But when the ones we oppose, the ones who are carrying out the war of genocide, and the ones who stand to directly benefit are absolutely enamored with a decision, it can give pause to those of us sitting in our ivory tower armchairs as to the impact of our decision to those who face the consequences more directly.

BAH GAWD IT’S UNIVERSES BEYOND WITH A STEEL CHAIR.

for anyone confused, the company behind magic recently pledged to have sets from all sorts of IP in all competitive formats.

Your legolas can shoot down an Optimus prime, only to be replaced by a wolverine.

Imo anyone considering a Tesla won’t really care about the price and quality, for the reasons you describe. They’re there for the brand.

Apparently Tesla’s on board with this. Their thinking, which I think is correct, is that the rebate benefits other manufacturers more since Tesla is much more established as an EV brand.

Idk what the exact definition of a full lock in is, but if you have to break a window to get someone out I’d think it still qualifies since the locks were all engaged.

Time to justify it by giving your nephew a punch card to YOUR climbing wall!

Do you have any rock climbing gyms near you? Could get a punch card to one.

Terry Pratchett posited that the shortest measurable amount of time is the New York second - the time between the traffic light turning green and the car behind you honking.

Corrected! Too early in the morning :)

It’s taken a while for me to get to the point where I’ll write a comment, and think “do I really want to kick this potential hornets nest?” And delete the comment.

I find myself having a much better time hanging out and interacting with the folks in the asklemmy communities versus those in political threads.

Important question: sorbet or ice cream/gelato?

It’s a fairly expensive treat, but Jenny’s makes a dairy free pint that’s coffee sorbet mixed with delightful coconut cream.

The coffee sorbet section is very bright and tangy, unlike any coffee gelato or ice cream I’ve ever had before. It juxtaposes really well with the creaminess of the coconut cream.

Usually I work on a pint over the course of weeks, having a few spoonfuls at a time. I demolished this within two days haha.

If someone puts my cast iron in the dishwasher the cast iron will still outlive them

EDIT: removed a block of text that took all too long to type out because I’m not going to spend more time further arguing the interpretation of someone’s comment as if it were religious script.

Quite frankly it hardly matters. You asked for proof of folks politically engaged yet not voting, I shared what I thought constitutes proof. You believe it doesn’t qualify, but other folks reading this can draw their own conclusions.

Thanks for keeping the conversation civil - have a good one!

If you’re a wage earner in this country, your life does not change in any significant way based on who we elect, so why skip a badly needed day’s pay to vote? There’s just no point.

You’ll notice that’s different from

If you’re a wage earner in this country and you think your life does not change in any significant way based on who we elect, so why skip a badly needed day’s pay to vote? There’s just no point.

The former is an assertion that all wage earners lives aren’t affected by voting therefore they shouldn’t bother voting. IF you’re a wage earner THEN there’s no point in voting".

The latter is understanding a scenario from a potential perspective of a wage earner who doesn’t see change being discouraged.

Like you said in your own post,

someone who thinks both party’s won’t help

Can you point out where they say “if wage earners think both parties won’t help”?

If not, then you’re the one selectively interpreting this…

someone who thinks both party’s won’t help

I don’t read it this way all - there was no conditional on party efficacy and it in fact was an assertion that their lives won’t change due to who was elected, which changed the overall statement to read like the working class shouldn’t vote.

Tbf the 50% that voted for trump aren’t here, plain and simple, so that’s why you don’t see engagement with them.

The only political engagement you’ll see here on Lemmy shifts overwhelmingly left for all parties, so you’ll see mostly squabbling between various left factions.

Well here’s a comment from someone I was talking to that was politically engaged yet arguing that folks might as well not vote.

I’m not going into the thinking behind it, but it’s certainly happening.

Being politically “engaged” on Lemmy doesn’t mean much in terms of ensuring voter participation. I’ve seen plenty of folks with a “democrats have to earn my vote” sentiment. That very much seemed to play out given the much lower voter participation for Democrats this year.

Yup, I feel that. My “new” car purchase this year was a used 2015 Nissan leaf that was like 6k. It baffles me how my colleagues budget their money. A rivian?? Son, that’s the cost of a new roof.