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This is terrible. I would like a version that reminds me the names of my wife's coworkers though...

Still own mine... It failed because Sega was terrible at marketing their consoles.

Sega Master System, Sega CD, Game Gear, and Dreamcast were all better than their competitors when they came out, but they were all pretty big flops comparatively.

When Mozilla reviewed cars for privacy, they all failed... But only Nissan had TOS that said they'd monitor and sell your sex data.

In the word of Catherine Zeta Jones, "they had it comin"

The future is stupid, we were promised jetpacks, not planned obsolescence mobility devices.

You're right that Stein would have very little support in Congress if she won, but that's not in the realm of possibility, but to say that lower office runs would do better as independents misses some of the peculiarities of the American electoral system:

• Elections in the United States are longer, more burdened with minutiae and uniquely expensive compared to other democracies. Without the organizational support of a 3rd party (mostly libertarian and green parties in the US as others lack numbers and resources), candidates struggle to even get ballot access for lack of money and volunteers getting signatures and clearing regulatory steps
• Speaking of regulatory hurdles, running a presidential candidate every four years in enough states maintains ballot access for down-ticket races

So you're right that independent runs wouldn't have the baggage that comes with third party association, but you're missing that there are very real benefits to that association.

Of course, if we had public campaign financing and rank choice voting, working class voters could unite and not be divided against one another... Almost like it's that way by design 🤷‍♂️

Sigh, of course that's happening.

The Green Party does run candidates in more left-leaning areas... Not that they do a whole lot better in those races, but they do try more than just POTUS

I do this. It's the best. You can buy used HP or Dell mini workstations on eBay for super cheap.

Full Linux, full ad blocking, full access to every streaming service instead of just whoever makes an app for your particular TV.

And with the enshittification of smart TVs injecting ads everywhere they can, keeping it disconnected is the only way to fly. Modern tech is like Skynet, you can't let it connect or it's the end of the world.

Mike Lindell did a Nazi dog whistle, not surprised.

Mike Lindell claimed he had no idea about how super Nazi it was: not surprised.

Yeah I'm not at all surprised it happened, I am surprised there was some sort of consequence, weak as it is.

Land of the free*

*freedom not included

"We're number one! We're number one!"

--America, failing to mention what it's number one at