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Be careful, you might start a new birther rumor.

I feel like the flip phone should be an accessory to the screen box. It's a superior device to chatting and hanging up, just make it Bluetooth and snap into the back of the phone.

The word "pinny" pulled forth visceral memories of my middle school. Wow, impressive.

#MegatronDidNothingWrong....?

Pretty sure the goal here is to funnel more money to Trump.

I'm sure the dish is delicious. But when I go to a restaurant and I have to do work to eat to food, I always get annoyed. I'm paying for this meal so I don't have to work, dammit.

Games like Cities: Skylines are perfect for middle-aged and older dads. It fits right into things like fixing up and old car or building some wooden stuff.

But also any games for any people. I'm a 43yo dad who just got my kids interested in hotseat Mass Effect (they don't enjoy doing the combat so much).

Has been and always will be stegosaurus. How can you not love those bone plates and spiked tail? Dude's a beast.

That said, ankylosaurus comes in at a close second. It's armor is pretty boss.

• To-go orders get NOTHING.

My comment is entirely scoped to to-go orders; I agree with everything else you say (though I haven't used a ride share in forever).

I always tip for to-go orders in my hometown. Now my favorite places call out my name as I enter and treat me great. I've seen them replace the pizza stacked with my order with a fresh pizza right out of the oven, for example, or they've given me an extra pizza or side.

When I'm on the road, I still tip $1 for to-go orders because I know the workers are still getting a shit wage.

Granted, I'm in a financial position where I can afford to do this. But I'd love if we could get rid of the whole tipped-minimum-wage thing and just raise minimum wages across the board/enact UBI to make tipping only for exemplary service.

They won't be above it all for long!

Captchas haven't been effective at protecting important websites for years, they just keep the script kiddies away who can't afford the tools.

To be fair, keeping the script kiddies away has some good value. Whether that value outweighs all the wasted time and impact to sight/hearing impaired people is another discussion.

Let me restate your point to make sure I understand it, as I haven't seen your point expressed elsewhere.

Scenario 1:

• Democratic candidate for president is Biden.
• Progressives want a more progressive candidate for the next election, so they refuse to vote for Biden.
• As a result, Trump wins the election.
• In the 2028 DNC primaries, the democratic candidate for president is more progressive than Biden was.
• Progressives vote for the dem candidate, who wins.
• The democratic party is permanently shifted leftwards.

In this scenario, having a more progressive president in 2028 (and beyond) outweighs the damage caused by a Trump presidency.

Scenario 2:

• Democratic candidate for president is Biden.
• Progressives decide to vote for Biden, despite their distaste.
• As a result, Biden wins reelection.
• In the 2028 DNC primaries, the democratic candidate for president is similar to Biden.
• The democratic party stays centrist, to the distaste of progressives.

In this scenario, avoiding a Trump presidency is worth giving up the opportunity to move the democratic party permanently more leftwards.

Do I have this right? If not, please, I'm truly curious, as I find your game theory points compelling.

Assuming I do have your position correct, I think you're making a couple of inaccurate assumptions:

• While the DNC clearly tips the scales in favor of its preferred candidate, the DNC is not the sole decision maker. (For example, in the 2008 primaries, the voters chose Obama despite the clear preference of the DNC for Clinton.)
• A Trump presidency would be singularly bad for the nation, both in the short term (e.g., immediate repeal of executive actions on gun control, clean energy, and LGBTQ+ rights; increased support of Israel's genocide in Gaza) and long term (e.g., more MAGA judges and justices, further emboldening the GOP to be more MAGA). It's also possible that a Trump presidency effectively ends proper democracy in the US, meaning any potential gains of a future progressive president would be irrelevant.

I agree that the more we push the party leftward, the better for all. But I believe the time to do this is in presidential primaries, state/county/local elections, local and national organizing, and even personal outreach to individuals (admittedly, this last one is very small scale, but it's also the only way to truly change people's minds and positions).