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[–] 110 points 5 months ago (4 children)

That should absolutely be a career ending statement.

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  • [–] 33 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    It would be, if people voted in municipal elections.

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  • [–] 30 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Data centers have a habit of increasing voter turnout, in some cases by over 100%.

    The best way to get people to engage with local politics is to piss them off.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Doesn't this only work if you piss them off about something you wanna change like "isn't it stupid how few data centers there are? We all want data centers but these stupid renters with shitty wages are always in our way, we should create build more data centers! We have to throw out the stupid renters and their shitty wages!"

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  • [–] 81 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Shelbyville? Don't they have a monorail?

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    [–] 49 points 5 months ago

    And why doesn't this mayor have an issue with their poor constituents being stuck in "shitty houses"

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  • [–] 44 points 5 months ago

    And with that, a mighty cheer went up from the heroes of Shelbyville. They had banished the awful lemon tree forever, because it was haunted. Now let's all celebrate with a cool glass of turnip juice.

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  • [–] 22 points 5 months ago

    SO MAKE RENT AFFORDABLE AND HOUSING AVAILABLE, MAYOR DUMBASS!

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago

    Is this that same kind of tactic as like “anyone who doesn’t want to go to war with Iraq is gay?”

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  • [–] 17 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    But Springfield and North Haverbrook have datacentres!

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago

    And marry their attractive cousins

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    Where the fuck is shelbyville?

    Some shitholy state no doubt, or the southern half of a mid tier norther midwest one.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago* (7 children)

    Where the fuck is shelbyville? Some shitholy state no doubt

    For the sake of accessibility, I've translated the relevant part of the article so it's easier for you to read:

    An image of the first paragraph with three red arrows pointing at and a red circle surrounding the word "Ind." after "Shelbyville" alongside a shocked reaction image

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Shake harder boy, shake harder.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    I'm sure the Mayor of New Albany, and the Falls of The Ohio preservation society have some choice words for the Mayor of Shelbyville.

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    [–] 45 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    That wouldn’t fly in Springfield

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  • [–] 30 points 5 months ago

    It's almost like the tech companies are preying on places that have cheap land and residents with less political influence...

    Jesus, at least the meat packing plants and shingle factories employed people they were poisoning.

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  • [–] 28 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

    There is a shockingly high percentage of homeowners who sincerely believe that renters should have fewer rights. The most common seem to be that they shouldn't get to vote in local elections and that they shouldn't be allowed to park their cars on public streets.

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    [–] 26 points 5 months ago

    Bribeable officials appears to be the key ingredient for ideal sites for data centers.

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago

    Sounds like the Mayor of Shelbyville is volunteering to have the data centre in their backyard

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    Those sorts of people still have access to cans of gasoline and more motivation to prevent such places from existing.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    That's the sort of thing that happens when you found a town specifically so you can marry your cousins.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Hey it's true but we still have a point

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    i heard the shelbyville mayor married his cousin

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Who is responsible for the shitty houses these poor renters are living in? Hmm, hard to say

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    What’s the implied point here? “Of course you’re against rich people exploiting everyone else — you’re everyone else! Haha!”?

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