I have to agree with this. I think Democrats are in for a historic night in my opinion considering popular opinion of Trump
I have to agree with this. I think Democrats are in for a historic night in my opinion considering popular opinion of Trump
1,000,000 right now. You can invest 50% into VOO. Last year it grew 10.4%, so over 1 year that’s 554,000 extra. If you pick your wisely, you should be gaining money every year. No guarantee you will ever see 1 million in your lifetime
It’s all boomers that have tremendous amount of wealth built up already and don’t give a fuck what will happen because they will die and 10-15+ years. Politics in America has died and will be dead for quite some time. The only way you pick sides now are if you have to side with the craziest lunatics on the left, or the genuinely evil AIPAC lovers of the right. It’s sickening
The whole MAGA base have been lobotomized at this point.
You smell like you farted
You pooped your pants, yeah you sharted
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Optimize SEO's for search functionality.
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YouTube advertisements/content. If you build a community there it grows.
User-to-User reference.
Four key ways to engage. TBH I was tempted to put reddit in there but it's ultimately just discord but more entitled and pretentious. I would rather deal with a low effort troll than a pretentious douche.
I don't Discord is wrong for building a Discord server. But you need to have quality candidates that would use the discord and would provide engaging content and can handle conversations. Then you have to make sure they register on the site and are consistently active on the site.
Again, good for short term, but the number gets inflated.
To be honest, there is no real true way to lure people in. I think posting YouTube content about intellectual debates drives engagement for people interested. I think the mafia does a good job bringing in people. Obviously, paid Google advertising works. Those are the best ways.
From what I've seen, growing by spam inviting to the website lures bad apples and the odds they retain and stay for >1 year is pretty low.
There isn't a clear way, but if we want active members that would be with us for a while, then I think that isn't the route
I meant to respond to this a while back but never got the time. So here is the time
(1) Passivity and Isolationism
I am doubtful that passivity and isolationism is a viable path for America.
If we don't involve ourselves in the world, then we are accepting 'whatever our rivals decide upon.
If we don't have a finger on the pulse, a arm on the shoulder, a grip on the neck. Then our rivals have the upper hand in any conflict.
In economy, in allies, in military.
I think we saw a chance gamble in Iran, and we took it.
The problem I have with this is "our enemies." The enemies we have did not provide much support to the Iranian government. All we are doing is supporting one ally. Nobody in NATO is even supporting this. I don't believe isolationism is the path, but I don't believe is stupid hegemonism that causes our lives at home to get significantly worse. For what specific reason too? The threats that Iran has posed have been the same for 30 years, and nothing has happened.
(2) Strife
I think a degree of strife makes a military strong.
I think this limited conflict has been excellent in informing various people in America of technological changes in war.
(3)Mono-Religious States
. . . I do not think Atheism is without Ism. Without values and beliefs.
I lean towards Tribal loyalty.
I think people with certain ideals and beliefs 'ought seek to establish communities of their own, and establish primacy in their zones.
Though. . . You 'do say predominance. . .
Are predominance and state-regulated is the same in a sense?
Without organization, I do not think it is easy for groups to acquire dominance.
It's why I've never thought too highly of Anarchy or Libertarian Towns in America, unless one only cares about themselves and their lifetime.
And organization, basically 'is government.
. . . Without efforts to turn away people of different values,
Without effort to vitalize one's own tribe, I think it is easy to be overtaken by 'other's Isms.
You can establish tribal loyalties without having to establish a government solely for it. You can also play the card of tribal loyalty impacted in government, which led to the acts of terror committed by the Nazis, the Cambodian government, etc. I think the wording here is correct, state-regulated is more worrisome than perdominance. I also don't think declaring the national religion of a state benefit any country
(4) The War
Well, I can't say I 'wanted us to enter the war.
. . . But the world is always turning.
I worry about a future where nukes are 'far more common among 'all countries.
Perhaps the feared nuclear wars never comes from the 1st world, but the third world.
Like I said, this has been the same scenario that a certain country has claimed for 30+ years. Yet, no evidence of a Nuclear Weapon has ever surfaced. We even bombed the nuclear-based as well. There is a lot more to this
(5) Liberals
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My issue is that the quality of some of these debaters drops very low depending on which servers you go to. It's not a sustainable method for building a website because it doesn't attract long term people
The sites interface is also perfectly fine for a forum website. Again this is a forum, not a Discord chat. If they have a problem with that…then they have problems with forum websites as a whole
I don’t really care to get feedback from new users that come from a discord server because they are spammed to join. They aren’t fully implemented into forum regulations and voting yet so I think there feedback is a bit misguided. I would like to see them get a bit more adjusted to the site rather than conform to a bunch of discord debaters that really don’t have standards..so I take these with a grain of salt, maybe two or three grains
America has enough problems as is to be getting involved in wars across the Middle East and justifying it with a large amount of taxes when we are dealing with numerous issues across the states. This is Israel's fight, and not America's, and we have no reason to even be involved in this conflict.
