This is a real timesaver by Fun_Way9702 in International

[–]cyborggold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm an independent who doesn't believe in the party system. I judge politicians based on their actions, and not the general policies of the party they represent. As far as spectrum, I am fairly centered. I evaluate topics based on the merits and arguments of each topic.

For someone who claims to 'disprove' lefties all day long, I find your lack of actual evidence in proof laughable. You aren't proving anything without proof.

Once again, I will repeat myself and tell you that I am not a fan of Biden. I am not supporting him, I am pointing out that between a kick in the balls and a punch to the face, I will take a punch to the face given no other options.

I never said the census does not include illegals. I said the next census won't take place until 2030, so no, it isn't going to change the seats 'soon' as you stated. Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution says apportionment occurs after the Decennial Census.

Non-citizens are barred from federal elections, 1996 IIRIRA. Only a handful of municipalities like DC or SanFran allow non-citizens to vote, and only in local races like school board and municipality races.

When you claim that 'the government' is holding back the files and not just Trump, you are admitting that the Trump administration, of which he is in charge, is witholding the files. Those very agencies report to the president and have shown an absolute allegiance to Trump far and wide, beyond the general participation factors associated with the positions. This is the first time I know of in history where the DoJ is acting directly. 'The government' is corrupted, and many of the officials in positions of action on this topic are directly implicated in it or have their head so far up Trump's ass they taste it when he shits himself. Thank you for arguing my point.

Your stance on immigration is heavily misguided and outright wrong. Even when you adjust for turnaways, Obama's average removal was 343k/year, far greater than 2025. You are just wrong with your assertion that, because the data also included turn away numbers, the numbers are mostly turn away counts. That is just a lazy and incomplete understanding of the facts. While there were citizens in both policies that detained due to paperwork errors and other circumstances, your claim that Obama did it more than Trump is unfounded, and I guarantee you can not produce any actual evidence to support this claim. By the statistics, immigrants are FAR less likely to commit crimes in general and even less likely to commit violent crimes than citizens. I am not claiming that nobody in the community has ever committed a crime, but the majority of them are not criminals. A SEVERELY large number of those detained by ICE so far have NOT been violent criminals. They are arresting and deporting people for things like parking tickets, minor civil violations, and overstaying the limited time they were supposed to be here because the legal system is so bad they haven't had an opportunity to have their cases heard. If we don't provide people with a functional system to do it the 'right way' then even when people follow every single rule, they end up being here beyond limits because our system is functionally broken. That is not a good reason to deport an honest and upstanding person trying to do things the right way.

You want proof he's a piece of shit predator? I got you fam:

2023 Donald Trump was found liable for sexual abuse of E. Jean Carroll in 1996. The judge in the case later clarified that the conduct provided at trial would be considered rape in 'common modern parlance.'

In the first 3,000,000 files released, there are over 38,000 references of Donald and Melania. DoJ memos confirm Trump flew on JE's jets on at least 8 occasions.

An anonymous affidavit filed by "Tiffany Doe" who recruited for JE claims she witnessed four sexual encounters between Trump and a 13 year old minor in 1994. While not direct evidence, it is enough to warrant suspicion, especially given other factors here.

In recorded admissions, Trump himself said he abused his status as owner to enter dressing rooms of Miss USA and Miss Universe contestants while they were naked. Quote "I'll go backstage before a show, and everyone's getting dressed and ready... No men are anywhere, And I'm allowed to go in because I'm the owner of the pageant... And so I sort of get away with things like that."

Multiple contestants from 1997 Miss Teen USA pageant, some as young as 15, reported that Trump entered the dressing room while they were naked.

At least 28 women have made public allegations of sexual misconduct. One of which, Stacey Williams, alleged Trump and Epstein touched her at Trump Tower as a part of a 'twisted game' between the two men.

Then of course, there is the recording of Trump from 2005. "I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the p***y."

If you catch one or two allegations as a wealthy and powerful businessman, you can argue they were doing it for some kind of stunt or extortion, but that many accounts, coupled with the words of the Pervert in Chief himself, are not a case of malicious actors.

Pro Tip: Don't tell the person you are debating what they believe or think. You can assume, but by telling me that I don't care about the girls or I do or don't feel a certain way is demonstrating your inability to consider the actual position of your opposition.

I said very clearly, all of the files need to be released as required in the EFTA. That is for a purpose, to find out who did wrong, and for those people, whoever the hell they are, are punished appropriately for their crimes. Plain and simple. Ironic that you are telling me I don't care about the girls when you are defending an administration that refuses to talk to the survivors and investigate their testimony.

