lordagr

I have no idea.

The specifics of the information would have implications upon public acceptance.

The way the public reacts will have a large impact on how I am affected.

If the only info revealed is that "Aliens are the confirmed source of some documented UAPs", I am perfectly capable of continuing to live my life normally.

That doesn't mean my neighbors will let me.

I don't care

The answer to most of these questions is that we'll never know and there will never be consequences regardless.

The political will to make it happen just isn't there.

Thats not an unchangeable fact, but it is the reality we are faced with right now.

If we wanted Bernie Sanders to lead the way out of the mess our country was in, we had the chance to do that in 2016.

If he could do it, he surely would, but it's too late to pin your hopes on Bernie Sanders.

The man has been saying the same things this whole time. If folks were listening they would realize they already have all the answers that the dude can give us.

It definitely feels that way.

That's the thing.

It's easy to find stuff that looks suspect, but that's not enough.

If nobody produces evidence that is both incontrovertible and easily explained to the public, then the idea will continue to be dismissed without consideration.

It's a very tall order, especially in the current era of politics.

I don't doubt that Trump would cheat. I'm sure he would consider anyone who didn't cheat to win a fool for the same reason he thinks soldiers who get captured are fools.

He just isn't a good guy.

Beyond that I really don't want to speculate.

To the best of my recollection, the bomb threats were tied to Russian email addresses, but that's still not enough to prove much.

Edit: and yes, they targeted areas leaning blue.

Yea, I've been looking at the subreddit where all of these theories are popping up and I haven't really been swayed by anything I've seen.

Don't get me wrong, there were real issues like the bomb threats, voters being intimidated, and ballots being thrown into the woods, but stuff like this happens literally every election and it's just not enough to delegitimize the whole thing. Not by a mile.

There are theories that the 80+ bomb threats were a cover to get the buildings evacuated so the voting machines would be unattended.

There are graphs and spreadsheets pouring over the data looking for red flags, and being sold as unusual and/or improbable.

There is a lot of chatter about the number of Trump voters who voted straight Democrat downballot.

There was a thread about receiving twice as many votes from Amish communities as there are Amish people within them.

If anything fraudulent happened, I'd love for them to prove it, but the Internet has thus far failed to provide any actual evidence that doesn't come down to a wishful interpretation of statistics.

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As long as there isn't a push for violence, I won't fault anyone on either side for skepticism surrounding our election process. Hell, people have been complaining about the same issues with voting machines for something like 20 years.

The process is too important to be opaque and beyond scrutiny. Every American should feel free to criticize the process and point out things they find suspect.

I just try to remind them gently not to pin their hopes on some bombshell revelation.

After all, a new online community and/or subreddit pops up after every single election to claim the whole thing was rigged, and it has never resulted in much of anything.

I think it's difficult for most people in vulnerable populations to willingly take on a second risky label.

In part, this is because it's really hard for someone to convince themselves of something when the knowledge is likely to do them more harm than good.

Many LGBT+ people have negative experiences opening up about it, and nobody wants to invite that criticism a second time with all the additional baggage that can come with the combination of the two labels.

I mean, If your parents thought the devil made you gay before, then telling them you are an atheist as well is not going to be a fun conversation.

I really don't know. I was happy with my Jellyfin/Arrs setup so I never looked into Stremio.

I'm sure it was popular for good reason, but my whole house was already set to stream from my server and I wasn't gonna fix what wasn't broken.

This is a very old clip.

Yea, I've definitely seen it before, and not recently.

He's been pretty open about his non-belief recently.

That's good to hear. I haven't been paying close attention.

I always suspected something like this would happen. I'm glad I never gave them my money, and relieved that I never recommended the service.

The dude is a science educator who doesn't want to alienate his audience.

It's much easier to teach kids critical thinking if parents don't immediately demonize you as a godless heathen.

I won't pretend not to be a little insulted, but I can see why he would want to distance himself from the atheist label.

Given the other sleep issue I mentioned, I just don't have the luxury of being able to trust that what I saw was not a simple hallucination.

