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On May 30 2023 03:15 Gorsameth wrote:Show nested quote +On May 30 2023 03:08 BlackJack wrote:On May 30 2023 01:50 Gorsameth wrote:On May 30 2023 01:37 Acrofales wrote:Hm, I was looking at the debt ceiling deal, and I just don't get Republicans' priorities. This is just blatantly making sure their big money donors can get away with more tax fraud, right? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/29/us-debt-ceiling-deal-explainer-biden-mccarthyFunding for the Internal Revenue Service
Republicans targeted money that the federal tax agency was allotted last year to crack down on tax fraud. The bill bites into some Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding, rescinding $1.4bn. Correct. The IRS is revenue positive. Every dollar spend on it returns, I believe, 5 to 9 dollars currently. A 2021 CBO calculation estimated that 80 billion extra over 10 years would generate 200 billion in extra revenue over the same period. Cutting funding to the IRS increases the deficit, not shrinks it. 200/80 = 2.5. Where does the 5-9x figure come from? https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57444the 200 estimate was less then the, at the time, current ROI because of accounting for diminished returns.
makes sense
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On May 30 2023 02:53 BlackJack wrote:Show nested quote +On May 30 2023 02:27 Ryzel wrote:On May 30 2023 01:07 GreenHorizons wrote:On May 29 2023 22:43 Ryzel wrote:On May 29 2023 06:12 BlackJack wrote:I didn’t say the average person was migrating from New York. I said the average person cares more about the economics of their life than about the culture wars issues. At least nitpick me on stuff I actually said. Thanks for the links but I don’t think you even need a source to make the point that 10 million people are not leaving NYC. + Show Spoiler +The point of my post was to address the general incredulity of “who the hell wants to be like Florida, those miserable fucks are just using their last days to persecute LGBT folk before they are swept away by hurricanes and rising seas.” I’m assuming this sentiment is coming entirely from recent legislation that has put Florida in the news and not because this mostly international forum is keenly aware of cost of living, taxes, home prices, etc in Florida vs other states. The point is for “average” folks the culture wars stuff is not a high priority compared to other things. I was being generous and assuming that post was in reference to the previous discussion about others moving to Florida, since that post taken in isolation is so obvious it’s nonsensical to even post it. That being said, I greatly appreciate the spoiler text that explains your point and why you made it. That was not obvious to me. I feel like if you just had that as your original post instead of the one-liner, that style of posting would get a lot less hate around here, but I understand why you have your back up in a hostile environment like this. BJ made it clear that was the point multiple times pages ago, that you just realized it isn't on BJ. So we’re crystal clear here, I’m referring to the post that I originally referred to a page and a half ago. There were I think 2 posts from BJ between that original post and mine critiquing it, and neither of them mentioned anything like what was in his spoiler text. You referring to statements made “pages ago” (without quoting them) as making his future post’s meaning obvious, does not actually make it obvious. There’s ample evidence of a lack of clarity in the past couple discussions, given that’s the only thing people have been arguing about for pages now. + Show Spoiler +No worries. People misinterpreting other's posts are bound to happen and I could see how your misinterpretation was partially my fault. I clarified my point and you understood my clarification and the world keeps spinning. This type of exchange is not the problem. The type of exchanges that are the problem are ones that go like this:
BJ: *says something* Serm: *interprets it wrong or very uncharitably* BJ: that's not what I meant Serm: Yes it is what you meant Drone: No that's clearly not what he was saying Serm: Yes it is, stop trying to gaslight me JimmiC: Oh here comes Drone to white knight for BJ Mikau: Look how Drone points out someone else's flaws but not BJ's GH: BJ's point was clear, you not understanding isn't BJ's fault Serm: Oh GH is white knighting for BJ too. You know he's not a leftist and therefore he is the enemy and you shouldn't say or do anything that supports him, right?
Then you instantly have like 20 shitposts just because someone interpreted one post badly. Rinse and repeat.
This is a fair if not overly gracious response/summary imo given the misinterpretation.
