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I absolutely love going to my polling place and voting in person. I've lived in precincts where my polling place was a school library, a church hall, a firehouse, and even a neighbor's garage (yes, really), and every single time, it feels like an act of worship, part of our collective faith in the democratic process. Because what is this participation, really, other than the assurance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen?
Voting by mail is like attending church over Zoom or Facebook Live.
Sure, you can do it, but all the joy of being part of "We the People" exercising our rights together... that's kind of missing for me.
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NO. I am absolutely clothed for this post.
Still in my pajamas, true, but CLOTHED.
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I absolutely love going to my polling place and voting in person. I've lived in precincts where my polling place was a school library, a church hall, a firehouse, and even a neighbor's garage (yes, really), and every single time, it feels like an act of worship, part of our collective faith in the democratic process. Because what is this participation, really, other than the assurance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen?
Voting by mail is like attending church over Zoom or Facebook Live.
Sure, you can do it, but all the joy of being part of "We the People" exercising our rights together... that's kind of missing for me.(edited)
NO. I am absolutely clothed for this post.
Still in my pajamas, true, but CLOTHED.
but...but...you could have single handedly increased voter interest in the democratic process!
Won't someone think of the democratic process!!!
As a complete aside, I got some patriotic/american flag pasties several years ago at a voter registration event I was a part of. Now I can finally send them to someone!
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So, there are "ha ha" funny innocent mistakes, and there are, "Wow, dude, you could have really destroyed someone with that" mistakes.
As you all know, I loves me some Rivoli. Yesterday we picked up dinner to drop some precious, precious corn soup off at Sequestered Shiro's.
And the owner forgot to put a decimal place in for the tip, adding $4700 to the bill.
So, he saw the error later that evening, phoned the bank to fix it, and phoned us to apologize, but considering how few people have that kind of money just lying around on their cards (even among Rivoli patrons), that could have caused a serious overdraft error for someone.
It's the kind of thing that concerns me: Why do we even HAVE a system where a 2000% tip isn't flagged as, "This is probably a mistake. Can you please double-check this?"
I avoid polling locations on voting day like the plague. And with an actual plague going on, will be doing so even more.
I don't know what the arrangements are like in KS, but I know here in TN I was always able to vote early somewhere and the crowd was usually sparse. Get in, vote, get out, interact with other humans as little as possible.
So, there are "ha ha" funny innocent mistakes, and there are, "Wow, dude, you could have really destroyed someone with that" mistakes.
As you all know, I loves me some Rivoli. Yesterday we picked up dinner to drop some precious, precious corn soup off at Sequestered Shiro's.
And the owner forgot to put a decimal place in for the tip, adding $4700 to the bill.
So, he saw the error later that evening, phoned the bank to fix it, and phoned us to apologize, but considering how few people have that kind of money just lying around on their cards (even among Rivoli patrons), that could have caused a serious overdraft error for someone.
It's the kind of thing that concerns me: Why do we even HAVE a system where a 2000% tip isn't flagged as, "This is probably a mistake. Can you please double-check this?"
If I recall correctly, that is up to the financial institution to check on.
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If I recall correctly, that is up to the financial institution to check on.So, there are "ha ha" funny innocent mistakes, and there are, "Wow, dude, you could have really destroyed someone with that" mistakes.
As you all know, I loves me some Rivoli. Yesterday we picked up dinner to drop some precious, precious corn soup off at Sequestered Shiro's.
And the owner forgot to put a decimal place in for the tip, adding $4700 to the bill.
So, he saw the error later that evening, phoned the bank to fix it, and phoned us to apologize, but considering how few people have that kind of money just lying around on their cards (even among Rivoli patrons), that could have caused a serious overdraft error for someone.
It's the kind of thing that concerns me: Why do we even HAVE a system where a 2000% tip isn't flagged as, "This is probably a mistake. Can you please double-check this?"
Correct. But a single line of code: "If tip exceeds 100%, require a second button press" would be a LOT easier, and would save untold grief.
EDIT: Plus, as usual, we put the financial institution in charge of checking, when they're the ones who get to charge you an overdraft fee and/or update your interest rates for an overdraft if it "accidentally" goes through. So they have a vested financial interest in failing to catch such things. Not a good solution.
