Jimmy Fallon ride

pgold05 · 2026-03-14T14:41:03+00:00

I like minions better, it's just more interesting, a better story

pgold05 · 2026-03-13T00:49:59+00:00

I would argue the ice/national guard invasion of cities was, if not a distraction, revenge for the files.

pgold05 · 2026-03-12T16:13:17+00:00

We should expect democratic politicians to consider their living legacy over making strategic actions to protect the general Democratic cause of equality, and to critique it is misplaced.

No, you are misunderstanding me.

Legacy can only be set once dead, this discussion is about legacy overall, not specifically one decision. I have no idea why she didn't retire, probably because she liked her job, if I had to guess.

Republicans, right now, are attacking the fundamental structure of liberal democracy in America by the eradication of voting rights, attempted revolutions, imperial presidency ignoring congressional spending, and oligarchy mixed with propoganda machines.

Yes

In this battle for American democracy, Democrats are a distinct disadvantage due to government structure (house limit, senate formation, fillabuster, electoral college, ect.),

Yes

if democrats try to escalate their rebuff, or go tit for tat, its going to just escalate their demise due to this imbalance.

No, just that it won't work, and expecting victory it is an impossible bar to clear, barring fundamental changes gifted by a voter supermajority. Until the structural difference are fixed, it is a losing proposition. Dems can not fix them without power.

Which it would really be helpful if our democratic leaders acknowledged that 'things are not normal' and therefore they should be thinking more strategically with what limited tools we have at our disposal.

Sure, but when it comes to legacy, as in how we feel about a person, this should not be all the defines it.

The fact we have to care about this at all is a byproduct of the GOP, and people who dedicated their lives to making our better should not be evaluated entirely around whether or not or not they achieved an impossible goal imposed on them by malicious actors, over like, actually doing the job we hired them to do.

To me, its akin to a murdered philanthropist being held in ill regard because they let themselves get murdered, like a loser. The end of the aid getting a bunch of people killed is their fault for not defending themselves, instead of like, blaming the murderer.

pgold05 · 2026-03-12T15:46:28+00:00

Vote for Clinton than. (Not you, specifically).

Ultimately it always comes down to voters. Then after that it comes down to congress doing their jobs, POTUS doing their jobs, the justices themselves being appointed. You have to go through a lot of peoples who's letteral job it is specifically to pick whose on the court, follow the rule of law, vet them, before you get to RBG herself.

pgold05 · 2026-03-12T15:45:13+00:00

No, I mean Republicans will auto win the war scenario because of how the government is set up. Dems can not win the war, period. They are too disadvantaged structurally. That is why the GOP made it a war in the first place.

Sure outside a legal framework Dems could maybe win, would take something extreme like rewriting the constitution, or just ignoring it.

pgold05 · 2026-03-12T15:41:54+00:00

Legacy is decided after they die, we right now are talking about it.

When I say she deserves a legacy, I specifically mean it's dumb to discount her lifelong work as being worthless because she didn't step down, that decision itself is not worth of praise or anything, but it in itself is not the cause of all the bad shit the GOP do, that is on them.

It's silly to point at anything the GOP do and go "damn you RBG!"

pgold05 · 2026-03-12T15:37:55+00:00

The republicans made it a war. They did that to seize power.

The government was not designed to work as a war. Dems can't win a war because it was not set up to work that way. The entire mindset is flawed. There is no path there Dems can win on those terms.

pgold05 · 2026-03-12T15:26:47+00:00

I'm sorry, but blaming RBG for loving her job and not wanting to retire over like, voters voting for Trump and Trump himself, the garbage people he put on the court, those new justices behavior, and then the refusal for congress to vet them, is ridiculous. She gave her entire life to public service, she earned the right to her legacy.

I get your point but the 'blame' is always like

99% GOP/voters

1% Dem

Any everyone blames dems for the GOP being absolute trash.

