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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • Good thing is that this doesn’t really get to be an opinion. Well, I guess anything can be an opinion, but this one is objectively wrong if you differentiate them.

    There have been several studies done on this, and brain scans show that physically reading with your eyes and listening to an audiobook trigger the exact same responses in the brain. They have the exact same effect, and your brain comprehends them the exact same.

    Studies back in the 80s showed a direct correlation in listening comprehension and reading comprehension. They’re directly linked. In the 70s, studies showed that college students that listened to a short story could summarize it with equal accuracy to those that read it.

    The science is pretty clear, physically reading a story and listening to it are the exact same and require the same amount of effort and attention to walk away with a good comprehension of the material.













  • You’re wrong, but for a different reason.

    Being on recess isn’t the issue. They should be on recess and working in their districts more often than they are actually in session in DC. They ideally shouldn’t be in session that much at all. Their primary role is being at home in their district working with their constituents and that’s where the vast majority of work is intended to take place.

    Not working while on recess is a completely different issue, and that’s up the constituents to enforce via voting. Plenty of representatives and senators are actively working in their districts when on recess, like they should be. Those that aren’t should be voted out by their constituents. If the constituents keep voting them in, they’re openly saying that’s the representation they want. And that’s on them.


  • You have a fundamental misunderstanding of how Congress works.

    Time spent in DC is supposed to be the smallest part of their job. Recess isn’t vacation for them, if they’re doing it right. Recess is when they actually do the job of representation. They’re supposed to be spending time in their districts holding town halls, having open office hours, and working with local groups on issues that need to be brought up when they are in session.

    They should be spending more time with their constituents than in DC. Spending time with constituents is the most fundamental job function of a representative.

    A lot don’t do that though, and that’s on their idiot constituents for continually voting them in and not holding them accountable.



  • There’s a difference between “has connected features” and “REQUIRES connected features” though. Again, you’re making a false equivalency.

    Yes, pretty much every new vehicle has some sort of connectivity, and almost all have some sort of paid subscription to use those connected features in the app.

    That’s entirely different than requiring you to have a subscription and use the app. Most new cars do NOT do that. They still have all the basic functionality without using the connected features, and the features are literally extra features so you can do things outside of the range of the fob, or add some extra things that the fob can’t do.