Please don't vote-splain. You're arguing semantics. The electoral college just gives states the ability to decide to honor or ignore the will of the people. It also gives rural states more per-capita power than they'd othereise get. Until relatively recently, most states had nothing on the books to force delegates to vote the way the people wanted.

Sure, some of the younger crowd may want to abolish the electoral college, it won't happen unless states force an amendment. The fossils in Congress, as well as the enshrined political surnames, will all use their collective power and wealth to shut that shit down for as long as they can.

In terms of they're both the same, you are naive if you think the Democrats really care about you or power. They just don't outrightly tell the populous to fuck off like the Republicans do. The party tolerates progressives, but does everything they can to keep them out of power. Look to Adam Schiff these last couple of years for a good example. If I recall, didn't he politically champion and/or donate to a candidate running against a progressive Democrat in his state? When the Democrats, or even the Republicans for that matter, have all three branches, they still never seem to get anything done.

Hmm, 🤔... It's almost like they want the current status quo to persist, even when empowered to do something without barriers.

Calm down IDF.

Email!!!

Why do you think everything sucks right now? The simulations ran out of resources long ago so no new ideas are created, just rehashing of already established ones. It's why we have AI, but it can't generate anything new or useful. It's why we're about to have a restart of World War 2 and The Cold War. It's why movies that come out already are getting remade, but slightly worse than the original story.

People like to think that's because capitalism only caters to the safe bets. But we know better! It's really just that the old Apple 2e that's running the simulation(s) is low on resources!!

Now, where did I leave all that red string, pictures of Bigfoot and the Loc Ness monster, and thumbtacks?

It doesn't help that the same billionaires have spent decades dumbing down education and making higher education prohibitively expensive. All while cramming every single wedge issues under the sun into the national narrative to further entrench this tribal mentality. I know all of what you say is true, but it seems all but impossible to combat at this point.

It's so hard to have any motivation to carry on in this world given a portion of it is fine with all manner of atrocities so long as "their guy" is "winning." Why try to make anything better -- be it more just, equal, enjoyable for all -- when a good portion of the country (possibly the world) is so hell-bent on making it worse because they dislike a small subset of some insignificant problem?

Yesterday was the 4th. I just don't know why anyone celebrated at all. What's there to celebrate at this point when some will sell out their future, and the future of their own, for a "red hat?"

Yeah, I can think of an oranger, worster candidate...

Everyone is sick if it. But if it comes down to tRump or Biden, it's Biden all the way. This is not the year for a protest vote, at least not if you ever want to vote again. Also, traditionally, the second term of a Democrat president sees more getting done as they don't have to care about getting reelected. They can take more politically risky moves that the elite and Republicans may not be fully onboard with or try to campaign against.

Bottom line is, we know both of the (presumed) candidates this year and I trust the current one far more than the previous one. Strategic voting is more important this year than any other time in history. Progress, even slower than we may like, is still progress.

I wanted to test ChatGPTs info, so I provided this pic to it. This was the response:

Reworked reply that finished completely

Yes, the image helps greatly. However, I can only analyze the image and provide information based on my training data up to April 2023.

The object in the image appears to be a large, industrial piece of equipment, quite possibly a heat exchanger or part of a cooling system due to the numerous fins and pipes, which are typical of such devices. The fins increase the surface area available for heat transfer, which is a common design feature in heat exchangers used for cooling fluids by transferring heat to the air or another medium.

The structure does resemble a kind of symmetry, with what appears to be two identical sides, which supports the idea of redundancy in the design. The hexagonal openings could be for access, inspection, or could possibly be where the equipment interfaces with other machinery or pipework.

This equipment could be found in a variety of settings where large-scale cooling is necessary, such as power plants, chemical plants, or other industrial facilities. The specific design details may vary based on the particular requirements of the system it's designed to serve.

Without more context or specific knowledge about the exact model or type, it's challenging to provide more than an educated guess. If you need a precise identification, providing the image to a professional with expertise in industrial machinery or thermal management systems would be advisable.

First response with "error in stream"

Thank you for the image. Based on what I can see, this object does indeed resemble a heat exchanger or a part of a cooling system, potentially for an industrial or high-performance computing application. The finned tubes, bracing, and hexagonal openings suggest it's designed for efficient thermal management. It looks like a passive heat exchanger, where the finned design increases the surface area to facilitate heat transfer from the hot fluid inside the tubes to the air passing over the fins.

These types of heat exchangers are often used in applications where cooling is critical and can be found in various mechanical and electrical systems, including power plants, automotive cooling systems, and HVAC systems in large buildings. If this is indeed sitting atop server racks, it could be part of a specialized cooling system designed to dissipate the significant amount of heat generated by high-density computing equipment.

Given the complexity and specific design, it could be a custom or proprietary piece of equipment. Identifying the exact use and origin would likely require more context or expertise in the specific field where such cooling systems are used.

But it's a bad thing if a progressive can get republicans to vote D?

Not a bad thing, just nearly impossible. Republican voters have had the last 20-years of Faux "News" equating Democrats to traitors and baby killers. They've tarnished the idea that compromise is required to have a functioning democracy, and their side is always right. Republicans will primary another candidate before they accept or work with Democrats.

That's one lucky pig!

"Won't anyone ~~think of~~ gun down the children?!?!"

We'll duh, human excrement silly goose!