Re: Election 2020
Posted: Fri July 10, 2020 6:17 pm
Do we offend you or something verb?verb_to_trust wrote:Australia is so awesome
It's just annoying listening to you guys arm chair quarterback like you're a bunch of epidemiologists or something.Higgs wrote:Do we offend you or something verb?verb_to_trust wrote:Australia is so awesome
At least when you act like you know everything I can take solace that you actually live hereMcParadigm wrote:In case “armchair quarterbacking” is a phrase that isn’t universally understood outside of America, it means Australians are making judgments about a pandemic they’re not themselves involved in.
digster wrote:Of a nation of 320 million people, I'm being asked to choose between two to run the country. I consider it a minor miracle I've ever remotely liked any of the candidates in my lifetime. It just doesn't feel surprising to me that with those numbers, I'm choosing between the least worst option. And that's pretty straightforward this time.
Could you summarize for me the platform of a candidate who would, without solid advertising or a sufficiently scary alternative, rise above this feeling?knee tunes wrote:digster wrote:Of a nation of 320 million people, I'm being asked to choose between two to run the country. I consider it a minor miracle I've ever remotely liked any of the candidates in my lifetime. It just doesn't feel surprising to me that with those numbers, I'm choosing between the least worst option. And that's pretty straightforward this time.
this is what I say too. -- really? This is all we can come up with?
OK, I'm done here. Who the fuck has ever spoken about being "better than" anyone else. You're a fucking moron.96583UP wrote:the visibility of moron Trump on TV coupled with COVID increasing in hick states gives non-US countries the cyclical opportunity to feel like they are 'better than the U.S.' again because they have to live in the U.S.'s shadow
would like to remind that Barack Obama was only 3.5 years ago and regardless of whatever trash is available for consumption on the internet there will be inspirational U.S. presidents again and the entirety of the U.S. has not devolved into the widespread abyss of chaos that the selection-bias-ridden media companies distribute on a daily basis to click-addicted non-US news consumers
now let's all just go back to rounding up aborigines in cages and sucking mining company dick and call it even
Sir, this is a Wendy'sHiggs wrote:OK, I'm done here. Who the fuck has ever spoken about being "better than" anyone else. You're a fucking moron.96583UP wrote:the visibility of moron Trump on TV coupled with COVID increasing in hick states gives non-US countries the cyclical opportunity to feel like they are 'better than the U.S.' again because they have to live in the U.S.'s shadow
would like to remind that Barack Obama was only 3.5 years ago and regardless of whatever trash is available for consumption on the internet there will be inspirational U.S. presidents again and the entirety of the U.S. has not devolved into the widespread abyss of chaos that the selection-bias-ridden media companies distribute on a daily basis to click-addicted non-US news consumers
now let's all just go back to rounding up aborigines in cages and sucking mining company dick and call it even
Higgs with some A+ level RMing right here.Higgs wrote:Verb telling me I'm being annoying is like having Larry Bird appreciate my jump shot. Nice.
Smd peg legBammer wrote:Higgs with some A+ level RMing right here.Higgs wrote:Verb telling me I'm being annoying is like having Larry Bird appreciate my jump shot. Nice.
Higgs wrote:OK, I'm done here. Who the fuck has ever spoken about being "better than" anyone else. You're a fucking moron.96583UP wrote:the visibility of moron Trump on TV coupled with COVID increasing in hick states gives non-US countries the cyclical opportunity to feel like they are 'better than the U.S.' again because they have to live in the U.S.'s shadow
would like to remind that Barack Obama was only 3.5 years ago and regardless of whatever trash is available for consumption on the internet there will be inspirational U.S. presidents again and the entirety of the U.S. has not devolved into the widespread abyss of chaos that the selection-bias-ridden media companies distribute on a daily basis to click-addicted non-US news consumers
now let's all just go back to rounding up aborigines in cages and sucking mining company dick and call it even

Higgs with some C- level RMing here.Higgs wrote:OK, I'm done here. Who the fuck has ever spoken about being "better than" anyone else. You're a fucking moron.96583UP wrote:the visibility of moron Trump on TV coupled with COVID increasing in hick states gives non-US countries the cyclical opportunity to feel like they are 'better than the U.S.' again because they have to live in the U.S.'s shadow
would like to remind that Barack Obama was only 3.5 years ago and regardless of whatever trash is available for consumption on the internet there will be inspirational U.S. presidents again and the entirety of the U.S. has not devolved into the widespread abyss of chaos that the selection-bias-ridden media companies distribute on a daily basis to click-addicted non-US news consumers
now let's all just go back to rounding up aborigines in cages and sucking mining company dick and call it even
Is your shoulder sore from typing that?verb_to_trust wrote:Smd peg legBammer wrote:Higgs with some A+ level RMing right here.Higgs wrote:Verb telling me I'm being annoying is like having Larry Bird appreciate my jump shot. Nice.
New Hampshire demonstrated the precariousness of this situation in real time this week.McParadigm wrote:If you’re the Trump team, and for nearly 4 months you’ve watched your numbers cratering, and you’ve been telling yourself that the rallies will bring back the energy and the pomp and the sense of flexed might...what do you do now? The worst thing that could happen would be for you to plan more rallies, and have them turn out like this one.
They’ve been saying “wait until we get the rallies going” for months. Now they must be scared to schedule more.
Not at all bro. Feels great.Bammer wrote:Is your shoulder sore from typing that?verb_to_trust wrote:Smd peg legBammer wrote:Higgs with some A+ level RMing right here.Higgs wrote:Verb telling me I'm being annoying is like having Larry Bird appreciate my jump shot. Nice.