door_in_the_face

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the US really have no instruments in case a newly elected president immediatelly and openly exposes he's a nazi?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or Stauffenberg’s assassination attempt. That’s the problem with this, it all depends on what the consequences of waiting it out are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the US really have no instruments in case a newly elected president immediatelly and openly exposes he's a nazi?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In a functioning democracy, there are legal systems already in place that prevent extreme negative consequences for the population and the democracy itself. The US just isn’t a functioning democracy, and the checks and balances that are supposed to protect the voting system have been eroded. Impeachment is one such mechanism that’s become dysfunctional - a democratic process to protect the democracy from autocrats. I do hope you’re right and the American people manage to pull through this somehow. But failing that, an intervention from either domestic or foreign forces can be justified depending on how severe the threat to the population is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the US really have no instruments in case a newly elected president immediatelly and openly exposes he's a nazi?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but it is a question that is pertinent to the situation. What do you do if a population elects someone that starts undermining their democracy? I understand that forcibly taking that person’s power away is in itself anti-democratic, but if their actions are even worse, then it would be justified right? A smaller anti-democratic act to save the democratic system that they’re dismantling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the US really have no instruments in case a newly elected president immediatelly and openly exposes he's a nazi?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes a voting population needs to be protected from the consequences of their vote, right? A good chunk of the German voting population in the 1930 voted the NSDAP and Hitler into power, and we can agree that it would have been for the best if that party and its leadership had been deposed ASAP. Now, the US isn’t quite that far down the slide yet, but they’re certainly slipping, and the worst part is that the checks and balances that are supposed to keep a president in line are also failing. Not to be alarmist, but we’re in for a wild ride.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder why people litter in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Especially in the US where people drive everywhere more often than not. Keep a small trash bag in your car, empty it when you get home.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Suggestions? Games that won't make me feel alone?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In the same vein, Sea of Stars.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends" - A few days late on posting this, 'Twenty years has gone so fast'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oof, this post just reminded me that I am getting quite old.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do remote workers actually work? Yes, but they also shop and shower⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can even imagine that some household chores can be done while “actively” working, like when you’re in a call and just listening to the other parties.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨after 40 all meals are horror⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s tons of different kinds of bread, cheese, deli meat, spreads, nuts, fruit and vegetables that you can easily make a different combination every day for a while. And you could pack a lunchbox that is enough to feed you for the day and leave leftovers at home.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is it possible to be married and still feel lonely?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think exercise is helpful to everyone who experiences stressful or frustrating situations regularly. Our bodies are still built for fight or flight responses, and physical exertion helps get rid of that stress response.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sorry folks, country roads are canceled due to being unprofitable⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Streets usually have residential buildings and stores along them, while roads connect the populated areas, and typically lead through mountains, fields or forests.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨poni⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It may be the exact moment that the horse tears open a bag of grain, spilling it’s contents. Not sure though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does the day-to-day work of not wearing shoes in the house?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought that it was the opposite even, and that walking barefoot from time to time strengthens certain parts of your feet and legs that would otherwise be underused.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a way I can force my garage open from the outside?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Any way to dissolve the paint in the keyhole chemically?