If people critical of this could organize something more useful than lemmy downvotes, that would be a start. I’m just genuinely confused by anyone that feels like not voting accomplishes anything. By definition, it is inaction. And mathematically, voting third party is the same as not voting. Why not at least defend gay and trans people? You can still do whatever non-voting-related actions you were planning to do to improve things. I guess you’re making your trolley problem choice. Honestly, the moral purity that has no impact just reads as vanity to me.
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That’s you reading into it, I think. I’m just tired.
Labels feel like a substitute for argument and thought.
That’s not really an argument.
This is also how I think about AI training data. You have generational loss if you train AI on data that came from AI, so pre-AI data will be inherently more valuable, even as it becomes outdated.
Voting is a practical, political act, not a moral one. Anyone that tells you different is tricking you.
71·11 days agoAh, good catch.
Never mind AI, MRIs are more important.
At least we have the US Helium Res— dammit, Biden!
The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried
Helium is needed for MRIs.
Sites can just use CSS.
This is how private equity MBAs have ruined everything.
Louis Rossmann does a pretty good job of covering the choice between complying and going out of business from his own experience. https://youtube.com/watch?v=eCtWeNwOb9w
That made me think of this very old Tom Scott video.
There should be a free voters guide that gets mailed to all registered voters, and is available at the library.
You’re giving excuses that make no sense. No one is saying to vote a straight party ticket. Do your research, take notes on the candidates, go vote. Why are you inventing this memorization nonsense?
You’ll find that, while each candidate can have positions that you agree with and that you don’t, but you probably have a pretty good idea which issues matter most to you, so you can focus on those issues. If they say things you agree with about things you care about, and they don’t seem like liars, vote for them. You’ll probably find one party’s platform aligns with your preferences, and you only need to keep track of the ones not in that party if you really want to memorize the candidates. Or, find an organization you agree with and start from their recommendations.
But just bring your notes to vote, if you’re allowed. My state is 100% mail-in voting, so I can fill out the ballot as I research. How many candidates are in your elections that is causing you to panic like this?
It’s an open-book test. You don’t have to memorize anything. Everyone else has this figured out.
What kind of ballot are you using that is just photos and voices?
This is the most insane argument I’ve ever heard. Write them down!
Yeah, I never really used it for handwriting. That seems basically unverifiable sometimes, when I can’t read it myself.
No, I’m sorry this is “abuse”.