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People who fall into 2 categories from what I've observed

1. Priveleged to not think about politics because it doesn't affect them

2. People who work 2+ jobs for minimum wage and either don't have the time to be involved in politics or don't think it matters

 

fucking Ken Bone

 

i made some good ass jokes when it came out that ken bone was alt right now or whatever. imagining him being like "actually, i'm not sorry for commenting on jlaw's leaked nudes anymore. i was right the first time"

 

That dipshit is alt-right? Of course.

 

Bitcoin mining now accounts for almost one percent of the world’s energy consumption

It is well-established established that Bitcoin mining — aka, donating one’s computing power to keep a cryptocurrency network up and running in exchange for a chance to win some free crypto — uses a lot of electricity. Companies involved in large-scale mining operations know that this is a problem, and they’ve tried to employ various solutions for making the process more energy efficient.

But, according to testimony provided by Princeton computer scientist Arvind Narayanan to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, no matter what you do to make cryptocurrency mining hardware greener, it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the overall network’s flabbergasting energy consumption. Instead, Narayanan told the committee, the only thing that really determines how much energy Bitcoin uses is its price. “If the price of a cryptocurrency goes up, more energy will be used in mining it; if it goes down, less energy will be used,” he told the committee. “Little else matters. In particular, the increasing energy efficiency of mining hardware has essentially no impact on energy consumption.”

 

he spoke at a Turning Point USA event haha

 

oh right Rooney Mara's great grandpa founded the New York Giants which is wild

 

John maras a big dummy

 

Yeahhhh well I don’t think I’d feel very comfortable letting little kids vote, even older than that. Most of them would likely just vote whoever their parents voted for OR just vote for trump candidate they think sounds cooler.

 

If/when Democrats ever control the government again, they need to make Election Day a national holiday

 

The fact that that is even a partisan issue baffles me

 

And her other great grandpa - Art Rooney - founded the Steelers lol

 

This one has been going back and forth in the courts for awhile now - so fully expect some appeal to somehow keep the old districts in place for the mid-terms, even though the lower court ruling now says it can't take place with the old map.

 

Consequences and all that.

 

We had a debate tonight...

 

I know this is gonna sound controversial

But hear me out

I don't care what entitled rich people have to say about anything.

 

Neither party ever would. If the poor and working class ever attained the necessary means to vote en masse, both parties would start losing seats. Lobbyists won't like that.

 

Switching to Bing to own the libs

 

Did anyone see that video of Maria Butina and Paul Erickson singing Beauty and the Beast?? What the fuck

 

Epic.... Miss him