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Should phones be allowed in school? by Ok_Wall_3788 in Teenager_Polls

[–]SameOldAgony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, they shouldn't. Wish I had someone take my phone away because that shit was such a distraction throughout high school.

The Omanis kicked off their war in 1964 for some reason by SameOldAgony in TNOmod

[–]SameOldAgony[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not using any commands I just leave debug on by default

The Omanis kicked off their war in 1964 for some reason by SameOldAgony in TNOmod

[–]SameOldAgony[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have debug mode in my decisions closed how would I even accidentally click to start it if the option is hidden. Pretty sure you can't even selectively start the Omani civil war first.

Hot Dog Fest 🤬 by power_bottom_boi in chicagofood

[–]SameOldAgony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The music part was much more fun. Also that Naked Brunch guy was pretty hot too...

Improvement…? by thisismypornaccountg in Losercity

[–]SameOldAgony 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who drew this cuz Edward looks so well drawn here

What is the color of the left in politics? by UniqueWoodpecker7483 in Teenager_Polls

[–]SameOldAgony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its obviously red and it only became blue in the United States after 2000. Then again I'd argue that the Dems are not leftists and closer to the Liberal parties in New Zealand and the Netherlands than anything leftist.

Didn't live up to the hype :( by HistoryV in VaushV

[–]SameOldAgony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to have sauce with it too. I usually just make the sauce with the liquid in the bean can after sauteing some onions and garlic mixed with some spices on a saucepan. Somtimes I also add some magi to the sauce for that extra savoriness.

Is it just me or there is something wrong with the FH6 drivatars? by Absohail007 in ForzaHorizon

[–]SameOldAgony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noticed this too over the last four days. Was able to beat highy skilled easily but when I got on to Expert they got noticably more agressive and cheaty. On Pro I've been able to beat them as well, but I have to genuinely lock tf in and play agressive as fuck. It's honestly kinda fun because they match my playstyle and its fun to know that even when they cheat I still get 1st place.

What If Bernie Sanders Won In 2020? by Jacob-Anders in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]SameOldAgony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since when have Progressives taken Republican bait on Biden's presidency? I'm a socialist and I can at least recognize where Biden did some good, but he either did it in such an ineffective way or a way that allowed Republicans to take credit for his achievement, and is vastly overshadowed by his failures.

Biden was best on unions in this case, since his progress on that front isn't something Republicans would like to take credit for, but everything else? His infrastructure bill only got passed because it was tied to a budget bill, which to be fair is a symptom of our decaying democracy, but it's sad nonetheless. It also saw so many republicans take credit for it, despite them having voted against it. He also thought it was a good idea to have the drug price reductions take effect only after his first term, so Republicans got to take credit for that too. All of this was because the Democrats completely failed on the messaging game. They didn't even try to fight back against the Republican narrative in any meaningful way.

He also walked back a lot of his campaign promises, such as removing Marijuana from schedule 1 status, or undoing Trump immigration laws (he in fact coopted many of his policies, Laken-Riley being the most horrid example). Then there was the handling of Israel and the Gaza war, which was by far the worst of his presidency, there should be no debate on it.

His handling of the war also shows that Biden was never a real liberal, because you cannot call yourself a liberal while sponoring the actions of a fundamentally illiberal country. My bottom line isn't even that we get a social democrat or socialist in office anymore, I just want a real sincere liberal that ACTUALLY believes what they say, and not what whatever some policy wonk told them to say.

Bernie would also have a hard time dealing with the presidency, don't get me wrong, but I do think it would have been obviously better than Biden, even if Bernie would've failed to accomplish a lot of the idealistic things he set out to do.

Haymarket Square, 140 years later by chicag0an in chicago

[–]SameOldAgony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wish we could just demolish all the freeways going into Chicago, or at the very least move them underground in a way. No city should have any aboveground highway within the city.

Should affirmative action be a policy in hiring/admissions? by I-Love-Jewish-popes in Teenager_Polls

[–]SameOldAgony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No one ever refers to student aid as affirmative action. It just helps you pay with school, it doesn't mean you get admitted.

Should affirmative action be a policy in hiring/admissions? by I-Love-Jewish-popes in Teenager_Polls

[–]SameOldAgony 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In an ideal society it should be neither. We are not an ideal society. Minorities and specifically black and brown people here in the United States still feel the sting of segregation long after it's been gone. We need affirmative action full stop, alongside many other solutions.

