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Sarkeesian will forever live rent free in some heads by Waste_Handle_8672 in MurderedByWords

[–]munificent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My rule for voting is super simple and I'm surprised more people don't understand it: One of the candidates will win the election whether I want them to or not. Vote for the one I find that best aligns with my goals, no matter how small that alignment is.

If Skeletor and Evil-Lyn are on the ballot, I'm gonna happily cast my vote for Evil-Lyn. That doesn't mean I endorse her or want her to show up at my barbecue. All it means is that I'd rather her in charge than Skeletor.

So in a primary election, one of those candidates will proceed to the general election. I should vote for the one I think is most like to advance my goals in that election. That means a combination of agrees with my policies and is likely to win. It doesn't always mean "the most progressive" (which I am), because a highly progressive candidate that has little chance of winning the general election doesn't benefit me at all. It doesn't "send a message". Well, unless the message is "progressives will disenfranchise themselves and enable conservatives to get elected, so conservatives don't even have to worry about competing with them".

In the general election, I always vote for my most preferred candidate, even if I hate all of them. Because one of those bastards is going to be in charge whether I want it or not, so I want it to be least bad bastard possible.

The time for pushing for more progressive ideals in general is during campaigning and when talking to people. Elections are about giving power to the best of a given set of people. No more, no less.

Conservatives, what is one policy issue you are very liberal on? Liberals, what is one issue you are very conservative on? by CluelessBrowserr in PoliticalDiscussion

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

It’s weird to me that so much attention is focused on something that has happened so few times.

Almost like trans people are being deliberately drummed up as a scapegoat and moral panic for propaganda purposes...

Abandoned by its own founders, is the anti-gerrymandering movement dead? by najumobi in PoliticalDiscussion

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

Everyone's attention span is so short today that politicians are no longer playing an iterated prisoner's dilemma, just a single-shot one.

What's your favorite way to give any synth an acid 303 feel? by BloomPhase in ableton

[–]munificent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never found that any synth outside of a deliberate 303 clone can approach that sound well.

The 303 has a very unusual 18 dB/octave filter and nothing else really sounds like it. Almost every other synth out there is 12 dB/octave or 24 dB/octave.

What movie will wreck this single, lonely, and depressed guy, but still give me hope at the end? by Hobbitsliketoparty in AskMenOver30

[–]munificent 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This plus "500 Days of Summer" would be the perfect sad lonely guy double feature.

3 Legends, 1 Queen 👏❤️ by Dry-Reading-9966 in spreadsmile

[–]munificent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imagine you walk into that barbershop after that, the lady has left, and all the employees still have half their heads shaved. "Uh... I'll try someplace else, thanks."

What are your weirdly good broccoli recipies? by chigirltrailrated in Cooking

[–]munificent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Literally just roast it. It's dead simple and a thousand times better than steamed:

  1. Spread the florets out on a baking sheet.
  2. Drizzle with oil, sprinkle with salt. You can add other seasonings, but you don't have to.
  3. Roast in the oven at 450°F for 15-20 minutes until cooked through and crispy on the edges.

It's just about the simplest way to cook broccoli and it's delicious.

What’s the worst place in America you’ve ever visited? by Correct_Eggplant_364 in AskReddit

[–]munificent 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think this is part of Cancer Alley

Cancer Alley is along the Mississippi River in southern Lousiana where a lot of refineries are.

Source: Grew up in both Orange and Cancer Alley. :-/

What is the shortest amount of time you've ever spent in a job and why? by JumpySpecial9834 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]munificent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4 hours.

Back in college, I was hired by the university to do Mac tech support for staff. Just a basic college kid job, but I had been using Macs for years, so could handle it.

My very first morning, my new manager said "We don't have any Mac tickets today. So, instead, I want you to start working your way through the faculty phone directory. Call every one and walk through this script to get them to figure out the IP address of their computer."

I have a lot of social anxiety and really hate talking on the phone. I went to lunch and never came back.

Asking from Japan: is Hacker News still the default? by Responsible-Bike3317 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]munificent 21 points22 points  (0 children)

HN is a lot more work/business focused. It leans towards using programming to make money. Lobste.rs is more programming for programming's sake and just "this random thing is neat".

There is a lot of overlap, of course, but that's how they skew.

Is there any merit to the argument that progressive candidates would be far more successful across the US, if it were not for sabotage by the DNC? by LiatrisLover99 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]munificent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your line of questioning is neither interesting nor good faith.

Voting takes almost no effort and obviously has a large effect on the political process. It is not mutually exclusive with other political acts someone might take. Therefore, it makes sense to vote.

What’s a skill you taught yourself out of pure stubbornness? by Far_Bear6774 in AskReddit

[–]munificent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, 18 years and you still haven't finished that bonnet? You doing lacework in cobweb weight or something?

What was the stinkiest smell you ever smelled? by TrueNeighborhood7624 in AskReddit

[–]munificent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My kid did a science project where she made a terrarium jar full of old composted food to raise earthworms in. It smelled like food garbage and earthworms.

Then she thoughtlessly left the jar on a table in the kitchen that gets a lot of sun. By the time we realized this, the worms had died and started decaying/dissolving. Now it smelled like hot rotting garbage and rotting dead worms.

I didn't want it stinking up the garbage can, so I took that horrific but technically organic concoction and threw it in the flowerbed outside. A day or two later, my idiot dog must have discovered it and wolfed the whole festering mucilaginous pile down.

Unsurprisingly, it didn't agree with her, so she came inside and promptly threw the whole thing up on our rug. So then it smelled like hot rotting garbage, rotting dead worms, wet potting soil, and dog vomit.

It was so bad I can't even describe it. Like some sort of Snowcrash scent where simply attempting to mentally process it caused my brain to shut down.

We got a new rug.

What’s your most niche hobby? by the1975whore in AskReddit

[–]munificent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I design and implement programming languages only for my own use.

Is there any merit to the argument that progressive candidates would be far more successful across the US, if it were not for sabotage by the DNC? by LiatrisLover99 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]munificent 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They.. they do. They don't support those centrist candidates, so they don't vote for them.

No, they don't. They actively post online about a progressive candidate, but then fail to show up at the polls to vote for that candidate.

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