@ostonox@socialistadri@hasanthehun And beyond socials strategy, the public tunes out when we detect fluff answers because politicians have used yapping as a tactic to avoid taking concrete positions for decades.
A lot of hopeful progressive candidates could benefit from taking this advice to heart.
@mediocrehomo Anecdote for skeptics — I look like this. When sober, I lose 5lbs and the tummy recedes slightly, but I work out for an hour 5 days a week and sustain caloric maintenance. There is no ‘typical’ healthy body type. I personally choose reasonable fitness w reasonable life enjoyment.
@ThrowItDownBig2@daveweigel Portland is less left than it markets itself to be. It’s this weird thing where everyone is libbed to the max but they *think* they’re hardcore leftists because they all have this yard sign.
I don’t typically contribute to pedantic rebrand discourse but this is abysmal.
Utterly devoid of whimsy. Another mid-2010’s minimalist pivot. They nuked a highly recognizable, unique visual language and for what — to emulate Seattle’s fucking Best coffee bags? FOH.
@LouPerez@MarcoFoster_ Their presence is a net drain. A higher tax rate would balance that.
If the offer is either ‘live with me and get nothing out of it’ or ‘live without me and get nothing out of it’, the latter is preferable.
But they like living there. So pay up and shut up.
@Dexerto Streamers using Gamer Lingo to describe something in the real world makes me cringe to point of near physical illness. Though not as much as the sight of these living conditions.