orcrist

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[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 5 hours ago

What are you talking about? We mention this on a daily basis. That's the #1 complaint about ChatGPT when used for factual purposes

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think you need to read the news more, then. We've seen so many articles focusing on the Hispanic vote, for example. Which is a fine thing to write about, but we should always keep in mind the horrendous numbers of openly racist white folk.

And if you haven't seen Democrats trying to blame people, where were you last month? How many posts did we see blaming third party voters? How many posts did we see accusing everyone complaining about genocide as Russian plants? Democrats and Democrat supporters were desperately looking to deflect attention from themselves, both then and now.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not going to bet against you because I don't trust you, and also because I don't bet money on politics. We are already betting various aspects of our lives. Putting a little bit of cash on the line is a waste of time compared with everything else.

So I guess you win the argument? Not really though, because no one cares about what you're saying you want to bet against people around you. In reality, you can play the odds, but in the end we don't care what the odds were. We only care what actually happened, and we don't know what's going to happen on account of it not having happened just yet.

And the other point is that I don't care what the political party of the president is. I care what the president and their supporters try to push through in terms of policies. Not all Democrats are created the same. Not all Republicans are created the same. And even if they were, which they're not, politicians and political parties adjust their stances over time, because of course they do, because that's natural. A label is just a label.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't assume that he actually developed any self-awareness. I'm sure he takes no responsibility for the horrible columns he's written over the past few decades. To him, the facts on the ground changed, and certainly he never got anything wrong.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

Because they're not single issue voters, would be the rational explanation. But probably they also haven't bothered to reasonably research who has what agenda. If you're into politics, it can come as a surprise, but many people really don't want to know anything about it, and they work hard to learn as little as possible.

I'm not blaming them for developing a strong dislike to politics, considering how dirty almost everyone is, but I hope that people can realize that ignoring a thing you don't like doesn't make it go away.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

You can go into a courtroom, no one can stop you from trying. And if Twitter's attorneys want to represent Jones, they can certainly do so, in which case they will be included on future communication.

A large percent of legal proceedings are not kept secret, so if the lawyers are not representing him and they are trying to make a big deal out of the fact that they want to get informed, actually they're just grandstanding and there's nothing to see here. Probably that's what's happening.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

Bad YouTube.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

The Japanese anonymous internet would dox him and harass him. Lots of online malice to be found on 2chan or whatever. No need for anyone here to do it.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

Another way of looking at it is that the system is working perfectly. Just not for you.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

Trump doesn't care. This is a lesson to Trump lackies everywhere. Put yourself first, cuz that's what he's doing.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago

It's not about election denialism. This is the standard problem with conspiracy theories being based on reality. Voter suppression has happened in small numbers and small ways for the last century. Pick your poison. Are we talking about felons being disenfranchised? Are we talking about taking native Americans off their roles because they don't have home addresses and they use po boxes? Are we talking about rejecting college kids because they're out of state? Are we talking about mailboxes being set on fire? Are we talking about polling places that are not handicapped accessible and never will be?

All of those things continue to happen and each of them plays a small part. I don't think that would make a break the election, not this time when the difference was so large, but it could make a break some elections.

And as long as it's left unaddressed, voters aren't blind, they can see the shady shit. So then what, then you just don't know how bad the problem is, and the same people that you would trust to compile data on how bad it is are the same people whose job it is to fix it, but they haven't, so you can't believe anything they say.

All of which is to say, if people are skeptical that the game is fair, that's based on proven reality from decades of experience. But that doesn't mean it affected this election.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

Will Biden pardon them? Would be good for the lulz.

 

Here's Ozzy Man's critical analysis of Johnny Howard the Prime Minister buying back guns and crushin' them ay. It may have some relevance to current American events.

 

WINDER, GA—In the hours following a violent rampage in Georgia in which a lone attacker killed at least four individuals and injured nine others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Wednesday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place...

 

Can you think of any titles from real journal articles or essays that are eye-catching?

I'm writing a document for high school students taking an English writing class, and rather than create my own examples, why not use real ones? Several of my students have expressed frustration, and I have some guidelines and brainstorming tools, but what I don't have are two dozen neat examples.

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