candybrie @ candybrie @lemmy.world

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They don't have to be the majority. They just have to show up to vote in some swing states where Biden voters don't bother. President isn't based on who has the majority. It's based on a) turn out and b) electoral college. It doesn't matter if everyone and their mom turn out to vote democratic in California. It matters if about 20,000 people in Wisconsin who voted Biden last year decide it isn't worth the trouble this year.

No one is going to vote for Trump over Gaza. They're just not gonna vote. And you must live in some kind of bubble if you think Trump supporters have changed their minds over the last 4 years. Some of them have since 2016. But if they supported him in 2020, they're supporting him now. Trump doesn't need anyone new to vote for him, just for a small percentage of people who showed up for the record turn out election in 2020 to not this time around.

What makes you think that? Trump voters love him. Between the economy and Israel's actions, Biden voters are pretty damn disaffected at this point. It was close last time (he won the tipping point state by a mere 0.6%), so it doesn't take too many people staying home to result in Trump winning.

Or just not actually give the context of the original meme.

Not all intercourse is sexual intercourse.

Sure, but more pizza places than people doesn't seem feasible. It would require something like everyone in NYC works multiple pizzerias by themselves.

From a blogpost i found there are aparently some 70-ish pizzerias per person in NYC, whereas there are 400+ per person in sweden

There are more pizzerias than people? Or is it 70 people to each pizzeria in NYC and 400 people to each in Sweden? Or like 70 pizzerias to 1000 people?

It doesn't even say they didn't applaud, just that it wasn't enough applause. It could have been a totally reasonable amount of clapping and this lady was mad there wasn't a standing ovation.

If he was hospitalized for the influenza, getting MRSA while there isn't all that surprising.

Prescription medications are scheduled. So medical uses isn't a reason to not schedule something.

Alcohol and tabacco were specifically excluded from the CSA. I'm pretty sure we'd need an act of congress to actually deschedule anything.

Poe's Law is alive and well. That's the problem.

Yeah, it's hard to understand. If they'd written sentenced to 23 months instead of jailed, it would be a lot clearer. As it is, it sounds like he was in jail for 23 months and then "held" somewhere else.

Alcohol and tobacco are specifically not scheduled. They don't even fall under the same regulatory agency. They get their own special one with firearms of all things.

Why kill the dog? It didn't listen to her, embarrassed her, and she couldn't have that. Why admit to it? People already knew about it; she thought she could get in front of the story by spinning it as "hard decisions had to be made" rather than "sociopath murders dog."

On my phone if I hold down on the suggested word in the keyboard area, I can delete it from "learned words." This is only really helpful if it's a typo that isn't also a real word.

Canadians as a dogwhistle for what, dare I ask? Or was that part of what you refused to ask?

Sometimes, I confuse cramps and hunger pangs. There's also cravings that can be associated with periods.

That's good. The article linked to by the graveyard made it seem like they didn't.

Pixel Pass

Killed 8 months ago, Pixel Pass was a program that allowed users to pay a monthly charge for their Pixel phone and upgrade immediately after two years. It was almost 2 years old.

Well, that seems particularly scummy.

That other countries do it doesn't make it not horrifying. Almost all your examples are horrifying.

Only the last one isn't. Being held pending trial if you threaten to flee the country? That makes sense.