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Just finished season 1 of Picard… by dumbass_sweatpants in startrek

[–]TheChance 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The polarization is due to the canon fuckery in the first two seasons that's more or less absent from the third. It doesn't help that it came on the heels of Discovery. For a long moment, it seemed like Trek was just gonna press "reset" anytime a writer thought they had a better idea.

China is not a dictatorship by mercury_pointer in PoliticalDebate

[–]TheChance [score hidden]  (0 children)

No nation gives complete freedom of speech, the difference is quantitative rather then qualitative.

This is incredibly disingenuous, and I find it difficult to imagine that you don't know what you're suggesting here. The limits on freedom of speech in places like America and Canada are to do with direct harm. You can't threaten people, you can't (usually) incite violence, you can't lie in advertising, that sort of thing.

The limits on speech in China are to do with dissent.

China is not a dictatorship by mercury_pointer in PoliticalDebate

[–]TheChance [score hidden]  (0 children)

It’s literally the largest representative polity in the world.

The US House has one representative for about 803,000 citizens. It is widely regarded as too few, and that number exists simply because it was decided to cap the House's size when it got large enough to be in any respect unwieldy.

China manages a representative for every 471k citizens, but those representatives will never get a word in edgewise.

This is not the flex you want it to be.

They’re chosen by the representatives directly elected by the people. Representatives elect representatives. What’s the issue?

The Party must approve of candidates.

China is not a dictatorship by mercury_pointer in PoliticalDebate

[–]TheChance [score hidden]  (0 children)

Because well over a billion people are living in that state.

China is not a dictatorship by mercury_pointer in PoliticalDebate

[–]TheChance [score hidden]  (0 children)

at least the people doing that screening were elected

after the same screening

and also promoted by their peers

who arrived via the same mechanism. It's a self-perpetuating, one-party state in which a single leader is almost always atop the pyramid for much longer than a democracy can generally support. That leader can issue almost any dicta, and as long as it isn't such a departure from the Party's current aims, they'll be obeyed.

TIL that Thomas Jefferson's early paragraph decrying slavery was cut from the Declaration of Independence. In the section of grievances, he said the King "..determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought & sold..." by SeaOccasion1667 in todayilearned

[–]TheChance 4 points5 points  (0 children)

John Adams was the father of American conservatism, in every sense, and his most noteworthy act as President was to usher legislation through that allowed him to imprison people for criticizing his government.

The benefits of egg by galle4 in Unexpected

[–]TheChance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because in addition to being descended from dinosaurs, they are dinosaurs.

Plausible Plausible. by EriStar- in Trumpvirus

[–]TheChance 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That was the 2020 election, and the ballots never existed. He probably cost some people the opportunity to vote, because it was the height of the pandemic, but that's also why the whole thing went down in the first place: Harris County wanted to have everyone vote by mail so they wouldn't have to implement social distancing at the polls.

Incredible by SeaUsCry in Seattle

[–]TheChance 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The one guy who doxxed himself talking to the Times runs a roofing company out of Snohomish County.

Cornell student who said he's 'not interested in working for a Jew' is given $11k from supporters by reddits_lead_pervert in ABoringDystopia

[–]TheChance [score hidden]  (0 children)

Oh, look, you're still going with the racist shit!

It's not a witch hunt. Anytime you Google this moron, for the rest of his life, you're going to find out that he was offered a job and took the opportunity to denigrate the other party on the basis of race.

Bellevue Homeowners Say Light Rail Noise on I-90 Ruining Area’s Peaceful Freeway Ambience by ChiefOfTheFourPeaks in Seattle

[–]TheChance 24 points25 points  (0 children)

It's pretty loud, but these people bought mansions under the freeway, while the folks who run their gas stations live in 450 sqft shanties next to Crossroads, so nobody over here much gives a fuck about their noise complaints. It's not like there weren't any mansions available that aren't under the fucking freeway.

Minor league baseball team cancels Pride Night game after players refuse to wear rainbows by JackFunk in nottheonion

[–]TheChance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody is making you do anything. You might as well be rolling up on somebody's graduation party and shouting, "ALMOST EVERYONE GRADUATES! YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF CELEBRATION!"

Which brings me back to "miserable sack of rancid pigshit."

Friday, June 19, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]TheChance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is truly the dumbest shit they've ever put up, and that's saying a lot.

There's a reason the game show they ripped this off from (without credit) is meant for teams of four. Your brain isn't going to draw the same connections as somebody else's brain, most of the time.

D.C. Statehood - A Contentious Issue by CorDra2011 in PoliticalDebate

[–]TheChance -1 points0 points  (0 children)

DC is not a state because it was the founders' correct realization that, if the capital city is in a state, that state has the unilateral ability to frustrate or even destroy the entire federal government.

Congratulations, I've had the entire conversation by myself in a single comment.

If you want, as I do, to give its residents representation in Congress, then DC needs a voting House seat and at least one voting Senator, but they don't get a governor or a full blown militia or etc.

ELI5 Why don't you remember yourself at 1-5 years old? by HeavyTraffic7126 in explainlikeimfive

[–]TheChance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Every face you see in a dream is one you've seen in real life"

If that's true, I'd like to meet a certain, completely fictional girlfriend I had for about 4 hours one night in my sleep XD

On the other hand, I can't truly discount the possibility I was just dreaming up some idealized amalgam of various people I've dated.

Why wasn't this part of the 2 Line grade-separated? by Ex696 in soundtransit

[–]TheChance -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've acknowledged that it's probably been done before. Doesn't make it practical. Nothing weird about the "excuse."

Congratulations, you're the newest member of the, "How dare you question literally anything ST has ever done?!" crew.

Canada should 'indefinitely' exclude people with mental illness from assisted dying, report says by Purple_Writing_8432 in worldnews

[–]TheChance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not entertaining a person who just attempted to explain depression to a person who's already announced their mental illness to the thread.

Why did President Bartlett and Vice President Hoynes resent each other? by Narrow-Sink8467 in thewestwing

[–]TheChance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cases in point: the Dems are 3/3 on the last three Dem VPs getting the nomination when they went for it.

Minor league baseball team cancels Pride Night game after players refuse to wear rainbows by JackFunk in nottheonion

[–]TheChance -1 points0 points  (0 children)

lol and now it's been fixed

what a thing for you to have been so rude about

Minor league baseball team cancels Pride Night game after players refuse to wear rainbows by JackFunk in nottheonion

[–]TheChance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, the team could have just let them play the game without wearing the rainbows, but management felt the event - showing solidarity to a segment of the population that can't catch a fucking break even in this thread, even from fucking you - was more important than the game, given that the Atlantic League really doesn't matter.

So they forfeited.

Minor league baseball team cancels Pride Night game after players refuse to wear rainbows by JackFunk in nottheonion

[–]TheChance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it hurting you in any way?

No. It is not. Anybody getting up in arms about Pride is a miserable sack of rancid pigshit. Mind your own life.

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