chetradley

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[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sort of, Dan Wilson said he had the idea while writing the song because his wife was pregnant so he slipped it in as a double entendre. It's like 90% bar closing with a couple lines alluding to being born: "Closing time, this room won't be open till your brothers or your sisters come".

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago (5 children)

People have an inherent inability to assess probability. Even with "safer" games like black jack when your odds are a little closer to 50:50, people will keep pushing until they have no money left. Bet it all 4 times and there's about a 94% chance you lose it all.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 16 points 3 days ago (4 children)

He made it clear where he differed from Biden and Harris, but encouraged his supporters to vote for them. Are you proposing that he should have encouraged his supporters to ditch Harris, giving Trump an even more sizable lead?

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

Thank you on behalf of someone else who gets super annoyed with loose carts and lazy people!

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Knock knock.

Who's there?

Boo.

Boo who?

Aww don't cry, it's just a joke!

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 16 points 4 days ago (3 children)

A lot of my in-laws are Trump supporters, but do you know who they support more than Trump? Bernie. They want a lot of the same things that progressives do. Obviously there are Trump supporters that are racists and fascists, but I'd bet the majority just want a better deal for the working class, and they fell for Trump's promise that he's the one to do it.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 97 points 4 days ago (5 children)

How does this even happen?

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago

That's amazing, keep up the awesome work!

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago

You have every right to be frustrated and angry, and if it helps you to direct that anger at me, then go for it. I want you to know that even though it feels like there are so many people against you, there are people around the world you've never met that are pulling for you. I sincerely wish you the best, and I hope that you're able to find happiness.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago (9 children)

It's easy to paint a huge group of people with a broad brush, but that's exactly the mindset that got us here.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 28 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Think of this from his perspective: the Democrats put their faith in the idea that money wins elections, and if you can out-raise your opponent the votes will follow. Twice they conspired against Bernie in the primaries because of his platform: tackling wealth inequality, progressive tax reform, and overturning Citizens United v. FEC. They chose corporate interests over the working class because they valued money more than votes.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 43 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Don't forget: replacing nonpartisan government experts with Trump appointees, defending and reclassifying public media and banning pornography.

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