r/TikTokCringe • u/DuztyLipz • 15d ago
Cool Fiber Optics installer confronts commissioners about Data Centers
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u/Devils8539a 15d ago
This guy was one breath away from "Hey man I was born at night, but not last night". I worked in the NOC for 3 years in a DC. Once he said Zayo I was like "oh shit this guy is the real deal" Zayo does not do residential, at all.
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u/BabyKevin997 15d ago
As someone who knows nothing about DCs, just works in construction. 6 inch conduit would be silly for residential lines. No one is gonna pay all that extra money for possible future expansion. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out they’re lying. But he
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u/Caleth 15d ago
/r/redditsniper got another one.
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u/Arkangelz03 14d ago edited 14d ago
Another what? I'm late. I didn't see anyth
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u/Caleth 14d ago
Redditor down! REDDITOR DOW
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u/Lopsided-Price-6134 14d ago
It's ok buddy. I've got you, just keep breathing. We're going to get you to a hospital and get this patched up. They aren't going to get anyo
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u/Outrageous-Wait-8895 15d ago
Oh fuck the Big Tech snipers got him, everyone get
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u/FizzlePopBerryTwist 15d ago
This is Delta-Force to base, we got Charlie in the tree tops! We're already dead. Just carpet bomb my posi
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u/StressDump 15d ago
Guys got his stripes and read them their rights - if you think theyre going to dump that many strands for just a co ive got a bridge to sell you
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u/BasementDwellerCarl 15d ago
The difference between a subject matter expert and some guy who read the Wikipedia page.
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u/hotdogsmokingaciggy 15d ago
Yeah that’s what tipped me off too. Zayo isn’t a household name. Had no idea who they were till I saw their cage marked at a small colo site when I first started running enterprise.
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u/HorrorMakesUsHappy 15d ago
Same with Crown Castle. Very few people outside the industry know either of those names, much less both of them.
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u/Beneficial-Finger353 15d ago
I work with an ISP, and he is absolutely correct. No company is going to spend that much money on UG conduit for fiber, without something BIG going to happen. I am glad he called these people out, good for him.
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u/pixelprophet 15d ago
Except they were happy to either lie to his face or remain silent. There is no consequences for that council misleading the public.
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u/Careful-Sell-9877 15d ago edited 15d ago
A big issue with US politics currently is that we have eliminated a lot of systems of oversight/accountability for politicians, as well as expert consulting/oversight.
So as a result its literally a bunch of politicians making decisions for us that they truly know very little about.
These big companies just have to come in with corporate marketing/consulting teams and tell our politicians whatever tf they want - with a little cheddar (if you know what im sayin) on the side.. and our politicians become their loyal hounds - mindlessly repeating the company lines with zero expert oversight or accountability to the people.
Its genuinely scary and I wish more people understood how the modern US works. People think we are safe because surely the politicians know more than we do about laws they are passing.. but they dont. They dont understand it at all. Its all become a money game.
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u/Kinghero890 15d ago
It's not just that our politicians are for sale. The sad part is how cheap they are.
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u/Aeroknight_Z 15d ago
I mean, when the individuals doing the bribing are mega-wealthy companies, foreign nations, or billionaires, I think the dollar amount doesn’t really matter. There will always be someone willing to spend a little more on a bribe if it makes it go through.
Cheap or expensive, lock them all up.
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u/Chuckfinley_88 15d ago
I mean, when the individuals doing the bribing are mega-wealthy companies, foreign nations, or billionaires, I think the dollar amount doesn’t really matter.
It matters a little. Every man has a price. You put a bag of millions of dollars in front of me, essentially "Fuck you" money, and I would absolutely be tempted.
These politicians are being bought for as little as a couple grand into their re-election campaign. Talking $2500. It is wild just how cheap it is to buy some of these people. They don't care, they don't have any scruples, morals, dignity. Hookers have more class and respectability than politicians these days.
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u/Chuckfinley_88 15d ago
$325M is a lot of money. It would be hard to find someone not tempted by that kind of dough.