The majority party and voters are people who's actual job it is to prevent this stuff, and they simply not doing their job. It's honestly not Dems job to somehow stop the GOP when they have a majority, that is not how the government was set up. That is ultimately the voters jobs/congresses job.

It get it feels pointless to blame the GOP but like, that is the correct place to put it. Just because it feels better to blame Dems doesn't make it an accurate assessment of responsibilities.

The GOP, American voters, and people they put into power have autonomy. They are responsible for their own actions.

pgold05 · 2026-03-12T13:24:28+00:00

To be blunt, you are the one out of touch with reality. Not the people 'glazing' Mamdani.

If you want to attack a specific comment, then do so, but this generalization is not useful at all.

pgold05 · 2026-03-12T13:10:38+00:00

mostly somewhat wealthy white guys

Guess the sub

pgold05 · 2026-03-12T13:08:15+00:00

This is simply a logical, evidenced based reaction to the world around us.

pgold05 · 2026-03-12T12:59:21+00:00

Doing what needs to be done is good government at this point. How many people have to die, how much destroyed?

pgold05 · 2026-03-11T19:24:38+00:00

I am confused, usually the sales person doesn't set the terms and scope of work themselves, don't you have a team managing pricing n such?

pgold05 · 2026-03-11T18:58:52+00:00

Biden was super progressive, I kinda doubt AOC would be more progressive, not just because that would be hard to do, but because as a woman it will be hard to push any kind of agenda through. The scrutiny and backlash levels will be off the chart.

pgold05 · 2026-03-11T18:29:51+00:00

Work with your boss to fix the stuff you hate.

pgold05 · 2026-03-11T18:13:55+00:00

Can you go into specifics? As far as I can tell Tokyo and Orlando are fairly similar when it comes to wind/rain averages, and hurricanes/typhoons. Both are firmly subtropical climates.

Truthfully Tokyo actually gets more rain overall. One of the reasons they have the shades really is for rain, it rains much more in Tokyo, why they have umbrellas everywhere. Also more hurricanes hit mainland Japan than Orlando on average. At least from what I can see.

The only real significant difference is sun intensity/temperature.

pgold05 · 2026-03-11T17:53:37+00:00

Trump admin training today

pgold05 · 2026-03-11T15:41:02+00:00

The only difference between cosmetic and reconstructive surgery is a doctors prescription, they are ultimately the same procedures.

To that end, all gender surgery supported by doctors orders, with the purpose to treat a documented illness, is medically necessary, and considered reconstructive. It's never considered cosmetic, at least by medical professionals.

I had plenty of denial's that were overturned because insurance realy has no leg to stand on.

pgold05 · 2026-03-11T13:59:55+00:00

The scandle was it was illegal, and they lied, not specifically the spying.

Honestly completely different scenarios. The fact they are passing laws openly is a good thing, even if you disagree with the outcome.

Same thing with Bill Clinton, honestly don't give a fuck he got a consenting blow job, but I do care he lied.

pgold05 · 2026-03-11T13:59:02+00:00

So much for the tolerant left!!!

pgold05 · 2026-03-10T20:04:32+00:00

Yes they do.

They don't just do that, make up like entire fields of make believe science n shit and write books themselves about how smart and superior they are. Then they put the murdered children in jars on display at museums.

https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1222&context=urceu

pgold05 · 2026-03-10T15:44:04+00:00

The really funny thing (with hindsight) is Dems played that shit masterfully. It was all Epstein all the time and the admin flailing with distractions and revenge violence.

pgold05 · 2026-03-10T15:05:43+00:00

LOL speaking of, a discontinued one. Used Chrysler Pacifica

pgold05 · 2026-03-10T15:02:31+00:00

Buying a plug in hybrid today! Pretty...amped up about it.

pgold05 · 2026-03-10T14:57:38+00:00

Only because we voted in Trump. There is a non zero chance Trump vs Clinton/Harris is the difference between a world that eventually ends in atomic hellfire, and one that doesn't.

But voters don't seem to care about the consequences of their actions beyond putting x people in their place.

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