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The war is on again...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 13, 2020:

He's such a fuckin' douche. Is he dead yet?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 13, 2020:

@glennlab I wanted to say something to this effect, but you did it far better than I would have.

[agnostic.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 13, 2020:

If someone said they found someone for me, I'd be willing to give it a look, just be cautious.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 13, 2020:

@HippieChick58 Oh, oops. I apparently didn't look at this. I thought you were suggesting someone you knew did this. My bad. I see where I'm at now. This new format doesn't make things clear at all.

‎Tuesday, ‎July ‎21, ‎2020 my gift to U - the intellectually astute - an opportunity to...

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 26, 2020:

How is this still happening?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 13, 2020:

@think-beyond Apparently there is some stuff I cannot read as a result of people blocking me, so if there's a reason you're suggesting this to me, I'm not sure I understand why or what the point you're trying to make is. However, I read a synopsis of the points made in that book. I find some of them nice but others not generally supported by evidence. He also refers to "what nature wants" and a resultant karmic system which I unfortunately cannot square with my view of the nature of reality.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 13, 2020:

@William_Mary Your accusations of me are irrelevant. If you want to think I'm two people or I betray my ideals, etc. that's fine. You don't need to like me. We don't need to be friends. I don't even need to be having this conversation. You can write me off right now and save me some time. I'm still going to be pragmatic and do what I do because no one has convinced me it's wrong yet. I tried to clearly explain what ideally I'd like, and what I'd be willing to do to get it. All of life, at least for me, is a cost-benefit analysis. I * want * universal healthcare and the like. I'd vote in the primary for the most progressive candidate I could. But in the general I'll only vote for the more progressive of the two major party candidates because I * know * Duverger's Law has accurately dictated for hundreds of years that third party candidates can't win in non-proportional-representation democracies with a first past the goal post winner. I really think my analogy about the security measures makes a lot of sense. It seems like you're trying to convince people everything would be better if no one had to use any security measures (which it would) and in light of that, people should be idealistic and stop locking their doors, otherwise they're just giving up and being part of the pessimistic system. The people you want to convince to stop locking their doors will all likely require different levels of evidence or proof that it's safe to do. Some are willing to sacrifice anything to work toward that goal, like you. Others need more assurance because they perceive they have more to lose from a loss than they have to gain from a win. Still others aren't concerned with what can be won or lost, but rather the likelihood of a win or loss. While people like me weigh a combination of these factors to determine the best course of action. None of these ways or picking who to vote for are objectively wrong, regardless of your personal preference. If you were attacking me for picking my candidate out of a hat, that would make perfect sense, but I'm not. I don't know why you're so insistent I'm wrong about my opinion. And as I stated before, if * this * is how progressives are treating people they're trying to convince to risk wasting their vote for a chance at something better, I have far less confidence they'll be able to get enough people on board, making it that much less likely I'll risk my vote.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 13, 2020:

@Piece2YourPuzzle Honestly, I want to, but I'm responding to both of you and it's a lot. I'm not a typical Democrat. Like I said, I think I'm as liberal as they come, so what I'm giving up isn't the yard stick to measure by. Also, you're missing an important component pragmatic people weigh in. If I want thing X and I can either compromise to get 50% of X or lose and get thing Y which is the exact opposite of thing X, then you could consider that 50% is least 75% of what I want or more depending on how bad thing Y is. I won't respond to all of the points I see in a different way at this juncture. If you'd please list the specific questions you want me to answer and we can start from there instead of each trying to wade through all that was said.

And a side of bacon, please.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 12, 2020:

Never understood why people made fun of the diet Coke thing.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@Lorajay And? The less calories you drink the more calories you can eat! I actually * prefer * diet to regular, independent of calories. The few times I got pop when I was young, it was always diet, and it's what I'm used to. Now, regular tastes gritty and syrupy to me, and I do not enjoy it at all. Anyway, there are lots of reasons people order diet that aren't stupid, nonsensical, or incongruent.

