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Raerlynn
Oct 28, 2007

Sorry I'm late, I'm afraid I got lost on the path of life.

Dalael posted:

I've responded to the points. I've argued with fishmech often enough to know that even bringing facts will not make him relent. So yeah, after 4 or 5 pages or arguments, I let my inner Trump out.

Guess he's right.. I may be conservative after all.

Except you're not, and he's not. You aren't "technically" wrong in the aggravating pedantic way that fishmech is famous for - you're just dead wrong here. And when called on it, the only thing you're doing is doubling down on name calling and angry rhetoric, instead of supporting your claims. Step back, take a deep breath, and calm the gently caress down dude.

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Dalael
Oct 14, 2014
Hello. Yep, I still think Atlantis is Bolivia, yep, I'm still a giant idiot, yep, I'm still a huge racist. Some things never change!

Soup du Jour posted:

Dalael, maybe instead of melting down you could provide some better dates for the Democratic debates?

I couldn't provide specific dates if that is what you are asking. But TV ratings strongly indicates that there are less people watching on a saturday than any other day. You can verify with Nelson ratings.

And this may be pulling it straight out of my own rear end, but yeah.. 1 week before Christmas, I would say people are spending their time shopping more than anything else. I'm sure this can be corroborated pretty easily by actually looking at how packed every shopping malls are on that day.

I can't give better dates because I am not an expert on the subject. But i know better than to believe that these dates are just super dandy.

hhhat
Apr 29, 2008
I was good with the move to make the primary thread the Republican primary thread. So nice.

What the crap is this crap

Spun Dog
Sep 21, 2004


Smellrose
Can I just put this thread on ignore?

Take the slapfight to RSF, jackasses

Raerlynn
Oct 28, 2007

Sorry I'm late, I'm afraid I got lost on the path of life.

hhhat posted:

I was good with the move to make the primary thread the Republican primary thread. So nice.

What the crap is this crap

Dalael chose today to stop drinking apparently.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Dalael posted:

I couldn't provide specific dates if that is what you are asking. But TV ratings strongly indicates that there are less people watching on a saturday than any other day. You can verify with Nelson ratings.

What about the fact that the most watched debate in 2008 fell on a Saturday?

100 degrees Calcium
Jan 23, 2011



I'd be all for a budget plan that includes raiding Atlantis for its long-lost treasures.

Radbot
Aug 12, 2009
Probation
Can't post for 3 years!

Nintendo Kid posted:

I've heard of being called a self-hating Jew but this is ridiculous! Sorry that you're so proud of your misogynist buddies though!

I'm just asking why you so clearly oppose Sanders - I mean, it *could* not be because he's a Jew, but I think we know what you really believe.

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

zoux posted:

What about the fact that the most watched debate in 2008 fell on a Saturday?

Your facts are interpreted as lies in his brain.

PupsOfWar
Dec 6, 2013

zoux posted:

That seems way to close for the RGA to bail on the race, what''s going on?

Theory #1: Bevin now has money of his own to spend on ad-buys, and the RGA is pulling out temporarily while he gets his own ad campaign underway.

Theory #2: The RGA decided that electing an erratic anti-establishment candidate like Bevin isn't really worth it.

Theory #3: Bevin (who is a personally odious human being) offended and antagonized Republican movers-and-shakers.

Theory #4: The Louisiana gubernatorial race is looking more competitive than had been expected, due to Vitter's scandals, and this has made the RGA nervous.

bird food bathtub
Aug 9, 2003

College Slice

Evil Sagan posted:

I'd be all for a budget plan that includes raiding Atlantis for its long-lost treasures.

More realistic than what Jeb! proposed anyway.

Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe

Radbot posted:

I'm just asking why you so clearly oppose Sanders - I mean, it *could* not be because he's a Jew, but I think we know what you really believe.

I don't oppose Sanders, incidentally, I'm Jewish bro.

zoux posted:

What about the fact that the most watched debate in 2008 fell on a Saturday?

We already covered this, it was a false flag orchestrated 8 years in advance to trip up Bernie Sanders.

Venuz Patrol
Mar 27, 2011

Evil Sagan posted:

I'd be all for a budget plan that includes raiding Atlantis for its long-lost treasures.

i think its about drat time somebody officially added treasure hunting for confederate gold stashes to their platform

Radbot
Aug 12, 2009
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Nintendo Kid posted:

I don't oppose Sanders, incidentally, I'm Jewish bro.

Who cares if you're Jewish? Jews can be anti-Semites, too, just like women can be misogynists. Nice try hiding your bigotry behind your religion, though.

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Fried Chicken
Jan 9, 2011

Don't fry me, I'm no chicken!