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I avoid polling locations on voting day like the plague. And with an actual plague going on, will be doing so even more.
I don't know what the arrangements are like in KS, but I know here in TN I was always able to vote early somewhere and the crowd was usually sparse. Get in, vote, get out, interact with other humans as little as possible.
Early voting, not sure. Absentee by mail, yes. There's only the one polling place in town, to my knowledge, and the lines are crazy long even at 7 AM, so voting before work isn't an option, and I usually get stuck at school til too late to make it to the polls before they close.
Suffice to say, I've been doing absentee since I moved here because there simply isn't any other option. I never got a sense of camaraderie or solidarity out of voting in person with other people. I got anxiety about even being able to get in.
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I will say the pandemic has changed one thing about my daily life.
I'm much more likely to download whatever app a sign tells me to use that will allow me to avoid the endless line of chuckleheads crowding around every place that's still open.
Mostly because I absolutely hate crowds.
Until last year in my state, you could request your absentee ballot in person at the clerk's office by filling out the request form and handing it back to the clerk, who would then give you your ballot.
You could then walk over to a voting boothette, mark your ballot, place it in all the correct nesting envelopes, and drop it in the 'ballot return drop box' right there in the hallway.
You could also take your ballot home and either mail it in or personally return it to the ballot box.
This could occur any time the clerk's office was open (unfortunately usually weekdays 9-5). And you still had to swear that you met one of the legal criteria for voting absentee (which meant that very few people could get a ballot without committing voter fraud).
But now (hurray) any voter can request to vote absentee. Which means that as long as one of your days off is a weekday, you can do in-person voting using an absentee ballot. And state-wide, clerk's offices have to be open certain Saturdays before an election.
Now you have about 6 weeks of early in-person voting if you want to skip the polling place.
Or you can be put on the 'permanent absentee ballot application" list and get your absentee ballot application automatically every election. That's still fiddly: mail in the ballot request, clerk mails you the ballot, mail the ballot back.
I admit it, I do get a feeling of accomplishment after voting.
Which usually dissipates by the next morning, but my boundless optimism keeps me going back every election.
However, unlike every other habitual voter I know I don't get upset at or feel superior to people who don't vote.
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Heh, My dad always said,...
(OK, he said a LOT of stuff, some of it really dumb, but he had a few good ones in there)
;P
My dad always said, "If you don't vote, you don't get to gripe about the result afterwords".
:)
I don't stress about being able to vote, I DO vote. But unless it's a major election, (or something I'm actually concerned about, like a new tax is on the ballot), I dont stress if work keeps me too late to vote.
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Fantasy NPC: Sir Veyslav Of Meeshevo A knight seeking to fulfill conditions that would free him out of peculiar curse.
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Heh, My dad always said,...
(OK, he said a LOT of stuff, some of it really dumb, but he had a few good ones in there)
;PMy dad always said, "If you don't vote, you don't get to gripe about the result afterwords".
:)I don't stress about being able to vote, I DO vote. But unless it's a major election, (or something I'm actually concerned about, like a new tax is on the ballot), I dont stress if work keeps me too late to vote.
Yes, I'll admit, being a politically-strident 1980s punker, the single-most-infuriating conversation I used to have with people was:
"Man, the government SUCKS! I can't believe those morons elected xxx!""So, did you vote?"
"No! My vote doesn't matter! Voting is for suckers!"
100% with Ragadolf. If you don't vote, you don't get to complain about anything.
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Deadline for thesis is this month. Work might also end this month, unless I get my contract extended. Hope you're all doing well with the start of May though!
Fantasy NPC: Sir Veyslav Of Meeshevo A knight seeking to fulfill conditions that would free him out of peculiar curse.
I like this guy!
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I absolutely love going to my polling place and voting in person. I've lived in precincts where my polling place was a school library, a church hall, a firehouse, and even a neighbor's garage (yes, really), and every single time, it feels like an act of worship, part of our collective faith in the democratic process. Because what is this participation, really, other than the assurance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen?
Voting by mail is like attending church over Zoom or Facebook Live.
Sure, you can do it, but all the joy of being part of "We the People" exercising our rights together... that's kind of missing for me.(edited)
NO. I am absolutely clothed for this post.
