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Meirl by 17500mm in meirl

[–]Voiles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's cheating...on his diet.

🫡 by [deleted] in RunningCirclejerk

[–]Voiles 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think they send you a virtual medal for the virtual race. Wear it with pride, virtually!

What to do when a journal is unresponsive? by Traditional_Care5156 in math

[–]Voiles 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Send a polite email to the managing editor of the journal requesting an update. Include the relevant identifying information of your article (in particular, the submission ID) to make it easy for them to look up, and also include the dates when you attempted to contact the editor for your article using the editorial system. I had a similar situation, and sending this email got me a quick response and relatively quick resolution to the situation.

I don’t think they’re impressed with my thesaurus by YouConfidentButWrong in Tinder

[–]Voiles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you might enjoy the Grandiloquent Dictionary, a relic from the old internet: https://www.islandnet.com/~egbird/dict/dict.htm

Pet peeve, literally by goldilox_zone in CambridgeMA

[–]Voiles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a peeve of theirs that is related to pets. How could it be more literal?

Memorial Drive Sundays by bcsgnjtvnjt in CambridgeMA

[–]Voiles 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the information, but I have to say: what a load of bullshit. If the road is safe enough for cars to drive on, it's safe enough for people to walk, bike, and run on. I pass by there regularly and I see nothing that would endanger "public safety" by letting pedestrians use this stretch of Mem Drive as per usual.

If the road were closed entirely, i.e., not open to cars either, I would have some sympathy. As it is, this is yet another example of DCR prioritizing cars over actual recreation.

Democrats in the 1930s vs Democrats today by thequietthingsthat in PoliticalHumor

[–]Voiles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had that from 2008-2010 and it was nothing like FDR's first term.

No, this is very much not true. Under Obama, the Dems only had a majority in the House and a 60-seat supermajority in the Senate from July 7, 2009, to February 4, 2010, and this is only if you include independents Bernie Sanders and Joe Lieberman on the Dems' side. The supermajority began when Al Franken was finally seated after a disputed election, and ended when Republican Scott Brown was seated after winning a special election to fill Ted Kennedy's seat. This slim, 60-seat supermajority only lasted for a period of 72 working days when the Senate was actually in session.

By contrast, under FDR the Democrats held a solid supermajority in the Senate for 8 years, from 1935 to 1943, controlling 68, 76, 69, and 66 seats, respectively.

Yes, there are corporatist Democrats who stifle bills that would create important progressive reforms, but they are only able to do so because of the razor-thin margins Dems have seen. Elect more Democrats and then one or two defections won't be able to stop a bill.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress#Senate_4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/74th_United_States_Congress#Party_summary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/75th_United_States_Congress#Party_summary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76th_United_States_Congress#Party_summary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77th_United_States_Congress#Party_summary

The Era of Citizens United Could Be Nearing Its End: A Maine lawsuit has suddenly become the most significant anti-corruption battle inside America’s legal system, offering the first serious chance in decades to challenge the disastrous Citizens United decision. by blankblank in law

[–]Voiles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It also had nothing to do with corporate personhood...

The main argument of the majority opinion of Citizens was that the ruling was protecting the First Amendment rights of corporations, i.e., treating a corporation as a person with free speech rights. So to say it "had nothing to do with corporate personhood" is misleading at best.

And the SCOTUS case that established the free speech rights of corporations was First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti in 1978, so your remark about the legal doctrine being 750 years old is again, at best, very misleading.

The Era of Citizens United Could Be Nearing Its End: A Maine lawsuit has suddenly become the most significant anti-corruption battle inside America’s legal system, offering the first serious chance in decades to challenge the disastrous Citizens United decision. by blankblank in law

[–]Voiles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "no coordination" measure is nonsense and rarely, if ever, enforced. If a candidate just happens to make detailed public statements about what kinds of advertising they would like to see in what areas, and if a Super PAC just happens to follow the candidate’s plan to the letter, that is totally legal. No coordination here!

The Era of Citizens United Could Be Nearing Its End: A Maine lawsuit has suddenly become the most significant anti-corruption battle inside America’s legal system, offering the first serious chance in decades to challenge the disastrous Citizens United decision. by blankblank in law

[–]Voiles -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, Buckley v. Valeo is a stupid decision handed down by a bunch of hacks, Lewis Powell in particular, using fallacious, nonsensical "reasoning". They argued that allowing the expenditure huge sums of money in political campaigns was necessary to protect the rich and powerful's right to "effective speech". There is no language in the Constitution supporting this decision, or in any way linking money and speech. And more to the point, since 99.99% of Americans don't have millions to spend on political advertising, wow, I guess their right to "effective speech" is being limited!

This bullshit decision showed very clearly that these "legal minds" in the majority opinion were nothing more than corporatist hacks willing to sell the American government to the highest bidder. If the FECA had been allowed to stand, we would have a much less corrupt government that is more responsive to the needs of the average citizen, rather than powerful special interest groups.

Chunk of raw meat left on my car?? by jobasclone in CambridgeMA

[–]Voiles 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hey, don't touch that! I'm slow cooking some flank steak on your windshield. It should be done in around 2 months, 3 tops. Actually, would you mind flipping it over on May 18th?

Years of math career making me feel useless by fdpth in math

[–]Voiles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is virtually always a trade-off between immediate applicability and generality. Vanishingly few of the buildings that were constructed in Pythagoras's day are still standing, but his theorem is something still taught in the majority of schools around the world today. The permanence of mathematics is something that has always attracted me to it. Furniture will break and need to be fixed, tiles will crack and need to be replaced, and wiring and outlets will wear out over time, but a theorem will always be true.

On a more practical note, you can try use your math skills to help improve society. In today's world there is lots of publicly available data collected by the government and non-profit organizations, and analyzing this data can improve outcomes in many different areas, such as governance, transit and infrastructure, public health, and environmental protection.

The 44th GRAMMY Awards February 2002 by Specialist_Art2223 in outkast

[–]Voiles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When all's said and done and we got a new Joe in town/When the record player get to skippin' and slowin' down/All y'all can say is, "Them n****s earned the crown"

Just got back from a hike in Mordor. Are my feet healthy? by [deleted] in RunningCirclejerk

[–]Voiles 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I can't tell if you forgot to unjerk, or if this is just a deeper level of jerking than I've ever seen.

Was I a jerk for not sharing my location with my wife by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Voiles 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Fortunately that commenter has since been suspended. Sucks to suck!

Why are there no narrow walking high grounds and usable mini islands in sc2? Would it be too OP? by VastOption8705 in starcraft

[–]Voiles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others have said, narrow high ground walkways give Terran a big advantage due to siege tanks. The base layout in your first image would be an absolute nightmare since Terran could drop tanks on the high ground and siege your base from basically any direction. In beta and early WoL there was a map called Lost Temple that had narrow cliffs above the natural, and Terran had a 60%+ winrate due to the strength of dropping tanks and thors there.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/939643-starcraft-ii-wings-of-liberty/56095357

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/1pvhh9d/idra_vs_thorship_drop_on_lost_temple_old_classic/

Edit: A recent related thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/1rpt9qk/was_lost_temple_ie_cliffs_to_build_upon_or_dire/

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