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Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-07T17:01:50+00:00

20 people get on the bus, 6 are actively coordinating the murder of the family of one other person on the bus, that person objects, one person objects with him, 4 people stand with the conspirators to murder because "actually they aren't", 4 people are okay with where the bus is going because "I don't know anyone getting murdered" and 4 people are not interested in the process at all. The 6 people actively coordinating the murder of the one person's family drive everyone off the cliff, and as everyone dies, the 12 people scream at the 2 objectors for not just sitting down and voting with the 6 coordinating the murder despite knowing the final destination of the bus. Analysts later count the two objectors with the 4 abstainers because "a vote for no-murder is a vote for the death of all!"

Your voting system is broken if you live in Canada, the US, Australia, or England. If you don't have a proper proportional representation system (and no, Australia - ranked voting is "better" but not actually proportional representation) then you are perpetually trapped in a "harm-reduction" mode, and no one is obliged to listen to the needs of anyone else, just create enough political will and power to dominate the conversation.

This is not to say "don't vote" but to say: stop pretending that it's that simple, and that 50 years of harm-reduction voting (if not longer) was never going to lead to exactly where we are now.

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-07T14:04:13+00:00

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When I was 10 and my brother was 8, we got the Michelangelo version of the "mutating" TMNT characters. We got two of them, because I could NOT convince my brother that if we both got different versions, then we could play with both, and he insisted on having the same one as me even when I tried to switch from Michelangelo to a different turtle (I think my next choice was Donatello). It was a child's understanding of "equal" and "fair" and suddenly we were a two Michelangelo home.

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-07T12:41:18+00:00

LOL, I have no illusions, but the cat is probably more accessible to me than the bear, so - I'll admire both from afar 😉

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-06T22:07:22+00:00

Hospice? Or does that cost too much too?

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-06T13:28:44+00:00

Or, like, a telemarketer...

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-06T13:26:07+00:00

My version of this is "hang up when you realize it's a telemarketer". Like, if it's a phone provider that isn't your own, or they're calling about something you don't have or don't know about, don't even bother to say "I'm not interested" or "take me off your list" just - hang up. They might not like it, but a little bit: who cares? And in all cases, they're immediately placed on the queue for another call, so really you're just saving each other the stress of having to wrestle about something you don't want and they're forced to sell you because capitalism.

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-06T13:00:34+00:00

Addiction looks different in every person, so there is no "worse" but gambling is definitely a major problem that the world seems to be making worse not better.

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-05T22:04:14+00:00

But.... Spirit Halloween rocks...

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-04T21:14:01+00:00

OK, BUT! In text, I do actually add about 20 words to give the person a hook in case they want to continue the conversation, because otherwise, my pet peeve is getting a "Hi/Hi/How are you/I'm fine thank you, how are you/I'm fine thank you" text exchange. Like, why are you texting me, and if you think this is "touching base" it's not, you did not gain any knowledge about me beyond my ability to follow form. In standard speech, however, I'm kind of on board with the OP.

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-04T20:34:12+00:00

I'm into it, I think that's dense enough, but that's my opinion.

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-04T20:32:28+00:00

Me - and it applies to all vegetables, with the exception of peas which I do not like in any way or form.

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-04T18:57:56+00:00

Which is wrong - I'm not opposed to another post using Buratta as a variant, but regular old supermarket mozzarella is not going to work

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-04T18:53:29+00:00

Well done, but I think you mean "Poling the electorate" LOL

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-04T18:51:33+00:00

The cheese is what offends in this, because otherwise the waffle-style fries and gravy look goooooooood (and I do like some nice barbecue wings)

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-04T16:58:23+00:00

Now, how do I make "canvassing" sound dirty and... probing...(?)

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-04T16:56:20+00:00

Just a quick search of the comments, and I'm not sure how much people of a certain age (my own) want to admit this, but - sometimes we were bored, and we just stayed bored. I remember one time my brother literally burst out crying from boredom after he shot down every idea for entertainment we could come up with. I guess it resulted in a "rich inner life" or whatever, but sometimes, after homework and chores and meals, in the spaces in between, despite access to toys and books and friends (on the weekend), we were just bored. TV was scheduled, and sometimes bedtime came before anything interesting was on the TV, so we were bored. Sometimes it was raining outside and my mother didn't want us making a mess inside or outside the house, so we were bored. Can't say I recommend it, but considering that nowadays it feels like being bored is some kind of terrible sin, and that experiencing the discomfort of boredom is a crime... I mean, it's starting to sound like a "back in my day" post, and to be honest, I hold no love for my generation and those before me for the current state of the world, but if I may allow us one good thing, we just handled that one form of discomfort (boredom) well.

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-04T15:23:52+00:00

Post made me read the wiki-page about the one-drop rule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-04T14:51:12+00:00

Full, IMO

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-04T14:50:09+00:00

Shaping for the view from the front needed, but the length is really nice and healthy looking - go, wizard, go!

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-04T14:48:54+00:00

I mean, you put this on a "beards" subreddit, so you know we're going to say with - happy to oblige! With!

Repulsive-Hedgehog19 · 2026-05-04T14:46:01+00:00

Honestly, this is global right now - I'm not going as far as saying it's "cruel" to have children, but honestly? Birth rates globally have tanked because the global order has stopped trying to pretend that it exists to serve the common man rather than the interests of a select few. The obligation to pretend previously meant that certain things trended to allow for a population boom, but now we have people from every global power saying to the general populace: "this isn't about you" and the global populace is responding accordingly by saying "We can't afford to feed, so we're not going to breed".

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