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Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • Dude, its called context. The usage implied was very clear.

    And my bad, i guess i left out the little "1" at the start that says my definition was the primary usage to support my argument, but whatever... it seemed obvious.

    Despite that, even by your narrower definition, trump still has charisma. just not the kind that works on you. People can be likable and have a magnetic personality and whatever else, and you can still despise them. They would still be called charismatic. The people waving his signs, attending his rallys, and wearing his red hats would certainly say he is likable and has a magnetic personality. Are they wrong? No. The sheer number of his followers prove he has charisma. Clap yourself on the back for not falling for that particular style of charisma if you want, but dont deny it exists.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • charisma /kə-rĭz′mə/ noun A rare personal quality attributed to leaders who arouse fervent popular devotion and enthusiasm.

    Trump absolutely has charisma. Outside of being a lying narcissist, its literally his defining trait.

    And vance, in comparison to trump, is much more personable. That was on display. Vance is still a weasely amoral couch fucker, but if i was absolutely forced to be in a room with one or the other, i would pick vance over trump every time.

  • Vice Presidential Debate Megapost! Tue, 10/1/2024
  • My take away is the same. That was more of a "debate" than we have had in literal years.

    I think walz did good. He held his ground and had some very solid jabs. He knows his roll as second man and backup and played it well.

    Vance... did suprisingly well, and will definately be a threat in the future, based on his debate skills at least. This is practice for him regardless of how the election turns out. Experience is what he lacks, and the national stage will hone him over the next few years.

    All in all, ill say no clear winner for the debate on face value. It was a show for the sake of the show. But ill absolutely be paying attention in the coming years. One scandal can sink vance, and if past gop tendancies are anything, there will be one. Walz is fairly bulletproof in that regard.

    That was a good effort from both sides tbh.

  • Remember That DNA You Gave 23andMe?
  • So the fun thing about genetics is... if you said no, but they conned enough of your family, they got a good part of your genome anyhow.

    In my case, Mom was somewhat interested about it when it came out. Dad too. And i told them no to, because, well one, sharing data bad. But also, this buisiness is a one off. There are no repeat customers and it was destined to be sold to the highest bidder.

    For once, my parents listened. But good god. This company has already been mined by police to use genetic info from relatives to convict their family members. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/magazine/dna-test-crime-identification-genome.html

    Murder convictions and serial rapists going to jail, i got no problem with, but that slippery slope exists. And from years of experience, im not inclined to give the authorities my data, even by proxy. The abuse potential is immense and history is not on the average citizens side.

  • To Americans: How far apart is everything in the US?
  • My closest superstore an hour drive away. 60 miles. The closest grocer is 12 miles. My closest international airport is 1.5 hours away. It is also the closest regional airport. 85 miles. The closest national park is 3 hours. I live 6 miles from my closest town.

    There are no passenger trains, busses, or taxis. Or uber.

    Rural america is empty. And spread out. We get along fine, but public transit will never exist here. Cars are the only way.

  • Do you think this scammer just hopes they will, with luck, contact someone named Annie who does yoga?
  • And you're a troll, or some sort of self rightious cunt trying to be facetious for your own entertainment. I dont have time for your contrarian bullshit. Neither do the rest of us. Go back to your cave and pleasure yourself in your own mental superiority. The rest of us live in a world where stupid shit happens, and we deal with it and complain about it without being smug assholes.

    In full sincerity, I bid you good day, you useless fuck.

  • Do you think this scammer just hopes they will, with luck, contact someone named Annie who does yoga?
  • I get these too. Thousands of people do. Every day. Its a scatter shot approach to text scamming. They dial a number, and they add one to the next number they call.

    867-5309 867-5310 867-5311 Simple right?

    Why are you making this so wierd?

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    Just me or dragon ball is REALLY popular among black people, why is that?
  • Dragon ball is huge in latin america because they were the first to get dubs in their language, in a time where spanish dubs for any cartoon were very underserved. Usa airwaves were saturated with animation for kids. Latin america had to buy rights because there was very little home grown production.

    They also got the dubs way way sooner than viewers in the united states.

    Right time and right place, and it snowballed from there.

    https://www.sportskeeda.com/anime/why-dragon-ball-popular-mexico-latin-america

  • A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban
  • Please support Elevated Access in any way you can. Even if you are not a pilot or know jack shit about general aviation, you can help. Donate to them or reach out and drive a friend to a local ga airport. Its probably outside of your hometown. Ill land on a dirt strip to help.

    I personally fly for them. Many pilots in texas do. We can cross state borders to get texas women the care they need and deserve. Colorado or new mexico doesnt have to be a ten hour drive. Ken Paxton and his ilk want to shut down the state highways to stop pro choice in Texas, but they cant stop federal airways.

  • Porn website posts reportedly linked to Robinson deleted after CNN story
  • Ive got s sneaking suspicion why... but after cnn reports on it... why would you bother?

    Im not saying that this move makes it more incriminating but... Wait. that does make it more incriminating. What was i thinking?

    What a dumbass.

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