Stinger_1066

People want to talk about the number of Pub voters who stayed home.

What about the number of Dem voters that have traditionally stayed home in the past because most of Texas was solid red?

What if those people sensed that the tide might be turning and came out in droves?

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The death of so many men crushed the population and eventually led to to invitation of all French colonies into main land France

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This is a really good point.

France needed to replenish their working class after WWI. The decision had long term consequences that many didn't foresee at the time.

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There were no portable radios in the First World War. Any report of a breakthrough in the line had to be sent back to HQ via runner or courier pigeon.

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Telegraph and telephone lines didn't exist?

Battery-powered Morse-code transmitters?

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And I don’t understand why people don’t understand this, because it’s not new. People were furious when the first telegraph advertisement went out, because until that point, receiving a telegraph was always important. Phone calls were always important until telemarketers. Mail until spam mail. Email until spam email. Text messages until spam text messages.

As advertisers (and scammers) take over new means of communication, you have to recalibrate. If you don’t, you’ll drive yourself insane.

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Back in the day of analog phone service, when everyone had just one phone hanging on the wall in the kitchen, and there was no caller-ID or message service, a phone call was an unsolicited interruption of your time. An invasion of your privacy.

Some people refused to answer at certain times of the day. Those were the strong-willed people of the day.

Other people prioritized answering a phone call over whatever else they might be doing because they were afraid they would miss out on something. Those were the weak-minded people of the day.

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Turn off most notifications, it's that easy. I have notifications on a weather app, messages, Outlook, banking and authentication apps, and two accounts on X. When I want 20 minutes of brain rot reels on FB/X, I have to intentionally give it attention. I'm not getting hammered every 3 minutes with "so and so just posted," "MAN CITY GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES," etc.

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People who allow their smart phones to interfere with their lives are weak minded.

So is Man City going to get relegated?

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I feel like all my phone does is complicate my life. I would gladly trade the benefits to go back to a time of less connectivity

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That is a you problem.

My smartphone makes my life much more simple. I use it when I need it, and ignore it when I don't want to be bothered. The choice is yours.

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2,4,3,1

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4, 2, 3, 1

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Good for Massie. Imagine being against the guy who wants to release the Epstein files and end foreign wars. A mask off moment for a lot of posters here for sure.

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But he refused to bend the knee.

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even Kalshi showed a 75% chance Talarico was gonna win but people on here said its fake news.

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People on here were telling us that we were stupid if we didn't go place bets on the other side because we were passing up a golden opportunity to make easy money.

I am still waiting for one of those people to fess up and tell us how much they lost betting the farm on Paxton.

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Ahh, so we agree. If the catalog’s full of Christmas trees and ornaments, including Santa Claus, calling it a Christmas catalog seems reasonable enough. Noted.

Which part of that made me a “soft whiny snowflake”?

Merry Christmas, Stinger. Or do y’all say “Saturnalia” at the country club?

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You are not a snowflake. The guys who throw catalogs in the trash are snowflakes.

I'm not a member of a country club. I live on a rural golf course. They have a bar, and a restaurant that serves hamburgers, hot dogs and French fries in paper baskets.

Irony of ironies.

The closest town is 10 miles away, and they are known for their antique stores. My MIL is staying with us for the next 10 days due to her house being renovated.

This weekend my wife and MIL went antiquing. This morning I was drafted to drive into town to pick up something my wife purchased over the weekend. We just returned home. See picture.

I've decided to call him "Father Festivus".

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Will they make a Muslim serving an official government capacity in agriculture, touch and handle pigs?

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Are you aware of any Muslims in America who are either:

1 - serving an official government capacity in agriculture

or

2 - a judge

???

If you are, we could actually look at their record of actions rather than speculate as to what they might do.