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Hank Kingsley

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  1. He has helped amplify and legitimize anti-intellectualism, the "dark web", and far right ideology. Just asking questions is a cop out.
  2. I'm not talking about crime. More about it being a better environment for a kid's mental health and overall upbringing.
  3. There was no danger from my experience in the Houston suburbs in the 80s/90s.
  4. I get what you're saying, and the overprotection is not good. But the traps of modern technology weren't around back then. It's much more difficult now.
  5. My son is in first grade, and I'm focused on doing my best to prepare him for a healthy and happy life as a young man and adult. I've been put off a little bit my some of my friends with older kids and how many have them in sports/club teams year round and the super busy schedules and traveling they do all the time. I'm older (48) and as a kid I played a bunch of sports but had enough "down time" to enjoy hanging out with friends and doing other things. But I now see the side benefits of a heavy schedule with sports. Constantly being with other kids outdoors all the time and keeping busy. Down time these days is not nearly as healthy as it was when I was a kid. Video games, phones, YouTube algorithms, etc. can turn them into zombies or anti-social behavior. And sports club teams/busy schedules keep you from falling into that trap. Being able to just go outside in the neighborhood and fucking around til sun down isn't happening in very many places these days. The reality is parenting is a MUCH harder job now than it was 30 years ago and we have to be way more intentional. My parents are awesome and I love them, but there was no heavy lifting. They could just trust the overall environment we lived in back then. That world doesn't exist anymore.
  6. I'm talking about him running for DNC chair.
  7. Quinn had good feet and pocket feel. But watch Michigan's defense. They gave him the same look the entire game and didn't disguise anything. He was comfortable and picked them apart. Now everyone knows that he struggles with disguises and the confusion causes his fundamentals to break down. He'll never have it as easy as he did on that day in Ann Arbor.
  8. If growing older has taught me anything, it's that women are fucking amazing. He's only 7 but I'm passing that fact down to my son right now.
  9. I'm not really talking about his as Presidential nominee in this thread. Just being a very influential voice for the strategy and future of the Democratic Party. You and others that have mentioned it are most likely correct that it's too risky for him to be a Presidential candidate, but if there is one gay man that can overcome that "issue" for voters, it's Pete.
  10. Well when I was going out all the time in my 20s, social media didn't exist. Texting/FaceTiming didn't exist. I couldn't see hot single ladies on my phone. I couldn't go online and play video games with friends all night (thank god). You wanna hang with friends and talk to girls? You had to go out somewhere. There was nothing else to do BUT be social. They are losing human connection, which we all desperately need to function well.
  11. Are they participating in this rite of passage the way we used to in our 20s? I don't know. I doubt it though. There are too many distractions/deterrents to being social now.
  12. For us olds, imagine only having dating apps as a realistic possibility to date someone (post HS/college) and the understandable frustration that would come with that. And all the Instagram bullshit that poisons all of their minds. It won't happen, but there needs to be an intentional decision by society to turn back the clock and force social activities back into people's lives again. The phones are killing us.
  13. To genuinely try to answer, without being in that age group anymore and not knowing exactly how their lives our being led in the modern world: - Economic/job anxiety: Career/financial expectations have risen over the years but met with a tightened job market which is causing a lot of anxiety - I'd guess relationships with women have deteriorated rapidly. In the 80s/90s/00s, being around similarly aged women was common place. Connections were common. Now in the modern world of social media and an increase in public disconnection, those relationships are dwindling. And anger is setting in. - These younger generations have been coddled and helicopter parented, which diminishes personal accountability.
  14. I'm telling y'all, watch that Buttigieg video when you have time. There is not a better mind in the Democratic Party, he is a generational political figure and needs to be most influential member of the party now. What he said in this interview 7.5 years ago resonates even more today.
  15. Buttigieg ran for DNC chair in 2017. Since he'll be out of a government job soon, I'd love to see him run again if he's up for it. This is an interview he did after running in 2017, and I think he understands the bigger picture more than anyone else high up in the party. I highly recommend watching.
  16. Right wing media and algorithms. It's an issue the left and Democrats face as well, but not as extreme IMO.
  17. Try to look further back and bigger picture instead of what happened in this election cycle. I'll wait.
  18. And whew, echo chambers are a real problem these days. I don't know how we solve that crisis.
  19. Try to use your brain for a bit. Imagine what policies and rhetoric would look like if Dem Presidential candidates actually tried to get votes from SEC states and rural areas. And if Republican candidates tried to curry favor in West Coast states and big cities. Politics is deeply warped now and the reason is the Electoral College. If we had a popular vote we wouldn't have these extreme differences.
  20. ...which is a result from two political parties trying to game the Electoral College for decades.
  21. Everyone is going to absorb this result at their own pace, but if Trump was gonna win, this was the best way for it to happen IMO. Policy wise it will be a disaster for women and marginalized people, and I'm pretty nervous about foreign policy. But if there is ever gonna be a reconciliation of the people in American society, this is the shock to the system that can get the ball rolling. So Surly Trump assholes, do your thing for now. But let's all start talking like adults soon.
  22. Dismiss it all you want. This country has been broken for decades. When was the last time we had a Constitutional amendment?
  23. Yeah, I think it's unlikely to ever happen. But if you're looking for a tangible reason why we are where we are today, it's the Electoral College. And I would say the same thing today if Kamala had won the EC and popular vote.
  24. LOL, what a shortsighted comment. The EC has been the primary mechanism that has politically divided our country. It was a slow burn, but here we are.
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