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Comment Re:Silly (Score 0) 267

Conversely, I'm right-handed, yet use my left hand to use the mouse. This came about several years ago due to the layout of my then computer desk (don't ask why I couldn't alter it), so I just got used to using my left for the mouse. I can use the mouse with my right hand, but actually prefer to use my left, particularly as I can use my right to write down things, etc. I do get asked a lot if I'm left-handed and then I have to give them this boring story I've just typed above.

Comment Re:Universal service. (Score 0) 601

"Why do foreigners think it's okay to insult Americans again and again?"

Maybe because such an overreaction by yourself is there for the taking.

BTW, a sense of proportion also goes a long, long way and is good for your heart. Calm blue ocean... Calm blue ocean... Calm blue ocean...

Comment Re:Meanwhile here in Oregon... (Score 1) 504

Voting intimidation is eliminated when you vote in your own home and you don't have to deal with crowded poll places.

One problem with that is that intimidation can be on a domestic level. Say an abusive partner is very controlling over their other half or children (if old enough to vote and staying with them), and demand to see who the others in the household vote for before sealing the envelope and sending it off, or fill it in for them, forcing a signature. The home for some can be a very intimidating place. Thing is, privacy in a voting booth outside the home lessens such domestic coercion... or at least the physical side of it. Sure, there are problems with voting booths, but there are also problems with mailing in your votes.

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