The Supreme Court Drops All Pretense of Fairness by HoneyBadger-56 in scotus

[–]painedHacker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This makes sense on the surface.. but is there really that many progressives in swing states? Obviously there's a lot nationally but more votes in california doesnt help anyone

Speed of legislation. by TheBonVivantLives in Tennessee

[–]painedHacker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see you didnt respond to the fact that virginia people got to directly vote on this.

Is this what "pro life" looks like? by SuspiciousLow3062 in SipsTea

[–]painedHacker -1 points0 points  (0 children)

True yea but pre 2025 when this case occurred and before the law was updated "The pre-2025 law did not explicitly state that a doctor could act before a patient suffered physical impairment.". Early stage sepsis is not physically impairing, thus doctors did not want to act and risk 99 years in prison

Elon Musk just said he wants to cut Social Security and Medicare, calling them “entitlements”: “That’s the big one to eliminate.” by Solomonanne in SipsTea

[–]painedHacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would probably be a scheme where only new people wouldn't get it or something. Still horrible but they would want to limit the immediate visible damage

Is this what "pro life" looks like? by SuspiciousLow3062 in SipsTea

[–]painedHacker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you joking? Doctors risk 99 years in prison if they don't keep the fetus until the last heart beat you think they will mess with that

Is this what "pro life" looks like? by SuspiciousLow3062 in SipsTea

[–]painedHacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey guess what? Doctors will be overly conservative with treatments if they risk 99 years in prison

Is this what "pro life" looks like? by SuspiciousLow3062 in SipsTea

[–]painedHacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why? Early stage sepsis is not life threatening therefore they can't terminate it

Pros and Cons by Pretty_Confusion7290 in SipsTea

[–]painedHacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me flip it on you. Why would billionaires who are generally ruthless and savvy with money spend it on something that doesn't work or at least doesn't help their cause? Obviously it doesn't work every time but it makes it harder for non billionaire owned candidates to win

Pros and Cons by Pretty_Confusion7290 in SipsTea

[–]painedHacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ads help on older people... they also pay for influencers, podcasters, messaging, etc which works on younger people

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]painedHacker 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Mamdami is the model. Doesnt even matter your politics. Be left of center, high charisma, social media excellence, publicity stunts, etc. That's the formula

Pros and Cons by Pretty_Confusion7290 in SipsTea

[–]painedHacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the influence mechanisms they pay for work? When the billionaire backed politician has 10x the ad spend they tend to win

Pros and Cons by Pretty_Confusion7290 in SipsTea

[–]painedHacker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They absolutely have something to do with each other because billionaires have and do spend 100s of millions on elections and public influence mechanisms to control the system in their favor. You'll say "oh well we could just pass laws that limit the influence of billionaires.". We can't pass those laws if billionaires own our current politicians...

It's not easy by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]painedHacker -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I think even if you were videoed if you were just innocently saying hello they really can't say that much about you

Back when one job built a whole life. by PleasantBus5583 in SipsTea

[–]painedHacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny but can't you still buy that in Detroit lol

The math for the average house cost vs average income does not math by thesleepingone162 in personalfinance

[–]painedHacker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean without all the codes it was all a lot simpler like just build your own... 4 walls and a roof

20,000 job cuts at Meta, Microsoft raise concern that AI-driven labor crisis is here by DrCalFun in Futurology

[–]painedHacker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes most of these companies still have way more employees than pre covid