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luxtabula t1_j77gkff wrote
I was born in Jamaica, and have been back several times to visit family.
A lot of people don't know that Jamaica has tons of plants not native to the island due to it having a tropical biome closest to the UK. As a result, you can find plants there that would be located on the other side of the planet.
Breadfruit is a common delicacy in Jamaica. Usually is eaten for breakfast and fried. It has an almost potato like quality to it.
luxtabula t1_j7213t2 wrote
Reply to comment by rhubarbpitts in Former Governor Whitman Wants to Carry Her New Party 'Forward' - Insider NJ by FragWall
Ok we can say that about him and not vote for him.
But we eventually have to realize these are good ideas and they could help reform our incredibly broken system. It shouldn't be just him proposing it. None of our elected officials are pushing this. And part of the problem is we citizens have gotten used to things being broken.
Andrew Yang shouldn't be the only one seeing issues with the electoral system and trying to fix it. That's the problem. His Forward party puts pressure on our current candidates to consider this stuff or be primaried. Hopefully some of them start shifting.
luxtabula t1_j71z4ol wrote
Reply to comment by low_effort_shit-post in Former Governor Whitman Wants to Carry Her New Party 'Forward' - Insider NJ by FragWall
You realize you're just parroting all of my points, correct?
Besides this district currently is safe for the representative, so having more people beside me making them aware of it combined with an actual spoiler candidate could make them adopt the ideas.
luxtabula t1_j71xmb3 wrote
Reply to comment by low_effort_shit-post in Former Governor Whitman Wants to Carry Her New Party 'Forward' - Insider NJ by FragWall
I did. They're not interested in it at all.
luxtabula t1_j71xb54 wrote
Reply to comment by low_effort_shit-post in Former Governor Whitman Wants to Carry Her New Party 'Forward' - Insider NJ by FragWall
How are you supposed to get that in place if you're not elected?
Besides, we don't need him. I never see people taking the good ideas he has and repurposing them. He shouldn't be the only one running on ideas like this, and that's the main problem.
luxtabula t1_j71va3k wrote
Reply to comment by low_effort_shit-post in Former Governor Whitman Wants to Carry Her New Party 'Forward' - Insider NJ by FragWall
You can't split the vote if things like ranked choice voting and mixed member districts exist. Don't you see how what you're worried about is the real problem? Yang is a flawed candidate without a doubt, but those things are actual good ideas that more should consider.
luxtabula t1_j715ap9 wrote
I like a lot of what Andrew Yang is proposing. We as citizens need to consider options like ranked choice voting and possibly things like a mixed member district to help reform our incredibly flawed political system.
Even if you don't like the man, consider the ideas and try to propose them to our current representatives. We shouldn't live in a democracy where bribery is legalized in the form of donations, lobbyists have more influence than average citizens, and politicians pass bills and laws to help corporations, not your neighbors. It doesn't have to be two choices, and our current system can be reformed from the bottom up.
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luxtabula t1_iy3w3sq wrote
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luxtabula t1_iuhtiot wrote
Reply to comment by ComplexMoth in English speakers can probably understand a lot Latin by prince_t0n
Because English is not a Latin based language and most of the words and the way they're conjugated simply don't match up with standard English. I see the same thing with Spanish, French, and Portuguese speakers struggling with some Germanic words on first try.
luxtabula t1_iuhkxlw wrote
Big no on this one. Most of the loanwords are used for academic or industrial reasons, not for common conversation. They also have equivalent English words that get the point across better. English still is a Germanic language in every aspect and Latin is a huge curve.
luxtabula t1_it37knx wrote
Reply to It’s been fun, but can we please stop the NJ region posts? It’s getting a little old and it’s all I see in this feed now. by READlbetweenl
Sounds like someone that wants Central NJ to be a thing...
luxtabula t1_j9x74vp wrote
Reply to Windows 10 users are being offered a Windows 11 upgrade despite not meeting the requirements by GOR098
Windows 11 didn't make any sense on rollout. Having it dependent on TPM 2.0 just seemed arbitrary. They should have continued with keeping windows 10 as the final version of windows and quietly added a TPM requirements when enough machines had it.