slashinvestor t1_jdobaoh wrote on March 25, 2023 at 10:24 PM

Maybe because silicon valley keeps coming up with ideas like this?

https://www.newstatesman.com/uncategorized/2014/07/silicon-valley-wants-split-california-six-new-states-out-selfishness

Monkookee t1_jdoje3o wrote on March 25, 2023 at 11:26 PM

This article is talking about two people in a basement fighting over skittles......not based in any reality for those who live there beyond this handful of nutjobs. Like the 5 people standing outside Trump tower who were going to stop the cops Tuesday from processing him. They may support a particular view in an echo chamber, but not abject reality.

rogerflog t1_jdp274c wrote on March 26, 2023 at 1:48 AM

I didn’t read the article.

Just came here to say I’d sit in a basement and fight anyone over skittles.

And if it’s your first night in the basement … you have to fight over skittles.

IlGssm t1_jdpbnzu wrote on March 26, 2023 at 3:06 AM

What’s the first rule of skittles club?

ryobiguy t1_jdpg1bp wrote on March 26, 2023 at 3:46 AM

Hey, don't talk about that!

haux_haux t1_jdpttqg wrote on March 26, 2023 at 6:21 AM

Fight ANYONE in the basement

BadgerSituation t1_jdqwymb wrote on March 26, 2023 at 2:19 PM

Tell as many people as you can.

It's lots of fun and the more the merrier.

daronjay t1_jdq6wzb wrote on March 26, 2023 at 9:30 AM

Upvote for abject reality…

happyscrappy t1_jdppo64 wrote on March 26, 2023 at 5:28 AM

Silicon Valley doesn't "keep coming up" with ideas like that.

Yes, the guy is a kook. Every group has kooks. Just this guy had the money to get his kooky idea to a ballot.

There have been other bigtime kooks too.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/03/31/the-ceo-from-cyberspace-joe-firmage-a-master-of-the-universe-at-28-wants-to-defy-gravity-and-visit-the-far-corners-of-his-realm/6e8fcc00-2e11-4000-9213-c2d2f313757c/