[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The implementation is usually the issue. If white people/wealthy don't need to show documentation, for instance. Or they only check areas that are known democrat (or known Republican). And, at the end of the day, many people can't necessarily prove it, and the government does not guarantee free/quick access to citizenship documents, so it disproportionately affects poorer people.

Imagine if they changed this law 2 weeks before an election, and your birth certificate is in Clark county Texas while you live in Florida. It is a very easy way to disenfranchise voters and skew election results.

Eta: there's also no robust evidence that there is almost any voter fraud, much less wide spread. Especially around citizenship. Why risk deportation/prison to vote? So this probably won't solve a problem that doesn't exist, and will create "unintended" consequences for legitimate voters.

[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 weeks ago

Not always

Ships absolutely practice turning everything off.

[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 weeks ago

Except when you're walking on a road, you should walk on the opposite side of vehicle traffic.

[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 91 points 1 month ago

They also don't want to test the legality of forced arbitration on something like this, where precedent against it might be set.

[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 month ago

Historically the VP has been one of the weakest political positions when it comes to actual power or ability to effect change. Just depends on how much the cabinet/president listen to you.

[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago

My MILs computer literally takes about 10-20 minutes to boot up. When I told her I'd help her upgrade it, she said she's fine with it. She turns it on and then does a load of laundry while she waits. It's painful.

[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago

Having a credit card is still generally considered good.

[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 43 points 2 months ago

Well, federal officials are already forbidden from accepting gifts/anything valued more than $25 in one instance, and no more than $100 a year from any one group or person. Enforcing that seems like a good place to start.

[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 19 points 6 months ago

Or other Android ROMS that help distance you from Google, like GrapheneOS or LineageOS.

[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 months ago

This law isn't about ministers or priests or anything. Those people already aren't forced to marry anyone that's against their conscious. This is about public officials, people that are hired and usually take an oath to uphold the law, the law that says gay people can marry. What if a public official refused to register someone to vote or to get a driver's license because they were black or a woman and that was against their beliefs? At that point, if those are your beliefs, maybe you need to quit that job.

[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 22 points 7 months ago

"What's a few words changed here and there among friends?" - Ruin, probably.

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