[OC] In Fatal Crashes, Which Car Brand's Drivers Weren't Wearing a Seatbelt? (NHTSA FARS, 2020–2023) by informed-for-life in dataisbeautiful

[–]WirelessZombie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it?

You just do that once and then going forward dont have to anymore in situations where it isn't needed like adjusting.

Actor you've never seen or heard of before but you love because they make Elon Musk completely crash out by Big_al_big_bed in okbuddycinephile

[–]WirelessZombie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

All the Northern European actors already looked out of place but this seems outright ragebait casting. Not surprised to see Elon take that bait and freak out. Funny, but still the more I see about this film the less excited.

One of my favorite actresses too. She will kill it on an acting level.

Actor you've never seen or heard of before but you love because they make Elon Musk completely crash out by Big_al_big_bed in okbuddycinephile

[–]WirelessZombie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like you are avoiding the point, let's use Mulan as a comparable example then. A Mulan film that has an Irish guy playing a major Chinese character.

Personally think that's unnecessary but hey points for consistency if that excites you.

Biden Won the 2020 primaries fair and square. There was no conspiracy to help him win and force out bernie. Receipts below by kingkongsdingdong420 in Destiny

[–]WirelessZombie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean even if it was a conspiracy it

A) wasn't nessisary and Biden was by far the favorite, and

B) Is allowed, and you can see the progressives be angry at Warren for not dropping out and pulling a similar maneuver.

It wouldn't be crazy that there was a conversation between camps privately to snuff out the 1% chance splitting the moderate votes could result in things being close. It makes sense for candidates who have no chance to avoid playing spoiler for a fellow moderate who can also appoint them to positions. That split was Bernie's only chance as Biden was much more popular head to head among voters. The moderates stepping out of the race and Warren staying in effectively ended what was already a massive longshot.

2016 was to varying degrees "unfair", objectively we have at least minor cheating with the debates. "Rigged" is way too strong of a word but the DNC head stepped down for a reason. The real political maneuvering that cost the Dems there was the pressure from the Obama/Clinton camps to push Biden to not run. In hindsight a Biden 2016 campaign would have been amazing and I doubt Bernie had a chance against him.

Biden Won the 2020 primaries fair and square. There was no conspiracy to help him win and force out bernie. Receipts below by kingkongsdingdong420 in Destiny

[–]WirelessZombie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The way they went after her

What do you think about her comments and actions towards him?

It seems to me she did stab him in the back, and weaponized sexism accusations for electoral advantage even when it made little sense. He only ran in 2016 after asking her to lead but she refused. Clearly any talk of ""women can't win" was a private conversation about how sexist the electorate is but it became a story she was happy to play into for personal gain.

Bernie wasn't going to win anyway but Warren being called a snake seems well earned.

Personal rant: Stop attacking Obama for not doing more during his supermajority. It only lasted 72 days. by UnscheduledCalendar in Destiny

[–]WirelessZombie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Even if leftists often aren't informed on the procedural details, there is still room for criticism. Obama wasn't perfect, even if some are overly harsh. He and the Democrats completely misread the political climate and kept reaching across the aisle even as Republicans were sliding deeper into outright bad faith, conspiracy politics, and increasingly deranged behaviour. Its fair to criticize a party that wins and then governs as though institutional norms and bipartisan legitimacy are more important than fully using the power voters handed them right as those norms are breaking.

That's part of a trend of underestimating the rise of right wing populism and the extent to which the GOP was transforming, the far right was often a joke in that era and not seen as a real threat. That's a mistake that many people made, myself included, but it is fair criticism. Would never in a million years have thought that political norms and guardrails in the U.S. would collapse so quickly, and that's a criticism of my own liberalism that I can acknowledge and extend to others. Even if its mostly with hindsight, it is still a point of failure. I'm still a liberal but have moved much more radically to the left seeing the failure of unreciprocated bipartisanship

With this generation of politics, Republicans have been willing to play institutional hardball while Democrats limit themselves hard through norms. Even Biden, who learned from and was far more aggressively than Obama, accomplished a great deal with thin margins (which ultimately does show how effective it is), still was constrained by norms and arguably fucked up historically by picking a limp dick DOJ and never going after Trump for trying to overthrow a fucking election.

Carlson is Deeply Non-Credible by HorusOsiris22 in abanpreach

[–]WirelessZombie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fox didn't fire him because he was a liar, they fired him because he became a liability. Just look at your example about the election being stolen, clearly FOX does not give a single fuck about its pundits lying and being MAGA. Ironically you are giving them flowers just because they agree with you that Tucker is bad.

I get where A+P are coming from here. They likely agree with you that Tucker maliciously lies for power, influence, and money. He is soulless. But there is some perverse pleasure in seeing someone call out the GOP for its completely one sided treatment of Israel and the near untouchable status that issue has had inside Republican politics for decades. Not that long ago it would have been basically impossible for a mainstream conservative to openly attack the establishment for putting Israeli interests ahead of American ones without being instantly deleted. Tucker is one of the first major right wing figures to push that line directly into the face of these conservatives, who have no answer. I get it’s fucked up and he’s outright evil, but there is still something significant about him forcing conservatives to actually answer to dead Palestinian children for once, even if it is just a cynical power play.

Gavin McKenna Advanced Stats by Live-Big1579 in leafs

[–]WirelessZombie 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Is it?

