[–] 5 points 1 week ago

Getting rid of Schumer doesn't fix the democrat party but it's a good start. If they pick better people before the 2028 election they could potentially nominate an actually good person for president. Now is the time to do it.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I pray to god that they put people in power whose #1 priority is addressing the cost of living crisis. If they keep pushing idiots who are more concerned with identity politics than the well-being of the American people, this powder keg is going to explode.

    There can only be so many young men who are unable to find a job and unable to afford a house before you end up with a civil war. Trump completely ignored our economic problems. If the next administration does the same the only outlet will be violence.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 week ago

    I want a new 5.5" smartphone with graphene OS that costs $200 or less. I don't want tablet sized phones and I don't want expensive thousand dollar phones. All I care about is that the phone can make phone calls and respects my privacy.

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  • [+] -27 points 1 week ago (11 children)

    You would have to be extremely naive to think Ukraine isn't torturing captured Russians. They have been launching attacks on Russian fuel infrastructure even after Trump asked them to stop. They are not interested in peace, even after multiple attempts by third parties to negotiate a peace between Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine is a warmongering terror state and they have more in common with jihadi muslims than they do any civilized nation. They're just never going to stop.

    It's a good thing they were convinced to give up thier nukes decades ago because if they had them they would have used them already.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    When the lawnmower was invented in 1830 it created the unrealistic expectation that all well-heeled properties have carefully manicured lawns with flat cut grass. Suddenly even people who had no desire or interest in gardening were expected to own lawn tools and do yard work to adhere to the new expectation. That expectation spread across the world and now lawnmowers and yard tools are a multi-billion dollar industry that consumes everyone's time for no good reason. It's just part of human culture now. Every year all the supposedly intelligent, free-willed humanoids living on Earth dedicate their scant time, wealth, and resources to cut weeds near their domiciles only because it is expected of them. It accomplishes no positive benefit. It is a net waste of time and energy. It is a purely harmful thing to do. But if you ask anyone about it, they will initially be convinced it's a good thing because they don't actually think about it with logic. They just keep doing it because for the past 200 years we have all been doing it.

    It's very possible AI will turn out to be a similar thing.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago

    I was excited for this up until I found out they replaced the amazing "create a class" system that Archeage 1 had with a boring ass Warror/Mage/Priest system in this one. It's just lazy and uninspired and killed all my excitement. I've been looking forward to this all year and probably won't even play it now.

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    I'm using a Sharp Aquos Wish from 2022, because it's 5.8 inches tall. It just barely fits in my pocket, but honestly is a bit uncomfortable. I wish I had a phone about 5.5 inches tall. Ideally with the latest android OS, a good battery, and wireless charging.

    NOTHING like that exists! The closest is maybe the Unihertz Jelly Max, which is Android 14 instead of 15, and doesn't support wireless charging. It's also made in China, and comes preinstalled with spyware.

    I could use GrapheneOS if I got a Google Pixel, but Google doesn't have a line of small phones. They even developed foldable phones so they could make a smaller foldable phone if they wanted, but instead they created the abomination that is the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, which is a gigantic 6 inch phone when folded, and unfolds into a tablet-sized device. For the love of god, WHY!???

    The whole point of foldables was to make phones smaller, not make them twice as big! Who was responsible for this?

    I don't know what to do. At this point I think I may never upgrade my phone. I'll be using my Sharp Aquos Wish 10 years from now, and then abandon phones entirely when the network stops servicing Android 11.

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