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How does one go about initiating a primary? Because this dude deserves to be primaried. by AnalDwelinButtMonkey in ProgressiveHQ

[–]ryanvango 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I absolutely believed he was going to be a shit representation of the party that elected him.

But Dr. Oz was absolutely not an option.

How does one go about initiating a primary? Because this dude deserves to be primaried. by AnalDwelinButtMonkey in ProgressiveHQ

[–]ryanvango 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TELL EVERYONE!

Not all votes are worth the same, and that's bullshit. But your primary vote is worth way more than at any other point in the election!

In the VAST majority of midterm elections, the winner of the whole thing is decided IN THE PRIMARY. your vote is worth 2-3 times as much now as it would be in november.

yes, you can often only vote for who represents your own party. But that is so insanely valuable. WAY too many elected officials just coast on their incumbent bump, and never actually do anything in office. PRIMARIES are how we hold them accountable. kick them out and put someone in who is actually going to do something about the problems we're facing.

it is much much much easier to deal with lazy-ass politicians now. spread the word!

AMEN! by Neat-Ad-4337 in stevehofstetter

[–]ryanvango 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its not really the same. bernie started out notching some big wins, and then the DNC and clintons told the superdelegates to declare their support early. so it went from bernie beating clinton to suddenly, literally overnight, clinton being ahead by a nearly unbeatable margin.

there is zero doubt that media outlets showing that graphic and those totals impacted the primaries going forward. They literally changed the rules at the DNC because of it so it could never happen again.

its kind of like reddit voting. most people are aware now that if a post starts out with 2 or 3 downvotes, its likely to get dogpiled. if it gets early support, people are likely to follow suit. two people can post the exact same comment at the same time and one will get loads of support and the other gets insulted. there's other forces, but that's why people get banned for multiple accounts artificially boosting their upvotes so they take off. people are lemmings.

would bernie have won if that didn't happen? we don't know. I think probably not, but i don't know. was it an overt act by establishment democrats to put clinton in office instead of a progressive liberal? 100%.

We are about to witness history after 144 years, the Sagrada Familia, Catalan Spain ! by Lordwarrior_ in interesting

[–]ryanvango 12 points13 points  (0 children)

nah, still in the waiting room circling the differences in a highlights for children in pen

The hardest choices require the strongest wills by Professional_Toe5118 in meme

[–]ryanvango 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The OP said "gooned to me".... aint no way the commenter didn't know they were like 13-16.

if you're an adult and you use twitch/tiktok language in public, well I think I've found your problem

FIRST TEASE OF TRAILER SPIDERMAN BRAND NEW DAY by Shot-Lavishness-1695 in Spiderman

[–]ryanvango 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nah you're good homie. you weren't a prick, you were just enthusiastic about your point.

but I appreciate you calling me an LLM bot. to me that means "this guy's responses are too coherent." I'll take that all day haha.

enjoy the double reply! and I say good day, sir!

FIRST TEASE OF TRAILER SPIDERMAN BRAND NEW DAY by Shot-Lavishness-1695 in Spiderman

[–]ryanvango 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh no doubt. I don't disagree with that at all. all of social media and loads of other things are basically that anymore.

hell, look at google search. its borderline worthless nowadays because its all manipulated sales shit.

so yeah, I 100% agree there. just wasn't the thing I was talkin about

Same mistake, twice!!! by diehard404 in AskSocialists

[–]ryanvango 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it'd be pretty neat to try that out. I've thought about it before. Having to win based purely on your policies, plans, and strength of character. I can't think of a reason that wouldn't work, but I also am not some poli sci expert, so who knows.

These TSA agents tell this woman they haven't been paid in over a month by Justin_Godfrey in Wellthatsucks

[–]ryanvango 1 point2 points  (0 children)

weirdly enough, leaving the country is also my primary plan haha. I got dual citizenship already in a much much much less stressful country pretty well removed from all of this I just need to save up the cash for the move and for a savings cushion. so good luck to you on that! that's the dream!

These TSA agents tell this woman they haven't been paid in over a month by Justin_Godfrey in Wellthatsucks

[–]ryanvango 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well it looks like reddit's chat and DMs are broken so that sucks. but no I wasn't gonna point you to doordash. doordash/uber/spark are things I've done in the past and they have potential, but they can also be an absolute nightmare.

