GoofSchmoofer

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[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 5 points 14 minutes ago

My take on this is that the DNC has never understood that to win the presidency in the last 20 years you need to be a fire brand.

I think this stared in 2008 with Obama who won I believe because he fired up the base with great speeches about hope and change. It didn't really happen, BUT the man knew how to give a speech. That got people inspired to do something and they voted.

Bernie was another fire brand - told it like it was and it appealed to a large population.

trump won using the same idea, but just the opposite of hope and change yet it worked. It tapped into a visceral and deep frustration that this country has left them behind.

The modern view of the American president to the population is less of a wonky politician and more of a cheerleader for big ideas, even if those ideas are abhorrent and exceedingly horrifying.

Harris just wasn't the person to pull this off, she was too wonky and it felt like the entire campaign was playing the old card of "we are not trump" Instead if they really wanted to win they would have found ( 2 years ago) a feisty out spoken progressive leaning firebrand that would have inspired people to vote for something better.

The only reason that (bland) Biden won was because of how badly trump fucked up the Covid response.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There isnt anything inately bad about sugar

Well in moderation sugar isn't too bad. The problem comes when food manufacturers start adding sugar to foods so it will taste better and if you are not paying attention to the content you can consume a significant amount in a day.

In conclusion, very little scientific evidence exists that indicates a benefit of added dietary sugars; however, an overwhelming and growing body of evidence highlights the negative effects of excessive or prolonged sugar intake

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I mean Cuban has some redeeming qualities but he is still a gold hording billionaire. Linda Khan is a threat to his and all his billionaire buddies' status to being a billionaire, so it's not really too surprising he wants her gone.

And this is what frustrates me about billionaires, this pathological fear that they have about losing anything, especially money. These people are addicts to money and power. And when someone or some institution gets in the way of them getting their next money fix they will do whatever they can to tear them down. And there are many many people in this world that enable this addiction they have, they praise it and encourage them to do more. People like Khan are seen as 'narcs' out to ruin their fun. Fuck that.

I would love to see a nationwide intervention and help these poor souls break this dangerous and deadly addiction they have.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I think everyone that wishes for the fall of civilization should have to read The Road - That was a bleak story.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

That would suck to have to have done that, sounds like he was at least a empathetic human.

It's horrific to witness that kind of death, or it was for me.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Yeah, it took a while to get over that shit, but I guess it worked because I sure as shit changed my ways.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 61 points 4 days ago (6 children)

As a result of being a dumb ass teenager the state gave me 50 community service hours. I got assigned to an animal shelter that was being managed by some very deranged people. I witnessed some horrific things that mentally unstable people will do to animals when no one cares.

My job was to pile up the euthanized animals in a pickup and off load them at the landfill. Fucking grim.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Because being a victim is playing life on easy mode. Or at least that is how they think. When everything bad that happens in your life is due to someone else then there never is a reason to have to do the hard work of changing.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah but this article is focused on the laziness of the scammers to not even edit the pages to get rid of AI-generated phrases like :

"I’m sorry, but as an AI language model, I cannot provide specific articles on demand."

Which ultimately is a good thing that they are so lazy to even proof-read what the AI generated.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

But if you have a company whose only customer is the government then you don't need to worry about the plebs buying your shit.

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have some friends that got married and decided to merge their two last names and create a brand new last name. I thought it was a cool idea

[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Fuck You, Elon

 

I posted this a year ago, thought as the election gets closer to re-post it just because I think this part of a trump presidency is being ignored. So if you need another reason to not vote for this piece of shit and his lessor demons here it is.

 

One study by the First Street Foundation, a research firm that studies climate threats to housing, found that roughly 3.2 million Americans have already migrated, many over short distances, out of flood zones, such as low-lying parts of Staten Island, Miami and Galveston, Texas. Over the next 30 years, 7.5 million more are projected to leave those perennially flooded zones, according to the study.

All of this suggests a possible boom for inland and Northern cities. But it also will leave behind large swaths of coastal and other vulnerable land where seniors and the poor are very likely to disproportionately remain.

 

Covering large parking lots with solar panels is an idea that goes back decades but in America at least it's an idea that has never really taken off.

What is the reason for that? Is it due to the overall cost or is there something else that keeps Walmart, Target, Costco, Sams Club, Malls, etc. from covering their parking lots with these panels and selling the power?

 

What's your go to for music while you workout?

 

This question has been around for a while but I'm curious as to your answer

 

Sometimes you just want to brag about something you excel at but never get the chance or you're just to modest. Now is your chance to tell a bunch of internet strangers about your amazing talent.

 

Native Land is an app to help map Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages.

 

When I tell people I've never seen the Lion King they are really baffled by that.

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