Ser Reptitious

Not a fan of the change either, but if it gets light outside where you are at 4:00am because of DST, wouldn't that mean it would get light at 3:00am without it?

The trophy icon might look a bit odd for Toth's rather depressing explanation, but it's meant as a thank you for the in-depth explanation of the situation, just to be clear.

Welcome back!

I'm pretty sure making their opponents give up in despair (and therefore not voting - or not voting for anyone who actually matters) is a big part of the current batch of U.S. fascists' playbook. So "good job" for anyone playing along with that. Thankfully a lot of Americans didn't seem to get the memo in the 2022 and 2023 elections, upsetting the expectations of both pollsters and Republicans. But hey, instead of being encouraged by that, let's just explain why it won't ultimately matter....

Thomas and Alito must be furious...

Cut off your nose to spite your face. That said, I can understand that people frustrated with, say, the situation in Gaza wish to use vocally the threat to withhold their vote as the only way they can exercise at least some leverage. Once the rubber hits the road in November 2024 though...

Sounds like he's holding all the cards. By him "having to think about it" that immediately makes you the supplicant (and him the dominant one). Even more so by him leaving you dangling for a week or more. That may very well result in you having a weaker bargaining position at the very re-beginning of the relationship, since you'll be happy already if he agrees to re-start the relationship at all. You might be reluctant to push too strongly for your demands for fear of chasing him away again, thereby inevitably simply kicking the can down the road.

Thank you for the thorough explanation. Much appreciated!

One thing I've been wondering is why Moldova wants to hang on to Transnistria? Historically the Dnister has always been the eastern border of the principality of Moldova, so why keep claiming it? All it does is create a frozen conflict that prevents Moldova from being seriously considered for NATO and EU membership. Just let it go. What am I missing?

Gotta pump out more future soldiers and ballet dancers...

Not at all. I'm simply sceptical that anti-social personality disorder and sociopath are the same thing. There may perhaps be a Venn diagram-like overlap to some (small?) extent, but I'm fairly sure they are two very separate things. But again, I'm not a psychologist, so I'm open to idea that I might be incorrect.

Yeah, I'm not a psychologist either, but "anti-social behaviour" sounds more like lashing out at society in anger, whereas a sociopath is often someone who comes across as smooth and charming, while hiding the fact that they lack any sort of moral conscience and would throw even the people closest to them under the bus if it serves their purpose. Linking the two terms simply because they both contain "social/o" and therefore appear similar on the surface seems like quite the stretch.

You gotta love coming into General Chatter and see US Politics marked "hot", thinking some interesting new development has unfolded... ... only to find out it's actually just Kal and Ty heatedly arguing over whether Minnesota is a swing state or not...

e/ weird double-post

Could it be that he (perhaps misguidedly) has a rosier view of what 'right wing' (kind of like 'traditional conservative') is supposed to be and therefore is attacking the Tories from that angle? Just throwing out a random hopeful option perhaps? Fingers crossed (because I want to believe)!