“Did it not matter when someone from the left did something similar to Trump?”

So? Even if it was just “low rung edgelord shit posting,” that’s nowhere near acceptable to do to a coworker.

“He may have a genuine defense”

No, it wasn’t. This idea that “It’s a joke, bro!” is an excuse for being a despicable person needs to stop. He sent out a video clip depicting him violently killing one of his work colleagues. I know if I sent something like that in the company Slack, I’d be extremely lucky to only get a stern talking to and removal…

The worst part of all this NFT bullshit (well, aside from the environmental destruction and money laundering), is how shitty all of these images look. Like, if some artist, instead of just showing their work at a gallery, put their collection of different paintings up for sale as NFTs, that’d be one thing. But every…

“Like Jan 6th is blown so out of proportion.”

You’re gonna have to cite sources on that one. Again, all one has to do is live in a state where housing costs are really high, and own a house. Property tax and income tax will likely do it. Also, the entire reason the SALT cap was put in was to punish people living in Blue States.

That’s the thing: It’s NOT a joke. Accepting that excuse for their behavior simply emboldens them to go further, and further, and further, until you get another Jan 6 event.

Not really. Most of the states this would affect (California, New York) subsidize the lower tax states. Even with allowing higher SALT deductions, they still send more in federal taxes than they receive back.

Not really. You mainly need to live in a high cost of living area. Buying a house in California, where housing costs are astronomical, and then having property taxes on that, could easily bring you afoul of the $10k cap.

No, repealing the State and Local Taxes deduction caps means that people who live in places like New York and California aren’t getting double taxed. One doesn’t have to be “wealthy” to have high income/property taxes.

Sure, the law is applicable to both the rich and poor in the same way that laws banning sleeping under bridges or begging in the street is also applicable to both rich and poor.

And by message, with this specifically, you mean, “Kill Democrats.”

It clearly was NOT meant to be funny. I’m really, really fucking sick and tired of Republicans being treated with kid gloves because “it’s a joke”.

See, that was a Democrat, and a woman, talking about a Republican. Completely different. CNN can’t make a stink about a Republican killing a Democrat.

The stock market is not “all made up,” but it is far more feelings than facts.

Aside from the blockchain responses, they’re making it sound like these would actually affect the game. As in, you could pay to win your NFT, so that you always win (until the publisher puts out a more powerful NFT, but they sold you the most powerful one ever, so they would never do that, right?)

Ok, lets say I had the NFT of Super Mario, and because of that, I could never lose. 1). Wouldn’t that get boring after a while? 2). Why would anyone else play against me, if they know they’re instantly going to lose?

Because it is true. NFTs destroy the environment for no tangible benefit whatsoever.

How does Blockchain help in any way with that? You already can prove randomness with a regular random number generator with decent certainty; most of the slot machines in Vegas have their RNG in software, and the Nevada Gaming Commission requires regular auditing of those algorithms.