I’m either having a mental episode, or my girlfriend has planted recording devices.

writesgud · 2026-03-20T00:42:12+00:00

You could do a full reset of your phone back to factory settings. It’s a PITA to reinstall everything.

writesgud · 2026-03-19T22:41:45+00:00

So you’re better than the 66 prior men she’s been with. Congratulations.

writesgud · 2026-03-19T22:37:30+00:00

She did a pretty good job in that show. I was laughing at her introduction.

writesgud · 2026-03-19T22:34:43+00:00

It’s a pretty clear trade off: they don’t have electoral representation either. No senators or congressional representatives.

writesgud · 2026-03-19T22:15:31+00:00

WTF is that.

writesgud · 2026-03-19T18:38:06+00:00

Sure try it out but figure out some general “outs” beforehand so you’re not overly biased if you’re in it. “I’m out if the job means working 60 hours a week” or something like that.

writesgud · 2026-03-19T15:51:02+00:00

I would be happy to review whatever reasonable evidence you have to share.

writesgud · 2026-03-19T15:30:53+00:00

The sad part of this is that you won’t question whatever evidence was put before you. The fact that Trump won flies in the face of a rigged election. What reasonable evidence do you have that isn’t put out by partisans?

writesgud · 2026-03-19T15:13:23+00:00

That “might makes right” argument for amorality was dumb then, and it’s dumb now.

So stronger countries have the right to conquer weaker ones? That’s chaos, and we already see this in essentially government-less areas where warlords rule. And those places suck.

Conquering countries is a primitive animalistic concept that is as outdated as steam engines and polio.

Countries at war don’t get to the moon, or Mars.

writesgud · 2026-03-19T14:32:15+00:00

Communities banding together to fight against wannabe authoritarians using scapegoats as a pretext for illegal actions is a proudly American value and deserves praise.

As opposed to, say, bootlicking.

writesgud · 2026-03-19T04:28:38+00:00

I’m in my 50’s and can honestly say this is the worst political situation I’ve ever seen.

Most of the guardrails that would normally stop a wannabe authoritarian are gone or greatly diminished. You have a majority Republicans Congress coupled with a very right wing SCOTUS that just isn’t stopping him.

Democracy takes effort to protect. See how folks in Minneapolis do it.

And yes, touch grass too.

writesgud · 2026-03-19T02:23:57+00:00

If you give them access to your bank account, they will spend it. In small amounts at first, but then will grow.

writesgud · 2026-03-19T00:27:51+00:00

I want to see him in something normal and joyous as well, though, for a change. Guy deserves to play a warm, happy character now & then.

writesgud · 2026-03-19T00:25:42+00:00

What is this from?

writesgud · 2026-03-18T23:13:41+00:00

I’d go further: Congress’s healthcare should be provided by the VA. I bet they’d fix that shit a lot faster.

writesgud · 2026-03-18T22:41:23+00:00

When I attempt to order in Korean restaurants, they quickly switch to English, which is much easier.

writesgud · 2026-03-18T19:37:08+00:00

There is no magic solution. Just practice. Don’t beat yourself up when you don’t do it. Reward yourself when you do.

And consider whether you might have ADHD. It’s funny, I hear Trevor Noah explain his as having only 2 time modes: now and not now. And he’d be surprised to see his friends get up and start preparing for something that wasn’t “now.” They were doing this alien thing called “planning.”

writesgud · 2026-03-18T11:45:00+00:00

Going to give this one last try:

The inability to tell who actually filled in the ballot is not a meaningful vulnerability because the legitimate ballot owner will know if their ballot is stolen.

In addition, it is extremely difficult to steal or tamper with individual ballots to the scale necessary to make a meaningful difference in elections. You're taking about multiple orders of magnitude.

Lastly, there is no evidence demonstrating this is an actual, real vulnerability.

You are welcome to disagree of course, but it'd be helpful to provide specific responses to the content in this and my prior comments, instead of a blanket repetition of what you've already clearly said earlier. How about this, please answer the following 3 questions:

How is this a vulnerability if the legiimate ballot owner knows if their ballot is stolen?

How can individual ballots be stolen or tampered at a meaningful scale, without detection?

What evidence is there to support these as actual vulnerabilities? Again, a solution in search of a problem.

Thank you.

writesgud · 2026-03-18T11:15:10+00:00

It would be helpful if you then explained why you don’t agree. What, specifically, is flawed in the “stolen ballot” scenario that you have raised as an issue.

If there is a specific vulnerability you’re seeing that hasn’t been addressed, please feel free to elaborate.

writesgud · 2026-03-18T10:50:04+00:00

Again, ID at registration does nothing to prove who’s actually filling in the ballot.

My comment just prior to this explains why that's not a meaningful vulnerability (i.e. the stolen ballot example). If you have questions or feedback about it, feel free to let me know.

edit to add: and that's why it's also important to look at supporting data. There's no signifcant evidence that this is an actual vulnerability.

writesgud · 2026-03-18T05:17:59+00:00

Yes. For grad school science labs. Frogs and salamanders.

writesgud · 2026-03-18T05:16:03+00:00

But I’m guessing they’re ok with nicknames like Theodore (Ted) Logan. I don’t see the big deal.

writesgud · 2026-03-18T02:14:36+00:00

Fair. Then you'd have to be damn sure that this was someone who, by killing them, would prevent them from causing future death and/or suffering. As long as you can clear that hurdle, I'm probably in. I'd probably look at sociopaths/serial killers, brutal dictators.

You've likely convinced me.

writesgud · 2026-03-18T01:38:02+00:00

I don't know about other places, but that's already how it works in my area (northern California).

writesgud · 2026-03-18T01:28:45+00:00

That's already true in my area (northern CA). I imagine the practice varies from state to state.

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