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[–] tillary@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Optimism is my coping strategy this year! Everything is gonna be okay!

[–] tillary@sh.itjust.works 45 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Looks like you haven't done a lot of research. That's okay! There are many, many recorded cases of long COVID that existed long before the first vaccine was even available. Like between March 2020 and March 2021. If that changes your thought.

[–] tillary@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

Yeah, just one of those stupid games we have to play until we get with the times and implement a ranked choice voting system...

[–] tillary@sh.itjust.works 39 points 3 months ago (15 children)

Feel like I'm gonna be posting this a lot today. Pennsylvania uses a closed party primary voting system. If you're a liberal voting in the primaries, it made the most sense to register Republican in Pennsylvania to vote for someone like Nikki Haley if you despise Trump. Don't want to say this is what happened, just that we shouldn't jump to false flag conspiracy conclusions right now.

[–] tillary@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I haven't seen this mentioned yet, but you're required to register a party affiliation before you can vote in the primaries. As a liberal, I've considered registering Republican in situations where the Democratic nominee has pretty much been decided and I want to give a boost to less polarizing Republican candidates. Pennsylvania is one such state that uses the closed party system (you need to be Republican to vote in Republican primaries). I've since moved to a state that allows "Independent party" members to choose the primary they wish to vote in.

Not saying this explains the shooter's party affiliation, we still need to wait on all the details. Just something to keep in mind so we don't jump to conclusions.

[–] tillary@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Hypersexuality that primarily exists in one gender is a massive problem for everyone. And I know there are hypersexual women who are in relationships with men with lower libidos (know one personally) - maybe they have a house or children or other emotional/financial anchor.

But yeah moderation sounds like a nightmare.

[–] tillary@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

I'm admiring the ASCII art - great usage of different characters to smoothe out the outline of the text

[–] tillary@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

We should've been taxing homes or land that people own but are not their primary residence, from the start.

It would be super easy to implement, and flexible - if housing prices are too high for 75% of the population, you raise those taxes little by little and the problem eventually sorts itself out. If it's no longer a problem, you reduce the taxes.

[–] tillary@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Probably, but could just as well be anxious attachment since we don't have the whole story. I'm on the anxious side and this happens a lot if the other doesn't show enough interest or is closed off in conversation.

[–] tillary@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, this is no different from how every other social media platform operates. Unfortunately it's just the way these websites make money to stay "free for consumers".

The only (distant) solution I can see will be the fediverse, paid for by UBI and decreasing server costs (i.e. green energy and tech breakthroughs)