Over the weekend, 17,000 people canceled their #WorldCup tickets
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From the way I understand it, ranked choice requires all candidates to get a vote, in order....
I can't *ONLY* vote for the candidates that I want in office, I *MUST* rank all the candidates in order of preference.
If my candidate doesn't win, then my "second choice" (which isn't someone I want in office) gets my vote.
This is not how I wish to vote.
@admin @benroyce I’ve already described ranked choice to you. Apparently you don’t want to believe how it works.
• Primarily it removes the spoiler effect, and allows you to vote for you really want and not worry about wasting your vote.
• it allows you to pick your green or ultra conservative candidate.
• but if your first choice fails to win, your second preference, the moderate can still prevail maybe.
That’s all I’ll say about it, accept it or not. -
Actually, I do...
Ranked Choice means that if the candidate I do like doesn't get enough votes, then the candidates I don't like can "steal" my vote.
Now, tell me, why would I want a candidate that I don't want in office (which describes the last 8 elections - or more - in the US for me) to be able to count my vote for them, rather than for the candidate for which I wish to vote?
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@admin @benroyce I’ve already described ranked choice to you. Apparently you don’t want to believe how it works.
• Primarily it removes the spoiler effect, and allows you to vote for you really want and not worry about wasting your vote.
• it allows you to pick your green or ultra conservative candidate.
• but if your first choice fails to win, your second preference, the moderate can still prevail maybe.
That’s all I’ll say about it, accept it or not. -
i don't think canadians are ceasing to come because i got on social media and said the usa sucks
i do think canadians are ceasing to come because an orange turd got on social media and threatened to annex them
the question is why the orange turd can do that
and the answer is because enough couldn't be bothered to vote, and enough are ignorants who love bigotry, that he is in power
it's not anything we control anymore
we had control, and we blew it
we better vote next time
@benroyce @tuban_muzuru There were a couple of stories about Canadian tourists being detained & mistreated. My guess is they read more than the US public does.
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@tuban_muzuru @benroyce It’s my explanation about why foreigners should not be spending $$$ in the TSA. Ok, listen, if you’re alienated, the last thing you want is to be ruled by fascists. Some pragmatism is required, relative good vs bad, move in steps, you won’t find perfect, chose better.
@Huntn00 @tuban_muzuru @benroyce My "nuance" is that it is absolutely NOT SAFE for someone to visit the USA. Whether or not this financially hurts tourist business is, to me, entirely secondary to the more important safety considerations.
If we ever want tourists back, we need to make our country safe for them again, first.
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@NatureMC @benroyce @tuban_muzuru And we all wish we could get away.
@RiaResists I feel you. Unfortunately we have the same dangers for the next elections in several countries, fired by propaganda for the far-right coming from Putin and Trump at the same time.
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Over the weekend, 17,000 people canceled their #WorldCup tickets
#FIFA is holding an emergency meeting
Maybe they will give Agent Orange another pretty trophy? Maybe bigger, more gold... really sparkly? Will that fix the problem? (/s)
As an American: don't come here
Don't do business with the #USA
Until we clean this shit up. Mainly: we #vote #primaries #primaries2026 and get some real left candidates
https://www.ticketnews.com/2026/01/nearly-17000-fans-cancel-2026-world-cup-tickets-amid-boycott/
@benroyce, do you have links to more article about it?
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care to explain?
i checked out the site before posting
they are a reputable niche site devoted to ticketing news. headquartered in connecticut, founded in 2006
https://muckrack.com/media-outlet/ticketnews
but yes, fakery on social media is a problem in the world
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@benroyce, do you have links to more article about it?
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"Given that FIFA has a strict no cancellation policy on sold tickets for the World Cup, it is likely that the figure is reflective of people cancelling their participation in the in the third phase of ticket sales for the event – either the “random draw” selection process, or purchase via member organizations."
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@RiaResists I feel you. Unfortunately we have the same dangers for the next elections in several countries, fired by propaganda for the far-right coming from Putin and Trump at the same time.
@benroyce @tuban_muzuru@NatureMC @benroyce @tuban_muzuru
Half of America have been fighting this since day one.
Stupid Americans have contributed to the uprising of fascism around the world.
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@epilonious @benroyce @bazcook @ikuturso @lynfox It was a nice, even good slogan, but the problem is ultimately it only works in civil terms . When we cease to be civil, then destructive force requires counter force. The good slogans can return once civility returns. 🤔
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@Huntn00 @tuban_muzuru @benroyce My "nuance" is that it is absolutely NOT SAFE for someone to visit the USA. Whether or not this financially hurts tourist business is, to me, entirely secondary to the more important safety considerations.
If we ever want tourists back, we need to make our country safe for them again, first.
@isaackuo @tuban_muzuru @benroyce I absolutely agree. 40 years of right wing deterioration and general complacency resulted in not just the first, but the second Humpty train wreck. Some of us exist so far out of reality in Selfishville, it’s the equivalent of National Death Wish… “so I can get something more than you”, but die in the process.
But this is humanity more times than not, or so it can seem. 😔 -
@benroyce I meant some mainstream media, like #CNN, #NewYorkTimes, #BBC, #Guardian, etc. So far, none of these big news outlets have picked up the story, or have they? But if FIFA has an emergency meeting, I guess they would.
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@benroyce I meant some mainstream media, like #CNN, #NewYorkTimes, #BBC, #Guardian, etc. So far, none of these big news outlets have picked up the story, or have they? But if FIFA has an emergency meeting, I guess they would.
i guess so
i mean if the story is fake it's fake. and the source i linked to is toast. they've been around since 2006, they're a real outfit. so we'll see if their reputation goes to hell
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care to explain?
i checked out the site before posting
they are a reputable niche site devoted to ticketing news. headquartered in connecticut, founded in 2006
https://muckrack.com/media-outlet/ticketnews
but yes, fakery on social media is a problem in the world
@benroyce it links to https://en.royanews.tv/news/65690/Jordan-goes-through-to-Arab-Cup-semifinals-as-star-forward-suffers-ACL-tear as a source which says "Calls to boycott FIFA World Cup 2026 have intensified, with reports that around 16,800 people cancelled their tickets overnight." without actually naming any source for this claim. The FIFA emergency meeting is also completely unsourced. No one else mentions it aside from royanews which claims it's a Jordan news site.
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@NatureMC @benroyce @tuban_muzuru
Half of America have been fighting this since day one.
Stupid Americans have contributed to the uprising of fascism around the world.
They are unreachable & intentionally misinformed.@RiaResists Reality anecdote: Half of my family fled from Hitler already in 1923 (yes, the danger could have been seen then), some later ... to the USA. Some of them fought against the Nazis as US soldiers in Europe.
Their grand-children and later generations are horrible MAGA heads now. To this day, I still cannot comprehend this betrayal of their *own* history (and I've cut the contact).
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@benroyce it links to https://en.royanews.tv/news/65690/Jordan-goes-through-to-Arab-Cup-semifinals-as-star-forward-suffers-ACL-tear as a source which says "Calls to boycott FIFA World Cup 2026 have intensified, with reports that around 16,800 people cancelled their tickets overnight." without actually naming any source for this claim. The FIFA emergency meeting is also completely unsourced. No one else mentions it aside from royanews which claims it's a Jordan news site.
well then if this ticketnews outfit is reporting fake news their reputation is going to be toast
been around for 20 years. i guess they threw it all away?
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