• gustofwind@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    22 hours ago

    Funny that NJ is often called a purple state (for a few very good reasons) but the state legislature is basically 2:1 democrat to Republican

    I’m not sure how you’re getting downvoted, I think people are just determined to be wrong

    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      22 hours ago

      Sometimes when I get upvoted on here (and got upvoted back on Reddit), I feel compelled to ask myself if it’s because I’ve made a cogent point or if it’s because I said something that people want to be true authoritatively enough and got lucky with the upvote ratio early on. It’s frustrating sometimes, and I don’t really know what to do about it.

      • gustofwind@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        20 hours ago

        I miss forums and such where votes didn’t exist and you simply commented or not

        But I do understand how when too many people begin using the thing votes clear up a lot the message boards that would otherwise just be agreement and whatnot

        To your point: it’s always a new and random mix of both making a good point and saying what people want to hear. Just gotta not really care