And a side of bacon, please.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 12, 2020:

Never understood why people made fun of the diet Coke thing.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

But I wanna fuck that burger up.

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin Why you gotta go to the name calling? Everything I'm saying I'm basing on facts, not feelings. Not sure how that makes me smug or elitist (good job using 'elite' with a negative connotation like the Republicans do, by the way) but whatever. You're the one on here that needs to win people over, so name calling is probably a perfect tool to help with that.

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin I'd say this is a classic chicken/chicken egg conundrum, but the chick/egg thing actually has an answer. I don't think it's fair to say that you'd have the votes * if * they'd trust you with the nominee, but that you won't simply take the nominee with all the votes you supposedly have. That's like a "Nigerian Prince" telling you he has 300 million dollars he wants to give you but he can't do it until you give him $3,000 first. Call it an excuse, call it a rationalization, call it whatever you want; I make my decisions based on facts. I'll vote for a progressive in the primary, and if they win, I'll vote for them in the general, but I will not throw away my vote on something hundreds of years of evidence tells me is impossible.

Yay, we just got our N95 mask at work. They were purchased in February we got them yesterday.

Charlene comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Just in time for the 2nd wave .

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@Charlene Unfortunately I am. Ohio. Not sure what vaccine my hospital is getting. We start vaccinations next week from what I was told, but they, sorry, we still don't know the order, or when it will be available to all the non-healthcare citizens.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@Piece2YourPuzzle It would be nice if that were true, but it just isn't. For hundreds of years Duverger's Law has not failed to be true, so people * know * it will be a wasted vote that will elect the worse of the two [in some cases, the worse of the two evils]. I'm asking * how * you can make it happen instead of just restating an if/then statement. Sure, * if * everyone wrote in John Stamos on their ballot * then * he would become the next president. The question is * how * do you convince enough people that enough people are going to do it to get him the win * before * you actually know/can show you have the numbers? That's the Catch-22. Would it be nice if everyone voted their ideals? Absolutely. Would it be nice if no one stole anything so we could all spend the money we spend on security measures on other things. Yup. Those things are based on the same principle. People will take advantage of weaknesses they see in others because humans are innately selfish (or pragmatic if you prefer). While some people are voting their ideals others will sacrifice a little of what they want to guarantee the rest every election. The Republicans figured this out. Do you know that if 25% of the people who voted for Jill Stein in Wisconsin, 75% from Michigan, and 88% from Pennsylvania had realized they were throwing their vote away and voted for Clinton instead, we would have never had a President Trump. How much better would the environment be in if there was no Trump? How much better would everything be if Clinton had won? If you think all the bad shit that happened under Trump was worth it to vote your ideals, then I guess we're kind of at an impasse.

It took me seconds to decide I didn't like the new visual style of this site.

BitFlipper comments on Dec 12, 2020:

I only use this on my phone. I don't see any changes.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@Theresa_N I'm on the app on my phone and it looks different...

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@RoboGraham In 2016 there were an estimated 157 million registered voters. 129 million voted. If the possibility of someone who very well * could * have been a major part nominee promising things that could improve their lives wasn't enough to motivate them to vote even though they were already registered, what data do you have to support your claim that they would suddenly care enough to vote for them if they made it to the general, but only then and not a minute earlier? I just don't see non-voters, registered or otherwise, caring enough about politics to follow it so they would know if they'd be willing to turn out to vote for someone saying something they liked, but not caring enough to try to make that person who says the stuff they like the nominee or vote on any other issues or against any candidate that says or does things they don't like. It just doesn't add up and I don't see anything but conjecture that says otherwise. And that still brings us back to the point I made earlier. If you can't get those mystery voters to turn out until the progressive candidate is a major party nominee, and you can't get pragmatic democrats/liberals to waste their votes on a third party to prove to the establishment that the third party candidates could carry the day and should be the "second party" candidate without knowing when those mystery voters will step up, where do you go? That's a catch-22 there's no out for. It would take cycle after cycle after cycle of losses trying to build up steam. And every loss, some of the people you convinced to sign on to the movement would leave and say it wasn't worth throwing their vote away the last X elections to try to get a new party to be one of the only two available parties the US is capable of having. I believe in the substance of what you want. Tell me the real-world way in which you think it can happen. I have a suspicion telling people they're blind, enslaved sheep isn't going to quite get us over the goal line.

