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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    cincybearcat said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    brianlux said:
    unsung said:
    brianlux said:
    Why vote.  It's all just a waste  of time and no one person can change anything.  Don't tell me what to do.  Anyone who encourages me to vote is a condescending motherfucker. Whether or not I vote is no ones fucking business so don't bring it up.  The laws are all bullshit, so why bother trying to change anything.  If I say I don't want to vote, you will bring up roads so fuck you.  High profile people have no fucking business making statements about what they believe.

    Did I miss anything?

    Case proven.
    Only thing it proves is how poorly sarcasm works on the internet.   :wink:
    :lol:
    Hint: Use "/s" after a sarcastic comment. At least some people know what it means. ;)
    I always like your tips "/s"
    You're not supposed to add the quotation marks, duh.
    I have never heard of this /s thing before now. I would have thought "what the fuck does divided by S give you?"
    In SI units, s is the unit for time (seconds).  I find my time to be quite divided.  
     
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    /s

    :wink:
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,604
    i'm voting all Democrats not one Republican they can all kiss my immigrant ass !
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • RoleModelsinBlood31
    RoleModelsinBlood31 Austin TX Posts: 6,239
    brianlux said:
    dankind said:
    cincybearcat said:
    unsung said:
    Probably sitting it out just like in 2016.
    No local/state issues on the ballot that need your attention?  I understand people skipping voting for candidates if no one really matches up enough or if 1 isn;t way worse than the other.  But generally there are state/local issues that I am betting you have an opinion on.
    I know that this wasn’t addressed to me, but see my above post on how Massachusetts legalized recreational cannabis TWO YEARS AGO, yet not a single shop has opened in the entire state. So you can either grow it, get a MMJ card or buy it illegally from a dealer and pray that it’s not laced with fentanyl. (Boy, do these Massholes LOVE their fentanyl.)

    Also, on that same ballot, my town voted to refurbish a multi-use path on an old railbed (bike trail, walking trail) that has been neglected and overtaken by weeds and ivy, but those rich folks who abut the abandoned trail don’t want it put back into use for their neighbors—and they’re terrified that the brown people from the next town over, which has lovely hiking trails of its own, by the way, will wind up in full view of their family dinner tables. So do you think anything has happened on that trail for my town yet? But, boy, it sure did feel good to go out and vote and pretend that we’re making a difference.

    And for any condescending motherfucker who wants to label this cynicism, I guess you can’t fucking read. It’s the reality of my local politics. Maybe yours are better. 
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  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    RoleModelsinBlood31 said:
    brianlux said:
    dankind said:
    cincybearcat said:
    unsung said:
    Probably sitting it out just like in 2016.
    No local/state issues on the ballot that need your attention?  I understand people skipping voting for candidates if no one really matches up enough or if 1 isn;t way worse than the other.  But generally there are state/local issues that I am betting you have an opinion on.
    I know that this wasn’t addressed to me, but see my above post on how Massachusetts legalized recreational cannabis TWO YEARS AGO, yet not a single shop has opened in the entire state. So you can either grow it, get a MMJ card or buy it illegally from a dealer and pray that it’s not laced with fentanyl. (Boy, do these Massholes LOVE their fentanyl.)

    Also, on that same ballot, my town voted to refurbish a multi-use path on an old railbed (bike trail, walking trail) that has been neglected and overtaken by weeds and ivy, but those rich folks who abut the abandoned trail don’t want it put back into use for their neighbors—and they’re terrified that the brown people from the next town over, which has lovely hiking trails of its own, by the way, will wind up in full view of their family dinner tables. So do you think anything has happened on that trail for my town yet? But, boy, it sure did feel good to go out and vote and pretend that we’re making a difference.

    And for any condescending motherfucker who wants to label this cynicism, I guess you can’t fucking read. It’s the reality of my local politics. Maybe yours are better. 
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  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    cincybearcat said:
    unsung said:
    Probably sitting it out just like in 2016.
    No local/state issues on the ballot that need your attention?  I understand people skipping voting for candidates if no one really matches up enough or if 1 isn;t way worse than the other.  But generally there are state/local issues that I am betting you have an opinion on.
    I am considering voting no on a couple of referendums.

