What Didn’t President Biden Do Now?

SGR · 08-13-2021, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

And honestly if Jeff Bezos murdered somebody on a crowded street in broad daylight I can't say I believe he's going away for it.

Ah, the classic case of "suicide by Bezos"

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Originally Posted by elphenor

there's nothing on paper that prevented, say, Bernie Sanders from being the DNC candidate

but young people just don't vote

I don't think the rhetoric about us "not being a REAL democracy" is particularly helpful or nuanced anymore

We should start the Angry Millennial Party - our campaign slogan will be: "Take Our Future Back".

Step 1: Eliminate social security

Step 2: Eliminate all student debt (especially mine)

Step 3: Implement sensible age-ist policies in the workplace (e.g.: "You're too old to learn Excel, ya old fart, beat it!", or "Saggy tits don't bring tips, beat it!")

Step 4: Legalize and regulate drugs and tax the hell out of them

Step 5: Bomb somebody, anybody really, just to show the boomers we mean business

Step 6: Hire Nick Cave to perform in the Super Bowl half-time show, and ensure he knows how to twerk before the show begins

By the time Step 6 is accomplished, our re-election will be inevitable.

The Batlord · 08-13-2021, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

there's nothing on paper that prevented, say, Bernie Sanders from being the DNC candidate

but young people just don't vote

I don't think the rhetoric about us "not being a REAL democracy" is particularly helpful or nuanced anymore

Paper democracy. The best kind of democracy.

~~jwb~~ · 08-14-2021, 02:37 AM

Yeah its always easier to blame the user than it is to look for actual flaws in the design, but the system is supposedly designed to cater to said user. So if it doesn't work cause the vast bulk of users aren't using it the way you planned then that's a sign that your system has serious design flaws.

But nah obviously the solution is to socially engineer the users to work with the system, rather than design a system that actually worked for the users...

The Batlord · 08-14-2021, 04:00 AM

Since the design was for property owners only to vote I think its operating as designed. It wasn't designed with us in mind.

~~jwb~~ · 08-14-2021, 04:11 AM

That's true too, though it was also designed specifically for white male property owners. -2 sjw points for failing to acknowledge the intersectionality of blah blah blah........

TheBig3 · 08-16-2021, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb

Yeah its always easier to blame the user than it is to look for actual flaws in the design, but the system is supposedly designed to cater to said user. So if it doesn't work cause the vast bulk of users aren't using it the way you planned then that's a sign that your system has serious design flaws.

But nah obviously the solution is to socially engineer the users to work with the system, rather than design a system that actually worked for the users...

Do you not vote?

~~jwb~~ · 08-17-2021, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

Do you not vote?

not usually. I tried to this time but there were issues because i wasn't living in the same county my ID Address had .. So i couldn't vote here. Would have to go back to Greensboro which wasn't practical.

But i only tried this time to get trump out

But generally speaking voting in terms of on an individual level is mostly a purely symbolic gesture. It has little to no chance of actually changing anything.

~~jwb~~ · 08-17-2021, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I do believe the front that matters is cultural

if you want to call it "social engineering" that's fine

What I'm saying is merely descriptive. If the system doesn't function correctly cause of "culture" then that is surely not such an effective/good system. Because a good system wouldve accounted for said "culture" rather than waiting for the population to adjust their behavior or even organizing people to encourage them to do so.

~~jwb~~ · 08-17-2021, 03:23 AM

Goddamn bruh i just watched a YouTube clip of Biden saying all this **** about no the country isn't gonna fall to the taliban etc .. looks stupid as **** bro. I knew this **** was gonna happen tbh but i do think it's the best thing for the US overall to just cut our losses and pull out but for some stupid reason i am just now grasping exactly what a political failure and nightmare this is for Biden. What a ****ing old dunce lol. Just pissed in his own face. Fox news eating the **** up. Yeah I'm late bro i work 72 blah blah blah ....

**Frownland** · 08-17-2021, 05:07 AM

Yeah he should've said that the taliban would take over right when he enacted the withdrawal, Fox would've been more understanding about his honesty.

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Yeah its always easier to blame the user than it is to look for actual flaws in the design, but the system is supposedly designed to cater to said user. So if it doesn't work cause the vast bulk of users aren't using it the way you planned then that's a sign that your system has serious design flaws. But nah obviously the solution is to socially engineer the users to work with the system, rather than design a system that actually worked for the users...

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	That's true too, though it was also designed specifically for white male property owners. -2 sjw points for failing to acknowledge the intersectionality of blah blah blah........

08-17-2021, 03:23 AM	#99 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Goddamn bruh i just watched a YouTube clip of Biden saying all this ** about no the country isn't gonna fall to the taliban etc .. looks stupid as bro. I knew this was gonna happen tbh but i do think it's the best thing for the US overall to just cut our losses and pull out but for some stupid reason i am just now grasping exactly what a political failure and nightmare this is for Biden. What a ing old dunce lol. Just pissed in his own face. Fox news eating the ** up. Yeah I'm late bro i work 72 blah blah blah ....