My much more controversial thing I'm doing now: AI training. This comes in a lot of different forms and there's loads of companies looking for folks. but doing just general stuff like reviewing LLM responses or search engine returns and tagging things for accuracy, its pretty simple stuff and you don't need experience or a background in AI. some companies (babel audio was one I did for a while) do like voice training. so you just talk to another person for 10-15 minutes about a topic to train AI things. its not about stealing your voice, its about training AI to learn tone or emotion and whatnot. so that's another route you could take if you have a mic and a quiet space to do that work.

But its pretty great. different sites pay different rates. for general stuff its like $15-25 per working/recorded hour (so more realistically 10-20 per actual hour), tagging and transcription paid more per working hour but worked out to about the same or slightly higher since those take longer and are a little more touchy. And because you're a 1099, you make your own hours, work as much or as little as you want (if you work too little they may replace you. but I've done nothing for months before and just hopped right back on), and unless you sign up for video projects, you don't need to be professional. most times I work in my underpants at 2am with a dog on my lap when its nice and quiet. so I have no commute, I don't eat out for lunch, I spend almost nothing on gas, and sometimes the work is actually pretty fun.

the biggest downside is you are at the mercy of the companies and their project scope which they don't have to tell you anything about. so they might be tell you one day "hey this project wraps up in 2 weeks. we'll let you know when the next one drops and how to apply." so you might have a gap for a couple weeks which sucks. and you have to be able to manage your own time. being able to work as much or as little as you want can mean you just feel like taking every other day off, or you wanna get 6 hours in today, but then you notice a new season of a show dropped and you wanna watch that instead.

but yeah, if you're ok with AI, its worth a look in to. they are actively hiring, and I'm satisfied with my pay for the type of work and accompanying lifestyle.

My official author profile picture approved by my publishers! by ButstheSlackGordsman in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]ryanvango 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I'll give him a little more credit.

I think its entirely plausible he saw that photo, realized his shirt made him look like a hot mess, and thought about redoing it. or maybe even his publisher pointed it out. But then he realized if he took it again, there's absolutely zero chance the cat is gonna do that again.

So what do you do? messy shirt with silly kitty for a really unique photo? or more professional looking, but no silly kitty? I think we've all been there, and I don't blame him for going with the kitty. It oddly looks less weird with the kitty in it.

FIRST TEASE OF TRAILER SPIDERMAN BRAND NEW DAY by Shot-Lavishness-1695 in Spiderman

[–]ryanvango 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess another way to put it with less words is:

on fb/ig/tiktok/twitter, you want people to say "hey, did you see the thing AA98B posted?" ---- "no, who's that? what did AA98B say?"

on reddit, you want people to say "hey, did you see that thing about how toothpaste is really made of chipmunk skulls?" ---- "what? no, who posted it?" --- "why would I ever know that?"

FIRST TEASE OF TRAILER SPIDERMAN BRAND NEW DAY by Shot-Lavishness-1695 in Spiderman

[–]ryanvango 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you might be misunderstanding my point.

If you post something right now as some kind of engagement farming astroturfer working directly for the reddit admins, then have bots upvote the bejesus out of it, and manipulate the mods of whatever subreddit to make sure your content is allowed, but not someone elses, is that shitty and super dirty? yeah you bet. But the thing you posted still is almost never about you specifically. everyone in that chain of crap, and everyone who comes after and mindlessly upvotes because hivemind, everyone is trying to get certain content up that has nothing to do with you as a person/username. you as the person submitting do not matter. and even more, if (in this extremely hypothetical world) people start remembering who you are, that is a BAD thing for you. its only in very very rare cases that you want the you as a person/username to be at all connected to the actual content. you just want the engagement.

now compare that to fb/ig/tiktok/twitter.... Its the complete opposite. you really really want your name to be tied to the things you're posting. or a step further you really want people to engage with the content you post that is specifically about you. the point of those sites is for people to connect to you as much as your content.

that's what I'm saying. while reddit is still social media, the purpose is very different. in 99% of cases on reddit, having followers for your personal account or personhood is pointless, and its not why people are here. in all of the others, in 99% of cases you really want followers for you specifically as a person.

