John R Lee on twitter.com:@gRegorLove it's never gonna go away I think.
@clohnart You’re probably right and I probably need to let it go. I usually do, but sometimes it’s really frustrating.
Kyle Mahan on kylewm.com:I go back and forth on this. Let’s tear down the electoral college, have public financing of elections, implement online, ranked voting, whatever else might break us out of the two party system (with two utterly shit parties). But come November, it’s a choice between two people… Mathematically a vote for anyone else is the same as not voting.
And vote your conscience, sure. If I thought Hillary was just a slightly less evil monster than Trump and electing her would be a total disaster, I wouldn’t vote for her. I’d stay home, or vote for Jill Stein, or write in Mal Reynolds.
As it is, she’s uninspiring, I disagree with her on some things, don’t find her to be particularly trustworthy, but I think she’ll do fine as president. Top 3 of the last 5. With such a polarized congress there’s not that much a president can do anyway. And I believe she’ll nominate fine SC justices. I can live with voting for her no problem. I couldn’t live with not voting for her and Trump winning.
I go back-and-forth on the idea of voting or not, but I reject any claim that if I vote for a third party, it is a vote for [other candidate]. That’s just not based in reality. It annoys me that it’s still a common argument people make.
If I vote, it will be for someone I can support and mostly because it’s fun to fill out a ballot. :] Then Washington state will go Democrat as it has since 1988, regardless of my vote.
For later: http://archive.upcoming.org/user/gregor-916. This will help with logging the concerts I’ve attended.
gRegor Morrill on gregorlove.com:It’s 2016 and the Vote for the Lesser of Two Evils fallacy is still strong.
Statistically, you *will not* cast the deciding ballot. Vote (or don’t) your conscience.
It’s 2016 and the Vote for the Lesser of Two Evils fallacy is still strong.
After a second visit to The Root Beer Store, I realized we need an app like Untappd to track all the tasty sodas. http://therootbeerstore.com
Raise your hand if you're surprised I'm that old.
::raised hand::
Raise your hand if you're 37 and now quite hungry, but will be having burgers shortly. https://twitter.com/purekatherine/status/737464474211364868
laurentheanimal on twitter.com:Holy moly, this was taken 8 years ago. I left NYC 8 years ago?! I used to not have gray hair?! I was that young?!
@laurentheanimal You wore the same shirt for 8 years?! jk. Looking great, animal!
@indiana_mama @macleaney I didn't. I'd have to start running. We'll see. :)
@indiana_mama Flashing Party 2016!
@phototypical That stinks. What are your Portland plans?
Libertarian Party nominates @GovGaryJohnson for president. Now get the man in the presidential debates!
michael on twitter.com:@gRegorLove Looks incredible, a super experience. Lots of $$, but it's one of those things you'd do for the exp https://www.willows-inn.com/dining/menu/
@michaeldestroys Oh dang. ::starts saving::
Kanriah on twitter.com:@nicopolitan @thelovelygirl when will we do #winetoreach again? I miss all the smart & amusing faces.
@OneRedWall @nicopolitan @thelovelygirl Seconded. It's been ages since I've caught one.
Looking forward to IndieWeb Summit in Portland next weekend! There’s still 16 tickets available: http://2016.indieweb.org
michael on twitter.com:@gRegorLove You hear about the hotel at Lummi Island that is supposed to have the world famous chef there??
@michaeldestroys I think so. Don't know many details. Probably $$$$$.
Danielle Evans on twitter.com:I worry for the tail my Airbnb host is currently getting. Sounds rough.
@marmaladebleue Like, are they a furry?