Random Politics & Religion #00
Random Politics & Religion #00
I brew my own coffee it's a new concept but it is catching on !
I mean I love being able to walk to Starbucks and watch people write the next great American novel. But I have other things to do !
Lakshmi.Flavin said: »
Asura.Kingnobody said: »
Seraph.Ramyrez said: »
Asura.Kingnobody said: »
Even if only 20% of the population votes, it would take every single citizen in Wyoming to have the same level of voting power to vote than one section of New York City.
And you think that's fair?
And you think that's fair?
...you're asking me if I think it's fair that people who neglect to vote lose out on representation?
Of course that's fair. That's the very point of voting. Expressing your will. If you don't vote in a 1:1 system, that's your own damn fault. If you don't vote in an electoral college system, who can blame you, because your vote doesn't matter in most states where the electoral votes are nearly assuredly going to go against you anyhow.
Those states already get weighted higher because of their greater number of electoral votes. CA has 18 times more voting power than Nevada in the electoral system. Is that fair? If your concern is each state be equally represented why not just give each state one electoral vote?
With the electoral college the way votes have more to do with focusing elections on swing states and winning over and all the rest just vote the way they always do.
In any case I personally think the only thing that would change are the venues that presidential campaigns would focus on.
If I were to push my agenda in changing to a new voting system, I would change it to a state-only voting system where that there are a total of 51 votes in the election, and each state (plus DC) gets exactly 1 vote, and that vote is determined by the popular vote in that state.
Since the majority of states are red in general elections, as show by this map:
My voting system will nearly guarantee a Republican controlled government for a very long while.
However, that still wouldn't be a fair method of signifying a representative government, because population factors will be removed completely. I would never advocate a system where only one factor is taken into consideration in a complex matter such as our government.
Electoral college system is our best solution in a true representative government. It allows citizens in lower population states have a voice while also allowing population factors and populist vote to have their own voice.
That I can get behind because I'm a visual person words don't compute.
Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: »
Fair question:
How much do you guys pay for coffee, where do you and is it any good? Paying a buck for 'donut store' (read: ***tier) coffee isn't very practical.
Excluding brewing your own of course.
How much do you guys pay for coffee, where do you and is it any good? Paying a buck for 'donut store' (read: ***tier) coffee isn't very practical.
Excluding brewing your own of course.
I prefer Tim Horton's, but those aren't around here because Dunkin Donuts runs the Pittsburgh region. Unless you're in a poor neighborhood, in which case "Donut Connection" is in Dunkin's place.
Sheetz Columbian is my coffee-of-choice for drinking black. Dunkin's coffee isn't bad, it's one of the few others I'll drink black. I dislike Starbucks and they're never in good locations to stop at on the way to work for me anyhow. McDonald's coffee is cheap and normally tolerable with minimal addition.
Most other coffee around here needs massive amounts of sugar and/or milk, including the sludge here at the office.
All I care about is that my coffee is grown by hippies.
Seraph.Ramyrez said: »
KN won't just admit he likes his money and his current position and he will do everything he can to ensure no one threatens it.
As though the rest of us don't share the same selfish interest?
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Lakshmi.Flavin said: »
Ragnarok.Nausi said: »
Seraph.Ramyrez said: »
Ragnarok.Nausi said: »
Seraph.Ramyrez said: »
Ragnarok.Nausi said: »
How does eliminating the absolutely asinine electoral college/votes system hurt representative government again?
The electoral college system naturally gives individual states more leverage in the national stage. The same way Wyoming having 2 senators like California does.
United STATES of America.
The electoral college allows for gerrymandering and generally turns voting into a big damned mess. Also, allows those who lose the popular vote to win elections (see: 2000). Getting rid of the electoral college allows every vote to count.
How does it allow for "gerrymandering"?
I would disagree that it's a big mess. It certainly does allow for candidates to be capable of loosing the popular vote and still winning the election. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, especially when dead people and illegal aliens vote and vote often.
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Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: »
Fair question:
How much do you guys pay for coffee, where do you and is it any good? Paying a buck for 'donut store' (read: ***tier) coffee isn't very practical.
Excluding brewing your own of course.
How much do you guys pay for coffee, where do you and is it any good? Paying a buck for 'donut store' (read: ***tier) coffee isn't very practical.
