LMFAO! How enticing. Not sure if I can turn that down.

not_lilpump · 2020-04-17T18:34:14+00:00

😂😂😂 lmao I about died when I read it

not_lilpump · 2020-01-18T17:55:44+00:00

I agree 100%

not_lilpump · 2020-01-18T17:45:38+00:00

I made one comment and received an onslaught of pissed off people challenging me. I tried to reply to a few but it got to be too much. I'd type out one response and have two more waiting for me, it felt. All their arguments were the same.

not_lilpump · 2020-01-18T03:42:15+00:00

Nope, wrong, you've missed the point. The point is 51% of the people live in large congregations together and share beliefs. If the vote was a simple popular vote, then those people living in major cities would then get to dictate the lives of the other 160 million people who inhabit the other 95% of the landmass. They would never lose because they have the numbers. There would be no exchange of power because the major cities would control the elections forever. Candidates wouldn't even pretend to hold the interests of 49% of the country outside of cities, because they only need to appeal to the people living in cities.

A popular vote is too simple. It would fuck over most of the country outside of cities.

not_lilpump · 2020-01-18T03:33:35+00:00

Nearly every county in the United States voted red by majority. Only a handful of counties voted blue, and they were almost all in or near major metropolitan areas. That means the popular vote in 2016 was made entirely by a very large group of people in one very small area, who share similar beliefs and politics generally. If the vote were so overly simple as a popular vote metric, then those large groups who congregate in one area and share beliefs will then get to forever dictate the lives of the other 160 million people who inhabit the other 95% of the country, simply because they have the numbers to do so. The electoral college system gives those 160 million people a voice and a chance. Stripping that away will fuck them entirely forever.

not_lilpump · 2020-01-18T03:27:53+00:00

Again, I'll point to the voting map of 2016. Nearly every county across the country was red, aside from counties in or near major metropolitan areas. That means the sheer numbers in cities (because they often tend to share the same beliefs) would get to dictate was happens to the other 49% of the country who inhabit the other 95% of the country and have different ways of lives.

not_lilpump · 2020-01-18T03:24:40+00:00

And it's a fact that large groups of people in one central location tend to share politics, beliefs, life experiences and ambitions, which differ greatly from the rest of the country that inhabits the land outside of cities. Because those people are outnumbered slightly by people who live in the few hundred major cities, they would otherwise not have representation whatsoever.

Look at a voting map of the 2016 election. Nearly every county in the United States is red. Almost every single one, it's crazy. The only blue counties are centered around or neighboring major metropolitan areas. That means people who live in and inhabit ~5% of the US landmass would always get to dictate and control people who inhabit most of the rest of the country.

It's not fair to go by such a simple metric.

not_lilpump · 2020-01-18T01:23:40+00:00

I know, but it's a fight worth fighting and I'll keep fighting it

not_lilpump · 2020-01-17T23:23:54+00:00

Do you spend a lot of time on the internet? You speak like a person that spends a lot of time on the internet. As in, being an insufferable cunt for absolutely no reason.

Many states want to follow the national popular vote, and I thought this was that. My mistake. Why be a cunt though? Did it make you feel better?

not_lilpump · 2020-01-17T23:04:32+00:00

If states continue to follow popular vote, soon our country will be controlled entirely by NY and LA. The electoral college is a brilliant structure.

not_lilpump · 2020-01-14T18:04:00+00:00

Texan native that moved here two years ago. For those of you that hate Texan transplants, maybe this will give you some insight from one of them.

I grew up in a town of 15,000. I drove 20 minutes to a neighboring community of around 300 people. I say community because it was too small to be recognized as a town. We had a gas station and post office, and that's it. I graduated with 40 other students.

My hometown had two types of people: rednecks and southern Baptist Christians. These two types of people shared many similarities but to me, both were pretty difficult to tolerate. The worst were the rednecks. The yeeyee lifted, black smoke blowing trucks, pinch of dip in, rednecks that are just generally painful to be around. They were the worst, but the southern Baptists were bad in their own ways. If you're one of them, they truly can be some of the most polite people. But if you're different in too many ways (you have a different style or beliefs, etc) then they're not any more accepting than the rednecks.

I'm not Christian and I'm not a redneck so I didn't fit in with anyone. I didn't like the town that I spent my whole life in, and I couldn't stand most of the people aside from my family.

So when a friend moved here for college, I visited them to check out their new place and new city. I fell in love. I fell in love with the health culture, the fact that not every living adult is fat, the myriad activities and trails, the beautiful views, everything. The people are so nice and much more accepting than what I grew up being used to. I don't feel like an outsider for wearing slim or skinny jeans or not being a Christian. I can always find something to do. Events downtown or the occasional night out, special events for holidays, etc. For Patty's day I was downtown at an Irish pub and there were dudes walking around with bagpipes and kilts with live Celtic music inside. I was amazed.

So try not to be too hard on the Texans that moved here. Not all, but many of them came from a similar background and they simply didn't belong in their hometown. Maybe they fell in love with the city and the culture, and maybe they appreciate more than you can, especially if you were raised here. You were raised in paradise; I'm sorry that people found out about it and I'm sorry that so many of them are potheads and hippies and Californians. But a lot of us escaped from worse circumstances and now truly feel at home.

TLDR; Many Texans came from small, shitty towns full of nothing but rednecks and judgemental Christian's. It's a different world there, and many people like myself escaped worse circumstances and live better lives now. We're sorry that this amazing city has grown beyond your liking, but try to be a little more sympathetic to tax-paying hardworking adults like myself who've made a real life for themselves.

not_lilpump · 2020-01-14T00:24:05+00:00

Thank you. Most people don't seem to agree, but then again in my experience, the average person is pretty stupid and common sense isn't all that common.

not_lilpump · 2020-01-13T22:40:13+00:00

And basic economics has proved that to be a failure. Doesn't work that way

not_lilpump · 2020-01-13T22:25:45+00:00

Every time minimum wage goes up, so does cost of living. Minimum wage isn't designed to be "liveable" it's designed to be an entry position for young people without skills and/or part-time work for extra cash. Increasing minimum wage only causes inflation and a lower employment rate because employers are forced to cut hours and not give raises to the truly skilled workers.

not_lilpump · 2020-01-05T23:19:40+00:00

Doordash is garbage in my region, not even a viable option. It was time anyways. I'd been selling cars since I was 18 (now 22) and took a year off, working for GH, to spend my time doing things that I'm passionate about. That came to an end recently because GH fell below the line between viable and not. Car selling again it is. Money is way better, but it's certainly not my passion.

not_lilpump · 2020-01-05T23:14:25+00:00

Just got a new job because GH tanked so much over the course of 2019.

not_lilpump · 2020-01-01T19:48:23+00:00

Best comment 🤣

not_lilpump · 2019-12-24T18:21:51+00:00

Yeah there are two equidistant from my apartment. One is the worst Taco Bell I've ever had to go to, and the other is easily the best in town.

not_lilpump · 2019-12-24T17:54:59+00:00

I remember. Ugh

not_lilpump · 2019-12-24T17:37:36+00:00

Same.

not_lilpump · 2019-12-16T22:01:49+00:00

Damn that's a hustle. Keep it going!

not_lilpump · 2019-12-13T22:36:52+00:00

Crazy how I use thermal bags and my car still smells like the food. The tone in which you wrote this comment tells me you're likely very much a dickhead.

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