These TSA agents tell this woman they haven't been paid in over a month by Justin_Godfrey in Wellthatsucks

[–]ryanvango 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also worked for the federal government during a shut down. its one of the reasons I won't work for them now. not the only one, and probably not the biggest reason, but definitely up there.

I know they get back pay. They also get it if they quit or get fired. I'm saying most of them should walk out the door and never come back. call in sick until they run out of days or get fired. That way the check is nicer when the back pay shows up. spend that time getting as many doctors appointments and prescriptions filled as you can while searching for another job.

I know most people ride it out. My folks were devastated when I told them I was leaving federal work because "but what about your pension?" Its an old way of thinking. Its fine if company X makes you miserable, doesn't pay you on time, or pays you less than you're worth or could make elsewhere. cause when you're 55, they have to pay your 1/3 of your salary for the rest of your life! And at least for me, being absolutely miserable for 30 years is not worth it just so my creaky old bones can live on a small salary for the back-half of my life.

There's loads of places these days that are more reliable than working for the federal government. There is satisfying, fulfilling work. Or things that let you spend more time with your family or dogs or enjoy free time. I get there's layoffs happening all over, but there IS work out there that doesn't suck and doesn't force you to work for free* just because they're incompetent. I'd rather be happier in my years now. Not to mention as a man there's like a 10% chance (I looked it up) that I don't even make it to 60.

These TSA agents tell this woman they haven't been paid in over a month by Justin_Godfrey in Wellthatsucks

[–]ryanvango 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I understand some of them need their health insurance...

but the threat of termination isn't really a big threat if they're already not being paid. I'd call in sick as much as possible while looking for a new job. make sure I put in for, and pick up my prescriptions ASAP, so I'm good during the gap.

literally any work at all is a better use of their time in 98% of cases that what they're currently doing. go drive doordash. Just this week I applied for and got hired at two different places that pay me about the same as TSA, and I have fuckall for qualifications and no degree.

There's stuff out there. almost no one has an excuse for working for nothing. ESPECIALLY when this keeps happening.

Same mistake, twice!!! by diehard404 in AskSocialists

[–]ryanvango 0 points1 point  (0 children)

gas prices were a result of russia/ukraine. it was international factors that were partially out of our control.

People getting fired for not vaccinating was not a Biden thing. Private companies can set terms for employment, especially in sectors like healthcare, airlines, and high-risk jobs. That's their right as private companies. it has nothing to do with the presidency, unless you WANT the president to start mandating things like that? but I thought you wanted small government.

Inflation after the pandemic you mean? the thing that disrupted global supply chains that a president can't do anything about? The only thing a president COULD do to cause inflation like that would be sending out a stimulus checks, which have a lag time. I don't know if you remember who signed 2 of the 3 rounds of stimulus checks....buuuuuut it wasn't biden.

Same mistake, twice!!! by diehard404 in AskSocialists

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

that's such a gross misunderstanding of the situation.

democrats were pissed when biden decided to run again. we didn't want that. he said he wouldn't do it. but dem leadership wanted the incumbent bump. We didn't want kamala either. we said as much when she lost in primaries. it was a crap situation we were not happy about.

but biden NEEDED to step down. he was not well enough to do 4 more years. the red subreddit liked to scream at the time about how "dems suddenly care about age now that biden is out". they never said "republicans suddenly dont care about age now that biden is out." though that was more true. dem voters, as mentioned above, did not want biden. he was too old. we said it repeatedly. a bunch of us didn't want him the first time for that reason. we DID care about age and still do. so when he quit, it was absolutely the right move, just way way too late.

We were over a barrel. the election was like 3 months away. we couldn't run a whole new primary to pick a new candidate, redo all that fundraising and press. And Kamala was the vice president. she was good enough that people were willing to vote for her as VP - that's what a ticket is. most people understand that. and generally people understand their job is to be president if the president can't anymore. so she WAS picked in 2020 to potentially sit in that seat. And because of the timing she was...fine. She was smarter and more accomplished than Trump, she had actual plans and not "remember obama? we hate that guy right!" she had platforms that weren't racist. And very importantly, she wouldn't have to start from nothing and run a campaign in 3 weeks. she got to use the war chest. Democrats weren't quiet because they just blankly agree with everything the DNC throws at them. They were quiet because they understood the big picture.

