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    16 hours ago

    Would that I had the confidence to leave the house with a crucifix necklace, Oakleys, bib overalls with no shirt, and a “SHOW ME THAT BUTTHOLE” trucker hat.

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      16 hours ago

      Those are Pit Viper glasses. You can wear Oakleys and not scream “douche nozzle” but Pit Vipers take you to the top of the bell tower and scream it to the whole town.

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      16 hours ago

      I’ll take (my mediocre level of) intelligence over confidence any day of the week. That guys life is probably quite dull, and full of anger.

      But yes, it would be relaxing oh my.

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        16 hours ago

        That guys life is probably quite dull, and full of anger.

        You really have no way of knowing that.

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                16 hours ago

                Fine. I just think assuming some guy who looks like white trash is MAGA is rooted in classist crap that’s plagued this country for generations and may have even led to our current situation.

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                  14 hours ago

                  Nah. Fascism is not the fault of the victims. Victim blaming isn’t going to get any traction around here.

                  Conservatism is pure evil. The life of a conservative traitor is genuinely valueless. No one here accused the guy in the photo of being a conservative. He just looks so much like a conservative that his photo makes for a great illustration of one in a conversation on Lemmy. If he were a real conservative, the only inoffensive images of him would be autopsy photos.

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                  15 hours ago

                  Well they should have chosen a different colour hat. Standard MAGA kit for a long time now, if they don’t understand that then they’re dumb. If they do, then they’re MAGA and dumb. Not that I ever mentioned MAGA.

                  Not saying they’re the enemy (no war but class war), but easily brainwashed people are likely dull and angry.

                  I’m not in the USA.

                  Anyway… have a great morning.

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        17 hours ago

        This. My area has long lines for early voting as there are only 4 polling locations for early voting. If I wait day of, after the before work morning rush, I’m in and out in less than 5 minutes.

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          That’s interesting. It’s the opposite here. There’s no line for early voting, but there’s a small one for voting day. Early voting is just slightly more convenient.

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          I vote by mail now in IL because we are not savages, but when I voted in person I always got up, threw some slob clothes on and went at like 6A or whatever when the place opened. In and out. Then I went home and got ready for work.

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      18 hours ago

      But what if there’s a last minute announcement and it turns out the democrats are all aliens?

      Spoiler: I’d probably still vote Democrat in the unfortunate event that I’m an American and in that situation.

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      17 hours ago

      In the US, we like to make voting a challenge. No election day holiday, polling places usually have hours within 9-5, and mail-in ballots are being postmarked late because of cost cutting in the USPS.

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        15 hours ago

        And where are the voting snacks!! Holidays require special foods, so let’s bring out the

        Democracy Donuts
        Vote (Hot) Dogs
        Rebellion Raviolis
        People’s Power Poptarts

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      I’ve only voted day of like twice. Once for a mayoral race and once for the primaries. I didn’t like it. Iprefer dping it early on a Saturday.

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      15 hours ago

      More convenient. The polling place is on the way to work, a few blocks from my house. The early voting locations are much further away. I have a friend who volunteers at a polling place every election, and he’s explained the procedure to me: Even if I voted in-person absentee (i.e. early), they keep my ballot sealed until election day, then it has to be transported to my polling place, and an election volunteer has to physically walk it through the same process of consulting the voter book, and placing it in the scanner.

      It’s not quite the same, of course. I was behind one of these volunteers this morning, and he located a long list of voters in the book, rather than doing it one at a time. But, at the bottom line, my ballot has to be physically cast at my polling place on election day by somebody. So why not go do it myself?

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      There are way less early voting locations and they typically close earlier, so they’re (purposely) much less convenient to plan for. The one time I early voted, I waited in line for like two hours. They ended up staying open past the advertised close time so those of us still waiting in line could vote.

      Meanwhile, this morning I went and voted at my normal location and it took like 20 minutes from parking to getting back in my car, and the poll workers there said it was the busiest they’ve seen so far.

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      12 hours ago

      Polling place day of is on the way home and is open later. Early voting is out of the way, only open till 4, and only open on weekdays.

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      Well, for me I’ve been out of town then sick since early voting started. Finally can get out today. Normally though I prefer to skip the lines and vote early. My state also does not allow mail in without reason (which is fucking nonsense but alas).

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        16 hours ago

        I hope you’ve been getting some cozy Wheel of Time reading in while you’ve been recovering from your sickness

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      Well, for me I’ve been out of town then sick since early voting started. Finally can get out today. Normally though I prefer to skip the lines and vote early. My state also does not allow mail in without reason (which is fucking nonsense but alas).

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      17 hours ago

      sometimes my schedule just doesn’t align, or the early voting locations are a 3 minute bike ride away instead of right at the end of my street

      disclaimer: not american

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      Because Missouri hates me. Mail-in ballots are only for excused reasons. I would have voted early, but there wasn’t a location that would be convenient for me. This morning, I was in and out in 5 minutes.

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      15 hours ago

      Personally I think the sooner everything collapses the better for the most people and continuing this charade of “voting out fascism” is pointless. That being said, I’m one dumb person and many others, smarter than me, say it’s worth it, so I do it, but voting for capitalists requires holding my nose. I live in Oregon and Tina Kotek is a great example of someone I don’t want to vote for but probably will vote for to further Democratic party interests. I sat down to do it yesterday and legit started weeping for the death of the American experiment. So I left it to today. My county clerk is in walking distance and I’ll deliver it to her this morning. That’s the beauty of voting only by mail, it’s not rushed chaos.

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        What do you think “everything collapses” entails?

        Everything is already collapsing and it has a good fifty years more collapsing left in it before there’s even a dent to human population levels. If a final collapse is coming, it’s 200 years from now when the last climate-controlled habitats run out of solar power and humanity goes extinct, along with the vast majority of species on earth.

        Or do you mean a political collapse where American institutions break down? Already happening! And it has at least two decades of collapse left, even at full-tilt monarchic fascism. Rs will sweep the midterms and change the constitution, Trump will rig 2028, and then declare himself king before 2032. Around the same time, they’ll purge all the brown people and queers, just like the holocaust. Are we going to start the revolution from inside the walls of Alligator Auschwitz!?

        Right now is the best time we have left for a revolution if things keep getting worse. And now is a fucking awful time for a revolution! The revolution will be much easier if El-Sayed and the DSA take over the Democrats and shut down ICE. So that’s what I’m working towards.