You know, I heard a rumor that AOC should run for president as an independent party, because she’d never make it through the Democratic primaries, but that would be a terrible idea, because it would split the party. Let’s say 50% of the country is Democratic and 50% is Republican; if the Democratic vote gets split 25% for the Democrat candidate and 25% for AOC, but the Republican vote stays 50% for their candidate, then the Republicans win in a landslide. I have a feeling that this is why the two-party system is so ingrained into our politics.

But if the Republicans also split their party into MAGA and non-MAGA Republicans at the same time, then that election becomes somewhat balanced again, and probably closer to what the founding fathers actually intended. Granted, Elon isn’t calling for a new party for a presidential election, just to stop this bill, but still, it’d be interesting to see an election with four viable candidates rather than two.

For me, it’s “Does this have a practical function?”, and if no, then “Would I evacuate with this in a disaster?”

With the leisurely pace, I wonder if some of the employees had organized a quiet-quitting strike or something.

Reminds me of the time I pulled up to a Del Taco, and it took so long for someone to take my order that I thought the intercom might be broken and I was about to pull forward. I don’t remember how long I waited in line, but it was foreeeever. When I finally got to the window, I discovered why: There was one guy working in the whole restaurant. ONE. He’d take an order, then leave and go to the back to make the food himself, leaving no one to take orders or payments at either the drive-through window or the inside counter.

I felt so bad for him, his day must have been awful.