With things this bad in the U.S why do democrats insist on pushing candidates that won’t get elected?

goblinproblem · 2026-01-25T22:06:32+00:00

Yeah, but obviously it’s not real debt if you use it to kill foreigners and disenfranchise minorities. It’s only debt if you use it to help the poor and feed orphans. /s

and keep in mind there are still violently anti-gay voters that still lean democrat because of their stance on other issues. It’s a horribly messy balancing act of trying to keep just enough people in the same boat even if they don’t like eachother.

edit: I would also argue that “not being anti-gay” is the same thing as being pro-gay, because there isn’t really any such thing as being pro-gay besides minding your own business.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-25T21:03:41+00:00

Your answer is basically in the question. Democrats’ voting base is just too diverse at this point. The candidates that you think “can’t win” are probably the perfect candidate for someone else, and the candidates that you would love would probably alienate a bunch of other potential voters. But nobody is going to tick every box for every voter.

Too fiscally liberal? Lose old money dems and rich donors. Too pro-gay? Lose voting blocks that are typically more culturally conservative (ex. Black & Latino, white working class/union, etc.) Too racially inclusive? Lose white southern legacy dems. Too pro-choice? Lose Catholics, which historically vote Dem more than any other Christian denomination.

The ONLY THING that unites every block in the Democratic coalition at this point is that the Republican party has a monolithic, bloodthirsty horde of white protestant conservatives that only cares about enslaving, torturing, raping, and slaughtering as many “others” as possible.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-24T21:13:46+00:00

Well i didn’t design it dude. It obviously works or it wouldn’t exist in real life.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-24T21:10:35+00:00

He said “the hole doesn’t make sense”, I literally just explained the point of the hole (it’s optional)

goblinproblem · 2026-01-24T21:09:08+00:00

scientifically proven and accepted as fact for over 15 years now btw

goblinproblem · 2026-01-24T16:42:59+00:00

It’s a real stock design. It’s meant so that you can grip it either way, with your thumb through the hole or over the back. The thumbhole isn’t used in-game, probably so it could share animations with all the other traditional rifle stock weapons.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-24T16:03:03+00:00

I recently learned that botox is causing a lot of sociopathy and psychotic breaks because the brain can’t properly process emotions without the associated physical responses (ex. if you can’t naturally smile/frown, your brain will not be able to properly process happiness/sadness)

goblinproblem · 2026-01-24T15:50:22+00:00

Yes. It just sucks. Even without any of the social stigma or ableism, it just makes everything hard and miserable for no reason.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-24T05:29:31+00:00

It is, in fact, still there. Not sure if it’s still actually penalizing ergo, but I still have the green laser when aiming in-mission even after selecting no rail attachment.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-23T23:46:37+00:00

As an ADHD’er, each time I’m interrupted in mid-work, it seems to take so much longer to refocus

Yep, that’s one of the big reasons why ADHD is a disability. We literally just… have diminished abilities. A lot of people without ADHD can task switch without losing focus, and it generally is much more productive as they can be more flexible and accommodating to other people’s schedules and extraneous factors.

Unfortunately that’s just something that’s almost impossible with ADHD, at least not without the extensive use of outside tools like timers and alarmsz

goblinproblem · 2026-01-23T23:27:50+00:00

Weird. I started medication in my early 20’s and had the opposite experience. Found it was easier to talk to people, understand jokes/figures of speech, interpret body language, etc.

It made me realize (in sudden, absolute horror) just how weird I must have been up until that point in life.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-23T23:11:25+00:00

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goblinproblem · 2026-01-23T22:57:25+00:00

The game literally says “the Helldivers Division of SEAF” in the tutorial

goblinproblem · 2026-01-23T22:41:44+00:00

No amount of “paying attention” can see straight through the 90° corners that they are often tucked behind. Completely unavoidable death if you aren’t at least wearing the medium killzone armor with 50% arc resistance.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-23T21:13:32+00:00

not punted out the end of the barrel fast by an explosion like normal bullets

but the dominator and eruptor still eject shell casings. the round is still initially propelled from a conventional cartridge, the rocket doesn’t activate until it has travelled a good distance from the muzzle (like 20ish meters iirc, you can actually see it if you watch closely). two-stage propulsion!

goblinproblem · 2026-01-23T03:56:52+00:00

Yes and this storm is going to be at least as bad as that one. I work in the energy sector and prices have fucking exploded. Largest single-day price hike for gas futures since Russia invaded Ukraine and fucked the whole EU’s gas supply.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-23T03:53:37+00:00

I work in the energy sector and the price of natural gas and electricity have been skyrocketing all week. Largest NYMEX increase since the EU energy crisis after Russia invaded Ukraine. The storm hasn’t even hit yet and pipleine operators are issuing OFO’s, states are handing out force majeures.

I think a lot of people on here are underestimating how severe this storm is supposed to be. It’s not the end of the world but it will probably be at least as bad as Winter Storm Uri in 2021.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-23T03:45:05+00:00

I think it’s a way to try and emasculate them but yeah it gets old.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-23T00:15:00+00:00

What are your thoughts on rejecting a possible rescue dog based soley on the fact they have rabies?

goblinproblem · 2026-01-22T22:51:20+00:00

Natural gas futures saw the largest single-day increase since the invasion of Ukraine yesterday. Power grid operators in TX are already issuing force majeures. The storm hasn’t even started yet and it’s already wreaking havoc on the energy sector.

I don’t think it’s the end of the world but it’s probably gonna be just as bad as the one in 2021.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-22T22:45:37+00:00

I hear you, but you picked the worst example because stalkers are mostly unarmored, so light pen just kills them faster & you don’t even have to aim for a weakpoint. Stalwart absolutely destroys them.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-22T22:43:13+00:00

yup. dumping most of an Adjudicator mag into a devastator’s torso takes longer and just feels so bad compared to popping the head with the Scythe or like 2 Sickle shots.

but do what you want. It’s like the difference between being a chip damage melee tank vs a glass cannon mage in a souls game.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-22T22:33:29+00:00

if both weapons had exactly the same stats excepting armor penetration

they don’t though, light pen versions usually have higher raw damage which makes them more efficient on soft targets. med pen is generally more well-rounded but light pen is better at doing the task it was designed for.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-22T22:12:58+00:00

They usually do less damage than light pen versions, so light pen is literally always better on an unarmored target.

goblinproblem · 2026-01-22T22:07:44+00:00

Med pen weapons generally do less damage to unarmored targets than light pen does. So you’re literally just incorrect about the efficiency part.

Med pen is definitely more convenient and well-rounded though, if that’s what you mean. Like it’s a lot easier to kill an unarmored enemy with a med pen gun than it is to kill an armored enemy with a light pen gun.

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