The OOC Hangout Thread (New people introduce yourself here!)

[Magni Prime]

here is an interesting rebuttal I found a few days ago.

http://time.com/4558510/electoral-college-history-slavery/  

[Magni Prime]

With as much as people are apt to cry out that our votes matter, a democracy should run on the popular vote. As it stands, it seems that every time a vote is held, the electoral college overrides what people want to some degree. That gives the impression that your vote does not matter, only the EC matters, making voting a moot point.

as for one side winning too often, is that not the point? If the populace wants A, regardless of how often A wins, should that not be the case? Balance should be maintained by the populace. If the people of a country touted at every possible turn as a democracy voted a certain way, it should reflect that in our leadership. Instead, we live in an oligarchy that has been bought and paid for for decades. This is the result of that process.  

[Synxa]

Hi! I'm Synxa. Here to RP and make friends!  

[Magni Prime]

Latest counts put Clinton at 1.7 million votes more than Trump. The EC is effectively saying that nearly one and three-quarter million people don't count because their states went a certain way. The EC makes no sense, and wouldn't you want a democracy to pay attention to the will of the people? Ugh, I'll drop it . . . but hold fast to the idea that this is beyond ridiculous.  

[Magni Prime]

I have mixed feelings on black friday. We scrimp and save, and barely have enough to shop for christmas stuff, and yet every year I am forced to drive my wife around for hours and hours to go to a variety of stores.  

[Magni Prime]

It's a tradition more than anything else. Of course, we are damn near broke, so things are not going to be massively fun . . . and I have to do all the driving. On the other hand, it is the only time we can reliably do much shopping for the upcoming holiday.

Never did much online shopping except for my transformers. Even that is because they are not available anywhere else.  

[Magni Prime]

It was . . . frankly, it was a mess. So many things went wrong, and much of it felt meaningless.

As for the online thing, it is appealing. Unfortunately, we have not done much of that. Online is not something my wife is comfortable with, and the only places I shop for things are for extraordinarily expensive toys. I'd have but one or two things under the tree if I did that. As it stands, I will have 4. whoot. I'll be getting the new Ratchet and Clank reboot for the PS4, the Bioshock collection, and a couple transformers. I may be able to earn enough on Fiverr to purchase Dishonored 2 and put it under the tree as well. Just to round things out with another gift.

The joys of being an adult- knowing that Santa is just parents doing the very best they can for everybody with money they likely don't have.  

[Magni Prime]

Oh, the psychological rants I could go on here.