• N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Meanwhile, JD Vance tricked kids into watching a video in his basement about how to report your parents to the post-Project 2025 government if they think their parents might be using IVF to have another child.

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    That may be the most well lit house I’ve ever seen in my life. That damn place looks like a library or a business or something.

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    True Americans give out full-sized candy bars on Halloween, full-sized candy canes at Christmas, and chocolate bunnies that are not hollow on the inside at Easter.

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      Those bunnies are really fucking hard to find though. I forgive when people give me hollow chocolate bunnies, it’s what Obi-Wan would want

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        Am I the only one who prefers hollow bunnies? I’m not a huge chocolate fan, so a solid chocolate bunny is just way too much chocolate.

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          I think there’s something to enjoy from both. The hollow chocolate is so intensely sweet to me now, that I would never be able to handle it as a solid block. I think they’re also satisfying to eat, I like breaking them on the roof of my mouth.

          The solid bunnies are usually somewhat higher quality chocolate, especially if you can find the ultra rare dark chocolate solid bunnies. They can be pretty difficult to eat though, especially the really big ones

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            Actual enlightened centrist. Great take.

            I also forget that the solid bunnies are usually thinner and not as big as the hollow ones - but the point about chocolate quality is very important.

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          I liked a solid bunny as a kid because I would take a bite off him and put him back in the freezer.

          E: The most important thing is to break him into bite-sized snaps before putting him in the freezer to begin with, though. No use biting him with your actual teeth if he’s frozen.

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        If they are hollow, they are much more easy to eat and not shatter your teeth.

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      Are you rich? You have this kind of money to throw around? Full size candy is like 2 bucks each, that’s like half a gallon of gas…

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        Honestly, in 2019 full size bars weren’t that bad if you brought them from a place in bulk. I got mine at costco for a pretty good deal, I wanna say like 32 bars were included and it was under $30 at the time. For comparison, costco also had a giant bag of mini ones which was around $20. Because I didn’t have a huge turnout of kids I was able to get away with giving full bars for maybe $10 more than what I would’ve spent. I think it was worth it when you see the kids faces drop when they realize your house is giving away the good stuff.

        With that said, chocolate has gone up a lot during the years of inflation and that same box is sadly a lot more now, so I have dropped back down to just the large bag of mini ones.

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        It’s not as bad if you go to Sam’s Club or whichever warehouse store is near you. I can pick up a box of 30 full-size bars for less than $30 there.

        And I never get 30 kids.

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        2 bucks each, that’s like half a gallon of gas

        Try two Aussie dollars not even getting you a litre (0.2 gallons). I ain’t giving out solid easter bunnies with those prices!

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    I was concerned that the house looked too fancy and maybe Walz is rich, but it turns out that it’s a Governor’s House and thus a state-owned property that he’s allowed to live in. He’s actually no longer living there, and now renting a home. His net worth is estimated to be around $150k.

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    When I was a kid this was the picture we were used to see from the states in movies. Hope it goes back to that asap.

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      Halloween isn’t as big as it used to be, imo. My neighbor and I are both really into it though so we go harder than most. I’ve made a couple kids cry with my decorations which I consider a success, lol. Gotta earn that candy, kid!

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    Walz is a great guy all around and it’s really motivating as a voter to see him up there.

    Not only is he a fantastic politician in regards to how he interacts with his constituents but he’s incredibly liberal in regards to our countries politics. I feel like he’s going to be a huge turning point for a lot of people, changing voting from “Can’t let Trump get in” to “Maybe this country can actually improve.”

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    Ok who cares? This is about as dumb as the “I could drink a beer with him” voters. It doesn’t matter if he gives out full sized candy bars, giant toblerones or oranges for trick or treat. His house could be the best house on the block during Halloween and he could be the most evilest politician those things aren’t mutually exclusive. Show what he did as governor to convince people to vote for him and Harris.

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      Why not both. We’ve been doing both. It’s important to humanize them aas well and show what their accomplishment are.

      You could have said ‘not only is this image true but he also protected women’s reproductive rights with the Pro act, trans rights with the Trans Refuge act, his gun safety measures which provided funding for violence prevention programs, expanded background checks, etc. Free lunches for all kids, voting rights for convicted felons, drivers licenses for undocumented people, paid family and medical leave by 2026, made weed legal’.

      Instead you chose to just be negative, go off king I guess.

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      Because a huge segment of voters have proven they don’t vote based on boring facts of merit, but by psychological reactions based around how they visualize politicians as friends.

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      I get your point and agree with it to an extent, but I’d argue that being a good neighbor is a good thing in a politician. Sure, you can be a total asshole and do an excellent job as governor or president or whatever, but being a nice person is kinda helpful.

      By all means, lead with the important bits (which for the record I have looked into and mostly like) and include this on page 12, but that doesn’t mean it’s worthless.

      EDIT: Apparently he was governor in 2019 so it is a little different than him just being a good neighbor, but I think my point still stands. It’s a hell of a lot better news than “Old orange fascist quotes Hitler again”

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    I mean he was governor in 2019 it wasn’t like he’s such a good guy that he did it when no one was watching.

    He is such a good guy that he might have done it when no one was watching but this isn’t evidence of that.

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    When he sent in the national guard to crush the BLM protests in Minnesota i bet they had full sized candy bars and hot chockies too, yay!

    This ghoul wont make me vote for the dems

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        I literally can’t vote you dork, enjoy inhaling your own farts you smug muppet. And maybe youre missing the part where he literally called in the army to put down protests??

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          Are you missing the part about the rapist dictator marching people into concentration camps? None of your insults will change Project 2025.

          Also, you talked about how you won’t vote for Democrats.

          This ghoul wont make me vote for the dems

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            Says candidate won’t sway them to vote dem, then says they can’t vote. Bot, or another ML tankie who really wants fascism, full blown.

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          This ghoul wont make me vote for the dems

          I literally can’t vote you dork

          Then why bring up that he won’t make you vote for the dems?

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            No kidding. I swear half the commenters from .ml are fighting over a single brain cell