Demosthenes @Demosthenes@qoto.org

@wijackhole charge your phone, lol

@HealthRanger they're probably worried that he's going to put out a call to arms. The thing, though, is that he wouldn't do that unless his legal options run out. We've probably got a few weeks until he might do that.

@chris what makes you say that?

@ZGoldenReport celebs have massive influence. It makes sense that he would try to get celebs to spread the message that action is necessary and good.

@tripu that is nothing like my experience. It was just 100% exhaustion and constant sleep deprivation

@freemo FPTP doesn't guarantee a two-party system, but when combined with gerrymandering and the mentality you mention that "the other guy" us the worst imaginable evil, a two-party system becomes a stable outcome, especially when polling data is used in game theory to produce the desired outcomes. The existing parties would have to act flagrantly illogically for them to lose their positions. Regardless, we agree on the likely future, which is a shame. :(

@freemo "can we sink any lower?" I ask myself this question frequently. I think the growing extremism on both sides is due to a combination of the gamification of our political system[1], our first-past-the-post voting system leading to two parties, and media consolidation leading to complete media separation of the two political parties. This ain't gonna magically reverse under Biden, so I only see both sides becoming more extreme and separated as time goes on.

[1] by this I mean the application of game theory to optimize for winning

Anyone here have experience with night vision? I'll be receiving a Gen 2 PVS14 military-grade night vision monocle soon and was wondering what it's like. #murica

@Diptchip newpipe, OsmAnd. If you have a young child, GCompris is a good one.

@pench4nt this is a good place. Qoto has a relatively high percentage of techies.

@jude_ the flu shot triggers an immune response, which can make you feel ill. The injection site will also feel warm and sore.
This is normal.

This is like a slow motion fucking movie. I feel validated for getting ammo and magazines earlier in the pandemic, but I REALLY was hoping to look like a fool for this.

Donald Trump Jr has now tweeted "the best thing for America's future is for Trump to go to total war over this election."

@wziminer why's that?

@plausocks if the election was determined by just popular vote, then you would have candidates completely ignore rural , less popular states. That would drastically increase the chances of conflict and secession because they would feel(rightfully) ignored.

@esvrld@octodon.social the taliban only had 10k people, yet a war for years couldn't get rid of them.
Trump had 60+ million people vote for him. A large percentage of those would fight.

@plausocks listen to trump. He's already claiming victory and is telling his millions of followers that the election is rigged. It looks to me like he's preparing for a civil war.
Regardless of who actually wins, I think we're all gonna end up losing regardless.

Neither Trump nor Biden will back down. Every American needs to have emergency supplies on hand and be ready for supply chain and cell/internet disruption.

@filkerdave both sides pander to partisan zealots, but there is a large group in the middle that doesn't care about the social issues as much and tend to vote based more on the economy and sense of wellbeing.

@naught101 Biden isn't having issues with people in the middle because he's not liberal enough, lol. He's gonna take our guns away. He's condoning explicitly racist policies(defined here as discrimination due to race). He pandered to social issues instead of economic issues.
All these things don't appeal to nonpartisans.