mikezeman

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[–] mikezeman@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is 2025, and we are talking about an election that is happening in 2028. The primary isn't even on most people's radar. If we can't criticize candidates now, precisely when is it appropriate to level criticism at politicians?????

[–] mikezeman@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

This is the first time I've seen or heard the phrase "pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will." I quite like that, thank you for exposing me to it.

[–] mikezeman@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would love to see what the discourse would've looked like if they had the internet back then.

[–] mikezeman@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

Thanks for teaching me something new!

Also your username is very apt for this thread.

[–] mikezeman@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago

Could you elaborate? I'm a music teacher and it checks out to me.

C4 up a 5th is G4, then up a fourth is C5. C4 to C5 is an octave.

Two octaves is a 15th. In music when the composer wants you play up an octave, they write (typically) 8va. When they want you to play up two octaves, they write (typically) 15va.

[–] mikezeman@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The article says Adams is running as an independent, and that Cuomo has the option and is looking into it! It's not decided.

[–] mikezeman@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago

Your first conversation with someone is the time that it is least embarrassing to ask their name again - I always make a point to go over names multiple times in the first conversation and just re ask names if I've forgotten any.

[–] mikezeman@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

This is so cool, happy birthday lemmy.zip!