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cosmicgadget commented on The Gunther Werks F-26 Takes the Porsche 911 Design Somewhere New   thedrive.com/news/the-gun... · Posted by u/PaulHoule
cosmicgadget · a day ago
> It’s not really a modded 911; it’s a completely reimagined version of the iconic German coupe. But it pulls off a trick I’m not sure I’ve seen: It makes a wild departure from Porsche’s original design, while simultaneously maintaining 911ness and, critically, still looking good. Take a look, because this is truly an impressive accomplishment of automotive design.

This is one of the most generic blobs of text I have ever read.

cosmicgadget commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA   olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian
ifyoubuildit · a day ago
I'm not a trump supporter. The point is that neither of the choices were acceptable. The blue team can't be rewarded for the shit they pulled, even if you have the boogie man on the other side.

Also, is anyone claiming that Trump isn't steering the ship? The people elected him and he seems to be the one at the wheel. The people elected Biden, who may have been steering the ship in his good hours of the day, but who knows who made the decisions the rest of the time.

cosmicgadget · a day ago
Did you vote for him?
cosmicgadget commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA   olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian
ifyoubuildit · a day ago
> while any involvement with sex trafficking is bad, (why doesn't this sentence end here?) distant association is far, far better than actually perpetrating the crimes. Or promising to expose the perpetrators and then failing to do so.

Different realities indeed. The dems didn't even do that first part of promising to release things before "failing" to. Nobody in charge wants this stuff out.

This is why our system is fucked. You just have to convince people you're not as bad as the other guy, and you get carte blanch to do pretty much whatever.

cosmicgadget · a day ago
> why doesn't the sentence end here?

Once again, because being in a political party that has rapists is not the same as committing rape. Do I need to explain this further?

> The dems didn't even do that first part of promising to release things before "failing" to.

So then don't vote for them? Though if you are voting based on this issue and have a choice between a man who is in the files and has a documented history with Epstein or a woman who is a former state AG and didn't run in the east coast Trump/Epstein circles, please tell me you aren't as naive as Joe Rogan.

cosmicgadget commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA   olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian
ifyoubuildit · 2 days ago
1. I don't believe that he was steering the ship, which is kind of important. Maybe you're fine with his team making all the decisions. That's a betrayal of trust for me.

2. I'm not a Republican and I like the idea of the people getting to have a say in their leadership.

3. The claim I mentioned was that Trump was a Russian agent. Where's the evidence for that one?

4. This means the blue team had plenty of time to do something about the Epstein files and didn't. We'll never know what kamala would have done about it, but my money is on jack and squat.

Again, I'm not a republican. The red team sucks, and still the blue team wasn't good enough to beat them.

cosmicgadget · a day ago
> I don't believe that he was steering the ship, which is kind of important. Maybe you're fine with his team making all the decisions. That's a betrayal of trust for me.

Hahaha so instead of voting for 60 year old you voted for the almost-octogenarian who thinks there were airports in the revolutionary war, representing the party that has absolutely never hidden the neurological decline of a sitting president. My guy.

cosmicgadget commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA   olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian
ifyoubuildit · a day ago
How does it change your calculation if you realize the lack of a primary is probably why you have the evil villain behind January 6th in office?

I'm not talking about Harris specifically re Epstein, no idea what her involvement is. I'm saying the blue team in general. And is it really a good defense to say "my team was less involved with Epstein"? I'd humbly submit that it's not.

cosmicgadget · a day ago
They're not my team. I am an independent who votes for people, not parties. And yes, while any involvement with sex trafficking is bad, distant association is far, far better than actually perpetrating the crimes. Or promising to expose the perpetrators and then failing to do so.

This is why we live in different realities.

cosmicgadget commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA   olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian
philipallstar · a day ago
Well, either you've just invalidated the concept of ad hominem being bad, or you haven't. Which is it?
cosmicgadget · a day ago
False dilemma. I have illustrated that distrusting slop and a propaganda magazine isn't ad hominem.
cosmicgadget commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA   olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian
bsimpson · 2 days ago
The whole party is corrupt. Lindsey Graham was loudly anti-Trump until Trump won, and now he's just as loudly a Trump sycophant. The establishment cares about its own power more than it cares about doing what's right. (That indictment is true of both parties, but I'm specifically talking about Republicans here.)

I'm not defending people who voted for Trump. I'm saying if your response is "then I'm going to pretend you don't exist," this is only going to get worse.

Normal people need to be able to work together to find common ground for us to have anything resembling a healthy society.

It makes me sad that Hacker News, the place that emphasizes thoughtful curiosity in its post/comment guidelines, has lately often devolved into an echochamber indistinguishable from Reddit when anything remotely political comes up. Anything more nuanced then "Trump is evil and Republicans are stupid" gets downvoted, which is a microcosm of the whole problem that put them in power.

cosmicgadget · 2 days ago
Why waste your time on unserious people? If Graham and Vance are going to flip from never Trump to sycophants, why listen to their press conferences? If the normal guy at the bar was talking about how great it'll be when Trump releases the client list and suddenly decides Epstein was a nothingburger, do you think you are going to change his reality? Hint: he never cared about "the pedos", it was just motivated reasoning.

It is time 60% of the country decided to stop wasting effort on people who do not participate honestly.

And please stop with the "oh no, Reddit" garbage.

cosmicgadget commented on Michigan Supreme Court: Unrestricted phone searches violate Fourth Amendment   reclaimthenet.org/michiga... · Posted by u/mikece
sidewndr46 · 2 days ago
Michigan Supreme court does not have authority over Federal Agents. Michigan is a border state, so anyone is subject to stop and search at any time
cosmicgadget · 2 days ago
But they do have authority over local and state law enforcement.
cosmicgadget commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA   olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian
ifyoubuildit · 2 days ago
What about the people who just voted against a party infrastructure that 1) insisted that a vegetable was sharp as a tack, 2) that you can't have a primary no matter how much you want it, 3) that the guy who won in 2016 is definitely working for Russia, and 4) is probably just as involved in the Epstein situation as the red team?

You chose your lesser of 2 evils, and others chose theirs. There is no acceptable choice in American presidential politics.

cosmicgadget · 2 days ago
I mean, exactly. If they live in a reality where Jan 6 is less evil than an incumbent president getting the automatic nomination, it's going to be hard to have a productive conversation.

If, in their minds, Harris and Trump are somehow equally implicated in the Epstein scandal, all I can say is "lol, have a good one".

cosmicgadget commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA   olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian
philipallstar · 2 days ago
Isn't it better to argue the content than ad hominem the source?
cosmicgadget · 2 days ago
Hold on I will have an LLM write a 40-page rebuttal and when you don't read it I'll accuse you of ad homineming the AI.

u/cosmicgadget

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