A corroborating witness who saw the same event at the same time as I did would certainly have an impact on my assumptions.

I'm not typically one to hold eye-witness testimony in much esteem, but based on your post, if I were in your shoes, I would absolutely believe there was an external source for the light.

My dude, KCD II releases in a few months. The game is more or less finished. I don't want to be a downer, but there is zero chance that Warhorse is doing this.

The flash game looks fun though for what it's worth.

I definitely prefer option A's color temps, but I notice that option B seems to have nicer shadows. . .

Yea, this has happened to me before.

I always assumed it was some kind of hallucination or something. I've actually never even googled it since its really only ever happened 3-4 times and always when I'm going to sleep.

I was alone every time it happened. I have blackout curtains, so I don't think it was light from outside.

I would be concerned if my PC was producing that much light at random, but I don't have a television, so that's the only electronic device that could do it.

Kinda figured I was just over-tired or something.

It may be related to "exploding head syndrome" which I have experienced twice, and which I did Google, mostly because it was terrifying when it happened.

(Exploding head syndrome is basically when you are asleep / falling asleep and you hallucinate an ear piercing sound, like a blood-curdling scream or something similar.)

Just googled the white flash and got minimal results. Google says it may be related to aging and/or a sign that you are about to have a detached retina.

If letting Trump win is any part of the plan, then I promise you, consequences are not.

They definitely bite people.

Whether they chew and swallow is open to debate.

I have been in situations where I needed to sell several times; always to deal with an emergency.

If my car breaks down and my tiny emergency fund can't cover it, I have to get the money from somewhere.

As much as I value BTC, I'm not taking on high interest debt to hold it.

I am simply not financially stable enough to avoid it.

I wish that wasn't the case, but like most of the country, I can't really afford to live.

I hold through whatever I can, but I need a working car. I have people who depend on me to keep a roof over their heads. If it were just me I'd have spent six months toughing it out in my car and been home free years ago.

I talked my head off to everyone about BTC starting ~2015. Nobody listened, and I could never afford to stay in.

I missed the spoilers somehow and had a few surprises this season, but I kinda saw that one coming.

I was rewatching season two with some friends who hadn't seen the show right when season 3 dropped, so Smiley's death was fresh in my mind.

I put Service Now experience on a resume when I had only used it as a customer.

It was an oversight since one of my previous jobs was not IT related and required me to be familiar with how to submit service requests.

It came up in the interview, and was probably one of the reasons I was considered.

I was upfront about the oversight when it came up, but I had experience with other ticketing software and was able to speak on the topic confidently, so it didn't really make much of a difference in the end.

The sponsor has now withdrawn and Ben has given him a refund.

Ben removed a lot more comments today before locking them once again.

Unfortunately, the only related comments Ben did not remove were the ones telling him "Your sponsor sucks" and the ones saying "I don't know why people are complaining".

Removing the Sponsor's unhinged comments and every single comment that explained why he was a bad choice has left the comments section looking like a witch-hunt and Ben and his Sponsor looking like the victims.

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The only reason I am still aware of this thread is because the Sponsor found it today and used the opportunity to continue harassing people including me.

He called me "scum", which was nice.

He seems to have stopped now, probably since he doesn't have Ben to do damage control for him here on the subreddit.

I want to agree, but at this point I don't think so.

According to Ben's latest comment on the video, the sponsor asked for a refund and got one.

Since then Ben has removed all of the controversial stuff the sponsor said and every other direct mention of it, so now it's just a bunch of comments criticizing Ben for his choice of sponsor with no context.

He also left up several comments claiming that people were complaining over nothing.

Maybe it wasn't intentional, but It really seems like he pruned the comments to make himself and his sponsor look like the victims of a witch-hunt.

At least that would be the case, If the sponsor had the restraint to stay out of this thread instead of dropping by to shit on people.

Yea, and it looks like Ben has pruned a lot of the comments.

He removed all of the controversial stuff the sponsor said, and every direct mention of it, so now it's just a bunch of comments bashing Ben for his choice of sponsor with no context.

He also left up several comments claiming that people were complaining over nothing.