@enbypirate @meadow Cool question with Ig Nobel Prize vibes, "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think." I like (3) best. A shapeshifter loses control over the forms they can take with time, just similar to mortals who lose mobility, dexterity etc. when they grow older, so they can only shapeshift into older shapes.

Maybe the energy required to shift into forms increases with differences of actual and intended forms. It costs increasingly more to shift into a younger form as the shifter ages.

@LevZadov @crazyeddie @plexus @tiefling

Although n=2 is a small sample, both participants confirmed the initial thesis.

@crazyeddie @plexus @tiefling And here are Trumps promises, for comparison.

https://politifact.com/article/2024/sep/30/donald-trumps-2024-campaign-promises-heres-his-vis/

@crazyeddie @plexus @tiefling Thank you for your reply, I am honestly interested what you disliked. A former attorney general and with Tim Walz, a former teacher and coach, faculty advisor. They had civil rights, LGBTQ+ rights, health care, increase of the minimum wage in their program. They wanted to limit immunity of a president for crimes committed in office… And so much more, link below.

What was dumb about their campaign (in the spirit of this dicussion here) especially when compared to the Trump campaign?

Link to the Harris/Walz program:

https://politifact.com/article/2024/sep/30/kamala-harris-2024-campaign-promises-here-are-her/

@crazyeddie @plexus @tiefling Extends also to politics. Insignificant issues are blown out of proportion for the Green parties, conservatives with mud still sticking to their boots benefit. This is also why there is Trump. Standards were at an impossible level for Kamala Harris, and 40 % decided not to vote at all.