Joe Biden Wins - Becomes 46th president of the United States

[Xzi]

it's easier to see him having a base more as opposed to Biden from my point of view

I mean yeah, there will always be racists to appeal to by using the Southern Strategy. OTOH, all Biden had to do was recapture most of the Obama vote to get to 270, so there was certainly a base there too. He got that plus so much more: all the people who hate Trump in general, and all the people who were left behind by Trump's policies (or lack thereof). And that's how he ended up with a record-setting number of votes in his favor.

 

[tabzer]

I mean yeah, there will always be racists to appeal to by using the Southern Strategy. OTOH, all Biden had to do was recapture most of the Obama vote to get to 270, so there was certainly a base there too. He got that plus so much more: all the people who hate Trump in general, and all the people who were left behind by Trump's policies (or lack thereof). And that's how he ended up with a record-setting number of votes in his favor.

I still think it's amazing that you seem to think there was no vote fraud. A lot of people were left disappointed with Obama's lackluster message of "hope" that didn't seem to amount to anything tangible. It's hard for me to believe that Biden would get more votes than Obama. But I can see that you want to believe that the election process is not corrupt, so this would be the rationalization.

 

[SG854]

Ah so your a self absorbed hedonist, I can relate but I still think humanity should exist. Pictured below is when I started giving a shit, I was all about it when it was about privacy and tolerance. Then it went to mandatory celebration, thought policing and ruining peoples lives if they happen to be repulsed. If closets are the only way to keep dick off me while I walk down the street so be it.

It's funny how anything can be twisted into a negative. Self adsorbed hedonist I feel doesn't really describe my thoughts. That's a bit too extreme.

Of course we are not going to completely be uncaring of the human race. Of course we would want people to get good health care, good education and just have general good survivability of humans. There's always nuance to a persons thoughts even if they don't explicitly say it. We're all human, complex creatures that's not just one thing. But worrying about the survival of the human race, don't take that too far to the point that you are unhappy everyday worrying about every little thing. At some point you just gotta say I'm taking this to far, i'm just making myself completely unhappy, I don't want to worry constantly about if humans will die, let me just not think about that and play a video game, let me just enjoy myself.

If humans become extinct then so be it. I don't think its a self absorbed attitude. It's more of a it's fate attitude. Not everything is within our control. And if you try to control things that not within your control, you are just going to make you're self unhappy, You have to let it go. You can try your best to prevent it, but you also have to gauge reality and be realistic and know your limitations. And just let it go, i'm not going to care about a future scenario that I have no control of. Enjoy yourself & your time here. For your own mental well being. Caring about your own mental well being is not selfish or self absorbed. Calling it self absorbed, that attitude is going to make a lot of people unhappy.


But that picture. I have never have experienced that picture. Have you? I doubt you have living in the middle of nowhere. You have to be realistic at how often that happens. Not a single time in my whole life have I ever seen a scenario like that picture. And a lot of people can say the same. It's just not something that happens often.

 

[gizmomelb]

Already responded to it. You have yet to answer. Misspelling education is pretty ironic and humorous, especially considering the context of you talking down to people. I'll overlook calling gbatemp.net a tech forum, as your educatation is obviously on the ropes.

GBAtemp covers software development, hardware hacking and technology - guess that makes it not a technology forum huh? But I get it, technology scares some people so don't want to mention it.

There is no PRIVATE conversation in a public forum. It's like talking shit in a bar, you'll get called out for it and for being a pedantic, condescending turd. That is my reply.

 

[Bladexdsl]

The only thing Australia has exported that anyone cared about is Steve Irwin, and he was such a pussy he was killed by sushi.

we are LOVING our FREE healthcare and zero covid cases here. how about you?

 

[gizmomelb]

we are LOVING our FREE healthcare and zero covid cases here. how about you?

it's ok Blade.. it's amazing how even when arguing you find common ground with the other person - in Jimbo13's case he said our ancestors bent over for the monarchy.. well we have that in common, so did his - on both sides of his ancestry.

 

[tabzer]

GBAtemp covers software development, hardware hacking and technology - guess that makes it not a technology forum huh? But I get it, technology scares some people so don't want to mention it.

I didn't say that technology wasn't involved. Describing GBATemp as a technology forum is still a fault in your vocabulary, or maybe you were trying to make this place sound more sophisticated than it is in an attempt to pump your own ego. Whatever.

There is no PRIVATE conversation in a public forum. It's like talkig shit in a bar, you'll get called out for it and for being a pedantic, condescending turd. That is my reply.

Obviously, having my comments being viewable to the general public is not a qualm that I have. I already told you, that if you have an issue with something I have said, then you are free to call it out. So far you haven't. If you want to say that I am condescending, then try not being condescending yourself. Otherwise I'm just giving you proper respect.

we are LOVING our FREE healthcare and zero covid cases here. how about you?

It's kind of silly to call healthcare free and not acknowledge the taxes/burdens that you pay on it. Canada and Australia are not beacons of a free market, which is the primary driver of innovation--until it stagnates due to monopolization and government intervention. As it is, can't say which is better, but it still the reverence is unpalatable.

 

[gizmomelb]

I didn't say that technology wasn't involved. Describing GBATemp as a technology forum is still a fault in your vocabulary, or maybe you were trying to make this place sound more sophisticated than it is in an attempt to pump your own ego. Whatever.

So what is this site then? It covers gaming, general affairs and mostly technology, so what does your pedantic heart want to label it?

Obviously, having my comments being viewable to the general public is not a qualm that I have. I already told you, that if you have an issue with something I have said, then you are free to call it out. So far you haven't. If you want to say that I am condescending, then try not being condescending yourself. Otherwise I'm just giving you proper respect.

