Did you know there’s this new thing called a ‘news article’ where you can read about what’s being discussed?

I used to be like you. I’d just imagine what I thought people were talking about, then I’d tell them how they were wrong. Now we can use this new technology to read about what is being discussed first so we can all talk about the SAME THING and tell others how they’re wrong! Wow!

The OP was even kind enough to provide a link so we can all read together! You should give it a try. The future is now!

That makes sense. I’m not an American but lived in the country for a number of years, so I understand some but not much of the culture.

I now understand and agree completely!

Let me show you an example. Let’s use easy ratios for easy numbers, so let’s say people vote Democrat to Republican 3:2.

If you have 100 people vote, you’ll end up with 60 democratic votes, 40 Republican.

If you have 200 people vote, you’ll have 120 Democrat votes, 80 Republican.

Increasing the number of total voters in this scenario will never change the outcome. 400 people? 240 to 160.

The only way getting more votes by mail will help Democrats win an election is if the ratio of Democrat to Republican voters is higher in mail-in voters compared to other population groups.

Or are you suggesting Democrats are less reliable voters, so getting them to vote increases the relative percentage of Democrat voters?

This explanation doesn’t make sense mathematically, though. If the ratio of Democrat to Republican voters is fairly consistent amongst groups, increasing the number of people in any given group that votes will result in that same ratio, just with greater numbers. Saying otherwise is like saying you can add 2% milk to 2% milk to eventually get back to whole milk

The only way voting by mail helps Democrats is if the vote by mail crowd has a heavier democratic skew.

More people gently creep into dementia every day.

Your contributions are greatly appreciated, so keep yapping!

He’s everyone’s favorite stupid commie, thank you very much.

You’re also not stupid at all. I often wonder if you’re actually four people. If you’re not, props for being that good.

Almost any large capitalist company, especially those that are publicly traded, will devour its own in the name of higher Q3 profits.

Sex sex.

A stew that makes you blind for one day.

I’d say it all started in the late 1960s with Nixon’s implementation of the southern strategy. What we’re seeing today is the resultant avalanche of American fascism, appropriately composed of fragile white snowflakes.

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Better an idiot than an asshole or, in your case, both.

Knowledge doesn’t just diffuse into everyone’s minds when it hits a fad threshold. There’s still a point where one first learns about it. Shocking, I know.

Exact, a condition can have neutral secondary and tertiary effects. Just like with aluminium.

This looks great. If we collectively threw some funding behind a few worthy projects, even at 1-10€ per person, it could really accelerate development.

Linux is dying

I definitely am not getting this impression, especially with the recent boost in popularity, but this isn’t my field of expertise. Any reading you can recommend to get an old man up to speed?

You’re much kinder than I. I think the term “self-centered arsehole” applies here.

How dare someone have the audacity to create a program that isn’t useful for YOU, the person around whom the entire universe rotates!

Seriously, though, the creator is volunteering their time and energy to create something for the greater good, even if you can’t figure it out. If you can’t invest the minimal effort to not shit on it, invest the even smaller amount to fuck off.