DKonversation: Let's talk about Olympic memories

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Saturday July 24, 2021 · 1:10 PM PDT

2021/07/24 · 13:10

the DKonversation: Something to talk about

Today’s questions:

What are your favorite Olympic memories?
Are they the same highlights everyone remembers, or special only to you?

The Opening Ceremonies for the Tokyo Olympics were televised twice Friday, and I missed them both times. While I’ve been following some stories of athletes unable to compete for various reasons—from illness to disqualification to logistical snafus—I otherwise haven’t felt deeply connected to this year’s event.

I’ve run into a few people who are really excited about the Olympics, though, and the urge to reminisce about past Games keeps coming up everywhere: on social media, in public conversations with strangers, and around the watercooler at the office.

So let’s share our favorite Olympic memories!

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Thursday June 10, 2021 · 4:29 PM PDT

2021/06/10 · 16:29

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - APRIL 07: Voters wait in line at a polling place at Riverside University High School on April 07, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The voters waited sometimes more than two hours at the school, one of the few polling places open in the city after most were consolidated due to a shortage of poll workers fearful of contracting COVID-19. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

the DKonversation: Something to talk about

Today’s questions:

Is it stupid to vote against your own best interests?
Have you ever done it?

Recently I stumbled across a video with this title: “Disagreement without the Disrespect: Exposing Liberal Hypocrisy and Conservative Closed-Mindedness.”

Bothsides-ism makes me want to tear out what is left of my hair, but I watched the video anyway, just to see if the narrator, Van Jones, would say anything new or useful.

The video makes masterful use of the language of conservative appeasement. Anyone interested in learning ways to talk to conservatives in a way that will not trigger them should study this video closely.

The argument from the video I offer for discussion is the part about whether progressives vote against their best interests in the same way that we often accuse conservatives of doing.

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Thursday May 27, 2021 · 3:56 PM PDT

2021/05/27 · 15:56

the DKonversation: Something to talk about

Today’s questions:

“Democrats need to fight!” What does that mean to you?
Which Democrats need to fight? What exactly do you want them to do?

People who expected more from Biden’s first four months in office are increasingly frustrated by the stalemate in Congress. Every day, they express their anger and concern in blog posts and newspapers, in beauty parlors and barber shops, on Twitter and on television. Everywhere the topic of politics arises.

Some complain elected officials aren’t doing enough with what the resources they have and insist that Dems should fight!

Others are already taking a despairing or cynical tone, stating bluntly that Dems “never fight” or “won’t fight” or “don’t know how to fight.”

If you could snap your fingers and wake up tomorrow with the Democratic Party fighting in the way that would give you the most encouragement and hope, what exactly would that look like?

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Thursday May 20, 2021 · 9:45 AM PDT

2021/05/20 · 09:45

LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND - FEBRUARY 20: Revellers in extraterrestrial costumes celebrate during the carnival parade (Fritschi Umzug) on February 20, 2020 in Lucerne, Switzerland. Lucerne Carnival (Fasnacht) will be held in Lucerne February 20 - 24. It is the biggest event in Central Switzerland, taking place annually in February or March. (Photo by Ronald Patrick/Getty Images) — Revelers in extraterrestrial costumes celebrate during the carnival parade (Fritschi Umzug) on February 20, 2020 in Lucerne, Switzerland.

the DKonversation: Something to talk about

Today’s questions:

If extraterrestrials landed tomorrow and you were designated to pick one person to represent all of humanity, whom would you choose?
What if you were allowed to send a team of three? Or five?
What if your selection only had to represent the United States?

This is a thought experiment I saw on social media, brought here for DK members to discuss.

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Thursday April 29, 2021 · 4:30 PM PDT

2021/04/29 · 16:30

The DKonversation: Something to talk about

Today’s question:

Can you write funny/snarky/quirky captions to these pictures?

Comedy is one of the most important areas where the Blue Team has always had a clear advantage over our political opponents.

