• @Flummoxed
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    4622 days ago

    I am frighteningly okay with this?

    • The Picard ManeuverOPM
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      7722 days ago

      Pyroclastic Ash and Debris make a lot of good points, although I’m not sure about their position on climate change.

      • @KnitWit
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        4022 days ago

        I think I read something once that the ash cloid would create a nuclear winter that lasted at least two years. Sticking to those 1.5C goals!

        Personally, I’ve been on team Hypercane ever since the Portland heat dome made it theoretically possible.

        • Funderpants
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          521 days ago

          Jesus H christ. 800kmh winds that last for weeks. Nothing to do but just die I guess.

      • @[email protected]
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        1522 days ago

        A dust cloud could potentially bring temperatures down for quite a while. Which would be a new problem.

        Well, and all the explody, burny part of volcanos, that on top.

    • @Willie
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      1722 days ago

      Well, I’m not really sure Pyroclastic Ash and Debris would hit the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the election, since most of the states outside of its campaign range would likely not vote for it. This would push the vote for president to the House, where Pyroclastic Ash and Debris has no members of their party to vote for them, resulting in a Trump victory, with the Senate picking the VP, where I’d assume they’d agree on Pyroclastic Ash and Debris’ running mate.

      • @[email protected]
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        421 days ago

        As the Senate is basically tied and VP Harris has to cast the deciding vote, this means that ultimately Harris would choose the next VP?

    • JaggedRobotPubes
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      822 days ago

      Different problems superceding entrenched ones can feel like relief.

    • @[email protected]
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      522 days ago

      Sadly it’s unlikely to go off anytime soon; people who study this sort of thing say the magma reservoir is not filling.

  • Funderpants
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    2022 days ago

    This sends the election back to the house, resulting in a Trump win. You’ve probably heard of the “secret plan”? Not so secret now.

    • Nougat
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      1622 days ago

      Counting the states that are left, I see 16 blue and 8 red. Election going to the House in this scenario would be a Harris win.

      • Funderpants
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        1422 days ago

        Even Yellowstone endorses Kamala.

        Watching for all caps meltdown from Trump over ELECTION INTERFERENCE

          • Funderpants
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            You have bested me twice this morning. I am here by retiring for a time to focus on myself.

            • Nougat
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              1122 days ago

              Without you, I would not have had the opportunities. We’re in this together. It takes a village.

        • @edgemaster72
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          822 days ago

          Turns out the deep state was a magma chamber

      • @beebarfbadger
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        117 days ago

        This eruption would eliminate three quarters of the map, eliminating a majority of the republican electors’ counties and kill all 40 voters responsible for that majority.

  • db0
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    1522 days ago

    Sad to say, there’s no Yellowstone supervolcano

  • @ZMonster
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    1321 days ago

    …volcano eats the lower 48, Alaska and Hawaii inherit the Pacific.

  • @stupidcasey
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    822 days ago

    Personally I think Wyoming is being overly represented in this election, we need to rethink the gerrymandering laws.

  • @njm1314
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    722 days ago

    One can only hope.