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@CaptMurica btw a 50/50 combination of lentils and red beans provide a complete protein

@CaptMurica potatoes actually have some protein. They should have thrown some beans in there though.

I'm strongly considering associating this account with a youtube channel of mine. Anyone here a fan of penguinz0?

@namark "Wouldn't that ergonomic keyboard have mechanical switches too?" It depends on the keyboard. The Sculpt(which is what I use) uses bubble button things found in low-profile laptops. The distance that a key needs to be depressed is very small.

@amerika @namark using an ergonomic keyboard made a big difference in my wrist pain, but that's just me 🤷‍♂️

@namark I don't get it, what makes them better? I get that the clickity-clack noises are novel, but the ergonomics seem like they would be much worse than a good ergonomic keyboard like a Microsoft Sculpt.

Salads are so hilarious!!

@thor yes. There is a pretty large percentage of population for whom money isn't an issue for most things, so will pay a lot more for minor improvements.

@freemo @finity "They definately over exagerated trump as an evil monster far far more than trump was even capable of doing the same in return." I agree here. It's been stunning to me how coordinated the media response has been, especially on the internet.

@freemo @finity fearful rhetoric riles up a politician's base, while angry rhetoric riles up their opponents. Trump's been spouting hatred, anger, and a contempt for all that the left holds dear, which is a big part of where the left's violence comes from.

@finity @freemo well Michigan's basically begging for right-wing extremism with the way their government has been behaving, lol.

@freemo @finity he said "stand back, stand by" which if he was looking to prevent conflict, was rather tactful. He centralized the right's coordination into him, then told them not to do anything.

@freemo @finity your choice of language scares me here, and is very emblematic of the us-vs-them tribal mentality that is gripping the nation.
The violence isn't because of the left. It's because of the political system that is leading to such extremism on both sides. The fact that you don't fear the right at all betrays your political leanings to a certain extent.
To fix this, we need to fix the system and break the cycle of extremism.

@finity @freemo I pulled the numbers out of my ass, but for these kinds of things, my ass tends to be pretty accurate. I tend to see the behaviors of people more based on flows of power and influence, and it works well with predicting how politicians would leverage certain situations.

@finity @freemo I'm not disagreeing with you on your comment here. I'd just like to state that I gamed out several potential outcomes of the election and predicted their potential for violence. The most dangerous was an early biden lead that shifts to a final Trump victory. I predicted the chances of mass nationwide rioting at above 80% and civil war at 50%, and I predict conservatively.

@finity @freemo does Washington DC?

@finity @freemo businesses in almost all major cities boarded up their windows in preparation for the election. That should tell you something.

@krruzic @freemo if fighting was his goal, then delaying doesn't make sense. We've just experienced a massive economic shock. The millions unemployed would make it a perfect time to start since it would give a massive pool of fighters to draw from.

@cirno that's what makes it fun