Republicans Talk Secession After Supreme Court Rejects Texas Election Challenge After the ...

glennlab comments on Dec 12, 2020:

Thankfully he was shuit sown, now we just have to worry about military action

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@johnnyrobish I hope they all die defending freedom.

Yay, we just got our N95 mask at work. They were purchased in February we got them yesterday.

Charlene comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Just in time for the 2nd wave .

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@Charlene Your state already has the order mapped out for everyone? My hospital hasn't even disclosed the order yet for employees. Still, there's a good chance there will be a 4th wave before April (or at least the month when bigger states are done). Plus, you're not taking into account the percentage of people that are going to refuse the vaccine added to the approximate 30% fail rate of the estimated immunogenicity of 70%. Even if 10% refuse the vaccine, that leaves 37% of the population vulnerable post country-wide vaccination. If it gets close to 30% refusal you'll get to 50% of the population still being vulnerable. And this is all ignoring the possibility that the immunity from the vaccine may not last significantly longer than the immunity from recovering from the virus itself and/or that it doesn't mutate and become a yearly thing that kicks our asses.

A Small Minnesota Town Voted to Approve the Permit for a Whites-Only Church ...

TheMiddleWay comments on Dec 11, 2020:

This is disagreeable but is it also illegal?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay Unfortunately, that won't work. They * are * allowed to discriminate based on one protected class: religious beliefs. If a black atheist tried to get a job there, they'd just argue they denied employment because he was an atheist, not non-white.

A Small Minnesota Town Voted to Approve the Permit for a Whites-Only Church ...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Par for the course in a country where 73 million people think Trump is a good president. We're fucked. Get ready for either a civil war or an authoritarian government.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@TimeOutForMe They made Jesus white, you don't think they think heaven is too?

Yay, we just got our N95 mask at work. They were purchased in February we got them yesterday.

Charlene comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Just in time for the 2nd wave .

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@Charlene Most news sources agree we're already in the third. The general public won't be fully vaccinated until like June. I'd hold my bet there won't be a 4th wave if I were you...

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@William_Mary I'd be more than happy to help when it wouldn't be detrimental to democrats. And I'm not full of ego, I'm being realistic. I'm as liberal and progressive as they come, but not at the expense of protecting people from conservative policies. I support free college, free health coverage, pro-choice, gay rights, climate change legislation, I even want to see profit-free government-run automobile insurance and zero-deduction taxes. Try to name a progressive policy I wouldn't support or a progressive candidate I wouldn't vote for. How progressive is someone, really, if they protest-vote someone into the White House that wants to * reduce * healthcare coverage, give billionaires * more * tax breaks, take money * away * from public schools, deport dreamers, privatize the post office, etc? It's crazy that we want the exact same things, yet just because of a difference in what we think are possible avenues to get there, we're fighting each other. It's not like I'm in the center and you're on the far left and we're splintering. This is how we lose so much. For the Republicans, all that matters is "( R )". Work on changing who gets the nod in the primaries. Work on all those people that don't vote at all to get to the polls at that time. That will show the party that they don't need to worry about the shifting electorate, because with that much new support on the far left, if it really does exist, the electorate wouldn't actually be shifting right. But don't wait until the general and then cause/almost cause a Republican win.

A Small Minnesota Town Voted to Approve the Permit for a Whites-Only Church ...

TheMiddleWay comments on Dec 11, 2020:

This is disagreeable but is it also illegal?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

Racial discrimination for membership may not technically be illegal, but racial discrimination for employment definitely is. We need some non-white people to apply for employment in their Church, they will obviously be denied employment, and with their stated values it will not be hard to prove in court that it was based on racial discrimination. I hope that happens, and I hope they get sued for a shit ton of money.