Franco Potente posted:

Shut the gently caress up about debates you unbearable manchildren.

In actual news: Another Republican goes down in a sex scandal. I am interested to hear Fried Chicken's response to this.

I've been laughing like a maniac motherfucker since the news broke because the oppo guy I know was talking about Jud being ripe for a takedown just last Friday. (Said guy also rushed a lot of info to the star, which is how this blew open so fast)

Even better, the the former leader used to try and work the hashtag #StudJud into his stuff because lol

Everyone is focusing on the sex tape stuff, but I'm told the real dirt is in his texts about the corruption when he was on the casino board (which he just had to step down from) and also apparently something connected the the current shitstorm here about the asphalt deal ($71 million worth of new roads was completely useless because after a state deal they used improper asphalt and pocketed the money, now the roads are falling to pieces after 2-3 years instead of the 10-15 they were meant to last). The former could get him indicted, the latter have him hanging from a lamp post, people here are REALLY loving pissed about the roads

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

PupsOfWar posted:

Theory #1: Bevin now has money of his own to spend on ad-buys, and the RGA is pulling out temporarily while he gets his own ad campaign underway.

Theory #2: The RGA decided that electing an erratic anti-establishment candidate like Bevin isn't really worth it.

Theory #3: Bevin (who is a personally odious human being) offended and antagonized Republican movers-and-shakers.

Theory #4: The Louisiana gubernatorial race is looking more competitive than had been expected, due to Vitter's scandals, and this has made the RGA nervous.

I hope it's #3.

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown
All Hillary supporters are mini-Hitlers and all Bernie supporters are full-throated women haters. This is fact.

Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe

Radbot posted:

Who cares if you're Jewish? Jews can be anti-Semites, too, just like women can be misogynists. Nice try hiding your bigotry behind your religion, though.

Ok, insane guy. You just keep trying to pump up your Dolchstoßlegende, have fun!

PupsOfWar
Dec 6, 2013

I would proudly vote for Bernie if he were handsome.

Unfortunately, he is not.

Radbot
Aug 12, 2009
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Nintendo Kid posted:

Ok, insane guy. You just keep trying to pump up your Dolchstoßlegende, have fun!

Just stop being a bigot, that's all I'm asking.

Push El Burrito
May 9, 2006

Soiled Meat

PupsOfWar posted:

I would proudly vote for Bernie if he were handsome.

Unfortunately, he is not.

The same energy that causes Bernie's hair to do whatever happens to it could power the entire midwest indefinitely.

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown

PupsOfWar posted:

I would proudly vote for Bernie if he were handsome.

Unfortunately, he is not.

Now Hillary supporters hate uggos too? Ugh what depths won't you plumb?

point of return
Aug 13, 2011

by exmarx

zoux posted:

Basically because they want to keep the money for the institutions while maintaining the mythological concept of the "student athlete".

It would be extremely difficult to craft a compensation plan that is fair to all the non-football and basketball sports that no one gives a poo poo about, and you'd need a lot of institutional will to do it.

Most of the money that goes into the institutions is actually through scholarships for non-revenue sports, so the compensation plan would be cutting those sports.

Evil Sagan posted:

I'd be all for a budget plan that includes raiding Atlantis for its long-lost treasures.

That's Trump's plan, right?

Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe

Radbot posted:

Just stop being a bigot, that's all I'm asking.

Making fun of the crazy people is not being a bigot, hope this helps.

Radbot
Aug 12, 2009
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Nintendo Kid posted:

Making fun of the crazy people is not being a bigot, hope this helps.

Who are "the crazy people", bigot?

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx

point of return posted:

Most of the money that goes into the institutions is actually through scholarships for non-revenue sports, so the compensation plan would be cutting those sports.

Someone's got to pay for those cross country runners.

a.lo
Sep 12, 2009

I got a ride home from one of the Republican girls in my sociology class (the nicer one) and we started talking about depression and stuff because she had a bad day and I asked her about it and then we got into religion bc she's a Christian and … She just sounds very on the fence about a lot of things and I want to help her, I gave her my number and told her to call me any time

Bob Ojeda
Apr 15, 2008

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AfroLine posted:

I got a ride home from one of the Republican girls in my sociology class (the nicer one) and we started talking about depression and stuff because she had a bad day and I asked her about it and then we got into religion bc she's a Christian and … She just sounds very on the fence about a lot of things and I want to help her, I gave her my number and told her to call me any time

That's really good, AfroLine. I'm glad about this.

point of return
Aug 13, 2011

by exmarx

Radbot posted:

Who are "the crazy people", bigot?