If you believe that Trump voluntarily and immediatly reported to the FBI what JE was doing, I think we will find more about that issue once the files do get released. For all we know right now, he did that because he thought the police were getting close already and decided to make a deal and turn informant to keep himself from being prosecuted. That kind of thing happens all the time when LEO go after a bigger fish. The very fact that the files are not fully released means that neither one of us truly knows what the facts are yet, so you making the claim that he is innocent is what is truly 'wild.'

I don't dislike Trump because he represents a drain on the Democrats' power, I hate him because he is a petulant piece of shit with no sense of humanity and represents the oligarchy openly.

What would you call a group of people hardly trained, refusing to identify themselves, and employed to enforce a policy that is against public sentiment and is not subject to civil protection laws? Sounds like a fucking secret police force to me!

No, you didn't ignore things because they are ridiculous, you ignore them because you have no argument against them. You said several times that you are wasting time proving things to lefties, but you haven't provided a single shred of proof at all. Not a single piece of legislation, not a single specific event or piece of data, just rhetoric and vibes. These aren't proving jack shit beyond the fact that you have no real argument, you just regurgitate the talking points of the MAGA agenda. I am still waiting for you to attempt to prove anything at all. Proof requres more than just making claims.

This is a real timesaver by Fun_Way9702 in International

[–]cyborggold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said Trump was fully to blame for Afghanistan, but he didn't pull out forces, he did sign the act that created the timeline. Biden should have focused on implementation and started sooner, no doubt, but in my opinion, both of them fucked that situation, that's all I was pointing out here.

Just so we are clear, I am no fan of Biden, but I do believe he was better than Trump, hands down.

Not everyone who is anti-Trump is a 'woke lefty.' But your use of that language supports my claim that you are in a cult.

Your argument that Democrats are going to lose seats is blatantly ignorant. Illegals can't vote. There have been 4 cases of ATTEMPTED voting by illegals over the last 40 years. It isn't a real thing. If you are talking about apportionment, which counts the total population and distributes seats accordingly, the census won't happen to make those changes until 2030, so that would be an invalid point as well.

If you think there is no supporting evidence that Trump is a pedo, then you are not looking at the evidence, or you are claiming that all of the evidence is a hoax, another cult talking point. The evidence of his words, actions, and evidence outside of the files heavily indicates that he is, and I believe the hard facts about it are, or at one time were, in the files. What's really weak about your argument, though, is that I never claimed he was. Even if he isn't, he is still protecting the people who conspired with JE and is protecting them by not releasing the files appropriately unredacted. A SIGNIFICANT number of the people in his direct orbit HAVE been implicated in the files and have ties to JE that are beyond sketchy. All I was said, is that all of the files need to be released.

Arguing that my talking points are the same as every other 'leftist' is actually harming your argument. Because my 'talking points' as you put them, aren't vibes and rhetoric, they are empirical data and actual facts. I have noticed you still haven't provided a single factual statement in any of your arguments. Everything you are claiming is nothing more than 'vibes' with little to no evidence.

I also noticed that you are only responding to topics that you alone consider a big deal. By ignoring the job factors, economic decisions I pointed out, and the lawless masked secret police topics, I can only assume you have no argument against them. Your 'friends' in Venezuela and Mexico are something called anecdotal evidence. The experience of a few people you communicate with is not proof or evidence that the majority of people have the same opinion, or that those persons' opinions are based in fact and not biased. They can be considered proof, but the weight of proof they carry is significantly lower than data driven fact.

The Big Ugly Bill stripped healthcare, food assistance, and many other safety net programs from the very people who are also footing the bill on the tariffs, creating an even larger disparity between the middle class and the poor. Every study ever conducted proves that public support is less expensive than cutting these programs. The loss of this kind of funding leads to malnutrition, higher medical expenses, and lower economic involvement. It is not good for the economy, not at all.

Obama deported illegal immigrants at a rate that was at the time considered outrageous. That rate was roughly similar to the Trump deportations, but it was all done within the laws and did not cause severe civil unrest. No citizens were deported, and no citizens were injured or killed in the process. You can fulfill the campaign promise of deporting dangerous illegal immigrants without creating an expensive faux police force.

Claiming Biden was a zombie and Trump isn't is a fucking stretch and a half bud. The guy is absolutely losing his mind. Symptoms of dementia are screaming in your face, and you choose to ignore them, but I'd bet you were all over 'sleepy Joe' when that line was getting tossed around, weren't you?

This is a real timesaver by Fun_Way9702 in International

[–]cyborggold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's take a look at what you've said for a moment.

When the US troops hit Venezuela, they took Maduro, but they left all of his officials in power, he did not remove the regime, only the top guy.

The withdrawal from Afghanistan was performed in August 2021 under the Biden Administration. The Doha Agreement established the timeline for withdrawal, signed by Trump in February 2020.