Excluding brewing your own of course.
McDonalds has excellent morning coffee for 1 dollar. I used to be hooked on dunkin, but *** them and their 220 something a medium.
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Seraph.Ramyrez said: »
I have too many feels
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I don't know about you guys but when I drink I don't feel anything. And it was the best not feeling ever !
Tim/Dunkin/Starbucks all sell coffee around the same price, 3 bucks for a medium here. It's like 2.69 but whatever.
I wouldn't compare those three to bodega/McDonalds/Wendy's coffee since quality usually takes a huge ***at these places. But it's a buck! Yeah for crap tier office coffee.
If i had to choose there are some niche cafes in Manhattan that sell really potent ***but that's going out of my way for coffee. It'd still run 3-4 bucks either way.
#liberalproblems
I wouldn't compare those three to bodega/McDonalds/Wendy's coffee since quality usually takes a huge ***at these places. But it's a buck! Yeah for crap tier office coffee.
If i had to choose there are some niche cafes in Manhattan that sell really potent ***but that's going out of my way for coffee. It'd still run 3-4 bucks either way.
#liberalproblems
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I'm not a coffee person. I drink tea.
No man is an island...unless he lives on one. Mind blown !
I like to speak in old timey langauge when I'm drunk. Get ye to a nunnery me thinks it's time to mosey on out !
Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: »
Tim/Dunkin/Starbucks all sell coffee around the same price, 3 bucks for a medium here. It's like 2.69 but whatever.
I wouldn't compare those three to bodega/McDonalds/Wendy's coffee since quality usually takes a huge ***at these places. But it's a buck! Yeah for crap tier office coffee.
If i had to choose there are some niche cafes in Manhattan that sell really potent ***but that's going out of my way for coffee. It'd still run 3-4 bucks either way.
#liberalproblems
I wouldn't compare those three to bodega/McDonalds/Wendy's coffee since quality usually takes a huge ***at these places. But it's a buck! Yeah for crap tier office coffee.
If i had to choose there are some niche cafes in Manhattan that sell really potent ***but that's going out of my way for coffee. It'd still run 3-4 bucks either way.
#liberalproblems
I used to readily shell out 2 bucks for a coffee at Dunks without hesitation, then due to the various local taxes in my state, the price started to actually total $2.01. It really left a bad taste in my mouth that the store would actually give me 99 cents back almost every time. McDonalds coffee isn't crap, it taste superior to dunks and its now less that half the cost.
win/win
Phrases to use in social settings:
Lately I've been saying ample bosom instead of big ***.
Almost forgot classic pickup line: She has got those child bearing hips !
Lately I've been saying ample bosom instead of big ***.
Almost forgot classic pickup line: She has got those child bearing hips !
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On coffee I'll agree with Nausi somewhat. I don't think McDonald's is better than Dunkin, but the money:quality ratio is pretty good.
Sheetz is still better than both.
Sheetz is still better than both.
I drink Starbucks despite my lack of support of their idiot CEO !
He's a Jew and you know how I pretend to feel about Jewish coffee !
But he might be the biggest d bag CEO ever...
He's a Jew and you know how I pretend to feel about Jewish coffee !
But he might be the biggest d bag CEO ever...
fonewear said: »
But he might be the biggest d bag CEO ever...
He's Starbucks CEO.
How could he be anything else?
It's like, the capital city of Pretentiousylvania.
I've had much better coffee but it isn't worth the hassle to find it. Some of the blends are actually good too.
Much as I *** about Starbucks the girls that work at the local Starbucks are pretty cute/friendly too... so that overwrites my hatred towards the company.
Much as I *** about Starbucks the girls that work at the local Starbucks are pretty cute/friendly too... so that overwrites my hatred towards the company.
Better ingredients, better douchebag, Papa John's comes to mind.
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Leviathan.Chaosx said: »
I'm not a coffee person. I drink tea.
Depends. I prefer tea most of the time, but most places don't make anything but low-end teabag tea, if they make it at all. I drink tea at home, but I drink coffee on the go. Work is sort of split 50/50, because some days I just need the kick of coffee, but it's awful, so I keep tea at my desk and make it unless I need said coffee kick.
Ben and Jerry's too. Too much hippie *** for an ice cream company.
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