Yay, we just got our N95 mask at work. They were purchased in February we got them yesterday.

Charlene comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Just in time for the 2nd wave .

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

4th?

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin This is exactly the problem: the fractured left. * I * understand Duverger's Law, so * I * know that I have two options: the candidate whose proposed policies are * closer * to mine, or the candidate whose are * further * from mine. 3rd party votes do nothing. Abstaining in protest does nothing. People on the right seem to understand this too. There were shady backroom dealings and shenanigans trying to prevent Trump from becoming the nominee. Yet as soon as he got the nomination they all got the fuck in line, supported him, and got him elected. Let's say the Dem party is hostile and useless to progressives. Are they * worse * than the Republican party? Would cycle after cycle of Republican leadership while the far left built up support for the notion that * their * candidates were one of the two viable parties, not whoever the Democrats put up, be worth it? And @RoboGraham, you really believe there are tens of millions of eligible, yet unregistered and/or non-practicing citizens so supportive of the progressive movement that they would register/vote for a progressive, but don't give a fuck about voting against conservative "values" or voting on ANY down-ballot initiatives? That just doesn't sound realistic at all. That also has to mean all those people you think can be motivated all recognize, just like me, that third party candidates CAN'T WIN because there * are * progressives on the ballot, especially in the primaries. So by your assessment, they're super eager to vote for a progressive, know a third party candidate can't win, would be easy to mobilize to the polls with the right candidate, but won't even vote in the primary to try to make that happen? That doesn't sound ridiculous to you? Please, bro.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@William_Mary * You * may be, but a vast, vast majority won't. Ever. Tens of millions of eligible voters can't even be bothered to pull a fuckin' lever, even in an election this big, so an informed electorate isn't a pipe dream, it's an impossibility. My problem with it is that it's conveniently at a time that is more accusatory of Biden, with the token inclusion of 'Trump did it too', even though Trump's cabinet picks were far more egregious. If the outcome was neutral, I wouldn't be fighting it. It isn't. This push is far more detrimental to the Dems, so, no thanks.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@altschmerz I agree with all that, but knowing that, you think people are going to suddenly care so much they're going not only start looking up stuff on candidates before the election but they're also going to research all of their cabinet picks too? Come on. Anyway, even if we did have access to that information and even if people did look it up, we are so polarized the results of that search likely wouldn't mean anything. I'm so convinced that another 4 of Trump would end our democracy (that is if the first 4 didn't do it) that there's practically no one Biden could pick for his cabinet pre-election that would have changed my vote. Furthermore, the pre-election cabinet picks can only hurt the Democrats. Republicans have shown all they care about is power, and we know they'll always line up to vote for the Republican, so their picks wouldn't hurt them, while the fractured left would take a hit for picks being not centrist enough or liberal enough.

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@RoboGraham I agree however that it's a shame * anything * didn't crush Trump.

So Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time's Person of the Year.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 11, 2020:

It wasn't a fluke. They determined, and correctly so, that a more centrist candidate had a better shot at winning with a right-shifting electorate. I can understand the Bernie Bros not being able to grasp this, but I'm not sure why republicans or conservatives are at all fuckin' confused by the ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@RoboGraham We will never know for sure, but there were a lot of people (some in my own family) that were worried about Biden being "too socialist". Had the Dems put up a more liberal candidate, the socialist label would have had more teeth and may have lost more votes from the middle than they gained from the far left. Furthermore, votes lost from the middle more often result in votes going for the opposing party while votes lost from the far left tend to turn into wasted 3rd party votes.

According to her she was going to a "safe house" (church) to pray and be close to her "maker" and ...

girlwithsmiles comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Mmm it’s all fun until someone gets hurt.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@TimeOutForMe I wish they'd hurry up and go live with him.

