theparadox

This was literally me a year ago or so. I installed Mandjaro on my gaming laptop. We decided to try V Rising and even though discord was working fine I had zero game audio and couldn't fix it. I was still dual booting and switched back to Windows after 10 minutes.

Not a Linux hater. In all fairness, my long time experience with Windows allows me to troubleshoot problems easily but my lack of experience with Linux, and the variety of distros and tools that might be installed with each, makes the switch hard.

I'm going to try again with a more mainstream distro on a desktop that doesn't have a weird AMD/Nvidia mix and the need to deal with a MUX switch.

I think Trump knows that he'll almost always score points with voters by offending and upsetting those opposed to him, regardless of their party. So many of those who voted for him cited his unwillingness to conform as a major draw.

Most of them are just angry with the status quo and by upsetting establishment people Trump misleads the electorate into thinking he's not of and from the establishment. He's convinced so many that he's a force for change when in reality he's a force for entrenching and empowering the worst aspects of the system.

There were a lot of fires to put out and this fire department chose the ones that would benefit them and lectured those abandoned in burning buildings about how their building aren't burning and then campaigned arm in arm with a bunch of arsonists.

Yeah, their opponent was an arsonist so it wasn't the best strategy to sit this one out but there is a lot of blame to go around.

America needs to fix it's shit. I'm just hoping the arsonists don't burn it to the ground first.

Wait until all the ballots are counted. Ballots still being counted aren't in those totals but, obviously, they finished counting 2020. Shit, California is still like 60% counted at this point. And they're at 10 million votes counted... that's like 6.5 million more votes just estimating CA.

I disagree. Championing progressive policies in most instances actually appeals universally to a majority of the electorate.

I'm not suggesting they'd be able to follow through because I think a significant number of Democrat representatives can't stomach actually progressive policies... but I think they'd win more elections.

I'm not seeing turnout down by 20m. Where are you seeing this data? Note, we haven't even finished counting all the votes.

Admittedly, I was expecting there to be overwhelmingly high turnout and there wasn't that from what I've seen.

The dude won the popular vote. I'm sure a lot of the shady bullshit that happened all around the country to suppress voting inflated his lead a little bit but I don't think it was substantial enough to explain this.

Lol, like what? Does liking a sport and hating and exposing the corruption of it's organizers equate to supporting it's organizers? https://youtu.be/DlJEt2KU33I?si=WJAc7yVePsn0GwaA

...and apparently understanding the frustration with the EU but calling leaving it insane and urging people to vote against brexit is "supporting" it? https://youtu.be/iAgKHSNqxa8?si=JsEMq6gV7-tp5y7k

Like are you even trying? Nobody is perfect, John Oliver included, and I'm sure there are reasons to dislike him but could you at least chose topics he hasn't released multiple YouTube full clips of episodes of his show where he literally contradicts your point?

They should be held accountable.

I would like everyone to be held accountable. How does letting Trump win help the country? Is he going to hold them accountable for anything you've listed?

This sweeping under the rug because of "blue no matter who" mentality shares more similarity with right wing extremities than with normal people.

Keeping openly fascist tyrants out of power isn't sweeping it under the rug.

You act like preventing neoliberal dems from winning an election will "teach them a lesson" or "hold them accountable". It won't. Every time a Republican wins an election it pushes democrats further to the right in an attempt to be the reasonable centrists. Look at the last several decades and tell me that isn't what happened. Corporate Democrats don't get more brave and try to capture the leftist's vote, they cower and try to claw more independents as the Republicans push more to the right.

The answer isn't to not vote or vote third party. The answer is to get involved and fucking make them more left. Be the third party and start local, protest, make your voice heard.

All of these things are happening or heading towards happening now, under Democrat leadership.

Events I've pointed and sourced:

Golan Heights, Jerusalem recognized as the capital, bailing on the Iran Nuclear deal... they happened because Trump made them happen while he was president. They aren't happening or heading towards happening now. He literally did them between 2016 and 2020. You. are. lying.

Also, I'm done. Good luck trolling, spreading disinformation, or whatever gets you off.

There aren't my facts and your facts. Facts are facts. That's what makes them facts.

I don't know how I can make this any clearer. This election, 2024, is not normal. In 2020 or any year prior I'd agree with you that things are not black and white.

The man attempted a fucking coup after he lost in 2020. He has forced anyone loyal to him, or fearful of his political power, to deny that he legitimately lost the last election. An enormous effort has been undertaken to install people loyal to him through the election process in countless states and counties throughout the country to have already tested their ability to contest, refuse to certify, and/or slow walk the electoral process.

The upcoming election is black and white. If this man doesn't suffer an overwhelming loss, there is a very good chance the US will become a dictatorship.

from ~~an opinion~~ a lie you ~~dislike~~ can easily prove to be untrue.

FTFY