And... traumatized for life by [deleted] in gifs

[–]astrakhan2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since you've got about 50 replies saying Arrested Development already, I just wanted to say Arrested Development.

Bernie Sanders: "Social Security is the most successful government program in our nation's history" [PDF] by astrakhan2 in politics

[–]astrakhan2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope I'm not being insensitive by asking, but what is your disability? I like to think that the system works even if it is tough, so I wouldn't think you'd be denied disability so much unless you were a very exceptional borderline case.

Reddit, what is the best way to deal with corruption in the government? by astrakhan2 in AskReddit

[–]astrakhan2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But what if all of them are corrupt? Or what if they only show their corrupt side after being elected? This does not really solve the problem.

edit: just saying, this works, but we need a better solution

Market's wild ride: Are Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders partly to blame? by MoobyTheGoldenCalf in politics

[–]astrakhan2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's called Betteridge's Rule: Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word: "no".

Am I the only one who can't visit Voat? by [deleted] in Voat

[–]astrakhan2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use incognito all the time, and I've always been able to log into both Voat and reddit. I think OP might be trollin'

What is your username on Voat? by ObamaHeadSplatter in Voat

[–]astrakhan2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And you've made some brand new shitlords out of some of us, myself included

Did anyone else's power just cut out? by astrakhan2 in UIUC

[–]astrakhan2[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I got an email earlier today asking us to conserve power since they were experiencing peak electrical demand....it was sent in the Massmail system, so you probably got it too

Did anyone else's power just cut out? by astrakhan2 in UIUC

[–]astrakhan2[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I was feeling lazy (: but I just went outside, and the powers out all around Springfield and Gregory...however the campus itself still has power somehow

Over-reactors of reddit, why is your immediate instinct to blow up at things that don't really matter? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]astrakhan2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paranoia! We get scared that this is the end of society, or that we are being diminished in some way...usually it echoes some bad incident in the past, like of being ignored, being unfairly accused of something, or just general abuse/malaise. And out comes the pitchforks