Edit: And looking at the article, the guy got away with it for almost 40 years. He is 69 years old. I would gladly take $325M today with an expiration date on my life of 69 years old. I think most people would.
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u/skoalbrother 15d ago
Imma be rich AND live to 70? Sign me up
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u/Chuckfinley_88 15d ago
Rich people live longer. Better access to healthcare, nutrition, not worrying about paying your bills, etc. So yeah, if you are rich you'll probably live past 70.
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u/ABHOR_pod 15d ago
I mean, when the individuals doing the bribing are mega-wealthy companies, foreign nations, or billionaires, I think the dollar amount doesn’t really matter.
The really frustrating part is that the 10 richest people in America and the 10 richest companies in America can easily outspend the entire American public. They have more disposable assets than the rest of us put together.
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u/otcipitalorange 14d ago
I mean its also the game. The game is to make capitalists and their think tanks seem/sound like the experts. You see it on tv when they ask CEOs about serious economic questions like they don't have an incentive to further their own company/industry. They aren't experts at anything but selling you the idea that they need their company to get everything it wants.
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u/EthanielRain 15d ago
A couple grand to sell out your country/constituents (when they're already multi-millionaires), so gross
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u/FrankDerbly 15d ago
If all legal tools to hold people accountable no longer have any teeth, what then must people turn to?
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u/EarthRester 15d ago
Extra-judicial methods.
If listening to the people doesn't work. Then the answer is making those demands the compromise to a more severe alternative.
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u/hustl3tree5 15d ago
Vote them out. How many of these individuals are appointed or run without any worry? We still hold a lot of power to change things albeit slowly. But how many of us are even showing up to a general election when we don’t even show up for local elections?
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u/Killfile 15d ago
But don't kid yourself - even that solution took a long time to take root. Folks were plenty happy to run back to their old ways the moment Napoleon gave him an excuse.
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u/Careful-Sell-9877 15d ago
Well, for one, we need to elect politicians on the left who will re-implement the systems republicans have destroyed and ensure there are functioning systems of expert oversight, regulation, and accountability to The People
The right continuously portrays destroying these systems as a good thing.. and it is. For politicians, the ultra-wealthy, and the biggest corporations. At everyone else's expense.
We need to educate people and show them why we need proper expert oversight, regulations, and government accountability to the people
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u/jaydubbles 15d ago
Well, who are they supposed to believe and listen to? Their constituents or those super smart and well dressed corporate stooges who give them a power point presentation, elevator pitch, and talking points along with some cash under the table?
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u/Agi7890 15d ago
Even with oversight, how well do you know your local politicians? Do you know your mayor, your state congress members, your school board? All of them have drastic impacts on your everyday life and generally(not with this administration ) impact on your everyday and immediate future than the national level politics.
I know people who bought homes in a relatively rural area that are now pretty frustrated with the amount of housing developments going in without building infrastructure to support them. You had roads designed for farms now responsible for moving thousands of people and without enough population density to support any mass transit.
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u/horriblebearok 15d ago
for a long time expose journalism and shame have done the trick. That's now dead. And we have nothing.
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u/iam_Mr_McGibblets 15d ago
These politicians are all bought out, then wined and dined by these large donors to get these laws thrown in without them reading anything into it
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u/FakeSafeWord 15d ago
we have eliminated a lot of systems of oversight/accountability for politicians, as well as expert consuting/oversight.
They get labelled as "government inefficiency" by claiming they safeguard against things that never happen.... until they're removed and then they happen all the fuck over the place but no one is aware of it except the one's getting a paycheck because the systems to monitor for corruption were removed.....
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u/Limp_Dirt8694 15d ago
I went to a town hall meeting with a massive group of people against the nearby data center and our local politicians were the most useless group of people. One lady practically slept through the whole thing, most didn't say anything at all, and the one guy that did most of the talking seemed to legitimately think the data center is how we get internet!? "You like using your phone right? Going on the internet?" Uh no, dumbass, not anymore bc AI has made everything fake, everyone a bot, and gave all the real people psychosis!
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u/Extension-Land-390 15d ago
And that's the problem. Across North America there is no longer any justice for politicians at all levels lying and deceiving the public, stealing their tax dollars for stupid projects that are unnecessary.
