Moobythegoldensock

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[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Trump’s campaign accepted the 09/10 debate. They have also mutually agreed to a second debate but have not set a date yet.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kamala-harris-campaign-says-it-agreed-to-a-second-debate-with-donald-trump-rejects-more-than-one-vp-faceoff/ar-AA1oRAwX

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Vance better insist they not have any furniture other than podiums in the room. He can’t afford to be distracted.

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I too am still using my hotmail from around 1997.

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 70 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Trump’s new political strategy is… gushing about his opponent’s looks and comparing her to his wife?

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She still received 3 million more votes than Trump. So not quite “unelectable:” she only lost due to vote distribution.

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

The Infiltrator

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

T3 respects that T2 did change the future. Judgement Day’s date moves and Skynet completely changes form. “Judgment Day is inevitable” refers to a general concept of a technological singularity where eventually some sort of tech will become self aware and decide to destroy humanity. But T3 does not assume all events are fixed and unchangeable. We later see different dates and forms of Skynet in The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Genisys, and Dark Fate.

“There is no fate but what we make” is Sarah’s mantra in T2. But she doesn’t change everything: she didn’t stop anything in the time loop from T1 and she didn’t change John’s fate in the future. John’s fate doesn’t change until the Sarah Connor Chronicles, Genisys, and Dark Fate, each of which gives him different futures. Really, the biggest thing Sarah and John do is continuously push the singularity date back further.

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Not sure what you mean there. The only one in the series that gets close to determination is the first one, and even that one implies the future is changeable despite being in a stable time loop.

The Sarah Connor Chronicles is the furthest away from determinism, not T2.

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Hell no. Terminator 3, Salvation, Genisys, Dark Fate, and The Sarah Connor Chronicles all had their moments, and I can’t honestly say I hated a single one.

It’s been 30 years since T2 came out. Either you’re still engaged with the franchise and interested the newer films or you’re not. Comparing everything to T2 forever is pointless, just like it’s pointless to compare every new Alien entry to Aliens or every new Star Wars entry to Empire.

I personally like how every entry in the franchise has tried so hard to retcon itself as a sequel to T2 that it’s turned into a Doctor Who style timey wimey kudzu plot, but maybe that’s just me.

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Anecdotally, I get very little pushback using it in casual conversation, even from climate skeptics:

Them: “It used to snow all the time when I was a kid, but now it barely snows.” “What’s with all the crazy storms lately?” “It used to be hot in the summer and cold in the winter, but now it’ll be warm in February and cold in June.” Etc.

Me: “Yeah, it seems like the climate around here has really been changing lately.”

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

While that’s possible, I kind of suspect that if Trump clearly loses this election, the Republicans will just start distancing themselves from him.

He’s 78 and on trial for multiple felonies. In 4 years he’ll be 82 with 2 election losses in a row and possibly be still embroiled in legal battles. I just don’t see the Republicans trying as hard as they did in 2020 to keep him afloat when they can just ditch him and focus on their rebrand for 2028.

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