Still in my pajamas, true, but CLOTHED.
You're not selling it - even as a person who believes in my faith and regularly participates in it, I vehemently with a passion hate going to church in person (mostly because my ex would get mad when I made fun of "church culture" that wasn't actually related to faith). I would regularly get in arguments with my ex because I'd rather livestream than go in person.
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I likewise never got any sort of real edification out of in-person voting, mostly because I never had faith in the system to begin with (faith would require believing the system is functional and has the best of intents, and the truth is more accurate to say that the system can be easily manipulated into the exact opposite of that and only functions well and gives out good results when forced), and not much more out of in-person church, mostly because most of the people in every congregation I've ever attended do not understand how introverts work (sometimes to the point of treating introverted people avoiding unnecessary gatherings as if they're doing something morally or scripturally wrong).
The only real exception has been my latest congregation, where for the first time in years it felt like I was at a group that didn't see me as some kind of aberrant freak for wanting to sit in a corner all by myself with lots of elbow room away from other attendees, and never gave me grief over it.
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For the record, the Antioch City Council did indeed meet and oust the so-and-so.
I LOVE his quote at the end. "It’s not like it used to be,” he lamented, “when you could have an opinion, talk about it and then sit down and have a beer together and talk about football."
Y'know, I'm in my 50s. My mother is in her 80s. And neither of us ever remembers a time when having an opinion of, "Let's let all the old, the weak, and the homeless all die," wasn't considered a monstrosity.
Just sayin'.
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Good on them for getign rid of the scumbag.
How cluelessly idiotic can you get? Or has he just spent his life that insulated from any sort of critical thought and opposition entirely?
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Alright new game folks (or possibly old one that you have all done before) What pathfinder class is everyone all classes and archtypes are on the table go as deep as you want.
My players have said I'm probably a Magus because I'm able to mess people up both physically and mentally. I would of said bard because I'm a jack of all trades but I can't play an instrument so that's right out.
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Their used to be a fool class for 3.5... mentioning that for absolutely no reason at all.
Alright new game folks (or possibly old one that you have all done before) What pathfinder class is everyone all classes and archtypes are on the table go as deep as you want
Hmm... Swashbuckler or fighter with wizard levels, probably, but there doesn't seem to be an archetype for that. Swashbuckler/Bard, possibly, but not much CHA to speak of.
Alright new game folks (or possibly old one that you have all done before) What pathfinder class is everyone all classes and archtypes are on the table go as deep as you wantHmm... Swashbuckler or fighter with wizard levels, probably, but there doesn't seem to be an archetype for that. Swashbuckler/Bard, possibly, but not much CHA to speak of.
Could you do it as a bard then prestige into duelist?
Quote of the Day: "What's the worst American accent, and why is it Boston?"
No offense to anyone that has it (well maybe a little) but I think you meant Hoosiers
Yeah but I just really disike that accent although tbf I also dislike the southern accent and I probably have a touch of that one.
Well, maybe if you stopped touching Southern people you could lose it.
I get the joke but it's actually probably true.
Second Quote of the Day:
"Stop sticking your tongue in things at me!"
I do what I want.
Of course, the problem with Monday's is, everything.
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Someone's character class is Garfield.
I think you should since you can apparently make them at super human speeds.
That logic does not follow in the least.
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Hello, everyone!
Happy Teacher's Appreciation Week, Scint and LisaMarlene!
Thanks, John!
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HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
Wheeeeee, random anxiety!
I hope the spell passes.
Alright new game folks (or possibly old one that you have all done before) What pathfinder class is everyone all classes and archtypes are on the table go as deep as you want.
My players have said I'm probably a Magus because I'm able to mess people up both physically and mentally. I would of said bard because I'm a jack of all trades but I can't play an instrument so that's right out.
Probably some orator/storyteller Bard variant, between years of DMing, high school band, and lots of writing projects. Maybe with a dip into an Artificer type 3rd party or Starfinder class, since nothing official on that came out in PF.
I put in my profile a long time ago: One level of everything.
So Factotum? ;P
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Probably archivist bard. I am an endless font of semi-useless knowledge, and I will talk unwilling ears off about it.