Is American politics really as seemingly satirical of itself as it is portrayed?
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    almar_quigley
    2d ago 57%

    Do you understand the difference between president and vice president? She’s also not on the cabinet. That’s for cabinet members. My point is she’s not presiding over anything. Biden is in charge. And your claim moments seem to be repeating propaganda nonsense.

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  • Why is selling fake medicine legal in the USA?
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    almar_quigley
    3d ago 100%

    That’s an issue of not letting oversight agencies have enough teeth. Not a “welp we’ll just never figure this one out I guess” type of situation. We’re not special and other countries have solved many of these problems.

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  • Why does it seem the majority of protests in the US are to oppose something while so many protests in other countries are looking to influence improving something?
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    almar_quigley
    6d ago 100%

    Reading OP’s comments it sounds like they are getting at in America, from their perspective, protests don’t start until things are really bad, while in the EU protests, again in their perspective, are more proactive or at the early stages of things going wrong.

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  • Jill Stein's Chances of Blocking Kamala Harris Win in Key Swing States
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    almar_quigley
    1w ago 70%

    I see yall updated your canned responses to be so much more polite as of late. Better to ensure you can continue posting your propaganda all over the site I suppose.

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  • The "gaming" community is obnoxious and often cringe
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    almar_quigley
    1w ago 100%

    You’re just misstating your opinion. “This thing other people seem to find super interesting that also happen to be in a lot of other circles I happen to travel in does not interest me. I wish there was a place I could experience just the aspects of tech and such without having to be exposed to gaming.”

    See how that doesn’t demonize other people for having an interest in something you don’t?

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    almar_quigley
    1w ago 92%

    Let’s be real, genocide is just the flavor of the moment for yall. What action have you taken to support Palestine besides trying to drive votes away from Harris which ultimately puts Trump on who may very well just join the war directly? You’d have some other shit to prop up as the ultimate reason not to support the duopoly if this wasn’t goin on.

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    almar_quigley
    1w ago 86%

    Oh, I know this one! It s the hole in the barrel! Wait no, maybe it’s the woods…? Oh, no…ummmm. Oh it must be Jill Stein’s lack of policies and support of Putin’s interference in our government.

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  • Something about bootstraps
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    2w ago 100%

    I was just remarking on that last point. A YouTuber I watch who runs a farm amongst other things stabbed herself in the hand on accident and essentially paralyzed it for a period of time. But she was so dead set on not asking even her partner for help on the farm because of some weird sense of pride or something. It was actually really sad to see someone repeat over and over to internet strangers that she’s not a quitter. Seems to be doing much better but I feel bad for folks who have this type of outlook. Something I’ve seen from a lot of content creators online unfortunately.

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  • Not sure how many hand tool users there are here but I’m going to buy a new plane and am debating between a plow plane or a combination plane (both Veritas). Plow plane gets me what I need today which is cutting grooves, dadoes, etc but the combination obviously gets a bit more in functionality and available blade shapes plus it has nickers on both sides so reversible direction. I already have a router plane with a fence which is almost as good as a plow but not quite. Trying to figure out if combination plane has any down sides to it at all that I’m not thinking about before I pull the trigger on it.

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    Espresso almar_quigley 5mo ago 100%
    It's so quiet in here! I just upgraded from a BDB to a bezzera duo man

    Enjoying the e61 grouphead. This thing is much prettier than the Breville, in a very different way. I do woodworking so I’m thinking about making some custom wood panels for the sides and maybe some attachments to hold portafilters, tools, etc. how’s everyone else doin in here?

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    I’ve been getting the Willamette Week for awhile now and have really enjoyed the focus on local only news. Curious if folks have other outlets besides the obvious Oregonian they use to get news for state/county/city. I’m just tired of only reading about the major events around the world and country because they are almost exclusively negative topics.

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    I’m playing on gamepass and haven’t been able to see the new space stations yet. There aren’t any updates available to download for the game so not sure if it’s a gamepass thing or something I’m doing wrong.

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    Not sure if this is allowed so mods lemme know if it’s not. Just sharing a link to a roasting specific discord I started. Not sure how many fellow roasters there are here but there wasn’t any roasting specific communities I could find so thought I’d start my own.

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    I have an old ge stereo console from the 60’s. The turntable on it doesn’t rotate anymore and the controls in general don’t work that great. I’ve been trying to find a shop or online resources for some diy repair/replacement but have mostly come up short. I’ve also toyed with just gutting it and replacing with modern stuff. Just curious if it’s a fools errand to try getting these components repaired or not. I can try to find the specific model to share, just don’t have it handy at the moment. But it’s one of the fairly common mcm style consoles with receiver, turntable, and built in speakers. Sorry if this is too vague, I can try to get more specifics once I get home from work.

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    Title. I’m looking to add some new games to the library to play I honor of my favorite holiday. What are some of your favorites? Bonus points for hidden gems!

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    I’ve really enjoyed them so far. Week 1 was a little cheap with the vtol defense but overall I liked it. Week 2 was a big improvement and a lot more chaos. I hope they up the ante with more chaos in week 3. I managed to get Gauntlet Master both weeks with top 10%. How has everyone else been doing?

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    I’m on exoprimal discord server but looking for Lemmy style conversation without heading back to the land of Reddit. How many of yall are actually still on this community post release and playing the game?

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    Wanted to gauge interest in some sort of coffee exchange. I roast my own coffee and would love to see what others think. Plus I think it’d be fun to try out local roasters from around the US/world. Anyone interested in something like this?

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    https://i.imgur.com/1RApPY2.jpg

    Inclusive of all drinks not just coffee. We even have some hummingbird nectar up top for our little wild friends.

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