How Do You Feel About Voting For The Lesser Of Two Evils

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New wuestion, what is the worst change in your life in the last four years and what how do you expect it to get better/worse depending on who wins
Well I almost joined the National Guard but now I'm banned from joining.

How do you think your life changed because you missed the opportunity?
Well I most likely would've been deployed out to help fight the wildfires and to suppress the protests, so...

I mean do you feel like you missed any opportunities for personal growth or achievement?
Or maybe you found new ones?
I became quite disillusioned after the ban officially went into effect (and on my birthday too) and my recruiter ghosted me even though I scored high on my ASVAB. I was looking for stability and structure in my life and thought that going reserves and staying local with the NG would give me that. Tried to join the Conservation Corps after the ban but I was a year too old to join. Then I lost both of my jobs to covid. Now I'm at a point where I no longer see a future with any semblance of stability.

Damn I'm sorry that happened to you. Pandemic won't last forever though. Have you given thought to plans for after? Is reenlisting an option?
Right now the plan is to save up to move to a more civilized country after I'm done with some stuff.

Where are you going and what are going to do there?


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the two party system is unnatural


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and speaking as someone who voted third party in the last election and would vote third party again, voting third party in THIS election, just because "two party system bad," is also kind of cringe

there's a bigger problem on our hands right now and it must be expunged immediately

Agreed wholeheartedly.
There's so much wrong with the two part system but it's more important getting the literal James Bond villain out of office right now.


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To say, 'nothing is true', is to realize that the foundations of society are fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. To say, 'everything is permitted', is to understand that we are the architects of our actions, and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic.
and speaking as someone who voted third party in the last election and would vote third party again, voting third party in THIS election, just because "two party system bad," is also kind of cringe

there's a bigger problem on our hands right now and it must be expunged immediately

Agreed wholeheartedly.
There's so much wrong with the two part system but it's more important getting the literal James Bond villain out of office right now.
You really don't think you're overselling that?


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and speaking as someone who voted third party in the last election and would vote third party again, voting third party in THIS election, just because "two party system bad," is also kind of cringe

there's a bigger problem on our hands right now and it must be expunged immediately

Agreed wholeheartedly.
There's so much wrong with the two part system but it's more important getting the literal James Bond villain out of office right now.

I understand if you want Trump out because you don't like his policy or persona, but the way you guys are talking, it makes it seem like gay people are being put in concentration camps and women are being forced into hijabs. The press is still free, the executive and legislature have not been changed to grant him more power, and many democratic institutions within the government like Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood still exist

You are well within your right to vote for Biden because you hate Trump's court picks, his handling of corona, and even the way he speaks but these are things all presidents do. I just don't see what makes Trump uniquely evil out of the 45 presidents we have had in this country


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New wuestion, what is the worst change in your life in the last four years and what how do you expect it to get better/worse depending on who wins
Well I almost joined the National Guard but now I'm banned from joining.

How do you think your life changed because you missed the opportunity?
Well I most likely would've been deployed out to help fight the wildfires and to suppress the protests, so...

I mean do you feel like you missed any opportunities for personal growth or achievement?
Or maybe you found new ones?
I became quite disillusioned after the ban officially went into effect (and on my birthday too) and my recruiter ghosted me even though I scored high on my ASVAB. I was looking for stability and structure in my life and thought that going reserves and staying local with the NG would give me that. Tried to join the Conservation Corps after the ban but I was a year too old to join. Then I lost both of my jobs to covid. Now I'm at a point where I no longer see a future with any semblance of stability.

Damn I'm sorry that happened to you. Pandemic won't last forever though. Have you given thought to plans for after? Is reenlisting an option?
Right now the plan is to save up to move to a more civilized country after I'm done with some stuff.

Where are you going and what are going to do there?
I'm not ready to reveal my cards yet but there are a few places I'm considering, for a few I'll have to learn a new language but I'm not opposed to the idea. I'm currently majoring in cybersecurity and may pursue something in that avenue but I'm leaving my options open for the time being. If there's one thing I am, it's adaptable. But I'm tired of playing the stockholm syndrome game with this country.

If it gives you peace of mind, more power to you
I hope it treats you better than the National Guard did


 
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it makes it seem like gay people are being put in concentration camps.
nope, just mexican children

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Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood still exist
for now


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it makes it seem like gay people are being put in concentration camps.
nope, just mexican children

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Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood still exist
for now

Not to mention the straight up global pandemic that he's intentionally letting kill thousands of people a week just so he can flex and pretend it's not happening.

Or earlier this year when he almost started WW3 because he just couldn't hold his brown people murder boner in his pants, known terrorist supporter or not.
Last Edit: November 02, 2020, 04:14:39 PM by CMD.exe


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It really should be sufficient motivation to get Trump out of office when you look at the scoundrels that rally in support of him. If your entire presidency is a magnet for poorly educated, racist dimwits, you might want to do some self-reflection if you genuinely think he's a force of good in the United States.


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"flaming nipple chops"-Your host, the man they call Ghost.

