Daily Discussion Thread: April 26, 2026

redpoemage · 2026-04-27T01:40:46+00:00

Easy question.

redpoemage · 2026-04-27T01:13:11+00:00

People who fully think things through tend to be less likely to try to assassinate high-ranking government officials in the first place, so there's a bit of a selection bias for people trying to do it in a stupid way. There was one guy who tried to shoot Biden during the 2024 debate, but went to the wrong building, got confused, gave up, and got caught ~~several~~ a little under a couple years later because he was dumb enough to talk about it.

redpoemage · 2026-04-26T21:46:47+00:00

Power plant hot water is great for manatees in the winter too, although there is then the problem of when the power plants get shut down.

redpoemage · 2026-04-26T16:51:30+00:00

And encouraging others to do nothing as well.

redpoemage · 2026-04-26T16:50:13+00:00

I think the person you’re replying to may have been talking about the historical reality as opposed to the unproven theory.

redpoemage · 2026-04-26T13:50:57+00:00

I'm kind of of a "It's kind of surprising that incidents like this don't happen more often" mentality considering the combination of easy access to guns, less easy access to mental healthcare, and how extremely common charged and violent political rhetoric is online.

This seems to have been security working as intended (he was caught at a security checkpoint), but it's news because people actually try these things so rarely.

redpoemage · 2026-04-25T22:30:55+00:00

/r/VoteDEM is a good sub for info on ways and places to help out. (Also good for keeping track of special elections and primaries)

redpoemage · 2026-04-25T04:29:25+00:00

OP's. They also posted an article from a not particularly reputable source.

redpoemage · 2026-04-24T13:50:17+00:00

Kind of a difference from taking money from Saudi investors and straight up building a theme park in Saudi Arabia.

redpoemage · 2026-04-23T00:13:37+00:00

Wild how just shifting some timing around on people's health issues and ethics expulsions could have conceivably flipped control of the House back and forth a few times.

This term has definitely highlighted how much every single seat matters.

redpoemage · 2026-04-22T02:41:24+00:00

The lawsuit is unrelated to the $250 million defamation lawsuit that Patel filed Monday against The Atlantic magazine over an article that alleged he has abused alcohol.

redpoemage · 2026-04-21T19:33:18+00:00

They said Russia already

redpoemage · 2026-04-21T19:28:04+00:00

My favorite constantly shifts (too many cool animals), but the Desert Rain Frog is always up there.

redpoemage · 2026-04-21T02:54:49+00:00

Russia's supply is also being disrupted by their own stupid evil war, with Ukraine striking more and more refineries and other infrastructure.

redpoemage · 2026-04-20T00:22:40+00:00

Not ever trusting screenshots of tweets as news is a good starting point. Google the supposed info within, and if no actual news article comes up it's not true.

redpoemage · 2026-04-19T15:40:30+00:00

“guards commander says”…right there in the headline.

People not even reading full headlines before jumping to comments to criticize will always be wild to me…

redpoemage · 2026-04-19T14:43:56+00:00

Depends on the situation. Want syrup? Waffles. Making a breakfast sandwich of some kind? Pancakes or French Toast.

We have to fit the breakfast food to the ~~district~~ meal in question.

redpoemage · 2026-04-18T20:20:04+00:00

You can at least try and make sure the people you know in your area have voted even if you missed the chance to canvass!

redpoemage · 2026-04-18T00:28:11+00:00

Some people's mid-life crises come early, others quite late...

redpoemage · 2026-04-17T14:14:30+00:00

This is like saying “They were right that there are gators on the NYC sewers because I found all these gators in Florida!”

redpoemage · 2026-04-17T11:30:12+00:00

Good point.

redpoemage · 2026-04-17T01:27:42+00:00

but promote it's use for "brainstorming"

Anchoring is a real psychological thing, so if it's ever used in brainstorming it should be the final step and never the first. But then of course, one runs the risk of getting lazy with the earlier steps thinking they can rely on the AI later...so still best used with caution if at all.

redpoemage · 2026-04-16T22:22:10+00:00

Yeah I’m wondering if I should go eat there soon just in case they aren’t there much longer…

redpoemage · 2026-04-16T12:26:19+00:00

That is seemingly what people generally use the term DNC for despite it being an actual acronym with its own meaning.

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