Since I am not blessed with the gift of comedy, I appreciate it all the more when I see someone else doing it well. “Caption this” photo threads are all over the place today, so I thought DK could join in the fun.

I have to leave the serious responses to last night’s speech for others to write. After all the intense news of the past few days, I’d rather try to lighten the mood a little.

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Monday April 26, 2021 · 1:35 PM PDT

2021/04/26 · 13:35

The DKonversation: Something to talk about

Today’s question:

Did you watch the Oscars?

Most of the award shows in the past year were total snoozefests that felt like the interminable Zoom meetings so many of us have come to dread. In stark contrast, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences went to a lot of trouble to create a live show with a live audience.

As a result, I watched the entire Oscars telecast from first minute to last for the first time in many years.

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Thursday March 25, 2021 · 2:19 PM PDT

2021/03/25 · 14:19

The DKonversation: Something to talk about

Today’s question:

Were the last 12 months a “Lost Year” because of the pandemic?

It’s been a year since pandemic closings turned the world upside down and everything about our lives changed.

Students from kindergarten to graduate school were suddenly taking classes at home. Lots of office jobs became telecommutes. Live music venues from the smallest coffeehouses to the largest concert arenas were closed. Live theatrical performances were cancelled from community playhouses to Broadway. Bars, restaurants, and other social hangouts shut down. Weddings, funerals, graduations and other public gatherings were made much smaller, or happened over Zoom, or didn’t happen at all. Even professional sports went off the air for awhile.

Not everyone had extra hours to fill. Delivery jobs and ride-sharing services worked overtime. First responders, medical professionals, and other front-line workers pushed themselves into a state of exhaustion.

Most of the rest of us found ourselves with extra time on our hands this past year.

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What did you do with your extra time in the last year?

1157 votes Vote Now!

What did you do with your extra time in the last year?

I was an essential worker. I didn't have extra time.

175 votes

It was a lost year, I kept my head above water and not much else.

391 votes

I dabbled here and there, tried a few new things.

192 votes

I took up something I always wanted time to do.

67 votes

I completed a major project I could not have done under normal circumstances.

104 votes

I ate pie.

132 votes

Other (explain in comments)

96 votes

Vaccine roll call! What's your plan? (With poll)

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Wednesday March 17, 2021 · 11:19 AM PDT

2021/03/17 · 11:19

The DKonversation: Something to talk about

Today’s questions:

Have you been vaccinated?
If not, what’s your plan?

Last weekend the U.S. crossed an important threshold: 100 million doses of vaccine administered. As a sign of hope, media captions and chyrons were switched from showing the death rate to the vaccination rate. “Shots in arms” is the statistic that matters most as we rush to stay ahead of new variants and avoid the third waves happening in other countries.

On Saturday I played my small part in reaching this vaccination milestone: I got a shot of Moderna at a pop-up clinic in Boston!

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Vaccine roll call POLL

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Vaccine roll call POLL

Not vaccinated and not planning to be

29 votes

Not vaccinated but will be when it is available/my turn

996 votes

Eligible now but hesitating

19 votes

Have had one shot and am waiting for the second

1293 votes

Have had both shots of Pfizer or Moderna so I'm fully vaccinated

1231 votes

Have had one shot of Johnson & Johnson so I'm fully vaccinated

93 votes

Other (explain in comments)

54 votes

What do you think CPAC stands for? Wrong answers only, please!

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Wednesday March 10, 2021 · 12:13 PM PST

2021/03/10 · 12:13

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the DKonversation: Something to talk about

Today’s questions:

What do you think CPAC stands for? Wrong answers only, please!
Are you on Twitter? If not, why?

A lot of people in the Daily Kos Community are not on Twitter, and I can’t say I blame them. I understand; I myself stayed off it for a long time. So I thought we could bring some of that fun here for those of you who “don’t do Twitter” to enjoy.

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Were the last 12 months a 'lost year' for you because of the pandemic?

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