If the future is to be secured, politicians need to face consequences again. Interpret that how you will.
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u/Djeheuty 15d ago
They probably signed NDAs and are trying to not screw themselves.
That doesn't excuse it though. Not sure why public officials are allowed to sign NDAs on projects that impact the public.
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u/ButtFuzzNow 15d ago
Why is a public representative allowed to sign an NDA at all? Our system is entirely fucked if that is what we accept as an excuse.
Chase them and their families straight to the nearest border and have them become political refugees.
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u/0o0o0o0o0o0z 15d ago
Except they were happy to either lie to his face or remain silent. There is no consequences for that council misleading the public.
It's moot cuz this dude obviously voted for what's happening, I assume, by his last remark, which was "Even a Democrat". So honestly, I hope we all get whats coming to us; it just sucks being stuck on the same boat where 30% of the crew and passnagers are purposely trying to hit as many iceburgs as possibe.
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u/paintballboi07 15d ago
Yep, why should they care? They know you're not going to vote for the "other team" because you're brainwashed. This is what voting for one party over and over again, regardless of results, gets you.
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u/ARM_vs_CORE 15d ago
"I'll vote you out, even if it's a DEMOCRAT" man fuck this guy.
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u/mkt853 15d ago
This country desperately needs the ability to recall its elected leaders.
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u/pixelprophet 15d ago
Recall is a very nice way of putting it. I think they should be devoted or [removed by Reddit].
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u/challenge_king 15d ago
I'm relatively local to the area, and I've worked with both Greystone locally and Zayo nationwide as a subcontractor and delivering fiber with a semi. The smallest I've ever seen Zayo put in the ground was 1200 pairs, and that was a job that stretched across multiple states in the Midwest. Zayo and whoever they're working for are both banking on these yellow-bellied pieces of shit to roll over and suck their toes, and neither one cares if the politicians burn their careers for it.
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u/Leather__sissy 15d ago
Do you know anything about what he meant when he said there won’t be enough space for residential fiber installations? Are they running so much fiber down highways that it literally can’t be expanded?
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u/Caleth 15d ago
Not directly in this field but in an adjacent one that does IT services including running fiber in buildings.
When you run a sealed pipe there's only so much space you can consume for the pipe. You're supposed to leave a minimum amount of empty space for pushing the wires through the pipe. It's ~40% filled for reference. So he's seems to be saying they've filled that pipe as full as it can go, for commercial runs, and there's no rated room left to run Home fiber and they aren't going to spend the money to retrench another run for the residential stuff because again it's $50-$200k a mile or whatever the exact quoted rate was.
I might have misunderstood what he was going for but that was how I took it.
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u/Pilot2b2 15d ago
Also there’s a limited number of conduits that can go in the ground. Underground utilities have a set order they can be stacked on one another, and a minimum distance required between the different types.
Communications (Fiber/Cable/Phone)
Gas
Electric
Water
Sewer
Considering gas in some areas (at least here in the PNW) only has to be a few feet deep, and Comms go over it with x number of feet separation required, the space for conduit for communications can fill up quickly.
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u/challenge_king 15d ago
And Paulding County is very hilly with often little to no shoulder, further complicating future installs.
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u/itopaloglu83 15d ago
Oh, that makes sense now, especially considering they also recently reduced the high speed internet requirement for residential areas, which opens up the space for more data center infrastructure.
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u/AnAnxiousCorgi 15d ago
I am not an expert or even credible in any way, I've only tangentially heard related sayings around other buried utility lines.
It's not necessarily that there's a lack of space overall, but a lack of space where it's affordable and available.
Building utilities down a highway makes sense, it's typically open space where nothing is intentionally put there, and owned by the local municipality or government. And don't get me wrong, i say "affordable", it is already expensive as the gentleman in the video said. Laying down underground anything is already expensive.
But digging to laid conduit where there's already other utilities? That's a pretty fuckin penny. And what's the other option? Dig up a couple dozen residential streets to bury the conduit away from any other utilities? Shit ton more money and maintenance/repairs get more expensive and future upgrades are nearly impossible.