  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    brianlux said:
    unsung said:
    brianlux said:
    Why vote.  It's all just a waste  of time and no one person can change anything.  Don't tell me what to do.  Anyone who encourages me to vote is a condescending motherfucker. Whether or not I vote is no ones fucking business so don't bring it up.  The laws are all bullshit, so why bother trying to change anything.  If I say I don't want to vote, you will bring up roads so fuck you.  High profile people have no fucking business making statements about what they believe.

    Did I miss anything?

    Case proven.
    Only thing it proves is how poorly sarcasm works on the internet.   :wink:
    Perhaps.

    I'll apologize because I was under the assumption that your inquiry was sincere so I took some time to answer it.  
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,836
    PJ_Soul said:
    cincybearcat said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    brianlux said:
    unsung said:
    brianlux said:
    Why vote.  It's all just a waste  of time and no one person can change anything.  Don't tell me what to do.  Anyone who encourages me to vote is a condescending motherfucker. Whether or not I vote is no ones fucking business so don't bring it up.  The laws are all bullshit, so why bother trying to change anything.  If I say I don't want to vote, you will bring up roads so fuck you.  High profile people have no fucking business making statements about what they believe.

    Did I miss anything?

    Case proven.
    Only thing it proves is how poorly sarcasm works on the internet.   :wink:
    :lol:
    Hint: Use "/s" after a sarcastic comment. At least some people know what it means. ;)
    I always like your tips "/s"
    You're not supposed to add the quotation marks, duh.
    Thanks! Love ya! /s
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    unsung said:
    brianlux said:
    unsung said:
    brianlux said:
    bad bad bad

    Case proven.
    Only thing it proves is how poorly sarcasm works on the internet.   :wink:
    Perhaps.

    I'll apologize because I was under the assumption that your inquiry was sincere so I took some time to answer it.  
    No need to.  My bad.  Bad bad bad.  I need to clean up my posts (which I've done here where possible) and be less sarcastic.  I did mean to be sincere.  Thanks for your answer Sorry for the sarcasm.  I'll try to do less of both- unnecessary vulgarity, less sarcasm.  I can do better than that.

    Also, my apologies Ms Haiku for trashing your thread.  I'll try to be more civil here.  Thanks for doing it.
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    -Roberto Benigni

  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    edited November 2018
    Ms. Haiku said:
    When I was to vote in my first presidential election, I told my Dad that I didn't like the candidates, and I wouldn't vote. He is the son of immigrants, and his grandpa was a mayor of a town in Italy.

    He said if I don't vote, then I'm not part of the family. A little harsh, but obviously a pro-voting message.

    Anyone else have pro-voting family stories?

    My family always voted - my mother made sure she did because she wanted to cancel out my dad's vote - lol. They were both first generation Americans. I couldn't wait to vote and there was a Presidential election when I was first eligible - I was so excited and I stayed up all night to see if the third party candidate I voted for won - of course they didn't but that began my complete interest in politics and my parents, though cancelling each other out, took voting very seriously and passed that on to me.

    When I had my son - I brought him into the voting booth with me - we have one with a curtain here in NJ.  From the time he was an infant until he was a tween I absolutely loved sharing this experience with him. The best was when he could understand on a basic level and I would whisper to him what I was doing and I would let him pull the levers for me and then hit finish when we were done. I vote in school budget elections - it's just part of my DNA.

    Though living with his father & not really in touch with me, my son showed up at my door when he was 18 and able to vote in the 2016 election, and we went together. I was so proud. He is home now and, as I wrote earlier, we will all go together - 3 generations- and vote because it is a privilege. 
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    njnancy said:
    Ms. Haiku said:
    When I was to vote in my first presidential election, I told my Dad that I didn't like the candidates, and I wouldn't vote. He is the son of immigrants, and his grandpa was a mayor of a town in Italy.

    He said if I don't vote, then I'm not part of the family. A little harsh, but obviously a pro-voting message.

    Anyone else have pro-voting family stories?

