Wolf314159

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[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Judge appointments work in a similar way, I assume other offices do as well. Judges often decide precisely when they are going to retire in order to manipulate how their replacement is chosen, by vote or by appointment. These positions SHOULD be mostly non-political and merit based in general. In reality, just like economics, politics is inevitably everywhere. The real solution here is to get out the vote for every election at every level, not just the big federal one every 4 years.

That's the way voting in a Republic, where you're not voting directly for every position, law, and amendment, should work. The Republic falls apart and corruption and manipulation of the public will becomes easier when people don't turn out to vote at the smaller election cycles. The death of local news plays into this too as it becomes much more difficult to stay informed about the people and politics of those smaller local elections. If you think our representative system is broken and needs to change, the solution is the same, get out and vote for every election and support local investigative journalism.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

The "E" (and similarly the "IE") at the end is a very different pronunciation indicator than an "E" in the middle of the word.

There's no need for the weird hate in your spoiler tag just because you don't understand something.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dog-eared means that a corner got folded down (making a diagonal) on a page as a bookmark. A dog-eared book isn't necessarily beat-up beyond the damage to the corners of pages. Catty-cornered or kitty-cornered is adjacent to something on the diagonal, i.e. not orthogonally next to it like up, down, left, or right. So there is an argument to be made for a loose (coincidental) connection between those ideas, but I don't think they come from the same roots.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago

EVERYONE that claims to appreciate only fine art is already pretending to be sophisticated.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

God I wish people would stop trying to gift me cookware because they heard I liked to cook. They never have any idea what I need or what I would use and I never have enough room for all the junk.

I just had to throw out a bunch of pots and pans because they weren't compatible with my new range. Good fucking riddance! They were without exception cheap pieces that should have been tossed years ago, especially the non-stick varieties. I don't miss any of them and I'm glad of the excuse to recycle them.

Been shopping for a few replacement pans that are induction ready and several of them do have copper or aluminum cores to spread heat more evenly and quickly. All of them are wrapped in a layer of steel. Copper and aluminum shouldn't really be coming into direct contact with many foods anyway.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

How do you pronounce the U? Do you pronounce mould like should, would, or could? Is your pronunciation of mould then closer to mud than old with an M in front?

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago

Expensive certifications that your employer will reimburse you for that potentially increase your earnings potential and value in the job market if you do change employers? Are those worth getting? Yes. Employer not paying you for them? Still, maybe yes. Do you really need to ask? Or are you looking for an excuse to not do the thing recommended by your mentors and that's not giving you instant gratification and a dopamine hit (like this place does)?

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

The intro theme to Cheers.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

I've used it. But mostly by the time I had created a deck to study, I didn't need it anymore.

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