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On May 29 2023 16:59 Mikau wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2023 09:03 Liquid`Drone wrote: It's not complicated. Sermo claimed that BJ was stating the opposite of what he had just stated. I said this was wrong. I have no investment in the broader discussion and I wasn't 'defending' BJ. I added the smiley because I wanted Sermo to understand that my post bore no ill will or resentment. I also have no interest in another one of these discussions because it's stupid. It's not complicated. You are very keen to point out perceived flaws in the posting of other members, while at the same time regularly defending the person who continuously and intentionally makes all manner of posting faux pas and logical fallacies. Either be consistent in your call outs or don't call out posters at all, because this is just pathetic. You guys are being weird about this. If I check the thread from where I last left, see a post by BJ with an error followed by 5 replies rubbing his nose in it, I obviously feel 0 need to be the 6th guy to point it out. If I see an error that no one else replied to I might bother to point it out. Asking Drone to either shut up or make redundant posts for scorekeeping is just not how forums work.
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Those 5 guys that will rub my nose in an error will never point out any errors from each other. So they are guilty of the same inconsistency they are accusing of Drone. It's not the inconsistency they have a problem with, it's that he's not being inconsistent in a way that benefits their team.
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On May 30 2023 02:53 BlackJack wrote:Show nested quote +On May 30 2023 02:27 Ryzel wrote:On May 30 2023 01:07 GreenHorizons wrote:On May 29 2023 22:43 Ryzel wrote:On May 29 2023 06:12 BlackJack wrote:I didn’t say the average person was migrating from New York. I said the average person cares more about the economics of their life than about the culture wars issues. At least nitpick me on stuff I actually said. Thanks for the links but I don’t think you even need a source to make the point that 10 million people are not leaving NYC. + Show Spoiler +The point of my post was to address the general incredulity of “who the hell wants to be like Florida, those miserable fucks are just using their last days to persecute LGBT folk before they are swept away by hurricanes and rising seas.” I’m assuming this sentiment is coming entirely from recent legislation that has put Florida in the news and not because this mostly international forum is keenly aware of cost of living, taxes, home prices, etc in Florida vs other states. The point is for “average” folks the culture wars stuff is not a high priority compared to other things. I was being generous and assuming that post was in reference to the previous discussion about others moving to Florida, since that post taken in isolation is so obvious it’s nonsensical to even post it. That being said, I greatly appreciate the spoiler text that explains your point and why you made it. That was not obvious to me. I feel like if you just had that as your original post instead of the one-liner, that style of posting would get a lot less hate around here, but I understand why you have your back up in a hostile environment like this. BJ made it clear that was the point multiple times pages ago, that you just realized it isn't on BJ. So we’re crystal clear here, I’m referring to the post that I originally referred to a page and a half ago. There were I think 2 posts from BJ between that original post and mine critiquing it, and neither of them mentioned anything like what was in his spoiler text. You referring to statements made “pages ago” (without quoting them) as making his future post’s meaning obvious, does not actually make it obvious. There’s ample evidence of a lack of clarity in the past couple discussions, given that’s the only thing people have been arguing about for pages now. + Show Spoiler +No worries. People misinterpreting other's posts are bound to happen and I could see how your misinterpretation was partially my fault. I clarified my point and you understood my clarification and the world keeps spinning. This type of exchange is not the problem. The type of exchanges that are the problem are ones that go like this:
BJ: *says something* Serm: *interprets it wrong or very uncharitably* BJ: that's not what I meant Serm: Yes it is what you meant Drone: No that's clearly not what he was saying Serm: Yes it is, stop trying to gaslight me JimmiC: Oh here comes Drone to white knight for BJ Mikau: Look how Drone points out someone else's flaws but not BJ's GH: BJ's point was clear, you not understanding isn't BJ's fault Serm: Oh GH is white knighting for BJ too. You know he's not a leftist and therefore he is the enemy and you shouldn't say or do anything that supports him, right?
Then you instantly have like 20 shitposts just because someone interpreted one post badly. Rinse and repeat.
