The Bridge

9:00 PM

@Ash I think The Daily Show had a good point about that. If the Clintons really had a black son, they'd be parading him all around trying to get the African-American vote.

Am I the only one who realizes the inherent contradiction in both consistently claiming that you have a terrible memory and also relying on said memory to remember if you have homework?

badp

@Ash OH MY GOD IS THAT SOME BEST VALUE OR WHAT??

yesterday I got a spam about getting portuguese nationality for some reason

user15026

9:15 PM

@badp the most value.

badp

@Ash man you might even be getting some 10% off some 9V batteries

that's the most volts

user15026

I know, I am so lucky.

badp

you could power anything with 9 volts, so long as it was made in the 70s or something

does anything ever actually take those huge 9 volt batteries?

Chippies

@badp there's also 12V batteries

@badp a lot of things, actually

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Chippies

9:17 PM

some things even take multiple 9V batteries

badp

@Chippies those are so tiny and weak! sad!

crooked 12 volts are LOW ENERGY

@Chippies such as?

Chippies

@badp there's some giant cube batteries in Walmart, but idk what they are, so I'm not sure how to google them

badp

I've genuinely never had to get one of those monstrosities but keep seeing them up for sale

Chippies

@badp some RC cars, guitar pedals, some synthesizers

guitars with active pickups

those are just the things I can think of right now, but there's more

GnomeSlice

There should be a short quiz on your voting slip to prove your actually know about the policies involved on all sides so we stop getting people like trump and trudeau elected just because they look good on tv and have charisma

Chippies

9:21 PM

@GnomeSlice if they did that, they may as well just have a group of people pick a president and skip the whole democracy thing

GnomeSlice

More people actually pay attention than you think

but not as much as majority

Chippies

@GnomeSlice I'm sure a lot of people pay attention to the party they support, not so much for the others

djsmiley2k

how about you don't publish any details about the candiates AT ALL

just parties, with their manifesto's

Arperum

@Yuuki when is movie night starting again?

djsmiley2k

maybe that wouldn't work over there, i dunno

Chippies

9:23 PM

ideally, the people in control shouldn't be seen as people, imho

djsmiley2k

@Chippies exactly

infact, a computer program that you simply tell it what you want

and it votes on your behalf for the party most fitting your requirements

and then, if the things you wanted don't come to pass, you can claim from the winning party for failing you

CONCIDER IT :O

It'd be amazing

GnomeSlice

@Chippies disagree

djsmiley2k

people who get what they voted for, get what they voted for

GnomeSlice

but

djsmiley2k

those who don't, get some kind of 'refund' for the failure to give them what they wanted

GnomeSlice

9:25 PM

if you can't prove your actually know what the parties stand for you have no business voting

Chippies

@GnomeSlice I don't think we should vote based on what the person looks like, what they had for dinner and how well they can talk your ears off

djsmiley2k

if everyone tried to 'throw away' their vote to get the refund, they'd all just get nothing as they'd end up voting for one of the losing parties anyway

GnomeSlice

that's my point

about the skill testing shit

doesn't mean they should be robots, they're people too

Chippies

@GnomeSlice but you will still be influenced by how well you can relate to the person

djsmiley2k

Robots in charge would be awesome

Chippies

9:26 PM

@GnomeSlice they can be people at their free time, at work they have to run a government

djsmiley2k

at least we can have them not just turn around on their pre-election promises and go 'oh i didn't mean that'

Chippies

and the most popular dude from the college might not be the best candidate, whereas the nerd with no friends, that actually knows his shit and wants what's best for everyone might be much better

by adding the personalities of the people into the mix, it becomes a popularity contest to an extent

or in Trump's case - it's literally just a popularity contest

djsmiley2k

Or a black guy, or a woman...

Chippies

anyways, I'm not a Canadian citizen, so I can't vote, so I'm not socially pressured to care :D

GnomeSlice

^

not that

Chippies

9:28 PM

@djsmiley2k it shouldn't matter if they're black or a woman though

what they are as a person shouldn't influence the votes

but it does

djsmiley2k

exactly

rich white guy

GnomeSlice

I actually really like Obama but he didn't do a great job especially in the middle east

djsmiley2k

Lets play a game

GnomeSlice

although I guess the USD is back up

djsmiley2k

I say something about a previous us president, and you guess who it is

GnomeSlice

9:29 PM

so props

movie star?

@djsmiley2k ronnie

got shot.

he was pro much

(there's at least 2 here i think;...)

GnomeSlice

9:30 PM

@djsmiley2k jfk

Chippies

@GnomeSlice I'm not an expert in politics, but I don't think US was doing well with middle east even before Obama

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GnomeSlice

@djsmiley2k teddy

djsmiley2k

really long german sounding naame

GnomeSlice

@Chippies True, but he really kinda shit the bed on it

just like trudeau is doing

Chippies

9:31 PM

@GnomeSlice eh, Idk specifics, so I can't comment, but I would assume part of the problem was how bad the situation already was when got in the office

GnomeSlice

But trudeau is the first PM to match in a pride parade and that's what matters

if you ask a lot of young voters

Chippies

there's a lot of things that matter and not all of them can be done in 4 years

GnomeSlice

true but some of them in a year would be nice

@djsmiley2k uhhh sorry I didn't see this one

and I don't know it

djsmiley2k

eisenhower

GnomeSlice

Henry kissinger

oh yeah

djsmiley2k

9:33 PM

womaniser?

