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Man, one of my biggest dreams is that people actually learn what capitalism really is. It’s an -ism that focuses on capital. Socialism is an -ism that focuses on society. Capitalism sucks rocks because its focus means that money has the priority, and it really doesn’t even matter where it came from. Exploited a bunch of people and used legal loopholes the owner class essentially paid for to do it? Yea, that’s totally fine in capitalism because your grotesque bank account is more important than the lives of the people you hurt.

Oof.

That just helps her point to all those people and lets her go “if I’m so bad, then how come…”.

Do not do this. Make content that tells her to go fuck herself. Be representation for others so that they can see that JKR and her incredibly mediocre books are not welcome in a world that cares about others.

Yes, it sounds funny on the face of it, but it’s ultimately just a terrible, bad, no good idea.

Woof. Deflect all you want, it doesn’t change that your country is a result of ineffective centrists allowing conservatives to get away with murder, if they aren’t doing it themselves. Harris was still going to use your tax money to kill innocent children, she just wasn’t going to post about it on Truth Social and you would be able to tell yourself that she was the best of two options, and now you don’t need to care anymore. This shit happened when Biden got in, and Harris was right there saying she wouldn’t do anything differently.

I know ya’ll have a hard time learning, but how obvious do things need to be for you to see how bad things are?

Sure!

Thick picks are great for being very sturdy and allowing for extremely quick playing, but they can also act as a crutch and hide bad technique since they can just smash through strings. It’s like playing on easy mode so you don’t notice all the sub-optimal stuff you’re doing.

Those super thin nylon picks, on the other hand, are really floppy and not great for fast, precise picking. However, you can absolutely still play relatively quickly with them as long as you hold them proper and just use the tip. It’s hard mode to make you really think about what you’re doing.

The trick is to be able to play up to around 90-100bpm with the floppy picks to help you build good habits so that you’re getting the most out of the bigger, stiffer picks.

And don’t forget that after she lost she just disappeared.

“You only get chaos followed by…”

Yup, complete moron. You don’t want stability, you want familiariaty. You would rather bathe in sewage instead of clean water because getting might make you a little chilly. If anything defines a centrist it’s their overwhelming cowardice.

Awww baby is upsetty spaghetti.

I literally put light strings on my mandolin this afternoon. Frankly, I don’t love the lower string tension, especially for how quickly I play, but I’m giving it a shot because I’m trying something else out. I also have a practice technique I stand by that is playing with a 0.60mm nylon pick because it helps highlight issues but I still play with a 1mm to 1.4mm pick because they’re just a lot better for what I do. There is a lot of tone in a pick, and limiting yourself to only something so thin is really just restrictive for no reason.

But to answer your question, you’re not “recommending light strings”, you’re being a huge twat about how your subjective choice is vastly, objectively superior and anyone who doesn’t agree is just afraid. It’s incredibly embarrassing, especially since you’re likely somewhere between 45-55 years old.

You’re just a weird, angry person who thinks they’re special because you don’t understand the very simple idea of people playing different music with different styles and that’s just so, so sad. Being a contrarian isn’t a personality, and I’m sorry you still haven’t figured that out with over half your life already being over but I hope you can salvage the remaining few decades.

Yes, I am privileged. I still do not see even a shred of worth in allowing the situation to get even worse next time around. They call it “strategic” voting but there’s not an ounce of good strategy and planning in that, just reactionary fear driving a short-term mistake that has historically only snowballed into a worse and worse situation.

I voted NDP here in Canada. People here would say that I threw away my vote, but in the end I used my vote to speak with my own voice and they freely gave their approval to a centrist government that is failing miserably and leading this country and whose approach is based in jerking off corporations at the expense of everyone else. The Democrats, like our Liberal Party here, are still far too confident that they’ll be able to run the same old “not the GOP” platform because they have decades of evidence to prove that that’s enough and after that they can do essentially whatever they want.

Speaking on the topic of privilege, it must be nice to be able to pretend that a center-right government that continually allows the far-right to advance its interests, even when the center-right holds all the cards, is a reasonable alternative. People still die unnecessary deaths in a corrupt system but, unlike with the GOP in charge, it’s quiet enough you can pretend that it doesn’t exist.

Wow, that was one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read. Why are you implying the only other option is a progressive with HIV? There have been plently of far better, progressive candidates in local, state/provincial, and federal elections/primaries in Canada and the US and I’m proud to have voted progressive because they have routinely shown themselves to be more responsible and representative of the working class and far less corrupt than the centrist and conservative options.

If “actually does things that will genuinely help instead of being friendly with corporations and genocidal nations” is a bad thing for you then, man, you’re just a fundamentally broken person.

Well, then Ontario has to show up to vote. Well under 50% turnout both times was so embarrassing. But maybe that’s because people think he’s “on the power corrupts phase” when he’s been corrupt the whole fucking time.

“Everyone who doesn’t agree with me is scared.”

Just like what you like and move on, dude.