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The Twelve Labours: General Discussion

Thinking about doing this Labor. Never done one before, but I have read all the rules and related threads. Seems cool.

@Athinar

It's very cool.

Super Tuesday

The thing to point out about the youth vote as a youth voter is that there's not enough of them in the off-year and lesser elections. Even if we did elect Sanders he'd have to deal with a Congress elected primarily by the old establishment farts and not individuals elected on any sort of youth or alternative vote.

So if Sanders wins or loses, or if Trump wins or loses: that entire demographic should swing all about the political pole hitting as much as it can, including even township or county offices to reshape the face of politics. Or if there's really no one representing you running: run yourself. For fuck's sakes make a youth political party out of the college campus or something to mobilize a base.

@Dinh AaronMk

The defining trait of the youth vote is that every single candidate they ever back is the most monumentally important candidate in the history of the United States -- simply because they've never paid attention until just now. If you vote 'youth party' even once, you'll be sorely disappointed in what they become by the next cycle (or else, it ceases to be the youth party and the NEW youth have to organize again).

TLDR: you're just creating a slightly younger democrat party, destined to become exactly the same thing -- a loose coalition of frangible demographics bound together by reputation and exploitation (like how lol the Clintons somehow own the 99%ers, and Obama got the gay vote, and the Hispanic vote is shamelessly purchased through federal spending). That's the inevitable destiny of any 'youth party' you could ever assemble. Organize on principles -- vote socialist if that's what you're into, at least everyone involved will be honestly on board with your platform.

Super Tuesday

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If Sanders don't get it, I vote Green. I planned on that back when Sanders was fifty points behind. I'm a leftist certainly, but I've never considered myself a Democrat.

@Vilageidiotx

I'm in the same boat on the right. I'm not voting for Trump..... however for literally over a decade I've been waiting for a chance to vote against Hillary, so that might happen. But Cruz is the guy I would've actually voted for.

But yeah. Not a Republican, because they're really not small-government or freedom. I'd go libertarian except their foreign policy blows.

Super Tuesday

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Most of the internet hype for Bernie is/was from people who can't actually vote. Like me. We underestimated how many people were like that, and we're paying the price.

@Keyguyperson

I never really wondered if Bernie had a chance or not -- he was never getting it. But what I do wonder is, how many Sanders supporters will remember just how dirty the Clintons are when the general election cycle starts up. I mean you guys dug up more dirt on her than the GOP candidates -- it mattered enough to talk about in the primary, will it stick around come election time? That's the real question.

Super Tuesday

Internet echo chamber is finally cracking a window.

Movie remakes.

You know, remakes get a bad rap. Did you know Ocean's 11 was a remake? What about 3:10 to Yuma? What about True Grit? And a hundred others. Truth is, remakes are fine. The problem with a shitty remake isn't that it's a remake -- the problem is that it's a shitty one.

But, maybe I'm wrong about that. !RemindMe: 100 years

The Twelve Labours: General Discussion

SPACE. COWBOYS.

RPGC #7 -- Loyalty/Resistance Voting AND Discussion

@PlatinumSkink thank you muchly! Congrats to winners, and sorry for being confusing. I'm exhausted 24/7 for the rest of the week and it's not my fault if I don't hamburger sense right now.

Results officially officialized. We'll get back to you on bonuses, at some point in the future when I can think thoughts.

RPGC #7 -- Loyalty/Resistance Voting AND Discussion

for everyone's better awareness -- I owe a few reviews, but here's what's going on. On Sunday, when I wrote that initial batch up, I called a break and went home and relaxed for a minute. I haven't had a free minute since then on account of a surprise trip to Vegas to compete in like sports and crap -- it's cool and it's fun and it's a real opportunity that's demanding a whole lot of my attention, but as a result, I'm not sure whether or not I'll be available to handle all the RPGC admin stuff when the voting period closes. I *might* finish reviews in time -- but it's a really busy schedule and I'm just plain not around.

SO.

With that in mind, we're gonna have to do some teamwork to count up all the votes, in order to finish up RPGC in time for @Terminal to open up the next labor in time for TTL. Voting deadline, again, is the last instant of February -- 'objective midnight' is the phrase. Have your votes in and that *will* close out the contest here. If you log in on Monday Tuesday the 1st, and you feel like doing us all a big favor, go ahead and tally up the votes. You can declare the winner! The bonus categories will be awarded later (or earlier, if I have time tomorrow -- or on time, if one of the other staffers is available [but they're not, I don't think, we're all sort of away right now]). If you went after a bonus -- don't worry, I won't forget about you, the prizes will be awarded eventually. Just, you know, desperate times and all that.

In the meantime, anticipate TTL to begin and run as usual -- no need to slow any of that on my account. I should be coordinating with @Terminal on that but like I said, there is practically zero downtime at the moment, and when there IS downtime, I mean.... it's Vegas, honestly now.

edit: leap year stupid

Empire for Sale

The one thing that sucks about playing the Huns though, is that the armies of every enemy you make will chase you across the map. I once made the mistake of declaring war on the Sassanids, and they kept five stacks on my tail all the way across Russia.

@Vilageidiotx

The only mistake in that story is that you allowed them to follow you, rather than crushing them into dust.