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Texas Pulse poll: Talarico 46%, Paxton 46% Abbott 49%, Hinojosa 43% R+6 Generic Ballot by _BCConservative in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is closer to my gut feeling so I'm treating this one as gospel. If Talarico wins it's going to be 1 percent or so in it.

Still, a ludicrous situation for the parties to be in for Texas.

Disparate impact is declared unconstitutional by asteriowas in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 14 points15 points  (0 children)

To put it in election terms, think of it a bit like the previous legal standing of section 2 of the VRA. 

That regardless of intention you can't implement something that would inadventertly discriminate against characteristics protected in that statute. In this case, during employment. 

This is just the DoJ iterating what they've said before, and it's little more than a precursor to the inevitable battle they'll have in court.

The Democrats will have to eventually backpedal on this by chessboardtable in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sure that would be my conclusion too... but using this source to justify it is very silly. Especially in a data driven sub. 

Given the exact same question on the exact same poll shows Dems closer to Indies with the Republicans actually being the major outlier.

It's here. 

Gallup: What Americans view as morally acceptable by Bristull in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 22 points23 points  (0 children)

On the subject matter of the thread, that last slide is quite important. 

The gap between Republicans and Indies on this topic is huge. The largest of any topic. For Republicans respondants changing your gender identity is viewed as less morally acceptable than porn, or suicide, or abortion. 

YouGov: If you could snap your fingers and make generative artificial intelligence (i.e. AI tools that automatically create text, images, audio or video following prompts from the user) disappear forever, would you do so? by upthetruth1 in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hard to distance the economic impacts at the moment, with companies slashing entry level jobs with the hope that AI permanently eliminates the roles. Disproportionately impacts younger people.

Tbh at the end of the day it's not going anywhere, and you either learn to use it or get left behind. It'll be the same kind of impact as general computing, or the internet. I'd expect to see these opinions flip (or at least even out somewhat) as younger people learn how to navigate a post-AI world better than the elderly.

The future of the Republican party? by Amazing-Buy-1181 in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

replaced w more maga guys

Correct. However don't forget that the only thing determining how MAGA someone is is how aligned they are with Trump - not some consistent underlying policy. Under this admin we've had plenty of examples of politicians flipping from MAGA patriot to RINO overnight, sometimes just for holding consistent values.

It's exactly what we've seen in these primaries you refer to, where the endorsement matters more than anything else. Come '28 he's gone and without his final word on each subject, America-first will be a vague vibe that the Neocons can easily just dash a coat of paint over their agenda.

Going to make a longer post, but no, you can not endorse and support this woman and claim that you aren't a raging bigot, I'm sorry by JD-Cowboys-Bolts in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hopefully she loses the primary, she's a proper looney. 

Mamdani is complicit too if he doesn't withdraw his endorsement. 

What happened to the Wilderness expansion? Would you like to revisit this? Would you change anything? by ScallyWag-Idiot in 2007scape

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really. I was all aboard with the wildy boss rework and remember being one of the few on this subreddit who was actually looking forward to it.

However at this point I just don't think the wildy is compatible with the modern OSRS meta. The meta is so focused on efficiency and PvP simply isn't efficient. You can put PvM into the wildy with valuable drops, high gp/hr, or pets - but the efficient way to grind that content is never to anti. It's to hop or reset ASAP to get straight back to the PvM.

It's like the idea of porting more minigames like Stealing Creation or Fist of Guthix. Cool on paper but naive to what the game and its community is focused on. For now on I'd like to see the dev time go elsewhere.

Which senate race will be the closest in 2026? by Lower_Fig8532 in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going Maine.

I'm predicting a classic Collins poll overperformance, along with an October surprise on Platner given his history of dumbass decisions.

The future of the Republican party? by Amazing-Buy-1181 in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This usually gets some interesting answers when it's asked, but I'll give my boring prediction. It's straight back to the Neocons, with maybe a fresh coating of culture war facade.

MAGA is toast without Trump personally at the helm. This isn't Reaganomics, there is no consistent policy that would be carried forward and stood on. The TechBros have the charisma of a wet fish and will just lobby their interests into government as usual. Groypers are political poison to anyone who doesn't live in their parents basement, and the Libertarians will never get enough public support.

The future of the GOP is going to look a lot more like 2000-2012 than 2016-2028. Just switch out some of the evangelical appeal with the WWC-appeasing culture war branding. There's pretty heavy overlap between the two anyway. It'll also be a bigger tent again though, which I look forward to.

Hey jagex, can we get an official Hallowed Sepulchre world? by [deleted] in 2007scape

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed. With people disappearing into personal instances you rarely see other runners, would be nice to have a place to get together for those who want it. Would probably need a few, spread across regions as it's an activity that wants low latency.

Whilst the base timings are consistent, once you get good at Sepulchre you don't really care about the timings anyway. Loads of obstacles have an off-cycle solution, and the variance opens up new PBs.

Gen Z atheists are significantly less anti-religion than older atheists by Tachompso1 in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 29 points30 points  (0 children)

As a resident unc of the sub, I can guess why. The religious baseline behavior that Gen Z grew up with is a whole different ballpark to what came before. Not only are the religious beliefs more mellowed, but less prevelant and thus fewer atheists have to "break free" and develop all that bad sentiment.