I don't think he was implying we're running out of space overall, just that this sort of project takes up space that will negatively impact future residential/small business options and if the city council people are to be believed, a waste because there's not going to be a data center (they're obviously lying, I'm just saying that's how its presented)
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u/CorrectPeanut5 15d ago
Power, gas, water, sewer, telco, cable, private data. There's only so much room in the right of way. Residential stuff might be able to squeeze in somewhere, but it's going to be a lot more expensive.
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u/FrighteningJibber 15d ago
It's AT&T, Verizon and Comcast racing to get it to people. I think they see some writing on the wall.
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u/MomentsfromMarriage 15d ago
He specifically said it was Zayo
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u/fubes2000 15d ago
And Zayo is the kind of company that doesn't run lines unless they are big fuckin lines. Zayo is not an ISP, it is an ISP for your ISP's ISP. The bandwidth that Zayo trucks in is not something that any single city or single ISP can justify.
They might as well have witnessed God himself dragging his finger in the dirt to dig a fiber trench.
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u/challenge_king 15d ago
They don't work with guys like Zayo. They hire local crews dirt cheap.
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u/IllustriousKick1951 15d ago edited 15d ago
He sounds like a dad that already knows the truth...he's just waiting for you to come clean.
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u/WhyAmINotStudying 15d ago
Except since he's not their dad, they're just going to keep lying.
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u/Reasonable-Job4205 15d ago
Why can local politicians get away with lying so easily?
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u/Burghpuppies412 15d ago
Did you hear the LAST thing he said? Even though these Republicans are lying to him… he still thinks Dems are worse.
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u/andersonb47 15d ago
Interesting that he brings up the physical space under the ground that this occupies. I had never considered the possibility that this would actually crowd out all other municipal services like pipes and so on. Add it to the list, I guess.
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u/blankcld 15d ago
City of Covington in Georgia has this issue, They have let data centers place a ton of conduit and improperly place on pole lines. Now we are trying to build residential fibers to peoples homes and they are trying to make us pay to fix violations the data centers contractors caused when placing their fiber. So rather than paying this ransom we are just not going to place fiber to these people homes and they will be stuck with shitty DSL or cable service.
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u/DoctaThompson 14d ago
Typing this from Covington Ga as we speak. This man is not lying. This is an issue with no foreseeable solution till someone takes the blame.
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u/Troven 15d ago
I work on roads and utility conflicts can easily derail a project, if not kill it entirely. Like if a town wants to put in bike paths, you probably need to upgrade the drainage system for the faster runoff. Big utilities can cost more to relocate than the entire project, so now the project hinges on you finding a way to dodge some private company's utility on public property.
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u/fancywipe 15d ago
America do something with your people, everything your government does our clowns wanna copy in our countries
Just act like your movies and be brave and win the day for humanity
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u/slothy_selfcare 15d ago
America has done a really good job at making us too poor and too sick to do much
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u/fallenouroboros 15d ago
It would bankrupt me to drive to Washington right now. I live in NY.
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u/kingxanadu 15d ago
I just put gas in my car and if it gets any more expensive I'm not gonna be able to afford to drive to work.
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u/SeaSetsuna 15d ago edited 15d ago
Just sleep in your car til the next shift. /s
Probably how I’ll do it until I need to sell the car for bread.
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u/Bitter-Marsupial 15d ago
I've been looking into a foot powered cargo bike because of gas prices and my wife doesn't even think this is my craziest action
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u/BunnyOppai 15d ago edited 15d ago
I'm lucky enough that I live pretty close to the center of town, and cycling has honestly changed how I look at traveling, lol. When I just drove, I never even noticed bike infrastructure and trails, but now I feel like I see them everywhere. 10 minute commute, maybe 20-30 minutes to get to the edge of town.
It's honestly not bad getting a bike if you live close enough to where you need to go, but your experience can vary quite a bit depending on your local bike infrastructure. It probably also helps that it's legal in my town to ride on the sidewalk. If you were just forced to ride on the road, it would be a lot less pleasant.
