I believe that’s not the law though. The law outlines the conditions under which a person has an “expectation of privacy.” If you’re inside your house, you have an expectation of privacy and so should not be filmed. If you’re on the sidewalk in public, you have no expectation of privacy. If you’re in a private establishment (restaurant or store for instance), the owner or their representatives can ask you not to record and you have to comply.

All of street photography depends on this kind of legal framework.

Uno Reverse

In 2012 I voted against Obama because I thought he was too conservative. I didn’t think his healthcare program went far enough, I didn’t like his foreign policy of continuing the Bush wars, and I thought he turned out to be far more establishment than he had indicated as a candidate in 2008.

I voted for Jill Stein. I said it wasn’t a protest vote and that I was voting my conscience, but it was totally a protest vote. Stein would have been the worst president in US history, and I even knew that at the time. I did it because Obama had a predicted 99% chance of winning my state, so I figured it was safe and would communicate to the democrats that there was a preference for more left leaning candidates.

What I did not do was try to campaign for Stein to try to get swing state voters to vote for her. I didn’t try to get swing state voters to not vote.

First “democrats” is doing a lot of work here. I’m assuming the voters that you’re talking about turning out were democrats. I’m assuming the politicians they voted for were democrats. So what you mean is some subset (eg Third Way types, which have already been mentioned).

Use numbers. What was the turnout for the previous years? What was the turnout for Obama? For Bill Clinton? Was it bigger when Dennis Kucinich was in the race? Other than Bernie, he was the leftmost candidate that I can recall - at least in the top 5 in recent years. State the point you are trying to prove clearly, then demonstrate it.

I’m a Bernie supporter - he actually helped secure a research grant I worked on, I’ve met him in person, and I donated to each of his campaigns since I started to be able to do that kind of thing. I’m a member of the DSA. I’m also a scientist, and I deal with this kind of thing all the time.

What you’re basically coming off as, to be honest, is that family member in the maga hat who keeps yelling that 2020 was rigged.

You gave no competing hypothesis. I offered several.

This is a hot take.

Here’s the problem with your hypothesis:

You’re mixing together people who don’t vote with people publicly advocating not voting. That’s completely unsupported. Let’s see some stats on why people don’t vote. Is it because they don’t have time because they’re working, because they’re uncomfortable with the process, because they’re being lazy? On the other hand, what are the predictors of voting? We know age is a factor, so that would encourage us to think about the time availability question.

The second part is that the disengagement approach you’re advocating has driven the Democratic Party to the right. The Third Way movement came entirely from seeing Reagan’s engagement numbers. Not voting casts a zero information signal. First, the numbers only move mildly from year to year, and even when they do it tends to come down to the charisma of the candidate, not the policy positions.

A surprising number of Americans want universal healthcare, support LGBT rights and are against racism, yet vote for Donald Trump or DeSantis because they can get the crowds riled up in the way that policy wonks just don’t.

I mean, when the republicans did that huge study that found that economic and demographic changes in the US meant they needed to adopt more progressive policies (eg not being openly racist) if they wanted to have a future, the gop said “screw that, we will just depress the vote.”

So, no, your policy is not evidence-based, and it’s unreasonable. It forces the country to the right. If that’s what you want, go for it.

Return it as it was shipped with a hardware bug.

My cat yells when

1. She’s taken a shit and wants it cleaned up
2. It’s time for food and she hasn’t been fed yet
3. It’s time for food and she’s being fed
4. She wants to walk around
5. She’s tired of walking around and wants to go to bed

We were told about a year and a half ago that she had about a week to live. She’s still going. I’ll take every yell she makes, even if it means waking up at 3am because her bed fell over and she doesn’t like it.

One of my favorite observations was when I looked at an ASPCA website and they had separate sections:

1. Dog Training - how to get your dog to do what you want
2. Cat Behavior - what you can expect cats to do

Your cat is just doing a typical cat thing. Some cats meow constantly. Some cats yell (you can win internet points with these). Some cats barely purr, others sound like a Harley Davidson. Some cats will love it when you rub their bellies, others will lure you in and then scratch the living crap out of you leaving scars that make it look like you tried to commit suicide.

I apologize if this seems plain spoken, but you really have two choices - love your derp cat for who they are and what they do, or give the baby away to someone who can do so and think about getting a fish tank or maybe a fern or something. If you really, really want a cat with particular behavioral characteristics, you can do some research on breeds and behaviors, but you can expect to pay a fairly significant amount for most specialized breeds. I don’t know of any cat breeds that don’t meow because I’ve never looked for one, but many purebred cat breeds like Bengals will be sold for thousands of dollars. You’d have to do some research.

Gamora, her arms wide.

With the red splotch on the rug, this looks like a crime scene photo.