ApostleO

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[–] ApostleO@startrek.website -3 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Check out https://startrek.website. I don't know much about the fediverse, but if you're a Star Trek fan, it's a decent community. Bit quiet in between new seasons.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We found the Spiders Georg of liberal women.

But in all seriousness, how could a woman perceive the conservative agenda and NOT become more liberal in response?!

Oppression kink?

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Even if the Supreme Court upholds the removal of Trump from the Colorado ballot, it isn't immediately over for him, unfortunately. He won in 2016 without Colorado.

That said, it would be a precedent, and other Secretaries of State could start removing him with confidence. The question remains: would enough states remove him to make winning impossible? Which is to ask: how many battleground states (or even red states) would remove him?

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 3 points 9 months ago

Welcome to the Hotel Pattern Buffer.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 4 points 9 months ago

Reminds me of TomSka's "The Hole" sketches.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm far left [...]

entire post history on Lemmy is articles with centrist or pro-Trump messages

Cool.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago

That is the problem with representative democracy when each rep accounts for nearly a million citizens. You're at the whims of such a massive voting base. Name recognition is pretty much the only thing that matters at that scale.

It's like modern marketing and advertising. Half the time, they don't even say anything about their service. They just want you to remember the name and recognize the logo if you see it in a store.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

For that very reason, I sometimes imagine a world where public office is handled like jury duty, picked semi-randomly.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

According to this, there is some inconsistency in how the abbreviations are done across various sites. Some use LOW, some use LD or LDS.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, according to this, there is some inconsistency in how the abbreviations are done across various sites. Some use LOW, some use LD or LDS.

But, as you said, "ST" is never used as part of the abbreviation for a show, only movies.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 82 points 10 months ago

"Donald Trump is a scab."

Trump would be a scab, but he's never worked a day in his life.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 115 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Should Jon Stewart run for POTUS? No.

Would I vote for Jon Stewart if he ran for POTUS? Probably.

This says less about my faith in Jon's ability to govern, and more about my lack of faith in current politicians to lead ethically.

I'd rather see Jon make the right decisions but make mistakes, than to see a seasoned politician make the wrong decisions and execute them competently.

I at least have faith Jon is smart enough and with a true compassion in his heart, that he'd be able to surround himself with real experts, listen open mindedly to their advice, and regularly make decisions with empathy.

All that said, he's said repeatedly he doesn't want that job, and I do not blame him.

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