Kindness is Punk

Let’s be real: Yes, the Democrats ran a historically tone-deaf campaign. But Trump’s entire economic pitch boils down to ‘Just believe me, folks! The same empty promise he made before leaving office with record job losses, broken supply chains, and an economy in freefall. I get what your saying I just have trouble believing voters are this desperate to blame ‘wokeism’ that they’ll ignore:

• The $7.8 trillion he added to the debt?
• The 3 million jobs lost under his watch?
• The fact his ‘miracle economy’ was a sugar rush of tax cuts for billionaires?

It’s a death wish for the middle class.

To add to this, the economy is not better for the average person currently, anyone who thought it would be is naive and I just have trouble believing that American’s on average are that gullible.

I wish anyone in this administration cared about faith in the military, because there’s no way this doesn’t create a populace afraid of its own military.

Sucks it had to be like this, really wanted to visit my friends in Florida. They tried to convince me it’d be fine but damned if I’ll support the US right now. Also I’m not rolling the dice on the gestapo.

The cat is owning it, as a warning

yeah even for a hypothetical it’s stretching the bounds of believability

yes, thank you.

I mean if I was a dragon that failed to kill a bard for 11 minutes I’d take care of it myself.

Hey, that’s not true, they will also defend defund schools and social programs to make sure they have a devoted voter base!

This is why I like games where I can combine weaker potions into the more potent equivalent.

Being from the abyss possessing the child: “phew that was a close one!”

Honestly I don’t mind trucks or SUVs specifically but vehicles are getting way too big on average, I mean the F150 is North America’s best selling vehicle (*edit: I have since learned as of 2024 that spot actually belongs to the RAV4) since forever. It’s a problem of misaligned incentives.

There’s an exception carved out for large vehicles in the EPA guidelines that hold them to less stringent emissions standards which incentivizes building larger vehicles 1

Large cars are also incentivized by our crash safety rating system which only takes into account the mortality rate of those inside the car as apposed to average related fatalities. This means it will prioritize safety of those in the vehicle, which has led to our average fatalities increasing. 2

As an unintended side effect this also damages roads much faster because vehicle weight per axle determines the magnitude of the damage a vehicle does to the road. 3 anecdotally this makes me concerned for the additional weight that electric cars add.

Also as vehicles increase in weight the amount of microplastics put into the air as a by product of tire wear increase. 4

As cars increase in size (and therefore weight) the downsides are exponential.

i prefer mine a bit lighter but that is one admirable piece of toast

At least you don’t have a co-worker that messages you Happy Fri-yay! and Happy Fri-yay eve!

my gf is also imaginary

well, that’s depressing, thanks for clearing it up.

Says the party that literally wanted to modify the grade school syllabus to teach that the 2020 US election was stolen.