    My family always voted - my mother made sure she did because she wanted to cancel out my dad's vote - lol. They were both first generation Americans. I couldn't wait to vote and there was a Presidential election when I was first eligible - I was so excited and I stayed up all night to see if the third party candidate I voted for won - of course they didn't but that began my complete interest in politics and my parents, though cancelling each other out, took voting very seriously and passed that on to me.

    When I had my son - I brought him into the voting booth with me - we have one with a curtain here in NJ.  From the time he was an infant until he was a tween I absolutely loved sharing this experience with him. The best was when he could understand on a basic level and I would whisper to him what I was doing and I would let him pull the levers for me and then hit finish when we were done. I vote in school budget elections - it's just part of my DNA.

    Though living with his father & not really in touch with me, my son showed up at my door when he was 18 and able to vote in the 2016 election, and we went together. I was so proud. He is home now and, as I wrote earlier, we will all go together - 3 generations- and vote because it is a privilege. 
    Dang, I feel bad for the kids who got 2016 as their first big vote... Such an appalling and childish election cycle and outcome. 
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    unsung said:
    brianlux said:
    unsung said:
    Probably sitting it out just like in 2016.
    Over the many years I have voted, I have had friends tell me this.  They usually come under a number of categories:

    -People who find the U.S. political system or climate too frustrating.
    -People who believe voting is futile because they never get what they want.
    -People who feel cynical about our political system because "it is all rigged so why bother anyway?"
    -People who don't care or can't be bothered.

    Just curious- do you see yourself fitting one of these descriptions?  Can you picture a situation in which you might change your mind and go ahead and vote?

    When Obama was President I tried telling people here that a President that legislates is bad news because it could go the other way if your candidate that is chosen for you loses.  Well, here we are.

    Participation in a system that treats the entire thing publicly like a tennis match but behind closed doors is all chummy isn't something I desire to be involved with.  

    In the end I will do what I want.  The bs laws won't change the temperature in my living room.  If a politician passes a gun ban then my guns will be lost in a tragic boating accident.  They ***none of them*** are my rulers and couldn't give two craps about what they think.  A politician that tries to reduce freedom deserves only one thing.  They are not our friends, they care only about their own power.  Some are worse than others.  I have only viewed one in high enough regard that I worked for him and even that one was one I disagreed on some issues with.

    Any participation is only because it is forced under threat of loss of freedom, I do still pay taxes because I don't want the thin blue line to shoot my dog.  I do not want to be kidnapped and thrown in a cage.  The system exists because we are forced to be involved.  People will bitch about this or that but when they find out someone doesn't want to play the bullshit game with the rules deemed to be in place by elitist a**holes then they call them names like sovereign or some other bs label.  Hypocrites.

    As someone that used to be a democrat and saw how that party has abandoned the middle class and then somewhat Libertarian and how that group lost its' mind as well I suppose I could be best described as a Minarchist at this point.  My participation is forced, but it will be as minimal as I can make it.

    Can't wait until someone here brings up roads in response to this.

    On edit: No celebrity provides any use for me so their opinions amount to nothing more than a quick blast of hot air on a cool day.  Nobody should listen to what people that have their own private security and live behind their locked gates thinks about society or how you should run your family life.
    I have zero beef with any of this...

    And you're right, democrats did leave the working class... and thats why in 2016 the working class left the Democrats... Republicans won the union vote for the first time in forever... but yeah, racism lol
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,419
    If you live in the Iowa 4th, or know someone who does, please be sure to vote against the white supremacist steve king.
    If you live in Texas please be sure to vote for Beto. If for no other reason then cruz openly supports steve king.


  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    rgambs said:
    njnancy said:
    Ms. Haiku said:
    When I was to vote in my first presidential election, I told my Dad that I didn't like the candidates, and I wouldn't vote. He is the son of immigrants, and his grandpa was a mayor of a town in Italy.

    He said if I don't vote, then I'm not part of the family. A little harsh, but obviously a pro-voting message.

    Anyone else have pro-voting family stories?

