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[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes ago* (last edited 24 minutes ago)

Oh, well it top economists believe it now, it must be true.

The electoral college gap, SCOTUS interventions, and places like Georgia playing fuckery with vote certifications are not being properly factored in here.

At no point should any Harris voter feel comfortable or confident about this election.

Remember that Biden won the election by almost 5% of the popular vote, but he was 44,000 votes away in Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin from still losing. And Biden was from Pennsylvania and won it by a mere 1%.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 1 points 36 minutes ago

I love that new hairstyle for her! I don't think everyone can pull it off, but it looks great.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Is there a link without the obnoxious person pausing it every five seconds to make it seem like they're providing "content"? This is unwatchable.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

Sorry for triggering you, bro. But the cartoonist is trans, lives in New York, the comics where she is depicted are regularly set in NYC, the comic specifically references "in the last two years," she regularly makes comics about Trump, I specified in the United States, bicycle deaths from cars rapidly increased in the US starting in 2016 and reached their highest ever in 2022 (the last year with comprehensive data), and pedestrian deaths from cars increased 83% since 2009 with a larger increase occurring in the second half in the 2010s.

The comic isn't directly about the fact that people in cars behave poorly around bikes and pedestrians in the last four decades. It clearly addresses the recent spike in aggressive behavior from motorists, especially towards pedestrians and, by extension, cyclists.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

LOL. OK thanks I get it now

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 29 points 5 hours ago (7 children)

As I recall, in terms of the electoral college, neither Biden nor Harris have, at any point, been projected to beat Trump. It's not "becoming" scary, it's been scary for quite some time.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago (9 children)

I still don't get it, can you help me out?

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago

Why are you beside them at an intersection? That's pretty dangerous. You should either be directly in front of them or directly behind them. No one cares about where you "can be" as a cyclist when you're pinned under the wheel of a car bleeding out.

From one cyclist to another, don't pull up beside a car at an intersection. If it's a stop sign, take the lane and get directly behind the vehicle and act like a car. If it's a light and you have time, pull directly in front of the lead car. Your acceleration off a green light will far surpass a car.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

Theory 3: Trump and other authoritarian world leaders/parties/orgs has validated unmitigated rage and contempt towards almost anyone for almost any reason.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (6 children)

In the US at least, Trump has validated half the country to express naked contempt for anyone they deem "other." This includes: any person of color, any woman, anyone younger than them, anyone that "looks" educated, anyone walking, anyone on a bicycle, and anyone in an electric car, among others.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

So laser them from the moon. Got it, thanks!

 

IN THAT ORDER MFER!!! AROOOOOOO

 

As this recently updated article discusses, while extremely unlikely, given the way this timeline is going it's possible the electoral college ends in a tie. Nate Silver projects this as a .3% possibility.

Things to think about:

  1. Only about half of the states require their electors to vote for the person that won their state. Who are the electors? Generally no one you know.

  2. If there's a tie, the House elects a president and the Senate elects a VP. Sub-consideration: it is the composition of the House and Senate after the November election that makes those determinations.

  3. This would all technically be decided on January 6th. And you remember how that went last time.

Regardless, it's highly unlikely this will happen. Still, this would be utter and complete madness. There is literally a non-zero chance we have a Trump/Harris administration. 🤣

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by WoahWoah@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
 

Why are knife control laws so strong in the United States as opposed to gun control?

I was realizing it would be nice to have a knife with auto opening for boxes, etc., basically a switch blade or similar, and I found out that they are super illegal in my state (and/or there are length restrictions, or both sides of the blade can't be sharp, etc), but I can go into a sporting goods store and buy a pistol and ammo in under 30min.

Shooting open an Amazon box seems inefficient. What is up with restrictive knife-control laws??

 

Ok, so obviously no one here has done anything to make this world what it is. Wall Street, corporations, and racist social structures are why the world is how it is, and that is just the truth.

I don't understand why I should feel bad about anything when obviously all of these rich assholes and structures of oppression exist. I didn't make them.

Until the corporations and wealthy people change, why should I feel guilty or bad about things. This literally isn't my fault, they did this, so I just feel like I should be able to live my life and not have to worry about all this. Why can't I?

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