chetradley

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[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You don't want to know about someone helping infants in need, or you're grossed out by breasts?

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your dad's a smart guy!

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That's the smart plan. Every time I've been to a casino (4 times I can recall) I had an amount set aside that I was prepared to lose and that would be it for me. A couple times I got ahead and just cashed out.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

I'm imagining that meme of people on the podium but there's 50 of them and instead of champagne the Louisiana guy is at the very end chugging wiper fluid.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you get voted into power, lobbyists give you even more money.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The average voter is living paycheck to paycheck, just trying to make ends meet. They see executives making billions while the US government is spending trillions on military equipment, and meanwhile, they're seeing the prices of basic necessities skyrocket and they're just trying to figure out how to live.

This person may vote for Trump, or just sit out the election because they don't think either candidate cares about them. It's not about whether you're progressive enough or centrist enough, it's about speaking to the biggest problem: wealth inequality.

Will the Democrats figure this out? I guess we'll see in 3 years.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

That's a great idea, I think I'll do that as well!

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I feel like threatening to withhold your endorsement just equates to holding the country hostage. He absolutely has been trying to push the Democrats to adopt more progressive policies and block military shipments to Israel, which is why it's so frustrating to see them disregard him and lose because of it.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sort of, Dan Wilson said he had the idea while writing the song because his wife was pregnant so he slipped it in as a double entendre. It's like 90% bar closing with a couple lines alluding to being born: "Closing time, this room won't be open till your brothers or your sisters come".

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago (5 children)

People have an inherent inability to assess probability. Even with "safer" games like black jack when your odds are a little closer to 50:50, people will keep pushing until they have no money left. Bet it all 4 times and there's about a 94% chance you lose it all.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago (4 children)

He made it clear where he differed from Biden and Harris, but encouraged his supporters to vote for them. Are you proposing that he should have encouraged his supporters to ditch Harris, giving Trump an even more sizable lead?

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Thank you on behalf of someone else who gets super annoyed with loose carts and lazy people!

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