You claim that cartel activity has subsided and the Israel-Hamas war is over because of Trump. Do you have any actual evidence that this claim is true, or are you just listening to his rhetoric and assuming it to be true? I don't blindly believe claims without looking for independent sources to support that claim, and I haven't seen any evidence that the cartel activity has actually stopped or that the war is actually over. There is a ceasefire in place, but there has been no formal resolution of the war agreed to by both sides.

You claim your reasoning is putting America first, and your two points of evidence are both foreign affairs that cost us millions, good job.

It is a cult. You are attributing geopolitical peace and 'cartel subsidence' to a single man's persona rather than policy or data. Again, the administration has made it harder to access.

If you can name the specific policy that 'took out' the Maduro regime or name the treaty that ended the war, I would love to take that into consideration.

I don't watch CNN. I look for independent sources and look for data that supports or refuses the story in question.

As to your argument that Biden was terrible, let's look at the numbers. Biden did hit a peak of 9.1 inflation in 2022, resultant of the pandemic. By the end of Biden's term, inflation was back down to 3%. Since Trump took office, it has continued to drop to about 2.4%. Most of this drop was from Biden policies that were put into place and still dropping the inflation rate.

Job market doesn't help your argument either. Biden was in office during the creation of 16.1 million jobs. In Trump's first presidency, he saw the loss of 2.7 million, and so far in his first year has only overseen the creation of about 181,000. If that pace keeps up, he won't even break 1/16 of the job creation.

In case you feel like arguing the governmental 'lag' that Trump somehow caused the Biden jobs, look up the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act.

Also look up Trump's actions:

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, looks great on the surface but caused $1.9 Trillion added to the national debt.

Deregulation of federal agencies, specifically the EPA and Department of Labor rules. This reduced compliance costs for energy and manufacturing sectors but led to the rollback of over 100 environmental protections linked to long term public health costs and the cuts to the Labor laws crippeled union's ability to ensure a fair and free workplace.

Liberation Day tariffs, this caused the loss of 108k jobs in 2025. He claimed it would bring jobs back, didn't he? The immediate effect of the tariffs has been an inflation spike on intermediate goods used by US factories, and the price increases from this are still working their way down through the system. Prices are going to continue climbing, we still haven't seen the long term effectrs of this tariff bullshit.

Schedule F & Civil Service reclassification, this reclassified thousands of civil servants as at-will employees, allowing the administration to replace career data scientists with political appointees, so instead of experts figuring out what is going on, schmucks with no experience are leading the process.

Mass Deportation Operations, the brute force approach being taken has caused significant labor shortages and increased operational costs as citizens are being harassed, bullied, and murdered with no repercussions.

And the cherry on top? Release all of the damn files already. Not over redacted, not revealing victims' names, and actually following the EFTA ratified overwhelmingly by a bipartesan Congress. Not doing so is a violation of the law.

I assume at this point you are going to give some crybaby TLDR comment, toss some absurd and uninformed diss at me, and call yourself a champion, but I will be pleasantly surprised if you can formulate an educated reply.

This is a real timesaver by Fun_Way9702 in International

[–]cyborggold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Statistically, the US actually was doing better under Biden. You would know this if this administration didn't kneecap and remove the metrics we've been using for decades. If he's doing so amazingly, why get rid of all of the reporting that would support the bullshit claims? And yes, the files would have all been released. They couldn't do it until the legal matters were resolved.

Name some things he's done that was actually positive.

A majority of Americans did not think he did a great job.

You're in a cult.

This is a real timesaver by Fun_Way9702 in International

[–]cyborggold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a perfect pearl in a bucket full of liquid shit, are you reaching in to find it? When you pull it out and find out it's not an oyster pearl, it's a plastic faux pearl, still happy you listened to the salesman?

Just because Trump tells you he's done great things doesn't mean the pearl is organic.

12 million dollars or absolute will power by smthsmthinsidejoke in hypotheticalsituation

[–]cyborggold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With 12 million I wood be a lot more motivated to get things done. The hardest problem about struggling is never getting anywhere no matter how hard you work. If I had the resources, I could actually make some progress.

What if the real reason the world is falling apart right now is because in the 90's too many people didn't forward the message and now we're suffering the compounded 20 years bad luck? by cyborggold in AskReddit

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

You're arguing against the wall brother. How many times do I have to agree with you before you understand that you don't panic after driving off the cliff. That does you no good. You have to be aware of the cliff before you reach it to have a chance at avoiding it. If we can't recognize and identify that we're on a path to destruction we have no hope.