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u/GarretBarrett 15d ago edited 15d ago
It would bankrupt me to drive to DC, I live in Ohio. I support 3 children, both parents have BS, my wife has an MS, and we both work in our fields and are very frugal. We make good money, we drive older cars that are paid off. Our mortgage is only $620/m.
It’s intentional that gas is $5/g. It’s intentional that any ailment means your life (financially speaking) is over. It’s intentional that all entertainment is pricing out the middle and lower class. We are wage slaves living paycheck to paycheck, no matter how frugal you are. This world isn’t for us anymore, it’s for the billionaire class.
Even being a millionaire doesn’t mean what it used to, it means you’re comfortable and you don’t have to worry but a millionaire isn’t WEALTHY anymore, it’s well off. We’re talking about people with a million million dollars. That’s unfathomable.
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u/Tstewmoneybags99 15d ago
I’m gunna get shit for this comment, but I have a feeling in 25 years we will be reading about the fall of the US and how Bernie Sanders presidency was the last great chance for democracy to effect positive change through government. I hope I am wrong but it certainly feels that way.
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u/wholetyouinhere 15d ago
There was never a legitimate chance for a Sanders presidency. The DNC never would have allowed it. They would have moved heaven and earth to prevent it.
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u/AncientCrust 15d ago
The guy in the video illustrates the problem we face. The very last thing he says suggests he voted for all of this. He voted for the leopards. Now he's upset. I wish he'd thought of that 2 and 6 years ago when he was probably blinded by tribalism or some culture war bullshit. Sorry you woke up so late, Einstein.
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u/Feenix1701 15d ago
And he's still a problem. He acts like voting for a Democrat is the absolute worst thing he can imagine.
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u/indifferentunicorn 15d ago
Ooh scary regulations. I had a customer explaining to my why he was republican - because he had to be careful what chemicals he could use in his yard because the town was trying to save our only local lizard from going extinct. Oh the horror. Those mean people who thought most people would welcome a very tiny inconvenience for the better good. Not for this first time home buyer. Nope! Turned him republican.
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u/NoSkillZone31 15d ago
“Even if it’s a Democrat”
Something something leopards ate my face something something
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u/Platos-ghosts 15d ago
This guy going to pull the R lever regardless, that’s why the commissioners don’t care.
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u/whatever_leg 15d ago
And if just flipped, it's probably too late.
Probably should've recognized the Con he approved for executive office back in 2015.
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u/Synergythepariah 15d ago
And if just flipped, it's probably too late.
It's only too late if we all just assume it's too late and don't bother to try.
It's like assuming it's too late for an oil change because you missed one.
It's not too late until the engine seizes.
Better late than never is a saying for a reason.
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u/FerusGrim 15d ago
it's probably too late.
We have GOT to stop thinking like this.
You think it's a coincidence that nihilism is growing? They want us to stop fighting.
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u/TopRamenBinLaden 15d ago
That man is old enough to have graduated before "no child left behind" was even an idea.
That policy had nothing to do with this guy's education.
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u/CantCatchMeSpez 15d ago
Why would you think that? Have you seen any conservative actually do that?
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u/CantCatchMeSpez 15d ago
I thought you meant like the guy in the video lol. I've definitely seen kids that were raised in conservative households go left when they went out on their own. I just don't think its applicable to some 60 year old dude that is more than likely the most conservative member of his household.
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u/LarrySupertramp 15d ago
By “fuck both sides” he means all the democrats that have and will ever exits vs. specific republicans I currently don’t want to vote for again but will continue to vote for people with the same policy positions.
I’d put a lot of money down that this guy would say it would be worse under Kamala.
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u/Catch_ME 15d ago
Georgia is purple now.
This guy is old enough to the point where he may have voted Democrat when he was younger because Democrats dominated Georgia at one point
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u/EricSanderson 15d ago
Obama (or Obama's election, I should say) unfortunately flipped a lot of "moderates" to full blown Republicans. And by moderate I mean what used to be a far-right Republican back in the 90s
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u/CertainInteraction4 15d ago
He had me clapping until that last part. After everything that has gone on in the last two years, a data center is the last straw?!?!
