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- Comment on Living a lie 1 day ago:
Always wondered why some of the CSRs at the call center would get chewed out more than others despite being polite and respectful and I think you just made me understand that it was because they sounded false. They had a very obvious “customer service” voice. The ones who didn’t tended to just sound like normal folk having a good day. (That’s the secret sauce, they usually weren’t having a good day, but they sounded like they were in on some joke with you, that joke being ‘ahh talking to people, am I right?’)
- Comment on SteamOS finally released by Valve 1 week ago:
It wasn’t what introduced me to linux entirely, but it is absolutely what made me realize that Linux COULD be user friendly, so I definitely give credit to Valve for that. I am now gearing up to make the switch in the near future on my desktop.
- Comment on 🎶cowboys are frequently, secretly fond of each other🎵 1 week ago:
Big Al’s Big Gay Ranch was already taken unfortunately.
- Comment on I am convinced the makers of those ads are on something strong and very illegal 2 weeks ago:
Who’s out here defending an ad?
- Comment on WoW's Leeroy Jenkins, one of the internet's oldest memes, turns 20 years old—and after looking back on what we wrote in 2005, I feel like we've failed Leeroys everywhere 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Surely the moderators, admins, investors and bots would never interfere in any way 5 weeks ago:
I don’t think so. A smaller pool does mean smaller odds that someone will take what you are offering and do anything with it, but it’s still possible to affect change, especially if you are asking people to affect things actually within their control.
But, with that said, your impact will likely be stronger if you communicate with the people near you locally instead of online, since you and those (physically) around you are affected by the same localized forces.
The internet is a good place to collaborate on ideas and methodologies; your local community is a good place to try to implement those things.
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- Comment on Anon needs medical attention 1 month ago:
I do have some very old stuff stockpiled, could always crack open a case.
- Comment on succession 1 month ago:
One of my relatives’ primary concerns isn’t ticks, it’s mice getting into the house. Is that a valid concern? Personally I think just keeping a couple of indoor cats would offset encroaching rodents.
- Comment on BACK OFF FELLAS, SHE'S MINE 1 month ago:
- Comment on Anon orders food 1 month ago:
I try to be mindful of this (I compliment people fairly frequently when I’m out of the house), and I still find that I don’t really ‘notice’ men as much as women (I am asexual, so it is not an attraction thing either.) I think it’s because a lot of women’s clothing is varied, lots of different and interesting patterns and color combinations and cuts and styles. Men’s fashion tends to be pretty… similar? The times I remember noticing and complimenting men has usually been when they’ve worn a t-shirt with an anime or something I like on it. One time I saw a guy with these really cool, vibrant sleeve tattoos too and I mentioned how much I like those.
Not that I’m saying it’s men’s faults–men’s casual fashion seems to really stake itself on being ‘plain’ and ‘simple’. All the t-shirts look the same, just in different solid colors. Plain jeans are plain jeans. Cargo shorts are cargo shorts. It’s easy to let your eyes sort of slide past it without registering much. Almost like social camouflage!
My husband wears a lot of 90s nostalgia t-shirts and he gets compliments on them!
I’m pretty average looking but I have a cool looking cloak and I get a compliment literally every time I wear it because it pops. It’s different.
- Comment on People giving swags 1 month ago:
“Tony Snark” “Snarkily Smirking” Is this for real?
- Comment on Please dont feed the creatures 🪱 2 months ago:
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- Comment on Help 2 months ago:
Very true. I had someone I was friends with IRL who I would talk about my online roleplay community with. I asked if she was interested in joining and she said sure. She was… insufferable. Did not get along with anyone else. I found her online presence incredibly grating. It was crazy, it was a completely different person.
- Comment on SHUT UP ABOUT NICOLE 2 months ago:
Saving this image lol
- Comment on If we let republicans set the bar, we will be buried in no time. 2 months ago:
Yeah, it can be really difficult if you live in that sort of place because I feel like making change locally is going to be a lot easier than tackling the state level immediately but I totally get that it’s not always an option.
- Comment on If we let republicans set the bar, we will be buried in no time. 2 months ago:
Certainly! Now bear in mind that this is going to look a bit different for everyone because not only is every state’s politics different, but every city and town is too.
I was fortunate enough to have an already established RCV group in my state that I could reach out to–they’ve had practice getting it passed in various locales already and were able to set me up with a ton of resources.
So, first step, look for anything like that in your state. If you’ve got a group doing that work, reach out to them and connect. They’ll know how to steer you better than someone who probably doesn’t live anywhere near you and is a stranger on the internet.
If you can’t find/don’t have anyone like that already established, you’re going to be working from square one, and that will be difficult, but it’s not impossible. Again, my guidelines might not be applicable to you in this case, but they should at least get you started. Here’s the instructions I was given (in a rough overview) for how to get the ball rolling in my city:
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Learn your local government. Are you a city or a town? Do you have a mayor? City council? Town hall? How does voting currently work? What seats are available for election and how often, and are they single-seats or multi-seats (like a board or a committee would be.) How long are the terms? Do you have preliminary elections, and what’s the criteria to trigger one? Do you have a town/city charter? If so, give it a once over. Who is the person who primarily handles election duties (such as handling the ballots) and what is their title?
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Do your local voting machines handle ranked choice voting? There’s actually a website for this! verifiedvoting.org/verifier/#mode/navigate/map/pp… - If your machines are too old you might have to include (or start with) a motion to upgrade your machines.
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This is where things get hard for me to tell you what to say in any detail because it’ll be specific to your home. But the basics is–start reaching out to the people in your local government. See if you can find someone who’s knowledgeable on local legislature who’s willing to help you out, either in general by teaching you how to get things brought to the attention of the legislatures there or who is even willing to help you go the whole way. You might need to get a petition going, you might not. But forging connections with people, even if it’s just one person, is going to help a lot. I’m fortunate that my city has a committee dedicated just to liasoning between citizens and the council–I’ve got a meeting scheduled to talk to them and see if they’ll give me a boost on this. That’s the kind of thing you’ll want to do on this step.
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- Comment on If we let republicans set the bar, we will be buried in no time. 2 months ago:
If people are interested in trying to make a difference on this front, you can. I’m working with a group of people to enact ranked choice voting in our city. If you can get it passed at a local level, that’ll pave the way for familiarity with higher levels of government down the line.
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- Comment on Yall guess who showed up in my dms 2 months ago:
Now you guys are just doing the work for her.
- Comment on Anon is deeply disturbed 2 months ago:
I feel like these have been rising in price too.
- Comment on Stand Up! 2 months ago:
I was curious who voted, CNN says these are the ones:
The 10 Democrats who voted with Republicans to censure Green were: Ami Bera of California, Ed Case of Hawaii, Jim Costa of California, Laura Gillen of New York, Jim Himes of Connecticut, Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, Jared Moskowitz of Florida, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington and Tom Suozzi of New York. Source
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- Comment on I did my best… 3 months ago:
I’m guessing a humorous exaggeration? I’ve accidentally cut bread off a loaf into weirdly thin/wedge slices but bagels I tend to nail pretty consistently.
- Comment on Erasure 3 months ago:
Thank you very much for the effort you put into this post.
- Comment on No beans, only dogs 3 months ago:
Haha was about to say the same thing, this image never fails to evoke anger wherever it goes.
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