GnomeSlice

@djsmiley2k CLINTON LOL

djsmiley2k

:D see tho

GnomeSlice

we'll probably more than one

well*

djsmiley2k

people remember the person not the politics

GnomeSlice

I have no problem with politicians being personable

but if you're only voting for bernie because he uses your pronouns that's a shitty vote

djsmiley2k

9:36 PM

but thats how voting for people works

Chippies

^this exactly

GnomeSlice

hence my suggestion lol

Chippies

@GnomeSlice when a politician has really great policies, but calls your dog stupid, you will be hard pressed to vote for them

djsmiley2k

what was ur suggestion exactly?

GnomeSlice

voting for parties would be good too but the character of a person is actually important i feel

djsmiley2k

9:37 PM

why?

GnomeSlice

because that person has to negotiate with other world leaders

Chippies

@GnomeSlice those people are supposed to run the country, not be your pal

GnomeSlice

they need to command respect

djsmiley2k

they make a promise youve got no way of enforcing

GnomeSlice

@Chippies yes, agreed

GodEmperorDune

9:38 PM

it's tough to vote on policies when one candidate's policies are "it's a secret, i'll tell you later"

GnomeSlice

I don't think it's as important but I don't think it sound be done away with

djsmiley2k

Putin or hillary?

Chippies

@GnomeSlice should have a talky-person for each president that does the talking for them

GnomeSlice

what if we only voted on parties and then a person was chosen after the results

trump 2016

djsmiley2k

robot in charge of evry world power

Chippies

9:38 PM

most companies have some sort of a PR person that does the PR while the CEO does the CEO stuff

djsmiley2k

robots communicate, job done lol

GnomeSlice

true

Chippies

I don't see why we need a PR person in charge of a country

GodEmperorDune

@GnomeSlice that's how it was done back in the day, there was a bunch of corruption, we got rid of it

GnomeSlice

@Chippies pr talks to the public, the ceo negotiates deals with other companies

government has PR people

GodEmperorDune

9:39 PM

@GnomeSlice that's not what a CEO does

djsmiley2k

u guys previously voted in bush, and theres a chance this is worse :/

ceo makes decisions and the buck stops with them

GnomeSlice

idg how you've made me start arguing against what I originally said

djsmiley2k

they look to make the most money for the share holders

i actually like your idea @GnomeSlice but i dont think its workable

badp

@Yuuki when are we starting? 75 mins?

Chippies

I mean, testing people to see if they know about all parties before they're allowed to vote would be potentially better than what we have now, but it's unrealistic and has a lot of issues on its own

djsmiley2k

9:41 PM

if u did my way of you choose what policies you want, then the system votes for you, you could even have split votes ahnd such

GnomeSlice

Yeah i didn't really think it through just a thought that occurred to me

Chippies

it would be much better if there was no personalities involved and then people would actually have to know about the parties to vote

because they wouldn't be able to vote for a pretty face on the TV

GodEmperorDune

@djsmiley2k protip: policies are complicated, which is why we appoint specialists to deal with them

GnomeSlice

I still think knowing about the person is important too

but policies should be considered by everyone

or you shouldn't be allowed to vote

GodEmperorDune

we have to vote on specific policies in california and its kind of a mess

Chippies

9:43 PM

@GnomeSlice as long as they're not a criminal or whatever, why does it really matter though? Besides making you feel better that you voted for someone you actually like

djsmiley2k

@GodEmperorDune ceptvin the uk where we go 'lets get the public to decide instead'

GnomeSlice

eh, I mean they're gonna be the face of your country

you don't really want a complete fart sniffer in office

and then you have the, well, criminals

Chippies

@GnomeSlice yeah, but I mean, ideally, the president should never be publicly known the way I suggested it

GodEmperorDune

@djsmiley2k yeah and look how that turned out

Chippies

you elect a party, they do their stuff

GnomeSlice

9:45 PM

then you might end up with trump in office

Chippies

no TV shows

GnomeSlice

well the American campaign circuit is a circus

as it is now

GodEmperorDune

it wasn't this bad in previous years

GnomeSlice

it's still a circus

campaigning in Canada is pretty much kept to the newspapers

none of the 3 cent titanium tax stuff

your 3c titanium tax doesn't go too far enough

►

I mean we're notorious for our smear ads on TV but that's pretty much the worst of it

And ours are "he's not ready" not "Killary for prison 2016"

Stephen Harper is a supervillain but we still elected him and he did a good job

Yuuki

@badp Roughly one hour from now.

cc @Arperum

Arperum

9:52 PM

@Yuuki Thanks

GnomeSlice

inb4 "trump 2016" gets stars because you people hate me

5

oops. oh well

I should go back to work

badp

rigged bridge for crooked @GnomeSlice 2017

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10:54 PM

Bridge Theatre Room is open.

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11:07 PM

@Yuuki I completely forgot about this, I'm happyI rage quit souls 3 dlc when I did

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