Enekk

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[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

My guess is that this is a holdover from when rich people did have train cars (and sometimes even full trains!).

I would bet there are still a couple of rich people living out their train fantasies.

[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel like this map must be some sort of trolling for people that have any understanding of the United States. I could write a doctoral thesis for how badly this would disenfranchise people, screw over others economically, and involves taking over territory that isn't even fully American.

Let's just talk about your "territories" region. It is somehow supposed to compete on the world stage when it has less population than New York? Far less accessible resources? Peoples that may not even want to be part of the US given a choice?

The Western area is taking over tons of Native American land and have no water.

The middle area has the same population problems (except Texas) and the territories. Plus, they largely rely on Federal tax dollars and that would dry up.

The Eastern section would be dominated by the North East and people in the South would rather die than be lumped in with them.

I could go on?

All of this for what? Some sort of global representation? Each state already represents itself globally. For smaller regions of representation? Well, these are still huge (and uneven) regions that ignore population.

The major issue is that land doesn't vote. Take away the electoral college and first pass the post voting and, suddenly, America works much better.

[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The problem with this is you are screwing over liberal bastions (e.g. Chicago) in conservative zones. Or what about somewhere like New Mexico? We'd be grouped with Arizona and Texas? New Mexico is liberal and that'd kill us. The arrangement also gives even more power to sparsely populated sections of the country vs highly populated sections. It is almost like you are suggesting gerrymandering at a regional level.

Keep in mind that we already have regional representation - state governments. They don't work great because of the lack of attention they get vs presidental elections. The here part is that states need to have power, but there are things they are insane to declare as "states rights" issues. How do we divide them up? I don't know. We even have "majority agree" as you suggested via constitutional amendments.

[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago
[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The legal decision is important for a slew of reasons including taxation, SNAP benefits, etc. The decision was less about science and more about the reality of how tomatoes are used in our society.

[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They were trying to capture the dialect of a pensioner. I'm positive the word choice was intentional.

[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

How about slim pillows? I usually put two in a pillowcase. Example: https://a.co/d/drT0UwS

[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Thanks, I'll check it out!

[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

I listen to many, but here's my favorites:

  • Chilluminati: Takes a comedy focused look at supernatural, paranormal, and just weird topics. After a few episodes, the hosts really build excellent rapport. When it is at its best, it reminds me of some weird AM radio program you'd catch while night driving across the country.
  • The Beef and Dairy Network: The leading podcast about beef animals and dairy herds. Start at episode 1.
  • The Climate Denier's Playbook: "Rollie Williams (Climate Town) and Nicole Conlan (The Daily Show) are two comedians with Master's Degrees in Climate Science & Policy and Urban Planning. But don't get too excited, because they're here to examine the pervasive myths and misinformation campaigns that are making it obnoxiously difficult to address the looming climate crisis you've probably heard about."
[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Just a reminder that the designer of the West of Loathing games is an accused abuser.

[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

I used Twitter for emergency updates, saved me multiple times.

[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What possibly was the logic here?

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