According to her she was going to a "safe house" (church) to pray and be close to her "maker" and ...

girlwithsmiles comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Mmm it’s all fun until someone gets hurt.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@TimeOutForMe They are. I remember early on when the big lockdown started the was a reporter outside a church asking people why they were risking it and a woman claimed nothing could happen to her because "she was bathed in the blood of Christ."

According to her she was going to a "safe house" (church) to pray and be close to her "maker" and ...

girlwithsmiles comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Mmm it’s all fun until someone gets hurt.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 11, 2020:

@TimeOutForMe If you read through the tweets you'll see it's 100% a troll account. The original was probably real, and then a million people started tweeting at her what a dumb fuck she was and that they hope she and her husband (and their entire congregation) die, so she made it private. Then someone stole her picture and made a Twitter handle that looks almost the same. In the first tweet said they had to make their other account private, and then began to troll the fuck out of twitter. None of the tweets you linked to are real, but they are funny.

You know, he's half right.

Wisterious comments on Dec 10, 2020:

12 of 1, a dozen of another.🤪

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 10, 2020:

A guy I used to play cards with, no matter how many times I told him the correct phrase, never failed to say "six dozen in one hand, half a dozen in the other". It was excruciating.

Vote for a turd?

RoboGraham comments on Jun 26, 2020:

Like diving into a pit of cacti to avoid being hit by a truck.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 10, 2020:

This seems a little more accurate.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 10, 2020:

@Piece2YourPuzzle Read this whole thread. I said exactly what you just said.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 10, 2020:

@rogerbenham He likes to call us ignorant. He likes to point out that he knows what our misconceptions are, yet fails to specify after being asked repeatedly, seemingly because he doesn't have a good reply and just wants to remain in his echo chamber without pesky observations about the nature of reality creeping in to fuck it all up.

Mostly Questionable Christmas memes.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

What am I not seeing about the cookies?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 10, 2020:

@scurry Eh, I don't really see it.

Anyone else like me that can't tell when a girl is just being nice to you or is actually flirting ...

CeCeMTL comments on Oct 20, 2020:

Haha!! I have the opposite problem. I’m super nice and guys think its flirting. Then they get act all super weird. And they’ll throw in something like “I have a girlfriend!” And I’ll respond with “No, dude...I was just asking you if this is the line up to order my coffee!”

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@Sonja44 Did yours resemble this... https://youtu.be/I2AEdx_-lMM

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@rogerbenham That's because he's only interested in spreading misinformation. Notice he didn't try to refute what I said, just tried to silence me with rude comments. People like him are the reason we don't and won't ever have legitimate, constructive discourse in America ever again.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@William_Mary Good talk. I already posted my response. Refute if you can. Make more snide comments if you can't.

The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet {Requiring a center-right Democrat like Biden to...

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Oh, and that wouldn't have affected Trump? How much would people have believed Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" if they knew he was going to instill billionaires to head departments in charge of policing and regulating industries they used to work in?

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@William_Mary I read what you posted. Unless what you posted is completely off-topic from the link you included, it's absolutely on-topic... What you posted talks about a president not being fully in charge because of the power of his unelected cabinet. Additionally, however, the parts you posted seemed to insinuate it would have been more of a factor for Biden than Trump as if Trump didn't make promises to get votes that were not in line with his subsequent cabinet picks.

The Louder the Monkey, the Smaller Its Balls, Study Finds

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 8, 2020:

We do currently have a president that bragged about the size of his dick on national television... It's fuckin' crazy just the shit we've forgotten about.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@snytiger6 Can anyone look/listen to him and really think he's packing heat?

Anyone else like me that can't tell when a girl is just being nice to you or is actually flirting ...

CeCeMTL comments on Oct 20, 2020:

Haha!! I have the opposite problem. I’m super nice and guys think its flirting. Then they get act all super weird. And they’ll throw in something like “I have a girlfriend!” And I’ll respond with “No, dude...I was just asking you if this is the line up to order my coffee!”