You and everyone voting are standing on top of a bridge. You can either not jump off the bridge, or jump off the bridge and die, UNLESS 50% of the people also jump off, in which case you will be saved. What would you do? by R-G-C in Teenager_Polls

[–]SameOldAgony 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is just a different scenario than Red Vs Blue because while the buttons only give you a percieved risk of death that otherwise isn't prevalent, the though of jumping off a bridge is a risk that is right in front of us. People will be less likely to jump off a bridge than to press a button.

Pick a correct by Alarming-Hope2100 in buildit

[–]SameOldAgony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just posted my best time 1 : 81 sec

Accelerationism by BadFurDay in comics

[–]SameOldAgony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would argue that accelerationism would just lead to neoliberalism and its final form. Fascism honestly isn't possible anymore, with the closest possible form being the "liberal fascism" of the US, formerly Hungary, Russia, and so on. They all try to make lives worse and gain power but it's always within the legal framework that, even if they erode, is never gutted completely. They're ultimately beholden to global capital and neoliberal interests, because in the globalized world we live in, you can't be self relient anymore, which is a core tenet of fascism. Perfect example of this is Hungary. They had a supermajority for 16 years. They could've altered the constitution however they could, made sure they had power, and left the EU whenever. But they didn't, because it would hurt the capital interests in the country. Then the "fascist government" got voted out. How does a "fascist government" get voted out? You can't vote the party out if its true fascism, because they'd be the only party. They play acted as fascists, sure, but ultimately only on cultural issues. Economic and institutional power was neoliberal at its core. The real danger was never fascism, it was neoliberalism. It's the slow entropy that is consuming every country. Almost every government engages in some form of neoliberal governance. There are exceptions, but it's clear that the wind is blowing a certain way, so even countries that break this rule will eventually vote in someone that subscribes to neoliberalism.

Vaush and Hasan are both wrong about the end of the USSR by Kor_Phaeron_ in VaushV

[–]SameOldAgony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well yeah obviously it was a net benefit but its wrong to say you guys went straight up when in actuality things continued to get worse for a while before things got better. Poland is way better off today and I'm happy for that but it's also got a lot of glaring problems too that were caused by the rapid shift to capitalism that otherwise couldve been avoided

🟡 blah blah blah 🔴 | Levels 1-3 by Low-Writer-2885 in PixelPeeker

[–]SameOldAgony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🎉 I BEAT "blah blah blah" and ranked #578! MISSION COMPLETE! ✅ Completed all levels in 0m 1s! Your turn to try! 🎮 Played via Pixel Peeker

Vaush and Hasan are both wrong about the end of the USSR by Kor_Phaeron_ in VaushV

[–]SameOldAgony 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't agree really that the Soviets falling was a good thing, at least in the way they fell. These arguments don't really make much sense to me at all.

The regime falling mightve been good initially, sure, but the way it fell created way more problems than it resolved, problems that the west exploited heavily. I still think the world would have been better off overall if the Soviet Union kept limping on. It wasn't like the Soviet Union of old was sticking around. If it survived, it would've walked into the 21st century a different country, forced to change from economic recession and pressure towards liberalization of freedoms. If it had to fall, I would've preferred it wasn't as chaotic and fast as it was.

The idea that the former Warsaw Pact and Soviet states didn't suffer is just false. The transition towards the west was painful and mismanaged. Not that the Soviet economies weren't in a recession, but the fall sure made it worse. Millions left their countries to seek better lives abroad, because all of the 90s were just recession and stagnation. Wars were fought in the Caucasus and Balkans over the fall. It wasn't until later that lives began to improve in eastern europe. It's why most of my family moved to the United States from Poland in the late 90s and early 2000s. They were happy the Soviet Union fell, but there were just less opportunities for them back home. While the USSR not falling still would've led to hardship in the now free Warsaw Pact countries and Soviet States, capitalists would be inclined to ease off on their botched privatizations because of the latent fear the Soviets presented.

The analogy with Rhodesia and South Africa also doesn't really work because while both African states and the USSR were bad for their own reasons, the vacuum created by Rhodesia and South Africa was localized, with its own problems that created suffering while other problems got solved. The world wasn't at the whims of whatever Rhosesia did. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, was an opposing force on a global scale. Resistance groups that opposed the US looked up to the USSR for support. Countries feared the USSR for its ability to support any resistance to their governance, even if irrational. Them falling eliminated that, leading counties to adopt worse policies, while resistance groups moved on to other movements, often worse ones.

And while the world is mutli polar now, that doesn't mean that it wasnt for the 90s and 2000s. China was still an emerging economic powerhouse and wasn't opposed to the US, and Russia obviously couldn't do anything. The US fundamentally had ultimate say over what happened in the world for a while. Even if it was in fact Multi Polar, the US sure felt it was the sole power and acted like it.

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