I came to Reddit right at the tail end of their do-gooder phase, and just got to watch it quickly collapse into a contest of who could make the same joke first, and then the pages and pages of attempts at one-upsmanship after that. You used to click on the comments to get more information, and as the years went by the lower that information sunk into a mud pit of poor puns.

And the bots are posting stories, so you literally have a lifeless machine picking fights with people

I hate ass kissers, you’re fired

Now, ask yourself if I give a single solitary fuck what some edgelord on the internet thinks

Your nihilism is tedious, even though it may be fashionable

It clicks anew for people every single day, my brothers and sisters

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is a real thing

…Two at once? 🤨

without clear evidence

So you’ve read the forensic reports?

and we can thank Trump for emboldening this toxic nonsense

At least the first time around he had appointees with actual government experience. This time it’s all low wattage knuckle dragging sycophants drawn from the storied ranks of podcasters, bloggers and pundits

Or best case, even. ;)

He’s got the tools. He’s got the talent.

I posted this yesterday, but here you go

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/texans-say-voting-machines-are-flipping-selections-to-the-other-party

The “user error” explanation given was complete bullshit. When you voted straight party, that was it. There was no way for the voter to accidentally switch the senatorial vote after that. You’d have to be very deliberate to pull that off. And it has nothing to do with “rendering”.

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/10/26/texas-voting-machines-2018-straight-ticket-midterm-elections/

The Texas Tribune took the SoS’s statement as gospel. But the SoS was the fox guarding the henhouse.

Might want to read up on Ann Richards, for one.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/texans-say-voting-machines-are-flipping-selections-to-the-other-party

The “user error” explanation given was complete bullshit. When you voted straight party, that was it. There was no way for the voter to accidentally switch the senatorial vote after that. You’d have to be very deliberate to pull that off. And it has nothing to do with “rendering”.

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/10/26/texas-voting-machines-2018-straight-ticket-midterm-elections/

The Texas Tribune took the SoS’s statement as gospel. But the SoS was the fox guarding the henhouse.

Lady I know from Twitter posted it on there, and took it in Harris County.

And I don’t know why you’re so concerned about its veracity; the issue was widely reported on in Texas during the 2018 election. Search for that election and the phrase “vote flipping” and you should find out all you need to know-- well, at least all that Texas election officials were willing to admit to.

The same thing happened in Cruz’s 2012 election-- same voting machine manufacturer, too-- although it was more widely reported on in 2018. They’ve cheated for him twice now.

I’ve said it before, his incompetence is his only saving grace

I’ve seen maybe two other images of the “Party = D, Senator = Cruz” ballot “error”, but that’s the only one I saved (also because I know who took it).

When I went back to see what had come from the “investigation”, my heart just sank when I saw that the press had simply swallowed the line given to them by the Abbott-appointed Texas Secretary of State: “oops, no big deal”.

Yes, that’s right! I’d actually forgotten about that. I was never in the habit of voting straight party anyway, because once upon a time I would actually vote for Republicans if they were the only ones in their respective races. I figured the guy earned my vote for at least being the only person willing to do the job.

Not anymore. They can burn in hell.

And they have made further repeals of environmental protective laws here in recent years, courting the likes of SpaceX and AI data centers