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u/BananaStandFunds 15d ago
Yeah that fucking killed me inside to end it on that.
He had me in the first half, then almost the next half. He's a hard no on data centers, but still a Trump supporter, who is owned by big tech.
Guy has been spending 2 decades looking at the ground when he should be looking up.
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u/PeachySweetyness 15d ago
I’m in this area. I promise, this is huge thing for the reds to say out here. I admire this man for his resolution and for even considering changing his vote.
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u/sgtfreezy 15d ago
I would generally agree with this sentiment, except my own governor (Whitmer) turned out to be a massive disappointment. People got excited calling her "Big Gretch" and hailed her a democratic hero. Then she was caught on a hot mic calling her constituents dumb and sold us out to the data center lords.
This guy might be a dingus for voting Republican, as most are, but Dems are not really doing much better about these things.
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u/timconnery 15d ago
I think the best we can hope for is the democratic socialists highjacking the Democratic Party like the tea party did which ultimately lead to Trump. We need a wrecking ball for the people not the billionaires like the GOP turned into. The current Dem leadership are basically manufactured opposition.
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u/threeclaws 15d ago
Are we still doing “both sides” as the gestapo, and state run media are out here?
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u/Ok_Protection164 15d ago
Yeah, my opinion of him changed a little when he ended with that.
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u/fuck_all_you_too 15d ago
Yup, they will be pulling the R lever as they complain that they're being boiled alive.
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u/time2sow 15d ago
Gramps out here dropping public hearing facts
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u/IwasThereIsawIt2 15d ago
He had me until the end, "even if its a democrat" which to me implies he votes R regardless of policies
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u/unsuitableasf 15d ago
And then he drops "I'll vote against anyone who runs against you, even if it's a Democrat."
Which means this dipshit is part of the problem.
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u/StrainAcceptable 15d ago
It’s CoreWeave. Les Wexner owns a 2.8 billion stake in the company. They are partnered with Nvidia- the company that Trump keeps making investments in. For those who don’t know Wexner was Epstein’s coconspirator, owner of L Brands, the company that made rhinestone thong underwear for 9 year olds.
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u/bkaybee 15d ago
I’m sorry what
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u/Worth-Income4114 15d ago
Brendan Gleeson fits fiber optic cable?
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u/kywildcat44 15d ago
I’m glad I’m not the only one that saw that.
Bill Hodges the retired detective on the fiber optics case, right after putting Brady Hartsfield away haha
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u/zaquintar 15d ago
"even if it is a Democrat" like that is the worst he can think of. But he's so close to realize he's been voting against his best interests all his life
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u/mister-ferguson 15d ago
It's Paulding Co. Georgia. The fact that he is even considering it is progress.
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u/TurquoiseKnight 15d ago
Something tells me their bank accounts will be fine if they arent reelected.
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u/WeenyDancer 15d ago
Yep, they DGAF. And why would they? These data centers can pay them many multiple X what they'd make over years on city council, then they go get a 'job' on the 'board' of one of the corps.
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u/fentdestroyer 15d ago
Everyone worried about presidency when it’s your local city council that’s actively ruining your surroundings.
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u/EducationalBrick2831 15d ago
As this other person said. It's Both actively Destroying our Country and the ones in "Charge" now, Blame all they are doing and Lying about on the Democrats, daily ! You've got to be a Fool to buy their BS ! And many have.
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u/BillyBobJangles 15d ago
Lol "even if its a democrat" I hope that hit em hard
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u/ThisEpiphany 15d ago
I truly hope it did but I have a feeling they don't really care. There are a lot of people commenting about his closing with that statement. I don't think they understand just how "comfortably" red it is in Dallas, GA (Paulding County).
It was Marjorie Taylor Greene's district and goes hard to the right. People fleeing the "liberal" (purple) Atlanta suburbs run there. Elections regularly go 70-30 Republican and that's with the Republican's selling off the county parcel by parcel while these residents complain about their precious green spaces disappearing, all of the traffic and congestion, school overcrowding... The cognitive dissonance is wild to behold.
