Zoboomafoo

joined 2 years ago
[–] Zoboomafoo@yiffit.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some function of axle weight and mileage would probably be the best combination

[–] Zoboomafoo@yiffit.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It just sucks you are stuck with two parties that don't completely oppose each other on all policy points.

Republicans opposing Democrats on all points is how we got into this mess, blame Newt Gingrich

[–] Zoboomafoo@yiffit.net 3 points 2 years ago

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government

[–] Zoboomafoo@yiffit.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's like the pain makes you really concentrate on the food

[–] Zoboomafoo@yiffit.net 11 points 2 years ago

Oh I see, definitely

[–] Zoboomafoo@yiffit.net 5 points 2 years ago

Now I'm no politician, but I don't think someone running against a "return to normalcy" incumbent should be giving positive views of the country

[–] Zoboomafoo@yiffit.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

There wasn't any need to rush to get Buttigieg elected in the 2020 election, he's going to be around for decades

[–] Zoboomafoo@yiffit.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I have 5-20 minutes between calls at my work, so I've had plenty of time to sneak in some books on the clock.

I've been rereading through the Cosmere, so Mistborn eras 1+2, Warbreaker, and I'm currently reading Elantris.

To-read is Tress of the Emerald sea, then I probably should go for a non-fiction book to feel more enightened

[–] Zoboomafoo@yiffit.net 1 points 2 years ago

I just finished Lost Metal myself, it was good stuff

[–] Zoboomafoo@yiffit.net 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Politics, the party in charge decided that the best response was to pretend the problem didn't exist and maybe it'll go away. Wearing a mask is a very public sign that there is a problem.

[–] Zoboomafoo@yiffit.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Like a viper slithering around its prey, the CCP [Chinese Communist party] is coiling around Solomon Islands in hopes of tightening their grip on the Indo-Pacific region,” Dunn said.

First impression is that the quote is unnecessarily dramatic.

Second is that no, I think politicians should use dramatic comparisons like that, it's fun.

Third was "Wait, vipers use venom to hunt, not constriction"

[–] Zoboomafoo@yiffit.net 127 points 2 years ago (4 children)

"I'm playing both sides, so I always come out on top"

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