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kmath >
<treelobsters> This is way beyond the salamander metaphor. We need a new name. Gerrytopus? Gerrythulhu?
https://t.co/iomTMOeW4z
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icefire >
"just vote them out of office"
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icefire >
" At least one clean and simple remedy"
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icefire >
get rid of FPTP
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icefire >
guess thats not very simple though
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UmbralRaptor >
Not really.
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icefire >
wouldn't this concept result in disproportionate representation
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icefire >
a state with majority living in a city in one area would get one representative. Then a whole bunch of farmers would each get theres
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UmbralRaptor >
In the present, it's more of the city people getting several reps that actually represent the farmers*
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UmbralRaptor >
*may not actually be farmers. For the purposes of this, Koch industries is considered farming.
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UmbralRaptor >
Well, for large cities. For mid sized ones on state lines, good luck!
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icefire >
looking at a current map, it looks like some of these have been changed a tiny bit
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icefire >
but its still hideous
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UmbralRaptor >
"luck will soon come your way" This fortune cookie seems overly optimistic.
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Iskierka >
it didn't specify good luck
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Iskierka >
can't be wrong no matter what happens
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Iskierka >
new fun term: "patriotic correctness" from the right
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Iskierka >
can't justify the colours but I would not be surprised if the cicle aspect is intentional to soften the angles to appear less aggressive. The eye cannot notice it's imperfect but does notice small-scale details like angles
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Iskierka >
though I may have said that but I'd posit the colours may be to balance it around the whitespace (and not have to debate the colour-crossing on the crossbar
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Iskierka >
the vertical space on the input bar is silly but it's also not what I see at all so