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@Sonja44 I constantly feel like Andy from The 40 Year-Old Virgin when he said, "I respect women. I love women. I respect them so much I completely stay away from them." I'd probably get some dates if I was forward and played the odds, but I just can't do it. It's not me. Instead I live a sad lonely existence hoping a women finds me somehow because all I can think about is how "over" women are of being hit on all the time. (e.g. "Uugh, can't I even go to the _____ without being hit on?")

Anyone else like me that can't tell when a girl is just being nice to you or is actually flirting ...

CeCeMTL comments on Oct 20, 2020:

Haha!! I have the opposite problem. I’m super nice and guys think its flirting. Then they get act all super weird. And they’ll throw in something like “I have a girlfriend!” And I’ll respond with “No, dude...I was just asking you if this is the line up to order my coffee!”

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 9, 2020:

@Sonja44 https://youtu.be/kTFZyl7hfBw

Grade 4 math??

Wisterious comments on Dec 8, 2020:

This seems to be working for me today, so here it is again (somewhat): Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, ... ...here I am, (at Christmas blek!) trying to get away from you (people).

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

@Wisterious You didn't watch Desperate Housewives? It's one of my favorite shows ever. It was.

Grade 4 math??

Wisterious comments on Dec 8, 2020:

This seems to be working for me today, so here it is again (somewhat): Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, ... ...here I am, (at Christmas blek!) trying to get away from you (people).

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

@Wisterious In your picture you look like Edie Britt?

Grade 4 math??

Wisterious comments on Dec 8, 2020:

This seems to be working for me today, so here it is again (somewhat): Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, ... ...here I am, (at Christmas blek!) trying to get away from you (people).

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

@Wisterious I can't see what she said. I assume she deleted so I wouldn't be influenced. I also assume she said it was because most of the events of Desperate Housewives took place on or near Wisteria Lane, which is correct. P.S. Sorry it wasn't more exciting. 😔

There's a lot of debate every year about whether or not Die Hard and Home Alone are Christmas ...

TheMiddleWay comments on Dec 8, 2020:

Neither. To me, for it to be a Christmas movie, it has to be *about* Christmas... Christmas has to play a central role in the movie such that if it were removed, the movie would be radically altered. Based on that: movies *on* Christmas are not by default movies *about* Christmas. Consider ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay The gun could be the gift on the last day, and the asking Santa could be replaced with asking his parents...

Grade 4 math??

Wisterious comments on Dec 8, 2020:

This seems to be working for me today, so here it is again (somewhat): Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, ... ...here I am, (at Christmas blek!) trying to get away from you (people).

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

Every time I see one of your comments I think of Desperate Housewives.

There's a lot of debate every year about whether or not Die Hard and Home Alone are Christmas ...

TheMiddleWay comments on Dec 8, 2020:

Neither. To me, for it to be a Christmas movie, it has to be *about* Christmas... Christmas has to play a central role in the movie such that if it were removed, the movie would be radically altered. Based on that: movies *on* Christmas are not by default movies *about* Christmas. Consider ...

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

Very good analysis. Is there a line between Christmas and Hanukkah? If the story would work as a Hanukkah movie, would that declassify it as a Christmas movie per your rule?

I know New Year is still over a month away, but 2020 has been such a traumatic year it deserves ...

BestWithoutGods comments on Dec 8, 2020:

There should be an IQ test for every candidate running for office.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

@SeaRay215ex He's probably had plenty of dishonorable discharge over the years.

I know New Year is still over a month away, but 2020 has been such a traumatic year it deserves ...

BestWithoutGods comments on Dec 8, 2020:

There should be an IQ test for every candidate running for office.

ChestRockfield replies on Dec 8, 2020:

@creative51 You don't need to be smart to persuade stupid people... His "win" in no way means he's intelligent.

Everyone has prejudice.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Prejudice, given this definition, seems to be a rather useless word without context. I just don't find value in using the same word to describe those who dislike people based on the color of their skin and those who dislike those kind of people.