Aren’t donkeys notoriously rebellious?

I mean, if you’re doing a full weekend of activities with friends those beers could be spaced out far enough that you’re never more than slightly buzzed (small cans, <5%ABV). But yeah, if it’s a regular thing, it’s not a great look.

There’s no accounting for taste, famously

That’s what the Cybertrucks were for all along

They don’t tend to die of natural causes while in power though, right?

Fair enough, by “left” I really mean anyone not subscribed to the Qanon death cult in charge.

Who’s hypocrisy then? Do you mean that it’s – completely pointlessly – pointing out Trump voters’ hypocrisy? Sure reads like an argument aimed at other than Trumpists that were critical of Biden’s candidacy, though.

I think it’s complete nonsense that a president (or any person) will not be defined by being of an extremely high age. It’s not just about their health, though the risk that a very old person will be affected by diseases related to old age within a four year term obviously is high compared to the population in general.

Another particularly disturbing thing is that people that old are not accountable to death. They’re living on borrowed time and are not expected to live to see the long term consequences of their decisions. Biden was several year past the average life expectancy in the US when he left office (i.e. would have started his second term).

Age may not have been the main issue, but it – gerontocracy – for sure is an issue on its own. That there aren’t more prominent leaders that are younger and have strong popular support is surely more worrisome though.

I love that so many on the American left are still enthusiasticly defending the candidacy of an elderly man in rapid mental decline, who at the end of his (then) current term was set to be the oldest ever president, older than the four (4) (!!!) people that most recently held the office before him, out of which three served two consecutive terms, their combined terms totalling 28 years. At the time of the 2024 election, there were five living ex presidents in the US.

Nobody should have to explain how batshit fucking insane that is.

The hole the US is in wasn’t dug by people who weren’t motivated to vote for Biden or his unpopular ad hoc replacement. By the 2024 election it was plenty deep already, more than a decade in the making. Ceding ground in the vote might have been foolish, but would ultimately not have changed the trajectory. The sooner you realize things were already broken, maybe you can get to work fixing it.

Yeah, for sure. A lack of talented people is definitely not the limiting factor here. The Nissan Leaf DIY community is doing awesome things, for instance.

Not really going to happen, I think, battery warranties make up really big parts of EVs market value. You don’t want to do anything that could risk that.