They should feel afraid instead. We’ve been slacking

Are you in the US? I just tried that for my job and found exactly as many options as expected. I’ll give you 0 guesses how many it was.

Uni Uni likes to use “act of God” as the reason for failed delivery LOL

Set boundaries and enforce them.

In this instance we speak American!! Check instance Oh wait.

I’m in my 40s and still hit my pen almost every time I pee in a store or restaurant. Nobody seems to notice and they certainly don’t care. Just be careful around smoke detectors. I set one off in my house once just hitting the pen right under it.

Used to love getting the corner of the brick and seeing it’s compressed shape LOL.

He’s already decided to do it. There is nothing to consider.

My tv played the audio too!!

Probably fits him again by now.

My rent was $8,000 a month in 2009 for a strip mall restaurant that sat 40 people. It wasn’t in an expensive area either.

I really do turn up the lights to taste things better

As a struggling American, I hope so too. The fucking rural parts of the country need to feel the suffering and understand exactly what caused it.

I’m talking 70’s, 80’s, and up. I’m also in my 40s.

We all like AOC here on Lemmy, but are enough of the old ass “liberals” going to join us so she can actually get elected? Seems highly unlikely to be honest.

I’d love to see it happen though. That’s what primaries are for. The Dems should try one of those. It’s been a while.

Who is expecting different results when they vote? I expect the same thing each time - Democrats doing less harm than Republicans.

People need to be realistic about the options in front of them in that moment. Do things outside of voting when you can, but on voting day the right thing to do isn’t complicated.

People still need to show up and vote, and they need to choose the least bad option even if it’s not an option they actually like. Not doing so is irrational behavior.

I agree with all of that.

But when it’s time to vote, what can you do that is better than voting for Democrats?

I’m not saying “don’t do other stuff and just vote.” But it feels like a lot of people ARE saying “don’t vote; just do other stuff.”

As much as it sucks, we’re all better off voting for Democrats than not voting or voting conservative or third party.

So are you not going to vote next time?

Vote for a conservative?

Write in a wasted vote?

Be realistic. How many choices do we have?

Next time we’re standing in the voting booth, what is a better option than voting for the Democrats? I don’t like them either. But right then. Right there. WTF else are we really supposed to do?

If you can do things that make a difference aside from voting, by all means do that. But advocating for anything other than voting for Democrats when it’s time to vote is just irrational. Do the best you can in each moment - even when the thing you’re doing isn’t enjoyable.

Not something my schedule allows. That’s the point. If you can do it, more power to you. “Be a politician yourself” doesn’t always align with the goal of supporting a family.

So let’s just throw away our votes to a third party? What do you propose instead of voting for the less bad option? What is something you or I can actually do?