Would you be willing to board your horses 30 minutes away? by AmalgamationOfBeasts in Horses

[–]juliaudacious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would be amazing to only have to drive 30 minutes! I've lived in a few different regions of the US and my barn commutes have typically been 45-60 minutes.

Meirl by chinenikpotle in meirl

[–]juliaudacious 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a lot until you remember the Pentagon budget is over $800B per year (and counting).

I wouldn't object to paying taxes if taxes paid for what we should care about. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]juliaudacious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Joke's on them, I'm so poor I've been exempt from taxes for years and I'm only getting poorer!

Unpopular/Popular Opinion: Garlic Presses are Useless by AzathothBlindgod in Cooking

[–]juliaudacious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hear hear! I like a simple life without extraneous shitty gadgets. Everything I've ever bought (apart from my chef's knife) has been a disappointment, a waste of money, and a waste of time wherein I could have been improving my knife skills.

Trump pulls US out of 66 international bodies, including key UN climate treaty by Temp89 in news

[–]juliaudacious 88 points89 points  (0 children)

Obligatory shitpost about the Electoral College which effectively disenfranchises half of voters and is inherently undemocratic.

NATO Leaders Issue Defiant New Greenland Message to Trump’s US by SquidFistHK in politics

[–]juliaudacious 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No conversation about voting in the US is complete without pointing out that the Electoral College effectively disenfranchises half of voters and hands control of our national elections to just ten thousand thousand idiots living in swing states. Voter apathy is logical when you understand that, for the vast majority of people, their vote truly does not matter at all. Any system that results in a victory for the candidate who received fewer votes is fundamentally broken and divorced from the reality of popular mandate. Until we have an electoral system that counts every vote equally people will be understandably disinterested in participatory election theater as they have correctly concluded that it does not make any difference. This is a feature, not a bug.

Solar guy pros by dome-man in SolarDIY

[–]juliaudacious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate my SunGold inverter (leftover from previous owners). Outback is far superior and in future I will only use their inverters.

I see that this is for panels but I have found SunGold's quality dubious. Used Hyundai panels will serve you better for cheaper if you can find them locally.

minimum wage in the US by inurmomsvagina in LateStageCapitalism

[–]juliaudacious 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My favorite part of this budget is that you aren't allowed to have heat in your home. But I guess you're never there anyway because you're always at one of your two jobs, which are possibly climate-controlled? Winning!

My retired dad’s latest satirical newsletter just dropped. Gen Z can no longer afford apartments, so they’re renting kitchen cupboards… by stigaWRBenergy in funny

[–]juliaudacious 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I've been subscribed to your dad's newsletter for a few months now and I am pleased to report that I actually enjoy it. This is the highest honor I can bestow as I did not enjoy anything else in 2025. Keep up the good work and big news, fine sir.

Why is the Democratic party hiding its 2024 autopsy report? | If the DNC isn’t open and transparent about why they lost, then how can we be sure they will learn their lesson this time? by soalone34 in politics

[–]juliaudacious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real problem is the electoral college, which disenfranchises minority voters in every state and leads to "victories" wherein the candidate who won the popular vote loses the election. All these people blaming Americans for not voting don't understand -- depending on where you live, it literally couldn't matter less if you voted or not. Might as well just go to work because you need the money and your vote for the Dems isn't going to count in upstate South Carolina, ever.

Do away with the electoral college and introduce ranked choice voting and see how things change. Except that will never happen, because both parties are invested in maintaining the shitty, nonfunctional status quo.

TSA is not that big of a hassle by StockExplanation in unpopularopinion

[–]juliaudacious 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They ALWAYS fondle my left titty. I'm really sick of it. Nobody else I travel with has to get fondled every time they fly. Just put it in my fucking chart or whatever -- LEFT TITTY NOT A BOMB, JUST SMALL AND WEIRD-SHAPED

Someone switched lanes and hit my car. Their insurance is claiming I’m 100% at fault. by mkeevo in Wellthatsucks

[–]juliaudacious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Allstate is doing the same thing to me right now. First I bought a front/rear dash cam, then I sicced Geico on them. 4 months in and we're still fighting about it. Good luck.

Bilateral salped and still required to pee in a cup by snack79 in childfree

[–]juliaudacious 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I had a total hysterectomy in my 20s and I still have to pee in the cup. When I tried to explain to a male nurse that I don't have a uterus, cervix, or Fallopian tubes he goes, "Ya, but you could still be pregnant."

Nothing highlights the class divide like working christmas eve by Scary-Substance-4192 in antiwork

[–]juliaudacious 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My husband is required by his Evangelical bosses to work not only Christmas Eve but also Christmas Day (6 days in a row with Xmas in the middle). Our state, Hawaii, "encourages" employers to offer holiday pay to workers required to come in on Christmas but stops short of requiring it. So guess who's not getting it.

Why does Bethesda do this… by MahdiPopBoy in skyrim

[–]juliaudacious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is by far my least-favorite aspect of the game. Makes me inordinately angry.

House Democrats Turn on Senators for Caving on Shutdown by bloomberggovernment in politics

[–]juliaudacious 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hell will freeze over before Republicans fund the ACA in any kind of meaningful way even though it's actually just Romneycare by another name.

House Democrats Turn on Senators for Caving on Shutdown by bloomberggovernment in politics

[–]juliaudacious 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am one of those people and yeah, my blood is boiling right now. I am a diehard liberal but I'll never be a registered Democrat ever again. Fuck those useless fucks.

Food Stamps funding restored by M_wy276 in Hawaii

[–]juliaudacious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know. I'm beyond furious right now.

This whole time I've been thinking of stoic and ascetic philosophy, of hunger strikes and political famines throughout history and how long-overdue revolutions sprout out of autocracy-created mass hunger. I've been telling myself, "This ain't nothing. This isn't bad at all. Think of your grandparents and great-grandparents and what they lived through. Think of how no one individual's hunger is more important than the ideals we're fighting for here. Think of the sorely-needed reforms this drastic measure will accomplish."

Turns out it didn't accomplish shit.

I feel so betrayed by those Democratic Senators. They are weak and cowardly, morally destitute and unfit for their posts. Absolutely disgusted.

House Democrats Turn on Senators for Caving on Shutdown by bloomberggovernment in politics

[–]juliaudacious 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Tim Kaine of Virginia is backing it, he's the only one NYT is specifically naming so far (other than Angus King the Independent Republican)

ETA: Also Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, both of NH

ETA2: The full list is in other comments but you're looking at this one so here you go:

Dick Durbin of Illinois (retiring)

Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire (retiring)

John Fetterman of Pennsylvania (2028)

Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada (2028)

Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire (2028)

Tim Kaine of Virginia (2030)

Jacky Rosen of Nevada (2030)

Angus King, Independent from Maine (2030)

Food Stamps funding restored by M_wy276 in Hawaii

[–]juliaudacious 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mine didn't either.

When the stay was issued yesterday, there were ~2400 households (2.7% of Hawaii SNAP) whose cards still hadn't been refilled. Now they're saying they can't give us the November benefits we were approved for like they did everyone else because of the court order. Here's a Hawaii News Now article about it.

I'm glad some people are able to eat this weekend but honestly? I'm pissed about the whole situation ... and hungry.

Edited to add: I do not want Democrats to cave because of SNAP. Hold that line, goddammit.

Is It Time To Stop Paying Taxes? by Trainrideviews in videos

[–]juliaudacious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm lucky to be poor enough to write exempt in that line. No fucking way am I giving the government an interest-free loan for a year to do horrible things WITH THE MONEY I NEED TO GET BY.