I have called it out, your general pendantry and talking down to people with essentially every single post you make. I (and I'm sure many others) have no respect for you at all.

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It's kind of silly to call healthcare free and not acknowledge the taxes/burdens that you pay on it. Canada and Australia are not beacons of a free market, which is the primary driver of innovation--until it stagnates due to monopolization and government intervention. As it is, can't say which is better, but it still the reverence is unpalatable.

It is FREE as in there is $0 cost out of the patient's pocket if you see a bulk billing doctor / specialist. Sure you can pay a premium and see your nominated doctor and specials, and there are health care insurance funds which can help reduce that if you specifically want to see the same doctor all your life - however for those who are unemployed, have low wages or have retired - there is no extra charge to seek needed medical help.

Yes our taxes go towards covering medical care for our ENTIRE NATION, just as those taxes also contribute to covering schools, police, fire fighters, paramedics, the armed forces, road and rail infrastructure (just like taxes pay for those services and infrastructure in almost every country).

old article, as our taxes have recently been revised - but last year I earned somewhere in the 60K AUD region (about 43K USD), received a refund for $3500 and just recently had surgery and a 4 day stay in hospital with nothing out of pocket. Please note that I earn only 2/3 of the AVERAGED salary in Australia.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/29/australians-may-pay-more-taxes-than-americans-but-they-get-more-too.html#:~:text="Australia has the most tightly,20 percent of income earners."&text=The U.S. rate was 17 percent.

What a lot of people don't seem to recognise is that paying taxes covers all of those things in a socialist democracy. Otherwise it'd be tolls on every road and/or how far you drive. House burning down? Pay for the fire fighters to attend etc.

 

[tabzer]

So what is this site then? It covers gaming, general affairs and mostly technology, so what does your pedantic heart want to label it?

It's a gaming site. Almost every forum has niche categories covering other interests, but that doesn't make them the specialty of the site. You can tell just by glancing at the front page. It's not so pedantic to say as it is pretty relevant to what we are talking about.

I have called it out, your general pendantry and talking down to people with essentially every single post you make. I (and I'm sure many others) have no respect for you at all.

"I have called you out, I declare." Imposing that I subscribe to your analysis of me does not mean that you are correct in any way or form. Like I said before, If there is something that I have said that you disagree with, then target that with your vocabulary and we can settle it. Otherwise you are just name-calling without any form of argument. I have looked at your history too, and it looks like you can't tell the difference between a turd and a margarita. See how that works?

It is FREE as in there is $0 cost out of the patient's pocket...

Yes our taxes go towards covering medical care.

Phew. I thought you were going to say something to the effect that taxes are trivial.

 

[gizmomelb]

Phew. I thought you were going to say something to the effect that taxes are trivial.

Absolutely not.. Australians pay quite high taxes, but we have a high quality of life with high quality free medical and education supplied.. we used to have free university education as well, but one of our major political parties managed to fuck that up by effectively selling government owned services and then ''letting the market decide''. Well capitalism is a greedy, hungry beast that needs to constantly feed and thus degrades those services (see water, power and recently politicians were trying to sell of the government owned Medicare service to private enterprise - fuck them).

 

[tabzer]

Look. I understand that no political arrangement on earth is perfect. But also, it is nearly impossible to objectively compare them on a better than/worse than scale. We all are suffering because politics do not cover the interests of everyone.

 

[gizmomelb]

Look. I understand that no political arrangement on earth is perfect. But also, it is nearly impossible to objectively compare them on a better than/worse than scale. We all are suffering because politics do not cover the interests of everyone.

That we can agree on.

Though to me it seems to work better when the government and society is more focused on looking after all it's members and not forcing everyone to look after themselves.

 

[susi91]

lol, seems mike is a funny guy

 

[smf]

lol, seems mike is a funny guy

He only states that there will be a smooth transition to a 2nd Trump administration. He hasn't stated what will happen when the electoral college meets and there is a Biden win.

Two hundred years of precedent is being ignored by Trump not conceding. He's like a used car salesman that is telling you to check the small print after selling you a lemon.

 

[Lacius]

This post is conspiracy nonsense. The information in this post is, at best, unsubstantiated, and at worst, provably untrue. It demonstrates an unconditional embrace of political conservativism and a fundamental disregard for facts, and I'm not going to address the post in detail.

To the vast majority of people, including conservatives, you've discredited yourself and your case with this post. If it were me, I'd remove this photo out of overwhelming embarrassment.

 

[smf]

Straight marriage benefits society as it allows the continuation of it.

I think you're confused between a concept created by humans (marriage) and the natural process that continues the human race (procreation).

Sex before marriage is immoral. I doubt that anyone is denying that.

A lot of people say you're wrong. Explain what is immoral about it?

 

[AmandaRose]

Sex before marriage is immoral. I doubt that anyone is denying that.

Why is it immoral? Is it because your Bible says so?

Doesn't the Bible say Adam and Eve were the first humans on earth? Didn't they have two sons called Cain and Able?

Who married Adam and Eve if they were the only humans?

They must of done the nasty outside of marriage to have created Cain and Able.

Just one of thousands of contradictory information in your made up book.

I can point out a lot more of these if you want

 

[Lacius]

Straight marriage benefits society

Same-sex marriage also benefits society.

as it allows the continuation of it.

Marriage of any kind doesn't inherently "allow the continuation" of society. Marriage is unneeded.

Sex before marriage is immoral. I doubt that anyone is denying that.

I'm denying it. There's nothing immoral about sex before marriage.

 

[Ev1l0rd]

Y'know, it's funny in that really sad way how quickly the US went to banana republic tier of arguing about election results.

 

[Deleted User]

2000 Elections - Part 2 is likely to happen.