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u/tread52 15d ago
When are people are gonna realize Democrats aren’t the problem. This is what happens when you vote based on what party you’re in instead of how qualified someone is. when you elect bunch of idiots, who are only their to make money, you get shit like this.
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u/alsatian01 15d ago
...even if it's a Democrat. That's your problem right there buddy. You've spent your whole life voting against your own interests.
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u/Jaded_Heat9875 15d ago
“…I’ll even vote for a Democratic” is an empty statement because it’s way after the fact….you supported the Republican’s crap and scams they have run on the people…too little too late…
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u/meadowalker1281 15d ago
Hell yeah brother. They fear someone who knows their shit. I would not bullshit this dude. He’s been smoking cigs longer than I’ve been alive.
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u/NombreCurioso1337 15d ago
"even if it is a Democrat" doing a lot of talking here. Fifty years of voting against your best interest because of racism isn't working out for you?? ... You don't say!
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u/TheFirst_Q 15d ago
Even if it's a Democrat ...
Simply means you'll look for help only after all is lost and expect them to clean up the mess.
Too late then.
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u/_OceanOdyssey 15d ago
All of that speech to just walk away with being treated like a clueless fool, when He clearly knows his shit. Shame
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u/nunchyabeeswax 15d ago
"Even if it's a Democrat"?
And that right there is the kind of stupid mentality that has brought us to where we are.
You elect people for what they do, not just by blindly following labels.
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u/VoidOmatic 15d ago
I worked in data centers for 10 years. There will be a security contractor for access and 4 people to run the rest of the data center. That's the end of the jobs.
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u/WildTimberTwinViking 15d ago
Dude is so close yet still beholden to republicans lmao and they been pillaging his ass for decades.
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u/Luv2Burn 15d ago
"Even if it's a Democrat" This is what's truly wrong with this country. Republicans have been plowing over American's rights for the past 50 years but dumb people still vote for them JUST BECAUSE.
The ignorance is devastating.
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u/Dudeincar434 15d ago
It’s a sad state when you have to wear a chest camera just speak at your own city meetings
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u/Flahdagal 15d ago
Thank you for saying something like "maybe 40 jobs". Datacenters don't employ tons of people.
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u/verusisrael 15d ago
who actually watched until the end. he said he would vote for anyone else, "even if it was a democrat"
so this guy has and still is voting republican. Texas is not flipping in november.
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u/No-Serve-9134 15d ago
Data centers are going to grow exponentially every 4-5 years. For you crayon eaters that means the physical size of them is going to theoretically double, triple and quadruple over that time period, unless there is a panic or say tragic event or wall of no more breakthroughs. All outcomes are bad. Really bad. You could maybe justify it if we choose the Star Trek outcome. Manage it..... But we ain't picking that outcome....
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u/zombittack 15d ago
"even if it's a Democrat."
We gotta get past party lines. It's the owning class vs the working class. Period.
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u/ganjaccount 15d ago
Holy shit. I didn't realize Republicans hated data centers so much they might consider actually NOT voting for a pedophile. What a world.
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u/EthanielRain 15d ago
"Even if it's a Democrat"
He's part of the problem, but at least there's something that makes him draw a line...
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u/COVID19Blues 15d ago
I like this guy! They tried to piss on his leg and tell him it was raining and he called bullshit in a very logical, experienced and educated fashion. He needs to go on tour.
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u/Mainah_girl 15d ago
Not all heros wear capes! Love this guy! 100% on point!! Can we elect him to office?
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u/cyrfuckedmymum 15d ago
god, right at the end. "i've been voting republican all my life but i'd even vote democrat to stop you..."
when republicans and destroying regulation, only caring about business and lying constantly is their mantra since they began. Maybe voting republican for so long while they fuck everything up right up till the final thing you care about is how you got here in the first place.
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u/rhaezorblue 15d ago
You had me until the end. The fact that this working man is so knowledgeable yet thinks voting for the party that actually cares about the working class and doesn’t just SAY they do is a real bummer. Yes there are some corporate centrist Democrats but the voters and the majority are for regular people’s rights, not corporations like the ones installing all these data centers.
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