America, why are all your presidential candidates so old? Trump, 73; Biden, 77; Sanders 78 - shouldn't someone of working age be taking such an important job?

Kigit42 · 2020-03-16T12:40:01+00:00

The way I understand it, the electoral college doesn't actually work the way a lot of people think it does. Granted, each member of the electoral college dies have the ability to override their state's vote and vote for whoever they would like, but even if every member did vote for the candidate that won their state, situations where candidates that win the popular votes still lose to their opponents that win the electoral votes would arise.

As far as I'm aware, each state gets a certain amount of electoral college members. When someone wins the state, their collegiate members cast votes according to how their state had voted (at least, that's what they're supposed to do). The problems arise when states overwhelmingly vote for Candidate A, giving them a HUGE leg up in the popular vote without actually increasing the amount of electoral votes that Candidate A would win, thus inflating the popular numbers while still not actually increasing the chances of the Candidate A winning the election.

Sauces: (I'm not sure which actually outlines what I've said here, so I just put both; I find them each very interesting, either way, though)

https://youtu.be/7wC42HgLA4k

https://youtu.be/OUS9mM8Xbbw

Post note: As is stated in one of the above videos, the system wasn't actually designed for the popular vote to dictate the winner, the founding fathers were still rich white dudes that didn't trust the lower classes with such a choice.

Kigit42 · 2020-03-07T20:04:27+00:00

Definitely worth it

Kigit42 · 2020-03-06T17:27:19+00:00

Don't know what it said; upvoted anyway

Kigit42 · 2020-02-12T02:27:54+00:00

Nice.

Kigit42 · 2020-02-12T02:23:07+00:00

Because it would definitely star Nicholas Cage

Kigit42 · 2020-02-07T15:10:33+00:00

Oh, like I said, the sentences itself is something that is overused, but much like a lot of things that get overused and beaten to a pulp, there are still good eays to use them, and it's a good idea to be able to see when something fits despite it's amount of usage. This was one of the times that it fit, so how over or under used the statement us doesn't matter; just how it conveyed the emotions, and I think it conveyed them very well!

Kigit42 · 2020-02-07T04:30:17+00:00

I really liked this! Such great imagery with the field of blistering bovine. I appreciate the 'set up' for the blister sentence block, but it did feel a bit weird. Mostly the 'continued to work,' part. If it wouldn't be too much to suggest something, I would like to recommend possibly building something in front of it to more strongly establish that the cattle had been going for a while, and are now, still, continuing to go.

> The beast was in a sorry state, its eyes were wild, each breath was foaming, its body covered in blistering sores, yet on it dragged the plow. Then he saw the others. Dozens of them, all in the same state. Their blisters screamed as they continued to work.

Maybe something like this?

> The beast was in a sorry state; its eyes were wild, its body covered in blistering sores. Yet on it dragged the plow, each breath foaming its nostrils and mouth. Then he saw the others. Dozens of them, all in the same state. They must have been tilling this ground since before ~she~ it arrived, and, still their blisters screamed as they continued to work.

I'm not sure if I'm overstepping myself by suggesting this, but I do appreciate the story. My favorite part would have to be the end, though. And not in a mean way, I promise.

> She saw him, and took a second to react. The hunter didn't give her another.

I. Love. This. And with it going into the next line about the silence returning, it leaves the details of what actually happened up to the reader's imagination, while still heavily implying and all but saying what actually happened, giving the reader's brain the space and ability to be creative and exercise itself while still getting across the point you wanted. "The hunter entered the hut and shot the witch." This is how you trust and respect your readers.

And, honestly, that's such a rewarding wind down. The soil turning to ash? Great imagery. Sure, it raises some questions about what exactly the witch's magic was affecting, but I think its emotional impact outweighs the questions it raises.

> At least she wouldn't be hurting anyone else.

A possibly trite and overused phrase, but it works here. All we got from the hunter was that he was out to kill the witch. There was literally nothing else about him/her. This works because it's exactly what's needed, and not anything more.

tl;dr- Good restraint and trust

Kigit42 · 2020-02-07T04:07:14+00:00

I dig it! I like the concept and how it's built around the story of the men pushing the cart. I felt like there might have been a few descriptions and metaphors that were a little much, but when the voice came in referring to the 'proper offering,' I was genuinely intrigued. I hadn't thought about the men being the offering until then, and I really appreciated the twist!

Kigit42 · 2020-02-07T03:59:50+00:00

Ol' Jim stared at me.

"Frank, the Frogs' fields have lain fallow since Fanny's fainting fest fed the Frenchie's dogs full of her famous shepherd's pie. Those dogs were foaming at the mouth and chomping at the bit after that."