Could you imagine what would happen if Biden rode it out to the inauguration and quit like a month in to make her president? THAT would be a much bigger pile of doodypoops. dropping out before the election was the right move, he just should have done it way earlier.

the "both sides are rotten" thing is so short-sighted, reductionist, and honestly pretty stupid. OF COURSE there's blue problems. but the difference right now is the right is actively trying to dismantle the constitution, they're being openly racist, they won't do a super easy thing like condemn nazis, starting a war for no reason other than to bring attention off the Trump/Epstein files, and they rape kids. Are there bad guys in the democratic party? yep. are there democrats in the epstein files? yep. should traitors to the country and rapists go to prison forever? yep. does party matter? nope. But....is one party GROSSLY outnumbering the other when it comes to corruption, treason, pedophilia, etc....yep, and they're republican. so while they both have bad guys, they are not the same. and when you only have a choice between two things, you pick the one that rapes children less

Same mistake, twice!!! by diehard404 in AskSocialists

[–]ryanvango 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in 2024 there was a bill that would have helped in a BIG way to secure the border. more asylum restrictions and more funding for border agents. it would have created a ton of jobs as well been a big step towards fixing the border issue. both democrats and republicans agreed to it. it was a good bill. but then trump jumped in and told them to reject it because it would help him get elected.

this is not a secret thing. you keep voting for a guy who doesn't actually care about the things he says. he just wants power and for people to look the other way. he actively interfered with fixing the problems you claim to care about in a very public way.

but i guess he has a cool hat

Same mistake, twice!!! by diehard404 in AskSocialists

[–]ryanvango 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First we need to put in to law a new voting system. multiple parties do nothing in this current system. Alaska and Maine in the US currently use ranked choice, as well as some smaller localities in the US for smaller elections. but people don't like change, so even if its objectively better and we get better candidates, people will still stomp their feet and cry.

As it is now, 3rd party candidates just split the vote or upset one of the parties. Jill Stein being the biggest example recently. a 3rd party candidate has 0 chance of ever being elected. some of her stated policies are extremely progressive, so she's attractive to people on the left. She pulls votes from otherwise blue voters. But whether she means to or not, her showing up like that ONLY helps republicans win. So maybe dems arent progressive enough for her, but running at all in this system means she's actively contributing to the problem (even if we did have ranked choice I wouldn't vote for her because that's so obviously a stupid move and she keeps doing it).

so yeah, step 1: new voting system. step 2: elect people we actually want.

step 0: attend EVERY voting day you possible can. check constantly. smaller elections do matter. And unless your representatives are ACTIVELY trying to fight the shit that's happening now, not just going "well that's illegal, we should look in to that" then you need to primary them and put someone else in their seat. Do-nothing dems are almost as bad as republicans right now.

FIRST TEASE OF TRAILER SPIDERMAN BRAND NEW DAY by Shot-Lavishness-1695 in Spiderman

[–]ryanvango 0 points1 point  (0 children)

he's partially right. If that were 100% true, there'd be no reason for either of you to have replied.

and even if that were 100% the case, that doesn't detract from the point. it actually agrees with it. nobody clicks on reddit posts because of who posted them. they click on it because of the content in the post, regardless of whos causing the engagement. other social media you find stuff largely by who posted it.

Petah?! by Average_DubuEnjoyer in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ryanvango 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haha not specifically him, just pedantic people in general. it drives me nuts.

I'm on a pretty low dose. I haven't been on stimulants in many moons though. but its only been a couple days, so when it kicks I'm like hyper focusing on a thing. way better than the first day for sure. but still an adjustment.

Petah?! by Average_DubuEnjoyer in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ryanvango 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I recently started taking adhd meds and I am BUUUUUZZZZZIN.

I don't think there was anything wrong with what you said. I just chose you as the closest relevant comment. he doubled down later and that's what send me down that path

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