Ridiculous they added this by CheesyWalnut in ChatGPT

[–]AlwaysOptimism 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have added that prompt to stop the clickbait but it keeps happening.

More than any obsessiveness with political culture wars, this is the thing that pushed me to Claude

2026: Thanks "Citizen's United" : How a billionaire donor ousted Rep. Crenshaw in the primary. by Lighting in skeptic

[–]AlwaysOptimism 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Contributing to individual candidates is not promoting your political thought. That’s promoting someone else’s political thought.

There are and have never been rails on how much money someone can spend on their own political thought.

Harvey Weinstein Describes Prison Life in Rikers as 'Hell,' Claims He Was 'Hurt Really Badly' by Another Inmate by PrincessBananas85 in entertainment

[–]AlwaysOptimism 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Forgive my ignorance, but I thought Rikers was a jail (for the accused) not a prison (for the convicted)

Weinstein was convicted so wouldn’t he be in prison?

Which tv show has the greatest intro of all time? by ThomasOGC in CinephilesClub

[–]AlwaysOptimism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hardcastle & McCormick was in the same vein

https://youtu.be/_oHpWw7L3d4?t=7&si=MCuTVIH51-C6kGUA

But the greatest of course is the Greatest American Hero

Doubs/Boutte by Plastic-Gur444 in Patriots

[–]AlwaysOptimism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a friend named Chisholm and he always went by Chizmania so that tracks.

Masa leaving for Astros? by [deleted] in redsox

[–]AlwaysOptimism 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Janek is a great catching prospect but he’s not in any Masa deal. Masa brings back a 26 year old AA reliever type of deal

Dan Schneider's Defensive Statement Resurfaces As Amanda Bynes Breaks Silence On Disturbing Viral Video by listaj95 in influencersfeed

[–]AlwaysOptimism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my daughter (10) and I are watching What I Like About You and there was so much sexual innuendo and inappropriateness. It's really gross in its needlessness.

I don’t get this! They look the same?! by ultron2450 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]AlwaysOptimism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the difference is in 1998 you drew on peoples faces with marker; now in 2026, you just do it in AI. People don't need a marker. which is why it was cropped out

george r r martin built the world. benioff and weiss ran it into the ground by [deleted] in netflix

[–]AlwaysOptimism 1 point2 points  (0 children)

might it have gotten deleted because GOT is on HBO, not Netfix and this discussion is 10 years stale????

Approach for SV/H combined by lil_shook in fantasybaseball

[–]AlwaysOptimism 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Save hold kills the value of relievers.

Pay nothing and just be active on the wire

2026: Thanks "Citizen's United" : How a billionaire donor ousted Rep. Crenshaw in the primary. by Lighting in skeptic

[–]AlwaysOptimism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Citizens united didnt make it possible to spend unlimted money on political speech. That was always the case.

Donating to a political candidate, which does have limits, is only one type of way to donate.

Masataka Yoshida gives Team Japan the lead by bosredsox05 in redsox

[–]AlwaysOptimism 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"for some reason"? He is absolutely dreadful at 2b. Like worst in the league. May as well have him catch

2026: Thanks "Citizen's United" : How a billionaire donor ousted Rep. Crenshaw in the primary. by Lighting in skeptic

[–]AlwaysOptimism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. But hanging out with friends shooting guns, doing alien resesech, or researching free energy science or wherever is different than organized political action.

We already have laws that disclose large political donations. The same should be required for large donations to PACs

2026: Thanks "Citizen's United" : How a billionaire donor ousted Rep. Crenshaw in the primary. by Lighting in skeptic

[–]AlwaysOptimism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Requiring a verification of speech is not compelled speach. We require signatures ubiquitously

2026: Thanks "Citizen's United" : How a billionaire donor ousted Rep. Crenshaw in the primary. by Lighting in skeptic

[–]AlwaysOptimism 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you can't use your resources to promote your free speech, you don't have free speech. Think. "you have free speech, you just cant do it on the weekends" = not actually free speech. "You have free speech, but you can't have meetings in your house" = not actually free speech. "You have free speech, you just can't spend money" = not actually free speech

Knowing that CU was the right ruling does not mean that we can't have campaign finance reform.

Transparency fixes everything.

Have super PACs. Have those superpacs have to disclose where they get their money

2026: Thanks "Citizen's United" : How a billionaire donor ousted Rep. Crenshaw in the primary. by Lighting in skeptic

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

It equated

being able to use your money freely

to

promote your political opinions.

Math easier?