Twentytwodividedby7
@Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world
- Comment on Trump federally renames Alaska's Mt. Denali to mount mckinley, despite the objections from everyone who actually lives there 2 months ago:
Well, your state still decided to guzzle his balls anyway. And seriously? Of all the shit, THIS was the one? Not the LGBT discrimination, the blanket pardon of ALL the J6 traitors, the attempted removal of birthright citizenship, the mass deportation orders…I could go on…but the name of something impacts NO ONE. Sorry, but this is like #999 on the priority list
- Comment on Trump federally renames Alaska's Mt. Denali to mount mckinley, despite the objections from everyone who actually lives there 2 months ago:
Apparently not enough to vote for someone else…
- Comment on Magnus Carlsen: Chess champion quits FIDE tournament after being told to change jeans 3 months ago:
Sometimes a simple mistake leads to an act of disobedience that shines a light on the foolishness of the rule in question. This is one of those times. A dress code like this is also a way of gatekeeping players that may not have the means to meet the dress code.
I’m not suggesting they need to scrap the level of decorum entirely, but allowing for modern interpretations of business attire is reasonable.
Also, he offered to correct the faux pas the next day of the tournament, and they refused. The article mentioned they also forced someone to leave to change their shoes - which was also ridiculous. Magnus just has enough clout to stand up to this. I wouldn’t be surprised if they amended the rule.
- Comment on Magnus Carlsen: Chess champion quits FIDE tournament after being told to change jeans 3 months ago:
It’s a bigger blunder for FIDE…they get headlines now that they kicked possibly the current most famous player in chess over a dress code violation that was not in the least distracting to other players.
He didn’t show up in a T-shirt and jeans, he wore a blazer and a collared shirt.
They just look follish for digging their heels in
- Comment on Elon Musk’s legally problematic $1 million voter giveaway 5 months ago:
I just heard an NPR piece about an organization that helps people get lower rate mortgages spark controversy over requiring members to vote to retain membership. Someone opposed to that said it may be in violation of federal election law because it would deprive people of a rate discount for not voting, which could be seen as paying for votes.
Meanwhile, this is about as blatantly illegal as it could be