    My family always voted - my mother made sure she did because she wanted to cancel out my dad's vote - lol. They were both first generation Americans. I couldn't wait to vote and there was a Presidential election when I was first eligible - I was so excited and I stayed up all night to see if the third party candidate I voted for won - of course they didn't but that began my complete interest in politics and my parents, though cancelling each other out, took voting very seriously and passed that on to me.

    When I had my son - I brought him into the voting booth with me - we have one with a curtain here in NJ.  From the time he was an infant until he was a tween I absolutely loved sharing this experience with him. The best was when he could understand on a basic level and I would whisper to him what I was doing and I would let him pull the levers for me and then hit finish when we were done. I vote in school budget elections - it's just part of my DNA.

    Though living with his father & not really in touch with me, my son showed up at my door when he was 18 and able to vote in the 2016 election, and we went together. I was so proud. He is home now and, as I wrote earlier, we will all go together - 3 generations- and vote because it is a privilege. 
    Dang, I feel bad for the kids who got 2016 as their first big vote... Such an appalling and childish election cycle and outcome. 
    You shouldn't feel bad for them. You should be worried for them. They're going to think that's the way campaigns and elections work. And the scary thing is, this might be the way they work from here on out. Trump isn't just a problem now, and won't just be a problem for four or eight years. The Trump presidency is going to have long-term ramifications. Appalling and childish election cycles being just one of them. 
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    rgambs said:
    njnancy said:
    Ms. Haiku said:
    When I was to vote in my first presidential election, I told my Dad that I didn't like the candidates, and I wouldn't vote. He is the son of immigrants, and his grandpa was a mayor of a town in Italy.

    He said if I don't vote, then I'm not part of the family. A little harsh, but obviously a pro-voting message.

    Anyone else have pro-voting family stories?

    My family always voted - my mother made sure she did because she wanted to cancel out my dad's vote - lol. They were both first generation Americans. I couldn't wait to vote and there was a Presidential election when I was first eligible - I was so excited and I stayed up all night to see if the third party candidate I voted for won - of course they didn't but that began my complete interest in politics and my parents, though cancelling each other out, took voting very seriously and passed that on to me.

    When I had my son - I brought him into the voting booth with me - we have one with a curtain here in NJ.  From the time he was an infant until he was a tween I absolutely loved sharing this experience with him. The best was when he could understand on a basic level and I would whisper to him what I was doing and I would let him pull the levers for me and then hit finish when we were done. I vote in school budget elections - it's just part of my DNA.

    Though living with his father & not really in touch with me, my son showed up at my door when he was 18 and able to vote in the 2016 election, and we went together. I was so proud. He is home now and, as I wrote earlier, we will all go together - 3 generations- and vote because it is a privilege. 
    Dang, I feel bad for the kids who got 2016 as their first big vote... Such an appalling and childish election cycle and outcome. 
    You shouldn't feel bad for them. You should be worried for them. They're going to think that's the way campaigns and elections work. And the scary thing is, this might be the way they work from here on out. Trump isn't just a problem now, and won't just be a problem for four or eight years. The Trump presidency is going to have long-term ramifications. Appalling and childish election cycles being just one of them. 
    Judging by her New York Giants fandom and "nj" handle in front of her name, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Nancy is a resident of New Jersey. If that is the case, then childish election cycles are nothing new to her or her son.
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    I often get the "just throwing you're vote away" thrown at me for voting or third party or write-in candidates in national elections. I don't play party politics when it comes to voting, and I certainly am NOT going to vote for a lesser of two evils for the sake of not voting for the other guy.  So if Democrats and Republicans throw two clowns in front of me to choose from, my vote is my way of saying "don't insult me with these choices."
    no vote is a wasted vote. the only way the system will change from a corrupt 2 party game is if more people vote the way they wish. 
    Exactly.  I get so tired of hearing "well, third party candidates just don't have a chance."  No, they don't if you that's all you ever say & don't vote for them and keep succumbing & contributing to the two party problem.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    cincybearcat said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    cincybearcat said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    brianlux said:
    unsung said:
    brianlux said:
    Why vote.  It's all just a waste  of time and no one person can change anything.  Don't tell me what to do.  Anyone who encourages me to vote is a condescending motherfucker. Whether or not I vote is no ones fucking business so don't bring it up.  The laws are all bullshit, so why bother trying to change anything.  If I say I don't want to vote, you will bring up roads so fuck you.  High profile people have no fucking business making statements about what they believe.