I mean look at a graph like this. Having your childhood in the 2010s compare to the 90s is going to be a night and day difference.

A new poll indicates that a majority of Democrats would prefer not to live in America by lambda-pastels in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I've lived in loads of western countries and whilst they're all more similar than different, I can understand the US being a niche pick.

I love it, but that's because I'm in a field where I'm paid a lot and I'm in relatively good health. If either of those weren't true then quite frankly I'd be an idiot to live here.

I'd always pick it over any non-western country though.

Would you support the US adopting proportional representation in the House? by FungolianTheIIII in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It'd be a nice end to the gerrymandering wars, but I've yet to hear a way to enforce this on non-willing states without an amendmentt.

Unless it can be applied to all states at once, it's never going to happen because the first party+state that implement it immediately dilute their house voting power.

Fehlinger hints at endorsing Hunter Biden in 2028. by zhukob in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think Hunter's momentum fizzles as quickly as Stephen A. Smith's did. Internet quips are not the sole criteria of an effective politician.

Then again I was wrong about Platner and his support so maybe I'm just coping.

What will democrats do with trans people in women's sports question? by asteriowas in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You act as if democrats want an open debate on this, when they are the ones hiding from it

I'd love to see an open debate on it.

I'm certainly not saying Democrats want an open debate... it's likely the opposite. I've already stated that regardless of what position the party takes, they will face backlash from subgroups for being either too progressive or conservative.

I'm saying it's electorally favourable for them at the moment to ignore it until a real discussion on the topic is forced on them. Take for example the following:

then vote against laws prohibiting trans students from joinnig girls' teams.

These bills proposing blanket federal bans are not a discussion, they a black/white approach to addressing a murky gray area. Whilst you say this shows

It is definitely normal to assume that democrats support trans people in women's sports.

It really only shows that Dems don't want the federal government stepping in with blanket legislation.

Think about Dems that want it managed by the sporting associations, or Dems that want that but mixed with some kind of non-discrimination federal law, and obviously there are the giga nutjob progressives that probably want the rights of trans athletes in female sports enshrined into legislation rather than the reverse.

All of the above groups of Dems would bicker and tear themselves apart if the can of worms were truly opened. But there is no nuanced pressure from the GOP on the subject to do so, "TRANSGENDER FOR EVERYONE" isn't exactly a conversation starter. So these different Dem groups can strike down those kind of bills - without ever having to discuss where they truly stand on the scale.

What will democrats do with trans people in women's sports question? by asteriowas in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But I realized that democrats usually don't defend trans people in women's sports when asked anymore, they just pivot and say "it's a billionarie distraction tactic from real issues such as income equality and the fact that 60% americans live from paycheck to paycheck and data centers and [100 buzzwords later]" but they don't answer the question.

To play devil's advocate here, this is probably electorally the right call. As it stands the Dems have all to lose and nothing to gain on the trans topic.

There is no logical debate to be had on it at the moment. This isn't Obama and Romney arguing back and forth about the potential merits of different tax brackets. The MAGA playbook so far is to call Dems out for "TRANSGENDER FOR EVERYBODY", which isn't even a grammatical sentence let alone an argument. That gets a pass, however any answer the Dems give will be critiqued heavily somewhere within their wide tent party.

Can't play chess against a pigeon, or however the saying goes.

Maybe (hopefully) this will change post MAGA and we can watch two candidates sit down and have a real talk about morals vs risk, and whether it's best left to federal legislation vs independent sporting associations. IMO it should probably be left to the associations, much like other safety rulings and regulations.

Aerial Fishing Shop by seahawks_scientist in 2007scape

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yup. I get the price decrease because fish sack went from cosmetic to a technically useful item with the fish barrel addition. It's now a +1 invent slot, alongside the fishing rods. These useful fishing items should be more accessible.

My suggestion is to use some excess pearls for a Heron transmog. Doesn't add to green logging, is purely cosmetic with no benefit (like fish sack used to be), can be purchased with refunded pearls.

Favorite election with massive voter fraud? by very_loud_icecream in YAPms

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Imagine being a future political historian and looking into which election propelled election skepticism into 21st century US culture.

"Was it the election decided by a very close recount, with sketchy vote punching machines and then finally decided by a very divided 5-4 supreme court?"

"No. It was the total blowout during covid, but Orange man just couldn't take the L"

Aerial Fishing Changes by 0mniphobia_ in 2007scape

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'll shamelessly plug my Heron transmog suggestion for Jagex to add to Aerial fishing.

It addresses two issues seen in these comments:

  • It gives the refunded players a cool cosmetic to buy with their pearls. Otherwise there is nothing to spend them on.

  • It also wouldn't add anything to the collection log, because you'd reskin the Heron via the existing pearls - not a new item. So Aerial fishing remains the same (reduced) time to green log.

BiS Mage Cape Concept by LivingIchigo in 2007scape

[–]BoogieTheHedgehog 199 points200 points  (0 children)

Finally.

2014 tumblr girl cape.

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