There are only 6 cities in california with >500,000 population… I don’t think you can call that a small city. Your point still stands, but let’s not get crazy with our words here.

Because most people have reduced voting down to cheerleading for ‘their’ side. Cruz has the ® by his name, he gets their vote.

That was a fake, just so you’re aware. Still hilarious as a meme.

Neither is starting things from a place of outright suspicion.

I would understand it if they are going to someplace private, like the apartment or a dark alley at midnight, but who the hell goes to those places on a first date? I’m not freaking out about a guy asking me to a coffee date at 1000 hours in the middle of a city on a saturday.

only incredibly stupid people who don’t believe in reality

Nah, it’s worse than that. It selects for people who are willing to submit to things they know are bullshit when told to do so, because they think the outcome is worth it. If I am recalling this correctly, I think there are actually laws prohibiting polygraph tests for job applications, but there are specific exceptions for these jobs. It’s absolutely insane. That means there were lobbyists somewhere making sure that their industry was given an exception when the politicians were writing the law. Like, I can’t even imagine who would be paying for those lobbyists.

Probably applying for certain jobs. I know that any job touching sensitive information from courts is required to have had employees tested before getting a job, at least in my area.