+ Show Spoiler +For sure. It’s unfortunate that this thread has so much dickwaving in it, but given everyone’s personalities, histories with each other, and competitive spirit of arguments/debates in general, I understand why it’s the case. Regardless of whether or not I agree on your views, you’re a better man than I for sticking up for yourself so much here. I would have said “fine fuck it you win, let’s move on” ages ago 
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On May 30 2023 02:23 JimmiC wrote:Show nested quote +On May 30 2023 01:42 BlackJack wrote:On May 30 2023 01:02 Sermokala wrote:On May 28 2023 14:44 Liquid`Drone wrote:Yes that post you just quoted is very clearly sarcastic, and the quote I quoted is part of a quote chain which is found in this very post you just now quoted. I'd recommend reading the full discussion you decide to take part of.  I did read it all I'm explaining to you about the post I made that bj replied to me with because you asked me about the post I made about him replying to me. I'm not going to be gaslit about what I posted. You made a mistake about what post I was replying to because you didn't read the post and just read my reply. Normal people would admit their mistake and move on or make a point not just carry water for bj again. So despite posting for 3 pages that people are not leaving SF/NYC and moving to FL/TX because of the weather you still believe that I was saying they are moving because of the weather? And Drone point out that my sarcastic paragraph was indeed sarcasm is him attempting to gaslight you? It sorta seems like he is being you, to you. Maybe some big lightbulb will show up above your head and you won't be such a shit poster? 4d chess by Serm for the win. Exactly. You'd hope he'd be able to see how mindnumbing it is for other people to see his style being used on him but theres only so much hope we can have for him.
On May 30 2023 04:02 Dan HH wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2023 16:59 Mikau wrote:On May 29 2023 09:03 Liquid`Drone wrote: It's not complicated. Sermo claimed that BJ was stating the opposite of what he had just stated. I said this was wrong. I have no investment in the broader discussion and I wasn't 'defending' BJ. I added the smiley because I wanted Sermo to understand that my post bore no ill will or resentment. I also have no interest in another one of these discussions because it's stupid. It's not complicated. You are very keen to point out perceived flaws in the posting of other members, while at the same time regularly defending the person who continuously and intentionally makes all manner of posting faux pas and logical fallacies. Either be consistent in your call outs or don't call out posters at all, because this is just pathetic. You guys are being weird about this. If I check the thread from where I last left, see a post by BJ with an error followed by 5 replies rubbing his nose in it, I obviously feel 0 need to be the 6th guy to point it out. If I see an error that no one else replied to I might bother to point it out. Asking Drone to either shut up or make redundant posts for scorekeeping is just not how forums work. This isn't us being werid about anything or him making an error and then us hog piling on him. He constantly ignores the majority of other peoples post so he can constantly maneuver into gotchas that convince no one. Anyone who keeps up with the news can pick through exactly what hes trying to do. the only person that is saying people are moving to florida or texas because of the weather is because BJ is suggesting that. everyone else is pointing out the clear and obvious lies in "Ah geez people are dumb and go through life not caring about what happens and makes life changing decisions on half baked info that is easily disprovable". Instead of engaging with anything people are saying BJ is trying to make up positions he thinks are winning points and acts like thats the conversation. Then when he realizes hes not getting anywhere with his bad faith arguing he falls back constantly like hes the victim because other people don't agree with him and refuse to play his games.
No one is asking Drone to make redundant posts trying to explain what BJ is saying to make BJ sound better. Its just clear that Drone can't see any issue with anything BJ is doing.