I do not like Iran by any means. I do not believe in any mono-religious state's right to exist because it will ultimately lead to discrimination, abuse of power, and a superiority complex that will breed extremism. This is for all religions. I think predominance can exist, but state-regulated religion ultimately does more harm than good.
Tax dollars can be used in more comprehensive and responsible ways than fighting a fight that maybe 15% of Americans want. I just think the irony of his campaign being "no more wars" and "lower cost of living" being so wrong.
I think the worst thing is, his incompetency is going to breed a wave of horrible liberal policies in 2028 and a divided senate in 2026 where nothing will be done and it will all unravel. I gave Trump lienancy in 2020 for COVID, because a global pandemic is essentially 80% out of his control and there's no way of knowing the effect of it. This is 100% his doing
Consider me fair game. I used to make a lot of fanfics back on DART so interested to see what happens
We used to have this couple in high school that would curl up in the stairwell and start aggressively making out during passing period. It was super weird and if you stared at them they would get mad. Sometimes I wonder how they are doing
I thought this was a forum to post your cringe anecdotes. So I’ll add to the list as well
Any forum post I made between 2017-2019
50 year mortgage rates with raising housing prices just so Blackrock and other big corps get more and more money and screw the average person over.
This might be the worst presidency I think I’ve experienced. Just complete 180 on his policies and beliefs. Especially encouraging young homeowners to buy with 50 year mortgage rates. Good news that UPenn Wharton business degree might be less valuable and could boost my degree
Probably for oil
Happy for the people of Venezuela though. They’ve suffered for a while under the regime
I like Star Wars
Happy Birthday Airmax
I have a lot of thoughts about restraining orders on a Debate site. Ultimately there are better solutions than restraining orders. I also think if two users can’t ignore each other it’s a user issue then we need to have discussions about a sole user. I can also just see getting so abused like it did on DART
Consent: 18
Driving: 16
Drinking: 18
Joining military: 18
Voting: 18
Wow it just gets worse
It was like choosing between piss or shit. Would rather go with piss.
I think the identity of the democratic party has gone completely downhill. Atheists fall too far down the Atheism --> Nihilism route that allows them to feel no empathy or sympathy for any basic human functions, and the Democratic Party is just one step closer to those insane leftist-leaning priorities. It is not even like the left has bad policies, I just think that the values that the left has, when you go farther and farther down the aisle. Nihilism will ultimately be the destruction of this country. Even when you look at what Nihilism throughout history, all you have to do is look at the Pitesti Prison, etc. That is what the nihilism ideology and experiments do, and I think the left is closer to that than the right
Both sides suck, both parties are shit. But I'd rather align myself with the side has still closely holds the values of family, empathy, etc, than a party that is slower moving closer to insane Nihilism
Pretty fucking sickening in all honesty. I am definetly not a lover of his for numerous reasons and I think some of his beliefs are a bit stupid, but my god to murder the guy? All he really does is debate people and converse with people. It's not like he was someone who did evil acts or committed any real horrible crimes against people. Is him having some stupid opinions really enough for him to be shot and killed? Is that really enough so that his wife is a widow and his young children don't have a father figure in their life? Absolutely sickening and even more sick that people are celebrating his death like he was Osama Bin Laden or Sadaam Hussein. It's truly a dark day when speaking solely about opinions can get you killed in this country. This also is coming at a time where conservatives already were rallying around Iryna, the Ukrainian refugee killed in Charlotte. This will serve as a pivot point for Conservatives to take action and hold office for a while.
Let's see what happens. With a school shooting in Denver and this event, what a tragic day on the eve of the worst day in American history
That was a tough game for me to watch, cuz of course I want to see both teams lose. Woulda liked a Vikings loss just cuz I figure they are gona be the bigger obstacle to the NFC North title in the end. But I'll never complain about a bears loss... Not that I can ever really mean it, but good luck the rest of the season :)
Even when the bar of expectations are low, the Bears manage to go lower. I could nitpick a lot of that game.
Not afraid to admit the Packers are a Super Bowl-contending team if they go out and smoke the Commanders. I felt like that Lions game was due to the Lions IMO not being as dominant due to the loss of their coordinators and interior lineman, but still think Packers are gonna be great. Appreciate the good luck, even if you crossed your fingers while typing that.
What a fucking shit show from the Bears. To be expected at this point. Fuck this team
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