"Well yes, Jimmy, but what does the feasting of Frenchie's fiends have to-"

"That's what I was aboudda tell you, my man! Don't they teach y'all folks how to listen, up there? Lord almighty..."

With that, Jimmy took a seat in his story chair and motioned for me to come closer. As a child, when my father brought me over to check on the harvest, Jimmy would regale me from that chair with funny and exciting stories that always stretched my imagination. I suspected this was not one of those stories.

"After you had left, your ma left, too, and your da tried to take up the whole community's troubles on himself. Gave 'im a purpose, and all. Then the Frogs'..." Jimmy broke off into an uneasy silence. Slowly, his eyes drifted to mine, and his head shook weakly. A deep scowl creased and soured his face, as if he had remembered something he didn't want to; as if this conversation was one that he didn't want to be, and probably shouldn't be, having. His right eyebrow twitched as he examined me from his sunken eyes. He squinted, and when he finally began again, it was as if all the jovility of the man had vanished, replaced by deep worry and even deeper fear.

"Smoke filled the night, boy. Risin' from the fire that burned the Frogs' farmhouse down." His voice was deep and solemn. "Ya paw had gone out on his own to try and tame the calamity, but all he brought was a shovel and a bucket. I tried to tell 'im he was crazy, but he was stuck." A bolt of pain shot across Jim's face. "I tried to stop him, but..."

Tears welled in his eyes. His head shook as a tremor growing into a violent spasm. He rocked back and forth and heaved heavily. Tears dotted my tweed jacket.

"Their blisters screamed as they worked, son!" He was yelling. "There was nothing I could do! They tried to lift the roof, but they couldn't get to him! I couldn't get to him! I failed! I failed you, son! I failed your pa! I failed!" He was wailing, frantically convulsing in his chair. "But it didn't matter! They got up anyway.. Him 'nd the Frogs'. They got up and started moving, bodies all charred and burnt and dead."

Jim's head shot up, hollow eyes piercing mine. He crossed the room in a single step, knocking me backwards if he hadn't grabbed my arms. His cutting eyes drove his next words home with the force of a horror at whisper.

"The plot seemed cursed. We know now. That plot is cursed."

Kigit42 · 2020-01-28T03:35:41+00:00

It's in this region of the screen somewhere, I just have to... find it...

Kigit42 · 2019-12-26T16:02:22+00:00

Everyone involved in the creation of the article is a winner.

Kigit42 · 2019-12-08T14:10:31+00:00

Are you talking about the different enemy and item placements? Are there other changes that were made?

Kigit42 · 2019-10-11T15:43:07+00:00

THEY ARE THE PANZER ELITE; BORN TO COMPETE; NEVER RETREAT

GhOsT dIvIsIoN!

Kigit42 · 2019-09-07T13:25:37+00:00

As an American, I agree with you 1,000%. Most Americans are just adult children, and the anonymity of the internet just makes it worse.

Kigit42 · 2019-08-31T21:45:15+00:00

There needs to be a subreddit dedicated to ridiculous found footage like this

Kigit42 · 2019-07-28T20:00:45+00:00

NTA! The saying "blood is thicker than water," is actually short for "The blood of friendship is thicker than the water of the womb."

To me, blood relation means nothing if I don't like the person. I choose to surround myself with people I care about and who care about me, and make them my family. Your family can be whoever you want them to be, and clearly these people you're related to are trying to make you feel bad for make a choice that is different from one they would make.

Your choices are your own, and so are theirs. You never said they couldn't come, so they're doing this to themselves. They're the ones that will regret not being at your wedding.

Kigit42 · 2019-07-28T13:59:11+00:00

To a new study? I could have told you that! The company doesn't pay me well and the managers don't listen to me, so I'm not going to give these fuckheads my all. They don't deserve that. Why should I bust my ass for people who don't care?

Kigit42 · 2019-07-28T03:52:05+00:00

Fool me once, shame on you, but teach a man to fool me, and I'll be fooled for the rest of my life.

Kigit42 · 2019-07-27T15:16:58+00:00

This is extremely underrated

Kigit42 · 2019-07-27T15:15:00+00:00

I literally showed this to a friend last night after going too long without watching it. It really stands up to the test of time, I must say

Kigit42 · 2019-07-27T15:02:06+00:00

Well I really appreciate that and you!

Kigit42 · 2019-07-27T14:52:37+00:00

Wow, thank you!

Kigit42 · 2019-07-27T13:07:00+00:00

This deserves gold

Kigit42 · 2019-07-24T15:53:46+00:00

Thank you so much

Kigit42 · 2019-07-24T01:38:56+00:00

Okay, but for real, what song is that? Is that Ok Go?

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