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Post by Lala on Nov 2, 2017 8:30:35 GMT -5
Agree. Lemon Lime is too bright, though
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Post by Your Favourite Vulpine on Nov 2, 2017 8:33:00 GMT -5
Agree. That's part of her appeal though. How about Lemon Verbana
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Post by Lala on Nov 2, 2017 8:39:00 GMT -5
I have had handsoap in that fragrance, it was nice. So agree.
Stephen King is a genius!
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Post by Your Favourite Vulpine on Nov 2, 2017 8:57:09 GMT -5
I dunno. I don't know his IQ.
It's a shame that the apple in Lala's avatar isn't a Granny Smith.
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Post by ApplelovePear on Nov 2, 2017 18:32:33 GMT -5
I dunno. I don't know his IQ. It's a shame that the apple in Lala's avatar isn't a Granny Smith. Disagree, all apples are equally beautiful. The electorate system is odd in the US of A (disregarding Trump, Obama, Gillmore and even Jackson if you will; I mean, in this day and age shouldn't all votes be counted directly per person? We had this subject in American Studies and it makes no sense to a Dutch person, doesn't it give less power to the people?)
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Post by Lala on Nov 3, 2017 12:22:46 GMT -5
If everyone got a vote that counted equally, the 3 largest cities would rule the entire nation. New York City has 8.5 million people. Alaska the state has less than 800,000.
The needs of the citizens of NYC are completely different than the needs of the citizens of Alaska -- but they each deserve the same consideration and help for their needs.
If everyone had a vote that counted equally, the citizens of Alaska would never have a chance to get what they need. 8.5 million will always beat 800 thousand.
This is just a very basic explanation of the system. It still helps make it so that the rural Americans, the suburban Americans, and the urban Americans (all with different needs) are taken care of equally.
I hope that makes sense.
Example: Dogs in NYC are likely inside dogs because they mostly live in apartments -- there are no homes with huge yards. People in Alaska, are more likely to live on a home with a nice sized yard. If the vote was: Should dog houses be illegal? The people in NYC would likely vote "yes." They have no use for doghouses. The people in Alaska would likely vote "no" They keep their dogs outside. They need those doghouses.
The vote would be 8.5 million in favor of making dog houses illegal. Too bad, Alaska. You will be fined/arrested if you have a dog houses on your 10 acre land. You had better keep your malamutes inside!!!
But when you have the electoral college, it kind of evens the playing field. If enough non-major-city dwellers want dog houses to remain legal, there's a darn good chance that's going to happen.
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Post by Lala on Nov 3, 2017 12:25:52 GMT -5
You need to remember the United States is very large compared to some European countries. Citizens in different parts of the country really need/want different things. In the last election, the person with the most individual votes did not win; however, the person with the most "area" of votes did win.
This indicates that there were more people spread throughout the United States that chose our current president rather than isolated cities. If a president was chosen that only won the top 3 largest cities -- that would not be a good representation of what the people want. That would be a representation of what the large city dwellers wanted.
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Post by Lala on Nov 3, 2017 15:00:28 GMT -5
Since Sjappie forgot to do an agree/disagree question, I'll put one up. In general, cats are cuter than dogs (both are cute, though)
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Post by ApplelovePear on Nov 3, 2017 16:56:32 GMT -5
Since Sjappie forgot to do an agree/disagree question, I'll put one up. In general, cats are cuter than dogs (both are cute, though) My agree/disagree question was the oddity (or not) of the electorate system you're explanation is interesting though and I do kind of get it, but would the cities really win over all the rural areas? If you guys got all votes counting there would finally be sense in more parties, who might represent people better. But that's a whole discussion, I was just curious how other people think of the system hehe! And I agree, something about cats makes them very cute, like the way they are just themselves, not even trying to please us, lol! Music can make or break a day
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Post by ApplelovePear on Nov 3, 2017 17:05:48 GMT -5
You need to remember the United States is very large compared to some European countries. Citizens in different parts of the country really need/want different things. In the last election, the person with the most individual votes did not win; however, the person with the most "area" of votes did win. This indicates that there were more people spread throughout the United States that chose our current president rather than isolated cities. If a president was chosen that only won the top 3 largest cities -- that would not be a good representation of what the people want. That would be a representation of what the large city dwellers wanted. Also, you'd be surprised about the different needs within a smaller country, we have a system in which different parties work together, but I'm very unhappy with our government. In the North is a lot of need for labour parties, but the right-wing keeps getting re-elected. This turn there's not one left/labour party in charge. It kind of scares me, because even in a small country like the Netherlands the gap between rich and poor is getting bigger, while we used to have very good social security. I hope four more years of multinational bonusses will get people to vote for equality again, it's the base of the Netherlands and this new way isn't fitting my country well, I think I get you surprisingly well in that regard us Frisians get tired of hearing 'Oh, the Netherlands, that's where Amsterdam is!' And occasionaly one knows Rotterdam or The Hague, but never Friesland, lol. Maybe we should start a 'No taxation without representation' action haha!
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Post by Your Favourite Vulpine on Nov 6, 2017 6:11:35 GMT -5
Disagree, some songs are annoying, some songs are awesome, but a song being a daymaker/breaker on their own, nope.
When playing Cluedo, I always imagined a situation where the player playing as the murderer wins, as a situation where the killer gets away with the crime.
