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on trains rule · c/memes · 6 pts · 40d

Well it would require wider curves and be incompatible with existing rolling stock.

Westwing poisoned a generation of liberals brains, many of whom ended up Obama staffers thinking that politics actually works that way.

I still shutter having someone explain that Obama giving Republicans half the discretionionary budget instead of doing what the people who voted for him wanted was some kind of political masterstroke; either republicans would get on board and they'd work together to do what's best for the american people, or voters would see how nice and civil the dems were and vote for them.

Democracy isn't an end in and of itself; if you're ever choosing between democracy and weilding power to do the things you were elected to to, that would benefit the people, you don't have a democracy.

This is relevant when the corporate democrats find all the red tape they need to justify not taking actions their voters want, but their donors don't.

on wtf is even happening · c/fuck_ai · 1 pts · 127d

They're not capable of long term planning like that. We can barely lay fiber in dense neighborhoods, and some places only get LTE. Imagine how much infrastructure would have to be built, billions of dollars of fiber means billions of dollars that aren't going directly into the pockets of billionaires.

Trump ran on "It sucks now, and I have a concept of a plan for the best healthcare ever".

Trump spoke towards a truth we all feel about how bad it is, then lied about the cause and what he was going to do, democrats told us better things aren't possible, america is already great, but if you vote for us, we miiight consider doing .01% less genocide.

People fell for it because the alternative "Shut the fuck up and vote for tax cuts for small business owners and The Most Lethal Military Evar!" is too depressing.

on grocery robot · c/onehundredninetysix · 5 pts · 133d

Are they also developing a future crime prediction chip?

Yes, here's the training data they're using. Its 99% as accurate as current police.

::: spoiler spoiler :::

The guy owning the local car dealership

The small capitalists have a unique set if interests. They're not the biggest beneficiary of the system, but they tend to be fascism's most rabid soldiers. These are the people who did J6.

on What's your Dad Score? · c/dadjokes · 2 pts · 133d

Nah, New England drivers are generally pretty good, I have yet to see a Japanese driver do something dumb. Vietnamese drivers are so good they need to handicap themselves by ignoring all traffic laws while texting and driving a clapped out motorbike after drinking 4+ beers.

on What's your Dad Score? · c/dadjokes · 2 pts · 134d

People don’t know how to drive in this town.

Its genuinely true in much of America. I didn't realize how bad it was until I left the north east.