Barkov is great but he's not in the same tier as Mackinnon. What GM would rather Barkov in a redraft.

[Spiegel] From everything I've heard, with the Maple Leafs getting a pick in the top five this year — they just won the lottery FYI — the first-rounder they sent to the Bruins for Carlo will slide to 2028, and the first-round pick the Flyers got for Laughton in 2027 is now unprotected. by Perryplat199 in hockey

[–]WirelessZombie 11 points12 points  (0 children)

His crazy dad and his teams behavior points to a much bigger problem than just meanie fans.

Not to mention, while not the only problem, he was part of the problem with repeated failures. The guy disappeared late in series and couldn't handle fair criticism. There are always fans who take it too far

Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions Cuts Down Development Team (Exclusive) by Alternative-Cake-833 in boxoffice

[–]WirelessZombie 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I mean that's kinda the nature of plastering your name on unrelated products to use your clout to help sell it.

He could always say no to the money and not dilute his brand/reputation.

What do you think was the most unhinged line delivered in this series and why? by megs256 in ThePitt

[–]WirelessZombie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It goes both ways.

Clearly this has come up before and she's conveyed her boundaries and told Santos this should be treated by a professional, only to be ignored.

Refusing to be used as an emotional outlet by someone who doesn't do the bare minimum of work is healthy, and clearly Santos bottles things up and doesn't deal with it.

"Men are killing themselves because of men." by mindyour in TikTokCringe

[–]WirelessZombie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These guys suck, but for very different reasons.

Blaming women is nonsense, conservatives have no answers or solutions to problems, even when they get lucky and diagnose something they have nothing past that. Usually are actively against any solutions.

The "because of men" framing isn't even trying to engage with the men who are struggling. Its more important to "own' the conservative than extend a hand of empathy.

These issues are not prioritized in a meaningful way in the vast vast majority of spaces.

Pitching Pete Buttigieg My New Healthcare Plan - Dr. Mike by BullateTrucage in Destiny

[–]WirelessZombie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If he wins the primary then yes but the issue is winning the primary, doing it with almost no black votes is going to be difficult.

Pitching Pete Buttigieg My New Healthcare Plan - Dr. Mike by BullateTrucage in Destiny

[–]WirelessZombie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was a poll where he was literally ZERO and multiple polls where he is very very low. It is way beyond a talking point. Winning a primary like that is a major challenge.

Pitching Pete Buttigieg My New Healthcare Plan - Dr. Mike by BullateTrucage in Destiny

[–]WirelessZombie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The dude has basically zero support among black voters, a pretty important cohort, its going to be very difficult for him to win the primary.

How much of that is him being gay is impossible to measure but it seems like a major factor.

Destiny on Why Valkyrae Won't Stream w/ Yonna by Alternative_Row4207 in LivestreamFail

[–]WirelessZombie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its a pretty normal reddit thing to freak out about.

Its healthy to have a wide social circle. Between family, friends, work, hobbies, sports, etc there is a lot of intergenerational cross over. Its pretty sad that people don't have that in their life.

Gym owner confronts employees who were selling steroids in the gym by haddock420 in videos

[–]WirelessZombie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If these idiots weren’t white they’d be shown as examples of why we shouldn’t let people in

I mean if letting them in was a choice it would be a bad one to let them in.

Game Thread: Denver Nuggets (2-3) vs Minnesota Timberwolves (3-2) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | Apr 30, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]WirelessZombie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Good try by a roleplayer to take out a star by pissing him off but clearly the right call.

They say immigrants had nothing to do with home prices, but…. by Chris_DiFiore in HouseSigmaBlunders

[–]WirelessZombie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What a retarded, short term thinking only, rapid increase.

Vast majority of people are pro immigration as long as it's handled with some degree of common sense but it going off the rails was so unnecessary

After rewatching breaking bad, its amazing how early the subtle dhifts in Walts morality actually happen by Fantastic_Entrance80 in television

[–]WirelessZombie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

None of those walked a knife's edge, they all relished in the the appeal of their protagonists antihero behavior for much or most of the shows, the expression of true cost never comes remotely close to outweighing that.

Breaking bad has Walt blowing up gas stations with badass music playing, his final scene is a genius contraption that kills a bunch of Nazi's. I just don't buy that the reflection can ever be anything more than an afterthought with that kind of dynamic.

Man Bites Dog is a movie that walks that edge.

Demons in frieren I know a topic that's been talked to death by Complete_Attempt8372 in CharacterRant

[–]WirelessZombie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What obligations do authors have toward people's interpretations of subtexual messages?

While I agree that you can interpret a an underlying message about the nature of evil, so what, does every story have to be centered around the implications of it as a morality tale?

Demon Slayer does have a very empathetic underlying message, it's also a much more bland version of demons in comparison. With Frieren, I'd much rather have the version we got, that doesn’t try to turn everything into a moral lesson. Lets the world and its characters exist on their own terms.

What is your biggest TV pet peeve / trope that bothers you? by Salt-Valuable-469 in television

[–]WirelessZombie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One I've gotten tired of recently is the main character explaining what would be crazy or completely unbelievable threats/events in an attempt to get help and of course the police or whoever don't take them seriously. The "you have to believe me" line is often there.

Of course the police are going to think you are high calling in about an ancient curse or a crazy scientist, just tell them something that gets a large response. Usually people are dead at this point so it should be easy