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And come on, there are all those hippie shops that sell things that are "definitely not a bong".
 
This is, I think, literally the last election where this is wise. Clinton may be many things, but when it's a two-horse race and the opponent is an actual fascist (the definition of which may be somewhat vague and often abused, but I am increasingly convinced does accurately apply to Trump), it's time to iron out one's scruples and stop the greatest threat. The French are surprisingly good at this. In their system of multiple-round elections, on numerous occasions the left has turned out to support conservative candidates to ensure the National Front fascists don't get in (and vice versa, conservatives supporting the Socialist Party to defeat the fascists).
trump has zero chance of winning the presidency and i just cannot vote for clinton. i wasn't going to before the primaries started, i wasn't going to after she committed election fraud and stole states from bernie, and i definitely won't now with wikileaks.

i also voted from tennessee (obviously it was too late to change my address before election day) and it's going to be a red state regardless. this fptp nonsense means i can actually vote for who i want, rather than letting myself be scared into voting for clinton because she's somehow less evil than trump.

Because I'm lazy and a poor baker?
just make weed butter and spread it on toast. no baking necessary...well except for
 
Lewis Road Creamery and Whitaker's are making chocolate butter now. Sorry, but I know what's going on my toast.

I could go to the Switched On Gardner, but I'm not looking to grow....never seen one of these hippy stores! Should have had my ex hook me up before it was over.
 
So an old friend has staged an intervention and is moving me out tomorrow, even though my bed has several days to go before it's delivered.

I casually mentioned my landlord going dirty on me and at 10am I'll have a car showing up, boxes, a couch at his place to sleep on until moving day....

Talk about fucking good luck.
 
i wasn't going to after she committed election fraud and stole states from bernie

You actually believe that conspiracy theory?

and i definitely won't now with wikileaks.

Besides how trivial the disclosures are, I'm now just amused by how Assange has become the alt-right dudebro par excellence.

this fptp nonsense means i can actually vote for who i want, rather than letting myself be scared into voting for clinton because she's somehow less evil than trump.

...how does this follow? Preferential voting, not FPTP, would allow you to do that.

Instead we have a competent individual vs an orange fascist. Any other election I wouldn't really give a shit, but when the threat is fascism the norms go out the window.
 
So an old friend has staged an intervention and is moving me out tomorrow, even though my bed has several days to go before it's delivered.

I casually mentioned my landlord going dirty on me and at 10am I'll have a car showing up, boxes, a couch at his place to sleep on until moving day....

Talk about fucking good luck.

This is madness.

I also don't think I have ever met any of my landlords.
 
Oh actually, my very first place up in Brisbane did have an on-site landlord, but we almost never saw her. Plus it was a massive apartment complex. And it had a pool.

(I never swam in it.)
 
I've been so busy lately that now I have a quiet Friday night, almost certain to be followed by a quiet Saturday night, and although there are so many things I told myself I wished I had the time to do, now I suddenly have no idea what to do with myself.
 
I think if I looked up right now I'd just see rain on my glasses.
 
I'd be lying if I said I weren't already well into a nice bottle of merlot!
 
You actually believe that conspiracy theory?
you actually believe the conspiracy that the russians hacked wikileaks? what would they have to gain? everything that's been posted so far has been certified to be 100% true. it's amazing that assange was heralded as a champion when he took down bush, but now that he's showing how the dnc was in collusion with clinton to hand her the election, he's suddenly a villain. he's not even american, it's not like he's got a horse in the race and he wants candidate x to win so he can vote for them.

...how does this follow? Preferential voting, not FPTP, would allow you to do that.

Instead we have a competent individual vs an orange fascist. Any other election I wouldn't really give a shit, but when the threat is fascism the norms go out the window.
i mean because of fptp (but mostly the electoral college), my vote is totally useless in tennessee. even with everything trump's pulled, it's still pretty likely the state will swing red. it always does. my vote doesn't matter.
 
on an unrelated subject, i feel like a certain poster bc with the new layout (i like the white backdrop over the tired blue one), i can't figure out how to use multi-quote. wtf.
 
So I thought one of my flatmates was a prostitute operating from her room. Turns out that I was right! She offered services to the guy who helped me move out.

Hahaha. I saw your Facebook post and was going to ask more details. This fills in at least one gap!

But didn't think you were a suitable customer?
 
you actually believe the conspiracy that the russians hacked wikileaks?

Huh? This is quite the non-sequitur, since I never mentioned Wikileaks - nor do I think the Russians hacked them, though it is hilarious watching Assange rapidly turn from speaker of truth to power into an idol of the alt right. (He's always been pretty loopy though; people were just happy to overlook that six years ago. Look at how hysterically wrong his Australian political party went.) I don't think he's officially working for the Russians or any of those conspiracy theories, but I think this article is an interesting insight into his likely mindset, and he's got a particularly personal axe to grind against Clinton (I do find it suspicious he has shown no interest in leaking against Trump despite the clear public interest in exposing his tax returns): https://www.buzzfeed.com/jamesball/...julian-assange?utm_term=.ivPMzjlDr#.nh0gOMo39

i mean because of fptp (but mostly the electoral college), my vote is totally useless in tennessee. even with everything trump's pulled, it's still pretty likely the state will swing red. it always does. my vote doesn't matter.

Gotcha, though I think that's somewhat fallacious given that in 1984 Reagan managed to capture all but one state. The US may be polarised but it's clearly possible to swing the other party's heartlands.

on an unrelated subject, i feel like a certain poster bc with the new layout (i like the white backdrop over the tired blue one), i can't figure out how to use multi-quote. wtf.

...you didn't switch back to the blue? I couldn't do it fast enough.
 
I'd caught a guy drinking outside our gate one day and he asked to be let back in to see her as his taxi arrived. She also demanded to sleep in a separate cabin from the house that was already there.

I mentioned it to my landlord and she said she had seen a few different guys leaving previously, then it hit me.

I guess she didn't want me saying anything to the landlord. More importantly, you couldn't fucking pay me to go there. Ugh.
 
It's out but I'm staying with the friend who helped me move out, but my bed doesn't get delivered until tomorrow. Need to supervise that and take a carload of things over, and because it'll be rather late by then, we'll do the second trip of my things up on Thursday.

Then it's game over.
 
Ah, gotcha.

I dread to think how long it will take next time I move. On the upside, next time I move it will be for a well-paying job so I can just pay somebody else - somebody much stronger - to do it for me.

I very much want this job at Newcastle University, but the thought of packing up my life and moving to the UK is terrifying. At least if I get the position in Wollongong instead, it's not as hard to move up the Hume. (And my most desired post of all those I've applied for is actually in Melbourne, so there's that. But if I get that job, that's like winning the fucking lottery.)
 
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