Political Levitas

[YMix]

people in Rochester NY, have very little In common with people in NYC.

I am aware of the differences between what you call "upstate" and "downstate".

[Doc]

The Birth of a Democrat

[noddy]

then there are the NY republicans

There should be a Godwin's law for blaming coastal elites.

YMix,
population of Romania = 20,000,000
population of USA = 320,000,000+

take the number of tribals groups, cities, and villages in Romania and multiple that by 16.

people in Rochester NY, have very little In common with people in NYC.
When I went to college on Long Island, 75% of my class mates had no idea where Rochester NY (perhaps the third largest city in NY state at the time) was located.

inside NYC real estate prices are plummeting, 20 miles away, it's a different universe and houses are selling in hours with multiple bids.

NYC is a different planet compared to most of the country. thankfully!

Maybe there should be a Goodwin's Law for commenting on politics outside one's own nation?
NAH! That would take all the fun out of the internet!

seems their needs to be a law on commenting on each others states aswell.

getting all hysterical about a tweet or photo about "the others" seems to be a bi partisan activity.

their is definately somthing odious in this click/eyeballs based revenue world - from social media through to news, they have to constantly find things that upset and inflame folks to get the click throughs.

its always been a little bit that way but was balanced by wink wink nudge nudge understandings on social responsilibilty within the government approved media sources, all thats gone now.

[Simple Minded]

seems their needs to be a law on commenting on each others states aswell.

getting all hysterical about a tweet or photo about "the others" seems to be a bi partisan activity.

their is definately somthing odious in this click/eyeballs based revenue world - from social media through to news, they have to constantly find things that upset and inflame folks to get the click throughs.

its always been a little bit that way but was balanced by wink wink nudge nudge understandings on social responsilibilty within the government approved media sources, all thats gone now.

well said. the hysteria, IME, is only an internet reaction. face to face human interaction seems unchanged from the good ole days. as you have noted before, trying to be "special" in a potential crowd of 7 billion, ain't easy. calls for "special extremeness!" (tm) to sell "your brand!"

I expect the relatively recent obsession with group indentity to only last a couple decades. as the "officially recognized" group identity continue to splinter in search of Fred being a special member of group X, the much dreaded and apparently banned "I-word" will come back into vogue.

always fascinating when one attempts to define oneself in the vaguest of term. "I am a Christian, White, Black, Male, Female, Repub, Dem, NY resident, etc.!!!" my first thought is you just spent time and effort telling your audience virtually (pun intended) nothing about yourself.

As the old joke goes:
"I'm from New Jersey!"
"Yeah, what exit?"

I recall an ad someone posted, looking for work, describing themselves as a "Christian Babysitter."

it's almost like people have some weird characteristic in common that defies definition......

[Simple Minded]

people in Rochester NY, have very little In common with people in NYC.

I am aware of the differences between what you call "upstate" and "downstate".

I have not been back there in years. but it appears, the experts have documented almost 20 million different cultures.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state ... population

luckily, I have never had to interact with more than a couple hundred of them.

[Simple Minded]

The Birth of a Democrat

I'm with the abused daughter on this one. The only way only is to done some BLM attire and go burn down some stuff owned by members of the working class.

That's the only way to get sympathy these days......

[Doc]

The Birth of a Democrat

I'm with the abused daughter on this one. The only way only is to done some BLM attire and go burn down some stuff owned by members of the working class.

That's the only way to get sympathy these days......

I heard she played a staring role in this Film.

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[YMix]

I have not been back there in years. but it appears, the experts have documented almost 20 million different cultures.

How trustworthy are those experts?

[kmich]

[noddy]

"Some poor, phoneless fool is probably sitting next to a waterfall somewhere, completely unaware of how angry and scared he's supposed to be" -Duncan Trussell

[kmich]

[Simple Minded]

"Some poor, phoneless fool is probably sitting next to a waterfall somewhere, completely unaware of how angry and scared he's supposed to be" -Duncan Trussell

Amen!

As the old Steve Martin bit went "Remember when the world exploded.... and they didn't tell the stupid people......"

[Simple Minded]

Amen kmich. Best illustration of "we" vs. "me" I have ever seen.

"In the long run we're all dead!" So lets admit it, we don't care about the long run!

[kmich]

[Simple Minded]

Best year ever for memes...

[kmich]

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[kmich]

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[Mod note.

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[kmich]

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It doesn't say it is her.

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