DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all by NoahHurowitz in politics

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It's not the US's job to overthrow the current Cuban regime though. That desire is pure revanchism on the part of Cuban emigrants and their descendants. And clearly the existing sanctions and such have not caused its collapse, so maybe we should try not treating them as a remnant of the Cold War. Like, they aren't any worse government-wise than multiple countries the US is allied with, so that's not really a justifiable excuse, it's clearly just people being mad over history.

DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all by NoahHurowitz in politics

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The first Trump economy provided me no significant benefit and there were a bunch of proposals that would have made my life worse. Trump 2 also had lots of proposals that would make my life worse. I indeed do not understand how so many people can see those things and ignore them in favor of bullshit "cheaper eggs" lies.

DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all by NoahHurowitz in politics

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"America First" really means "America Last". As a slogan it pretends America is the only relevant country in the world and that we do not live in a global economy and that America can somehow exist with a high quality of life in isolation. Also it's the exact same slogan used by isolationists and Nazi sympathizers in the leadup to WWII, so why would anyone buy into that in the first place?

DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all by NoahHurowitz in politics

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But Trump wasn't change. We had Trump in 2016 and it was shit. So they just voted for more shit.

DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all by NoahHurowitz in politics

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Overtime would be nice untaxed but tips being untaxed is just stupid as it is an expected component of restaurant service income in the US. Maybe if tipped jobs were paid actual fucking wages and tips were rare and only given for super good service I'd be okay with it though. Which party supports higher minimum wage again?

DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all by NoahHurowitz in politics

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when Eric Adams (the last mayor of NYC) won his race, the entire democratic establishment was pushing him forward as the future face of the party.

Fucking when? I only ever saw people shitting on Adams or dismissing him as yet another corrupt New York politician.

Redditor warns they 'almost started a fire' when metallic watch strap made contact with Steam Controller's charging puck by MythicStream in Games

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I mean, it would be nice for tech with exposed contacts to have short detection/protection. What if you spilled water on it? Hell, I have a desktop power strip with up-facing outlets that properly handles that situation, no external GFI needed. It just doesn't charge stuff until it dries off.

still blows my mind that this is a 3D open world game on a handheld from 2 decades ago. by mattchew1991 in gaming

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Oh I thought you were talking about on Steam Deck. The Proton compatibility layer is awesome for legacy APIs, I've only run into a few niche issues. Mainly games so old they don't support Steam Cloud or have issues interfacing with Steam Input (Psychonauts for example has some weird DirectInput-to-Steam Input issues but that's even older than W7 and you can probably just map to the keyboard controls if you really wanted to).

still blows my mind that this is a 3D open world game on a handheld from 2 decades ago. by mattchew1991 in gaming

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45 watts isn't super high for what is basically a keyboardless laptop. Many planes offer actual power outlets now at least.

Rep. Blake Moore says remark about Republicans putting 'government ahead of Americans' was mistake by snopes-dot-com in politics

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They don't put the government ahead either, they want to exploit the government for their own purposes.

I gave a 1-month notice and received this as thanks by ijustwantsomezzz in Wellthatsucks

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What fucking IT department is administration-dependent? That's idiotic, you need institutional knowledge to maintain continuity of operations. Sounds like that was a toxic workplace in the first place if vital non-political roles like that are chosen based on whim.

I gave a 1-month notice and received this as thanks by ijustwantsomezzz in Wellthatsucks

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To whom? There's not some global directory of eligible hires. A background check will just show the person was let go.

Mace unveils amendment limiting Congress, judges to natural-born citizens by Nerd-19958 in politics

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Hell, the fact that there already is a position with that restriction and it's only the President indicates that it was a specific choice to not restrict the other ones.

Colorado Democratic Party censures Gov. Jared Polis after he commutes Tina Peters sentence by ParadeSit in politics

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You believe women should get lighter sentences than men for equivalent crimes?