    Did I miss anything?

    Case proven.
    Only thing it proves is how poorly sarcasm works on the internet.   :wink:
    :lol:
    Hint: Use "/s" after a sarcastic comment. At least some people know what it means. ;)
    I always like your tips "/s"
    You're not supposed to add the quotation marks, duh.
    Thanks! Love ya! /s
    Oh, well now you're just being mean!
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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    dankind said:
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    rgambs said:
    njnancy said:
    Ms. Haiku said:
    When I was to vote in my first presidential election, I told my Dad that I didn't like the candidates, and I wouldn't vote. He is the son of immigrants, and his grandpa was a mayor of a town in Italy.

    He said if I don't vote, then I'm not part of the family. A little harsh, but obviously a pro-voting message.

    Anyone else have pro-voting family stories?

    My family always voted - my mother made sure she did because she wanted to cancel out my dad's vote - lol. They were both first generation Americans. I couldn't wait to vote and there was a Presidential election when I was first eligible - I was so excited and I stayed up all night to see if the third party candidate I voted for won - of course they didn't but that began my complete interest in politics and my parents, though cancelling each other out, took voting very seriously and passed that on to me.

    When I had my son - I brought him into the voting booth with me - we have one with a curtain here in NJ.  From the time he was an infant until he was a tween I absolutely loved sharing this experience with him. The best was when he could understand on a basic level and I would whisper to him what I was doing and I would let him pull the levers for me and then hit finish when we were done. I vote in school budget elections - it's just part of my DNA.

    Though living with his father & not really in touch with me, my son showed up at my door when he was 18 and able to vote in the 2016 election, and we went together. I was so proud. He is home now and, as I wrote earlier, we will all go together - 3 generations- and vote because it is a privilege. 
    Dang, I feel bad for the kids who got 2016 as their first big vote... Such an appalling and childish election cycle and outcome. 
    You shouldn't feel bad for them. You should be worried for them. They're going to think that's the way campaigns and elections work. And the scary thing is, this might be the way they work from here on out. Trump isn't just a problem now, and won't just be a problem for four or eight years. The Trump presidency is going to have long-term ramifications. Appalling and childish election cycles being just one of them. 
    Judging by her New York Giants fandom and "nj" handle in front of her name, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Nancy is a resident of New Jersey. If that is the case, then childish election cycles are nothing new to her or her son.
    I've been unmasked; and I thought I'd been so opaque!  ;)

    And, yes, we are used to political insanity in New Jersey. My son is not really in tune with it all. His generation doesn't really involve itself with politics unless they actively include it in their social media as they don't watch regular TV or listen to a radio or get postal mail. I am a politics junkie and try to rub it off on him but it doesn't seem to stick. However, I would disown him if he didn't vote.

    My town neighbors Fort Lee, where Bridge Gate occurred, and the traffic jam ran past my home into Hudson County. My town's mayor died several years ago. He was the longest serving mayor in NJ history. I have lived here for almost my entire life and I had never known another mayor. His son is now mayor.

    The Republicans tried to oppose him one year; they set up their office in a store front half a block from me (my  town is only one square mile with almost 30,000 residents). The night before election day, I woke up to more noise than the usual 24 hour traffic and emergency vehicles. "Someone" had smashed out the entire glass storefront of the Repubs and fliers for the candidate were strewn everywhere - thousands of them.  No police ever responded.

    NJ plays dirty. (Not the Giants though =) ).
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    I hope those here in the U.S. who haven't voted already and who are on the fence about voting tomorrow will take at least a few minutes to consider that doing so is our opportunity to exercise our freedom to vote and that even knowing one vote is a rather tiny thing in a system that is, in many ways rigged, every little move in the right direction can build momentum.  It's a small task.  Please consider taking a few minutes to familiarize with the candidates and issues and help us move forward.  Thanks!
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