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Oh god oh god don't! No weaponization shall happen here! Haven't you heard of the phrase grammar Nazi? Give em an effective method of killing and we'll find ourselves dropping like flies due to the usage of data as a singular noun and the subtleties of who and whom.

Well, I sighted Karkat in the mirror. Though he didn't look too good.

I have to dispute this because your ears aren't bleeding and you aren't in a homoerotically awkward situation as far as I can tell. OH I get it. Go make people's ears bleed and be in homoerotically awkward situations.

I'm not arguing that it would have severe effects and pull power away from places where issues are prevalent, but I just can't see the reason why moving to another state should make my vote count ten times what it does now. On top of that, the current system can make a mountain out of a molehill so to speak, as it emphasizes issues important to certain battlegrounds while potentially ignoring things that other people care about. If a battleground state develops a large tea party presence for example, suddenly the ideology of that group expands to not only affect the state in which it developed, but now can potentially influence the policies of the president who is supposed to represent the people. If you have a radical group in a handful of states then it should affect that state's government as well as the legislators that that state elects, it should never overshadow the representation of all citizens just because it has a vocal, politically active base.

Essentially let the president worry about his electorate equally and let Congress worry about their electorate equally. Of course I'm oversimplifying everything as is usually the case with arguments of this scope, but one (wo)man, one vote has always seemed rational to me.

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The amount of campaigning that would happen in California alone if they made that change is staggering.

For example, back in 2008 Obama got ~8 million votes and McCain got ~5 million. Both of those numbers are higher than a lot of state's total populations, let alone voting populations.

Only 12 states have 8 million or more, and only 22 have 5 million or more. If you then cut that down to people eligible to vote, the impact California alone would have on the election process would be incredible.

Add the other 3 largest states to the mix and you'd see a very different distribution of time and money by campaigns.

Is that really any worse than campaigns focusing most of their effort on Ohio and Florida? It seems like things would remain roughly similar on the campaign front, with the main difference being the states that are visited rather than the variety of the visits. Of course Rhode Island might see a bit less in the way of campaigns, but who is to say that the greater number of people shouldn't be the focused on?

Yeah, if she goes back longer than there's been humans still looking like one, I'm going to be a bit disappointed. I mean, retroactive godhood is cool and all, but she's no Vivec.

Well hopefully she can't be killed by getting shitfaced on Sujamma and wildly swinging a weapon like he can (could?), but maybe this retroactive godhood thing isn't all that applicable since she keeps a low profile about it.

At the very least it stops people from thinking about Christmas. I love presents, lights, decorations, and ham as much as anyone, but people this year are showing their "holiday cheer" before Halloween, when normally you're supposed to wait until after Thanksgiving. I just MAY need to take a BB gun to some inflatable reindeer.