve been overwhelmingly clear that they would rather keep losing elections than give us any of those things. Why would I keep investing in a party that openly and strongly tells me “No, go fuck yourself. We’re gonna keep bombing children” ?

If you want to try and fix the Democrats, then go get em tiger. I have no problems with others trying to fix it from the inside. But I’m not wasting my time with them.

Voters: “Please stop bombing children”, “Please stop backing a genocide”, “Please stop handing out our taxes to your rich friends”, “Please stop making healthcare the number one reason for bankruptcy”, “Please stop sending people to torture prisons”, “Please make minimum wage a livable wage”

“short of a perfect candidate”

I think you might have a warped view of what “perfect” means. We just want someone who isn’t a monster.

Oh, wow, I literally just blocked pugjesus today because they’ve become so unhinged. El oh El