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The fact that the George Floyd protests happened during this time of WFH and actually took hold for a while completely support this claim.

Why would he take a cut in pay?

I’m non-binary. There is still a TON of social stigma around being non-binary. In fact, you’ve stated one of the things here: “non-binary people are just unwilling to fully transition”. I heard the same thing said about bisexual men back in the early 00s, that they were just gay men that refused to accept that fact.

I would say, very seriously, that a lot of especially AMAB non-binary folks face a ton of discrimination both from the cis community and parts of the trans community.

As for me, I’m agender. I’m very comfortable with my identity and have been for years. But I still get people asking “so when are you going to transition or just give it up” as if where I’m at now isn’t where I want to be.

Transgender means that the gender you are assigned at birth does not align with the gender you identify as. Generally speaking, non-binary people are considered part of the trans community, but some non-binary choose to not identify as trans.

Source: am non-binary and consider myself trans.

I like the idea of 18 year staggered terms offset by 2 years. Each president gets to nominate 2 justices each presidential term. It needs something to prevent the Senate from essentially saying “no” to every nominee like McConnell did, but it’s better than lifetime appointments.

Not all bread and noodles are vegan, or even vegetarian.

Yea, but does the AI ask me why “x” doesn’t work as a multiplication operator 14 times while complaining about how this would be easier in Rust?

I meant that she’s a Gen Z staple, not that she herself is Gen Z. She is to a lot of Gen Z folks what a Green Day is to older millennials like myself. She’s been around most of my life.

That being said, I do listen to a lot of complex music. I listen to a huge variety of music. Like when people say “I listen to everything”, I actually mean it. I’ve played with bands that range for noise to country to classical to jazz to metal to industrial to electronica. And I will say there are a lot of people, especially in the rock and metal scenes, that seem to think that more is always better. Like bigger, faster, louder, more technical, harder to play…that somehow that makes better music. It doesn’t. Like I can enjoy some Tim Henson, he’s an amazing guitarist. I love me some Buckethead or Les Claypool. But to say that their music is better music because it’s more technically difficult to play is kind of funny.

Let me give you an example. Most people will tell you that “Stairway to Heaven” is a great song. I would agree. The solo at the beginning is iconic. But it’s also not hard to play.

If you want a great example of Taylor Swift that doesn’t make normal play that will help you understand, I would suggest “Snow on the Beach”. Don’t try to pick apart lyrics or music. Relax, and let the vibe of the music roll over you. Once you get the overall vibe, then pick into the music and the lyrics. What Taylor is a master of isn’t amazing lyrics or technical songwriting. She’s a master of a song emoting. Like she sets a mood better than almost any musician I’ve seen. While it’s a more popular song, “Lavender Haze” is another great example of a song that is amazing at describing in music that feeling of being in a new relationship and just not wanting to leave.

I disagree with this. She’s a pretty amazing song writer, which is really uncommon for pop stars. I can see why someone would think she’s more like pizza if you only listen to the hits, but if you actually sit down and listen to a whole album you’ll find that there aren’t many songs that are just flat-out bad. Actually, one my favorites by her is a B side. You can actually track her progress as a musician from fairly generic country artist to someone who has a really unique and uncomplicated sound. I mean, I get why people go for the “simple = easy”, but that’s simply not the case. It’s really difficult to write a song that is as clean and as well put together as she does and still have it be good. To continue your food metaphor, Taylor would be like sushi; there doesn’t have to be a ton of ingredients to be incredibly delicious.

Then you also have to consider that she’s Gen Z, has been doing this for 18 years, and has managed to stay fairly relevant most of that time. Like she really is the only Gen Z pop star who has managed to stay in the limelight without dropping out of being a complete tool (Justin Bieber).

You also have to consider that for a long time she had a carefully crafted public image as a champion of the LGBTQ+ community. Whether she actually is or isn’t doesn’t really matter (I personally think it’s a lot of rainbow-washing) when you have bops like “You Need to Calm Down”. Or the fact that she features a bunch of trans people in the video she directed for “Lavender Haze”.

The word you are looking for is “pick-me”

The answer is “no”. The reason Iowa was forced to use crappy software by the DNC was because Iowa has a history of not supporting the Corporate Democrat. People give Iowa a lot of crap, but there are a lot of very progressive people here, especially in the rural areas. The problem is the DNC pushes people like Hillary Clinton and completely alienates the rural progressive base. There’s a reason that Iowa rarely ends up picking the candidate, and it’s because Iowa democrats tend to be more progressive than their east-coast cousins. I’m a rural Iowan, and my caucus in 2020 went 3 delegates for Bernie, 1 delegate for Warren, and 1 delegate for Buttigeig. We had exactly 1 person the room of 50+ people that supported Biden (he was a day-of registration and I know him…he had a Trump sign in his yard), and the 1 Buttigeig delegate was a coalition of the corporate candidate supporters.

So long story short, the DNC actually has a vested interest in NOT having Iowa first. It doesn’t benefit the candidates they actually want.

(South Park reference)

Prius owner?

Of course it’s a trash lawyer. Do you think a lawyer of any intelligence or repute would still be working for Trump?

Came here to post this. Citations Needed completely changed how I view issues like this.

They voted in the early 2016 primaries too. And the same thing happened.

This is accurate, BUT

I wouldn’t expect police to look into a link, nor would I expect the most conservative of the mainstream networks to report on it if there was.

I mean, they already are…

Ah yes, a YouTube “news” network featuring an old white guy. Totally legitimate source, very believable, 10/10, no questions.

“Do it for her” from Steven Universe. If you haven’t watched the series. I won’t ruin it.

Likewise, “Leaves From the Vine” from ATLA