On May 30 2023 02:53 BlackJack wrote:Show nested quote +On May 30 2023 02:27 Ryzel wrote:On May 30 2023 01:07 GreenHorizons wrote:On May 29 2023 22:43 Ryzel wrote:On May 29 2023 06:12 BlackJack wrote:I didn’t say the average person was migrating from New York. I said the average person cares more about the economics of their life than about the culture wars issues. At least nitpick me on stuff I actually said. Thanks for the links but I don’t think you even need a source to make the point that 10 million people are not leaving NYC. + Show Spoiler +The point of my post was to address the general incredulity of “who the hell wants to be like Florida, those miserable fucks are just using their last days to persecute LGBT folk before they are swept away by hurricanes and rising seas.” I’m assuming this sentiment is coming entirely from recent legislation that has put Florida in the news and not because this mostly international forum is keenly aware of cost of living, taxes, home prices, etc in Florida vs other states. The point is for “average” folks the culture wars stuff is not a high priority compared to other things. I was being generous and assuming that post was in reference to the previous discussion about others moving to Florida, since that post taken in isolation is so obvious it’s nonsensical to even post it. That being said, I greatly appreciate the spoiler text that explains your point and why you made it. That was not obvious to me. I feel like if you just had that as your original post instead of the one-liner, that style of posting would get a lot less hate around here, but I understand why you have your back up in a hostile environment like this. BJ made it clear that was the point multiple times pages ago, that you just realized it isn't on BJ. So we’re crystal clear here, I’m referring to the post that I originally referred to a page and a half ago. There were I think 2 posts from BJ between that original post and mine critiquing it, and neither of them mentioned anything like what was in his spoiler text. You referring to statements made “pages ago” (without quoting them) as making his future post’s meaning obvious, does not actually make it obvious. There’s ample evidence of a lack of clarity in the past couple discussions, given that’s the only thing people have been arguing about for pages now. + Show Spoiler +No worries. People misinterpreting other's posts are bound to happen and I could see how your misinterpretation was partially my fault. I clarified my point and you understood my clarification and the world keeps spinning. This type of exchange is not the problem. The type of exchanges that are the problem are ones that go like this:
BJ: *says something* Serm: *interprets it wrong or very uncharitably* BJ: that's not what I meant Serm: Yes it is what you meant Drone: No that's clearly not what he was saying Serm: Yes it is, stop trying to gaslight me JimmiC: Oh here comes Drone to white knight for BJ Mikau: Look how Drone points out someone else's flaws but not BJ's GH: BJ's point was clear, you not understanding isn't BJ's fault Serm: Oh GH is white knighting for BJ too. You know he's not a leftist and therefore he is the enemy and you shouldn't say or do anything that supports him, right?
Then you instantly have like 20 shitposts just because someone interpreted one post badly. Rinse and repeat. To be clear I responded to a post. Drone asked me why I responded to a post I didn't make the way I did. I presented that I was responding to another post that he could see if he read the post he was replying to. Drone tries to gaslight that I was actualy responding to a different post than I did.
there isn't a grand conspiracy or a game of thrones story here that you're a victim of. People hit quote on posts and respond to them. Stop trying to make yourself the main character of team liquid.
On May 30 2023 01:47 GreenHorizons wrote:Show nested quote +On May 30 2023 01:12 Sermokala wrote:On May 30 2023 01:07 GreenHorizons wrote:On May 29 2023 22:43 Ryzel wrote:On May 29 2023 06:12 BlackJack wrote:I didn’t say the average person was migrating from New York. I said the average person cares more about the economics of their life than about the culture wars issues. At least nitpick me on stuff I actually said. Thanks for the links but I don’t think you even need a source to make the point that 10 million people are not leaving NYC. + Show Spoiler +The point of my post was to address the general incredulity of “who the hell wants to be like Florida, those miserable fucks are just using their last days to persecute LGBT folk before they are swept away by hurricanes and rising seas.” I’m assuming this sentiment is coming entirely from recent legislation that has put Florida in the news and not because this mostly international forum is keenly aware of cost of living, taxes, home prices, etc in Florida vs other states. The point is for “average” folks the culture wars stuff is not a high priority compared to other things. I was being generous and assuming that post was in reference to the previous discussion about others moving to Florida, since that post taken in isolation is so obvious it’s nonsensical to even post it. That being said, I greatly appreciate the spoiler text that explains your point and why you made it. That was not obvious to me. I feel like if you just had that as your original post instead of the one-liner, that style of posting would get a lot less hate around here, but I understand why you have your back up in a hostile environment like this. BJ made it clear that was the point multiple times pages ago, that you just realized it isn't on BJ. We know the point he's trying to make but being a fanboy of Florida and trying to lie about col and other reasons to move to Florida being his take is the point that they're making. Capeing for the guy who wants to destroy leftism is a bad look for you gh. I responded to someone who literally said this obvious fact was not obvious to them. That you think this is capeing is a you problem. You responded to someone in a one liner that the guy who causes problems isn't the problem because they should have been able to understand the guy who is constantly changing what he is saying. You then making a one liner post just agreeing with him and adding nothing else. Just beacuse you don't think its caping doesn't make it not capeing.