To say, 'nothing is true', is to realize that the foundations of society are fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. To say, 'everything is permitted', is to understand that we are the architects of our actions, and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic.
It really should be sufficient motivation to get Trump out of office when you look at the scoundrels that rally in support of him. If your entire presidency is a magnet for poorly educated, racist dimwits, you might want to do some self-reflection if you genuinely think he's a force of good in the United States.
When siding with the alternative, how much progress do you think is really being made? Besides the base of support that you mention?


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It really should be sufficient motivation to get Trump out of office when you look at the scoundrels that rally in support of him. If your entire presidency is a magnet for poorly educated, racist dimwits, you might want to do some self-reflection if you genuinely think he's a force of good in the United States.

Certainly not trying to contradict you here because you're right but,  technically you could look at someone McCain and say the same thing dispute him not actually being particularly horrible in comparison.
Remember all the batshit insane supporters he had to actively distance himself from.
I think it's more telling how the person responds to those less than desirable elements that is more important. And Trump has done nothing but incite those further.


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It really should be sufficient motivation to get Trump out of office when you look at the scoundrels that rally in support of him. If your entire presidency is a magnet for poorly educated, racist dimwits, you might want to do some self-reflection if you genuinely think he's a force of good in the United States.
When siding with the alternative, how much progress do you think is really being made? Besides the base of support that you mention?
I don't believe Biden will make tremendous progress, because I'm aware that he isn't willing to push this country in the direction I ultimately think is needed to satisfy my expectations for a government. I'm voting for him because the alternative is a man who I genuinely think scrapes brain matter out of the population.

I'm not a politics-savvy person, my area of experience is in the sciences. Because I've dedicated a sizable chunk of my life to studying physics, I have a high level of respect for the input of groups such as climate scientists, virologists, and other researchers whose work has been needlessly politicized by laymen. People aren't capable of admitting they have no clue what the fuck they're talking about, and the dumbest of them just listen to right-wing complainers who are perturbed by the words of scientific consensus because it inconveniences them. They have no foresight or perspective.

As many (If not most) Biden supporters say, it's not because I love Biden, it's because I think Trump is genuine cancer.


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so i voted for skrillex


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Ember used to be cool and funny

Now he's just gay


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so i voted for skrillex
That's an appropriate vote, I just want the fucking man to finally drop another album.


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Six goddamn years since Recess.


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Ember used to be cool and funny

Now he's just gay
he said he's finishing up his next "body of work" when he posted Kliptown Empyrean. being optimistic i expect the album(s) he's kept alluding to sometime early 2021


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he said he's finishing up his next "body of work" when he posted Kliptown Empyrean. being optimistic i expect the album(s) he's kept alluding to sometime early 2021
Yeah I know, I'm really hoping we can get it within the next year or so. Man needs to come back and shake up the scene a little bit.


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I view Trump as a loose cannon and his presidency as a failed experiment.

At this point, at 1 day before the election, I don't know what I can say that hasn't been beaten to death already or would change anybody's mind. I wouldn't call him "evil" per se, but he quite clearly has personality disorders that affect his moral compass and his administration is easily one of the worst in American history. He is the only president ever to have bipartisan votes for removal from office. I get that a lot of criticisms of the man sound over-the-top, but the things he does are over-the-top. He has this massive persecution complex and yet he's constantly proving his harshest critics correct.

I'm not going to try to convince you the Democrats are a great party or anything but when it comes specifically to the presidential election, simply: one is a dangerous charlatan and one isn't. So to address the OP, "the lesser of two evils" is a false equivalency to me.


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I just want Trump to find he lost while on Fox News and have a heart attack right there on air. I want him to cry, and turn purple, and shit himself and fall over dead.

Not gonna happen but I can dream for at least another day.


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I just want Trump to find he lost while on Fox News and have a heart attack right there on air. I want him to cry, and turn purple, and shit himself and fall over dead.

Not gonna happen but I can dream for at least another day.

Who even are you


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How does it feel to be responsible for another Trump vote, oldfag


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I mean, I didn't vote for Trump so IDK what you're talking about.


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Same way I feel about voting for the losers up here. Nothing's really going to change as long as the system exists as it does. Cast a vote for whatever side and they'll make a few changes to ensure they have a voting base next time, but it all amounts to the same thing behind the scene no matter who's elected. Either way I'm just passing through. It's for people who're invested enough to decide, not me.


 
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How does it feel to be responsible for another Trump vote, oldfag
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eat it, you fucking dumb child


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lol I'm not the one who let an election control my life to the point of depression #MyPresident


 
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lol I'm not the one who let an election control my life to the point of depression #MyPresident
not sure who you're referring to here, but generally speaking, it seems pretty stupid to brag about being so emotionally stunted that universally important shit doesn't matter to you
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lol I'm not the one who let an election control my life to the point of depression #MyPresident
not sure who you're referring to here, but generally speaking, it seems pretty stupid to brag about being so emotionally stunted that universally important shit doesn't matter to you

I didn't say it doesn't matter to me