We're going to literally start losing cities in the next few years, aren't we?
graymess
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US question: Would you approve of your state seceding from the Union, declaring independence from the United States? I think California, Oregon, and Washington would, and probably Colorado too.
Zohran Mamdani, openly democratic socialist candidate for mayor of NYC, is officially polling at 49% to Andrew Cuomo’s 51% in the final round of ranked choice voting
Plenty of valid answers already, but also: Humans vs humans is an easy source of conflict. Writers could create nuanced stories of cooperation in the face of apocalyptic adversity, but it's probably way harder to keep that interesting for multiple seasons than bad people are going to try to kill us and take our shit.
Seeing video of Rahaf giggling and playing around on her two prosthetic legs with Ms Rachel made me fucking sob, man. Seeing kids suffering is devastating, but it wrecks me to see how after all they've been through they can still be kids, still have fun and laugh, and knowing that thousands of those children will never even get the chance to experience that again. It makes me feel so sick and empty.
I've used Windows my whole life at home. Last year I realized I kind of hate gaming at a desk since I'm at one all day for work, so I bought a used Steam Deck. Literally have not touched Windows since. I probably don't need a home computer anymore and if I need one in the future, I'm confident it won't be running Windows.
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Absolutely. Not because I think it would necessarily be better off, but because I don't want us to contribute to the empire and the loss of our economic output would devastate the US.