The people who think that Hillary Clinton's positions are closer to Jeb!'s than to Bernie's.

Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe

Radbot posted:

Who are "the crazy people", bigot?

Well currently, it's you, the guy who refuses to accept the fact that racism and misogyny do in fact exist in politics.

Eggplant Squire
Aug 14, 2003


AfroLine posted:

I got a ride home from one of the Republican girls in my sociology class (the nicer one) and we started talking about depression and stuff because she had a bad day and I asked her about it and then we got into religion bc she's a Christian and … She just sounds very on the fence about a lot of things and I want to help her, I gave her my number and told her to call me any time

My pastor warned me about this happening in college

Dalael
Oct 14, 2014
Hello. Yep, I still think Atlantis is Bolivia, yep, I'm still a giant idiot, yep, I'm still a huge racist. Some things never change!

zoux posted:

What about the fact that the most watched debate in 2008 fell on a Saturday?

I'm actually looking at the 2008 ratings with my weak google-fu and clearly it is not a question I can answer with a few minutues of searching. I had never realised just how much info there is on the subject and how much it has been argued. Some people attribute it to people wanting to see Palin, other to the debate between Obama and McCain. There's just so much info, and varying numbers its actually crazy.

What I can tell you tho, is that Fox was apparently the most watched during those debates. CNN pulled record numbers and had a higher viewership than at anytime in its history and that apparently Nelson ratings do not count PBS which I have no idea how relevent it is.

So okay, I'm going to admit defeat on that one. Is it an anomaly? Is it normal? I don't know. :shrug:

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo
Can we send all Bernouts to Atlantis and nuke it like the Germans did in WoT.

Radbot
Aug 12, 2009
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Nintendo Kid posted:

Well currently, it's you, the guy who refuses to accept the fact that racism and misogyny do in fact exist in politics.

I don't think the guy accusing you of being a religious bigot refuses to accept that racism and misogyny exist in politics. In fact, I'd agree with you there, as you're a shining example of that fact.

point of return posted:

The people who think that Hillary Clinton's positions are closer to Jeb!'s than to Bernie's.

And that makes them misogynists, correct?

sexpig by night
Sep 8, 2011

by Azathoth

Dalael posted:

I'm actually looking at the 2008 ratings with my weak google-fu and clearly it is not a question I can answer with a few minutues of searching. I had never realised just how much info there is on the subject and how much it has been argued. Some people attribute it to people wanting to see Palin, other to the debate between Obama and McCain. There's just so much info, and varying numbers its actually crazy.

What I can tell you tho, is that Fox was apparently the most watched during those debates. CNN pulled record numbers and had a higher viewership than at anytime in its history and that apparently Nelson ratings do not count PBS which I have no idea how relevent it is.

So okay, I'm going to admit defeat on that one. Is it an anomaly? Is it normal? I don't know. :shrug:

Debates and other special events are always unique in ratings. This isn't some great TV mystery, it's kinda a thing everyone knows, that's why every network has a few SPECIAL NEVER BEFORE EVENTS a year, people tune in when they say this is something special.

SubponticatePoster
Aug 9, 2004

Every day takes figurin' out all over again how to fuckin' live.
Slippery Tilde

Lotka Volterra posted:

All Hillary supporters are mini-Hitlers and all Bernie supporters are full-throated women haters. This is fact.
I'm more of a demi-Hitler, myself.

Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe

Radbot posted:

I don't think the guy accusing you of being a religious bigot refuses to accept that racism and misogyny exist in politics. In fact, I'd agree with you there, as you're a shining example of that fact.


And that makes them misogynists, correct?

You are pulling your insanse shtick right now because I pointed out the misogynistic streak in many Hillary non-supporters.

It makes them morons at best, old sport!

Radbot
Aug 12, 2009
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Nintendo Kid posted:

You are pulling your insanse shtick right now because I pointed out the misogynistic streak in many Hillary non-supporters.

And I'm just pointing out the anti-Semitic streak in many Sanders non-supporters.

sexpig by night
Sep 8, 2011

by Azathoth

Radbot posted:

And I'm just pointing out the anti-Semitic streak in many Sanders non-supporters.

It's legitimately insane that you've taken 'some people who, while supporting similar policies before, suddenly stop when Hillary does it, and that may be because of misogyny in some of them' to mean literally every non-clinton voter hates women. Like, you understand how crazy you look, right? Like when those dudes who get mad at BLM because woah are you saying ONLY black lives matter, that's how crazy.

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Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe

Radbot posted:

And I'm just pointing out the anti-Semitic streak in many Sanders non-supporters.

You aren't, you made this up because you're huffing your own farts and believe your fellow supporters do no wrong.

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