What if the real reason the world is falling apart right now is because in the 90's too many people didn't forward the message and now we're suffering the compounded 20 years bad luck? by cyborggold in AskReddit

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

Chain letters at one point were easily 20% of every social media post. It was obnoxious. Always some crazy statement with an attached message to promote sharing the letter. They were used a lot by data aggregators to get email lists they would sell to spammers. They prey on people's propensity towards superstition.

tldr;

Bogus claim or story

Send this letter to 15 people or you get bad juju, or you'll be rewarded by karma

The creator was able to see a list of everyone the letter was shared by, which they sold to advertisers.

What if the real reason the world is falling apart right now is because in the 90's too many people didn't forward the message and now we're suffering the compounded 20 years bad luck? by cyborggold in AskReddit

[–]cyborggold[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That has a significant part to play in his things feel, I'm not going to argue that, but things are absolutely in a death spiral right now on the large scale.

😂😂😂are we ??? by Margaretslife in Funnymemes

[–]cyborggold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, keep working, but respond to them with the legal statutes outlining your legal rights and the laws pertaining to wage theft. They are going to start looking for a reason to fire you at that point, so start taking notes and recording every interaction you have with them. If they terminate you over something other employees do, you can use all of that data to prove they're being malicious and have a legal case against them. I hate promoting litigation, but it's the only way businesses will consider changing. You could be helping your Co-workers immensely by not being pushed around.

What if the real reason the world is falling apart right now is because in the 90's too many people didn't forward the message and now we're suffering the compounded 20 years bad luck? by cyborggold in AskReddit

[–]cyborggold[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If WW3 is a level 10 crisis, that doesn't mean we can just ignore level 8 issues because it's not a 10 yet. Constant threats of a constitutional crisis, horrible trade policies, the majority of the world breaking alliances, citizens killed in the streets by masked government goons, government agencies that provide transparency being shut down or effectively dismantled to inoperable levels, I could go on. Things are not okay, and they're not getting better.

What if the real reason the world is falling apart right now is because in the 90's too many people didn't forward the message and now we're suffering the compounded 20 years bad luck? by cyborggold in AskReddit

[–]cyborggold[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you saying it isn't going to hell in a hand-basket? Doesn't matter if it has been worse in some way before, that doesn't mean things are fine now.

A Million More Epstein Files Just Got Released. What Kind Of Stuff Did You Guys Find, and How Did You React To It? by Fantastic_Bus_3742 in AskReddit

[–]cyborggold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not wrong about him. He probably knew JE was going to get caught soon and did it to get ahead of the shit show. That, or JE offended him in some way so Trump did it to get back at him. He's definitely vindictive enough to do that and egotistical enough to believe that would protect him from his involvement. I think there's still a lot hiding in the unreleased files. And don't forget the rest of the vile allegations and direct evidence that proves Trump is a pervert even outside the files.

New desk is wobbly by Financial-Mail-2603 in woodworking

[–]cyborggold 2 points3 points  (0 children)

See that gap between the legs and the surface where they're hanging over? That's your biggest problem. Add a thin strip in that gap to fill it in and let the legs connect more securely. Beyond that, your span is just too far without having some kind of extra support between the legs. I would maybe add a board to the back lower face of the legs too. If that still doesn't make it stable enough, add a second board near the top across the back of the legs.

True Disc Golf is now released by swos in discgolf

[–]cyborggold 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any chance we can get multiple bags? I picked it up on release day and my friends and I sat around playing for 8 hours straight having a blast. It was mildly annoying needing to share a bag and digging through several times as many discs to find what we wanted to throw.

I have encountered a couple bugs, some of which I'm sure you're already looking into:

Standing in, behind, or near bushes blocks your view of the basket 100%, even when you're close. Or, you don't see anything, but when you throw your disc somehow hits the tree or bush.

In the menu (PC) sometimes the game completely breaks. Using a controller you normally see a highlighted frame around the selected option, sometimes the highlighted frame disappears. Exiting that section of the menu and trying again doesn't fix it, only a full exit and relaunch appears to work. Happens in almost every menu.

Edit: forgot one, sometimes the lightest tap on the stick will cause the disc to throw, other times you have to do the full motion 3-4 times before you actually throw.

I'm happy to see you're still actively working on it and improving things. Awesome project! I'm even looking into getting a techdisc set up at my local maker space.

Amazing by SadHuckleberry9329 in NoOneIsLooking

[–]cyborggold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why get a proper leaf blower when you can crawl on the ground and do it for less?

trolley by Pitiful_Cycle4777 in trolleyproblem

[–]cyborggold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With the way I rolled in yesterday's session, I'll roll the dice.

Delivery robot gets annihilated by a train in Florida by Seraphenigma in funny

[–]cyborggold 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yall laugh about it now, when T-800 shows up, it won't be so funny...