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@chercher_ai I don’t have any strong emotions at all, deliberately suppressed or otherwise.

if you finally relaxed the death grip you're holding on your emotions and completely lost your shit right now, which way would you go?

@1butlerianjihad @JustAFamilyMan_ Harris, for instance, tried very hard not to talk about Gaza, because it was a losing issue for her, but some people wouldn’t let it drop, so it was a major issue in her campaign in spite of her best efforts.

@1butlerianjihad @JustAFamilyMan_ “Let”? Who’s letting? The other party and the media have agency too, and can make you talk about things you don’t want to. I also, from behind a computer screen, fantasize about running a campaign against someone who doesn’t fight back, but it’s all a fantasy.

How come Progressives and other Leftists cannot run under their own banner? They have to try to hijack the Democratic Party while also undermining it.

@1butlerianjihad @JustAFamilyMan_ Republicans would find it handy if they could duck out of questions like “do you think taxes on billionaires are too high? Do you think abortion should always be illegal?” But they can’t. That’s how it works.

@1butlerianjihad @JustAFamilyMan_ How about: “Do you think more illegal immigrants should be deported, or fewer” “How do you feel about racial quotas” “Do you favor harsher sentences for repeat offenders” You can try to “move on”, but Republicans will make sure voters know what your position is!

@1butlerianjihad @JustAFamilyMan_ So what are they supposed to say when reporters ask (as they will) “Governor X, what is your position on trans athletes? (or other bullshit)” You can’t just say “Nice try! I’m not talking about that. I’d prefer to talk about billionaires.” You have to say *something*

@ATwinEarth @JustAFamilyMan_ That’s because most Americans view left/right through the lens of identity politics. Bring actual policy and people will not care about transgender sports or whatever other bullshit republicans want to stir up

@Hoopss Why is it worth anything at all whatsoever. Can someone explain?

This was sold for $516,196.99 3 years ago. Today, it’s worth about 2 bags of chips

@mattyglesias Why don’t mafiosi wear eye masks anymore?

Proof that Italianx are people of color

@PstafarianPrice Within a week, you would be mostly tick, by body weight.

I like the idea of a meadow lawn but I fear it would give me every single tick disease

@STVPhilly @JustAFamilyMan_ OK. Now take one tiny step forward…

@ATwinEarth @JustAFamilyMan_ "They'll answer the correct answer" durrrr

@1butlerianjihad @JustAFamilyMan_ Is it possible that the independents voted Trump because they already consider us too far left. A big majority of people polled said Kamala was too far left; much bigger than the percentage who said the opposite about Trump

@ATwinEarth @JustAFamilyMan_ Ok so what’s your move? You should be less concerned about the left not voting and more concerned about the independents who voted Trump due to your ineffective corporate centrism. You may get those voters back for 2028 but will lose them again come 2030

@d78930305 @JustAFamilyMan_ Some do one, and some do the other. They get you both coming and going. 😕

@ATwinEarth @JustAFamilyMan_ ...so you're complaining that the left runs Democratic candidates but also simultaneously doesn't vote for Democrats? Did you think about whether this makes sense at all before posting?

@1butlerianjihad @JustAFamilyMan_ Right. Because as you and your friends acknowledge, it is a TWO party system

@ATwinEarth @JustAFamilyMan_ The funniest part is if we do vote 3rd party you’ll still bitch and moan when you lose to MAGA again

@dmesg @StatisticUrban “Things that win votes in Ohio lose votes in Georgia” This is, to a very large extent, not true. States tend to swing all in the same direction. There is some wiggle room, but generally speaking, if you’re more popular here, you’re more popular there

@ATwinEarth @StatisticUrban But voters don't work like that. Things that win votes in Ohio lose votes in Georgia (for example). I think the base problem here is that the "closeness" of a Presidential election is not well-defined, so for anybody's pet definition some metric is best.

The only metric by which you can truly judge the scale/size of a US Presidential election victory is the margin in the tipping point state. This breaks many brains. People desperately want to use the popular vote, or the overall electoral vote. But no, none of this matters.

@Eithin5141951 @JustAFamilyMan_ Well then, go out and vote at random. Take a walk, get some fresh air, maybe have some ice cream afterwards; make a day of it!

@ATwinEarth @JustAFamilyMan_ And then you will complain loudly when people don't vote because they consider both options to be appalling

@abysssalsss @TrueSlazac When a coin lands Heads-side up, it wasn’t even close to being Tails. In fact, it’s 180 degrees from Tails. That’s about as far as you can get!

@ATwinEarth @TrueSlazac Yea but the election wasn’t close at all, getting a model with close to even odds especially leaning to Harris is indicative of a poor model

Inability to understand probabilities is always a very strong indicator that a wannabe intellectual is actually a midwit

@JustAFamilyMan_ The Marxist framing died years ago. A large majority of Americans A) own capital and B) are low-level employees. But they still keep pretending it’s 1932.

The Left struggles with the fact that class struggle is not what motivates most Americans to vote a certain way. This country is way too diverse for that be the biggest motivator. And until they make peace with that fact, the real discussions cannot be held.

@entirelyuseles @StevenPBenn @JamesSurowiecki Humans meaning pals? Therapists? Or college students recruited for the study to act as neutral arbiters for a stranger?

@StevenPBenn @JamesSurowiecki No, it was 49% more likely than humans, showing that OP was correct that it should have been specified.

49% more likely than what? You can't just write "49% more likely," which is a comparative stat, without explaining what the chatbots' performance is being compared to.

@CaralhoPhilly @supremeMilo @constans I think Afghanistan ticks some of those boxes 🫠

@supremeMilo @constans I mean you certainly are but I don't think even those countries are purposely destroying themselves on the whims of a cult leader with a long list of personality disorders and to impress the dumbest people in the country.

Iran is very rational. Trump figures his only hope is to be irrational beyond all expectation and hoping Iran will blink