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I remember when we had the US Politics Feedback thread thing that people did this shit in
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I remember when shitposters got warned and/or banned, not given an atta boy by a clearly biased mod. I remember when TL had standards for its moderation.
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I feel like so many topics that are brought up have the potential for a great discussion, but then 10% of the way in, it gets rerouted to a meta-discussion on the people discussing it. I think we often have trouble keeping the focus on the substance of the actual topic.
Sometimes, the meta-discussion is warranted; sometimes it isn't. Either way, though, we end up permanently off track.
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On May 30 2023 07:47 Sermokala wrote: the only person that is saying people are moving to florida or texas because of the weather is because BJ is suggesting that.
Surely you can't be tripling down on this... JimmiC was the one arguing people are moving to Florida because of the weather. I'm not inventing this argument for him.
Here's a post of his:
On May 27 2023 08:00 JimmiC wrote:+ Show Spoiler + I'm not sure if you didn't read my post or what? Because this did not answer it at all. I totally agree that people leaving SF are not doing it for weather.
edit: its crazy if you think leaving NYC has nothign to do weather but beyond that NYC is growing its NY state that is shrinking. + Show Spoiler +The current metro area population of New York City in 2023 is 18,937,000, a 0.37% increase from 2022. The metro area population of New York City in 2022 was 18,867,000, a 0.23% increase from 2021. The metro area population of New York City in 2021 was 18,823,000, a 0.1% increase from 2020.
Like you really believe people do not pick fla over montana because of weather? Like it is a pretty big deal. There is a whole industry based around Canadian snow birds.
He quite literally called it "crazy" to think that people leaving NYC has nothing to do with weather. Which is why I posted an opinion poll that showed it was the last reason they gave for leaving NYC.
So when you say I'm the only one suggesting people are leaving NYC for FL because of the weather and that's an argument I invented for other people, you're the one trying to gaslight me. Except I don't think you're really trying to gaslight me. I actually think you're trying your best.
+ Show Spoiler +Even your buddy JimmiC realizes how ridiculous this is, which is why he tried to throw you a bone by saying you weren't serious and you were only shitposting as a way to mimic my shitposting. The fact that you actually agreed thinking anyone would buy that got a chuckle out of me.
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On May 30 2023 08:41 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I feel like so many topics that are brought up have the potential for a great discussion, but then 10% of the way in, it gets rerouted to a meta-discussion on the people discussing it. I think we often have trouble keeping the focus on the substance of the actual topic.
Sometimes, the meta-discussion is warranted; sometimes it isn't. Either way, though, we end up permanently off track.
I kind of like seeing everyone be dicks to each other sometimes tbh, I just wish it didnt frequently go haywire here. We had a lovely other US Politics thread for that, I liked having the 70%~ discussion ratio here in exchange for the 100% petty stupid grievance in the other thread.
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Personally I think we should all be cutting down on personal/meta discussions. Lots of people refer to past conversations and its not constructive. We'd benefit from more directly discussing topics.
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Norway28553 Posts
Yes. There is a website feedback thread. Use that one for discussions on moderation. The personal/meta discussions honestly don't even have a place in that thread, but feel free to make a blog.
+ Show Spoiler +for the record, but please don't respond to this here, I just checked the past three months of moderation reports. BJ has had three different posts reported, all three were considered not actionable/bad report, by three different moderators, and I had no part in any of those cases. It is fine to disagree with the moderation policy or execution of said policy but the notion that he avoids moderation because of my protection or whatever is actually kinda ridiculous. His previous warning was given by me, after I reversed the ruling of another mod. If you go further back in time there will be cases of me having rejected reports too, but it is mostly other moderators, and a very broad and diverse group who have no prior relationship with him.
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what? The Republican voter base literally wanted to hang him jan 6th and he now thinks its a good idea to run for President? Against the man who instigated his lynch mob?
There is a line between bravery and stupidity and I'm not sure on which side Pence is right now...
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Northern Ireland23759 Posts
It’s a mainstream media conspiracy, the crowd was singing ‘hug Mike Pence’ that time
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He may as well try, it's not his own money he is using for the campaign anyway.
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