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Post by ApplelovePear on Nov 6, 2017 18:10:44 GMT -5
Disagree, some songs are annoying, some songs are awesome, but a song being a daymaker/breaker on their own, nope. When playing Cluedo, I always imagined a situation where the player playing as the murderer wins, as a situation where the killer gets away with the crime. I'd probably agree if I had ever gotten to play it. No one I know has it Three weeks for teachers to grade is cruel, we could get them anywhere within the next three weeks, it's pure agony. Agree?
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Post by Skelda on Nov 19, 2017 23:27:21 GMT -5
If everyone got a vote that counted equally, the 3 largest cities would rule the entire nation. New York City has 8.5 million people. Alaska the state has less than 800,000. The needs of the citizens of NYC are completely different than the needs of the citizens of Alaska -- but they each deserve the same consideration and help for their needs. If everyone had a vote that counted equally, the citizens of Alaska would never have a chance to get what they need. 8.5 million will always beat 800 thousand. This is just a very basic explanation of the system. It still helps make it so that the rural Americans, the suburban Americans, and the urban Americans (all with different needs) are taken care of equally. I hope that makes sense. Example: Dogs in NYC are likely inside dogs because they mostly live in apartments -- there are no homes with huge yards. People in Alaska, are more likely to live on a home with a nice sized yard. If the vote was: Should dog houses be illegal? The people in NYC would likely vote "yes." They have no use for doghouses. The people in Alaska would likely vote "no" They keep their dogs outside. They need those doghouses. The vote would be 8.5 million in favor of making dog houses illegal. Too bad, Alaska. You will be fined/arrested if you have a dog houses on your 10 acre land. You had better keep your malamutes inside!!! But when you have the electoral college, it kind of evens the playing field. If enough non-major-city dwellers want dog houses to remain legal, there's a darn good chance that's going to happen. I strongly disagree with this premise for a couple of reasons. First of all, even if the electoral college did what you say it did, I'm not sure if that's worth disenfranchising huge swaths of the population. I think in general the US is becoming more homogeneous, and the types of laws that you are talking about happen less often on a federal level than you think. Plus I mean, the EC only elects a President, it isn't like every law passed has to go through it. But regardless, I'm not sure that the people of Alaska are any better off with an Electoral College. Alaska is a Red state and has been since it earned statehood, and so it virtually only votes for Republican candidates. That means that both Republicans and Democrats can safely ignore it because it's so solidly red that wasting money campaigning there is pointless. Candidates can safely ignore Alaska, make no promises about defending dog house ownership, and not be put at a major disadvantage. Plus Alaska has so few electoral votes that it can also be ignored in favor of bigger prizes, because realistically the vast majority of elections aren't going to be so close as to be decided by Alaska. Meanwhile, my home state of New Jersey is a blue state, meaning that we vote for the Democrat in virtually every presidential election. My vote literally makes no difference, at least in terms of the President, and candidates hardly ever come to my state because they just assume that it's going to be blue. Now occasionally you have states change color and become purple as demographics change, but that doesn't change the fact that for the majority of people voting is a complete waste of time. California isn't going to vote Republican. Texas isn't going to vote Democratic. The Electoral College basically says that the only people who's votes matter are those who live in a few key swing states that effectively decide every election like Florida, Ohio, etc. Candidates can specialize their appeals to those particular states, and only care about a minority of the country's actual issues. And even if this wasn't the case, the problem of majority rule still could happen in status quo. If the 11 biggest states all voted together (which could conceivably happen with changing demographics) we still would have a president elected without the vast majority of the states approving of him or her. But I think the most compelling reason is that most Americans don't think of themselves as Virginians or Californians or New Jerseyians first, they think of themselves as Americans (unless they are from Texas). And when it comes to the federal government, I think every American's vote should count equally. Also as the population increases more quickly, states become more out of touch with the recent census, making the electoral college even less representative. There are a whole bunch of other reasons the Electoral College is awful too, but I really do not think it is accomplishing what you claim it is, and it is needlessly making the majority of the country feel like their votes don't matter and disengaging them from the political system. We also have the whole issue of faithless electors, which is technically allowed but hasn't happened and probably won't, but we'll keep it on the books just in case we feel like subverting the will of the people, lol It's difficult to talk about this completely divorced from recent elections, but I think the Electoral College sucks as a system no matter who it elects and the US ought implement a better voting system (preferably STV (single transferable vote), but I'd take a straight first-past-the-post over what we currently have). It's seriously flawed and it doesn't do the things that people who support it claim that it does.
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Post by Skelda on Nov 19, 2017 23:57:12 GMT -5
Disagree, some songs are annoying, some songs are awesome, but a song being a daymaker/breaker on their own, nope. When playing Cluedo, I always imagined a situation where the player playing as the murderer wins, as a situation where the killer gets away with the crime. I'd probably agree if I had ever gotten to play it. No one I know has it Three weeks for teachers to grade is cruel, we could get them anywhere within the next three weeks, it's pure agony. Agree? Meh, disagree. I do agree that no one likes to wait for papers to come back, but I do think that especially for teachers with 100+ students I understand why it takes so long. Now months to grade is a different story, but as long as I get my grade back before the next similar assignment I'm alright. I turned in a paper a couple months ago for my British Romanticism class and a similar paper is due soon and I haven't gotten in back yet, so that's definitely a different story, but three weeks I can stomach. Dionysus is the best Greek Our Mighty Spirit Father in Heaven, Lord of Light(and the sexiest).
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Post by Your Favourite Vulpine on Nov 20, 2017 2:14:55 GMT -5
Disagree, Hermes/Mercury is far more better because 1) adorable wings on his feet and 2) he can enter and leave the underworld unharmed and is the only one who can pull that off.
The best Shakespreare play is: a Midsummer Night's Dream.
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