WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]

$4/gal I think was like the highest daily average this year. But its still up ~$1/gal.

“It’s an enormous change of pace from how Iowa’s 20th House of Representatives district was feeling even two years ago, when it swung in favor of Donald Trump by a margin of 20 percentage points.”

Impressive loss by Republicans.

Democrats at the top-level did drop the trans issue and they lost the 2024 election.

Because its more expensive than openAI giving 90% discounts.

“say they’re excited but concerned”

Excited but concerned about returning to a world without AI or excited but concerned with AI but want AI?

I generally oppose edits beyond minor typos (and you should leave an edit log if it was made more than a few seconds after posting). They make threads so much more confusing to follow, even if by simply clarifying the original confusing comment.

So far, only one person has referenced the fact that I was in the voting lines at all and that was after I made the comment that your comment is a reply to. I’ve had no reason to believe anyone else had even read more than half of what I said in the parent comment: most of the rest have been people saying vague things like “Sorry I didn’t realize you had a learning disability.”

Then why did you start with “I won’t go and vote”?

As part of the joke that was followed up by implying I won’t because I already did. People shouldn’t wait if they’re able to vote early. Anyways, apparently the punchline fell flat.

From the beginning, that frames your comment as someone who’s anti-voting explaining why it’s pointless

“Good news like this can be used as a motivator to show people this election could be different”? Not sure how this could possibly be anything other than encouraging people to vote.

So the rest of your comment sounded confusing, almost like you went to the polls to talk with people in line but not cast a vote yourself.

Only reason I’d have done that is if they denied my vote.

Thanks for the explanation!

I’m trying to figure out why it wasn’t obvious I voted. The only explanation that makes sense to me is “I read the first few words and stopped and decided to reply anyways.” Pretty much every reply just repeated what I said but acts like I said the opposite. What’s the alternative reading?

Did you think I was just hanging out in the voting line for fun?

Of course I’m not going to vote. Voting twice would be a crime.

Which problem?

(assuming you’re a Texan capable of voting)

Given I have already voted (as referenced when I mentioned being in the voting line), I’m not capable of voting anymore in this election. I did have a worker comment that my photo on my ID doesn’t look like me despite being from less than 2 years ago, but they didn’t make it a problem.

This “it doesn’t matter” line is complete defeatist bullshit.

Agreed. That’s what I was saying in my comment. That this type of news should be used to insist on the importance rather than just dismissing it.

Are you able to explain what you meant such that someone like me could understand?

Huh? This is a thread about the elections in Texas. What does Missouri have to do with anything?

I won’t go and vote.

In a place like Texas, it can feel pointless to go in vote if R’s are going to sweep anyways. Good news like this can be used as a motivator to show people this election could be different.

People in line were talking about how busy it was (and how much busier it was yesterday). I asked someone who voted yesterday in a more suburb/rural area and they said there was practically no line there. So seems to match the optimism of this.

Human drivers, fuel, car parts, and compute are all non-fixed.

Might depend on their language settings. Like if they have “English - US” and “English -UK”, then the later may get the correct naming.

Not surprising given what we’ve seen reported: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/ice-recruitment-minneapolis-shooting.html