Probably both. Concrete and other very rigid structures are more likely to break. Wood buildings sway and are known to survive earthquakes. Source: we had a big one in AK a few years back and a friend was our town building inspector. He said my home was likely safer than a newer concrete construction because it was wood.

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Obama was a better president, he just couldn't get anything done.

He's a billion times better than Sweet potato Hitler, and Biden wasn't the best person, but he was better than Sweet potato Hitler.

I'd rather have had Gore as president, but comparing bush the lesser with 45 and Biden, he was objectively a better president. Which really isn't saying much.

I'm 39 and this makes me feel better about my 9 minute times lol

I was surprised when it looked like it stood straight up.

What a fuck all day that turned out to be.

The irony of this comment.

I mean, current POTUS is in good shape, he's just old.

I wouldn't disagree with anything you've said.

I can't say for sure, but the "why" of the poorest states voting majority for the rich man's party is because those states don't see themselves as poor Laborers, they consider themselves "future millionaires" and vote accordingly.

I think you've got the arrangement of the dynamic backwards. Red states are some of the poorest in the union. I suspect that the reason why so much of the wealthy elite are conservative is a combination of...

1. The republican party is practically specifically geared towards policies that benefit the rich, obfuscated by social policies that revolve around things the voters are angry about.

2. Those least concerned with equity, empathy, and fairness are those most likely to pursue extreme wealth - and to acquire it (via variously unethical means).

I also think that having wealth also inspires people towards paranoia and fear, as they've now compartmentalized themselves from the masses and/or recognize the disparity (subconsciously or otherwise).

Like another commenter pointed out, democrats raised more money than republicans during that period of time (if you ignore the big-big contributions).

That being said, I deeply agree with you that democrats are the 'default party' and that there is no liberal party.

(Which is why I like to say that republicans/democrats are the offensive and defense lines of the elite respectively.)

If the 250 kWh battery is charged from a 120V, 15A circuit, it will still take about six days, assuming best-case efficiencies.

i'm giggling like a 5th grader who's teacher just said "duty"

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Nothing wrong with short shorts

Hey, you're both right!

Which was originally really not true. He's always been quite intelligent.

Thanks! I actually didn’t know it was a dragonfly larva but my co-instructor (I filmed this at a field ecology course that I teach every summer) knew it and recognized that it was about to emerge. It took about 45 minutes.

He was a damn impressive mountain biker as well.

He didn’t forget. He was 4 years old at the time. He never had the opportunity to remember.

Did NOT expect a Dana Carvey subreference today.

Democrats are more the "default party" not necessarily liberal.

If anything I would consider the US has two conservative parties and zero labor parties.

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I'd bet people becoming more liberal than age stems from a) a more polarized electorate and b) what it means to be liberal being expanded.

Seriously? You'd rather have a fucking war criminal? How did you fools forget our economy very nearly collapsing completely in 2008, being lied into a war against Iraq, the ineptly run invasion of Afghanistan, Abu Ghraib, Gitmo, CIA black sites, Katrina, the Patriot Act, Valerie Plame, the Harriet Miers nomination, the dirty campaigning against McCain and Kerry, his tax cuts for the wealthy, etc...

To an extent - more money from the top 300 richest zip codes in 2013–14 went to Democrats than Republicans, by a significant but not overwhelming margin, if you set aside those contributions over $1 million made by wealthy individuals to their own campaigns.

This could be because the big four metro areas of in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. have the highest concentration of the 300 richest zip codes. The top 5% of the people living in those zip codes contribute to Democrats twice as much as they do to Republicans.