USPOL Oct: Trumpelthinskin's spinning wheel: spinning hot takes into gold

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theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

ComradeCosmobot posted:

"blue-collar billionaire"

Because, as we know, Trump's spent so many hours doing hard manual labor

# ? Oct 4, 2016 15:59

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isk: Oct 3, 2007; You don't want me owing you

DACK FAYDEN posted:

Isn't he just completely oblivious? Not that it makes most of his "foibles" less awful, but he's really just a brick rather than actively choosing to be lovely, right?

Little of both. He's one of those equal opportunity misanthropes who's happy about it. Reasonably confident he'd be an okay human being if he demonstrated the smallest fraction of effort.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 15:59

Evil Fluffy: Jul 13, 2009; Scholars are some of the most pompous and pedantic people I've ever had the joy of meeting.

Instant Sunrise posted:

so did wikileaks release their big info dump that would ruin clinton forever yet?

are you loving kidding me? who knew that everything that trump accuses hillary of something that trump really did

I did? I'm sure there were other posters in the past months who've said things to the same effect. Trump projects everything on to other people.

Pastrymancy posted:

Tiffany was Marla's kid, correct?

Yes, the one Trump tried to get her to abort.

Diva Cupcake posted:

Free Republic is handling the Assange bust well.

People who call Trump a blue-collar billionaire should be put to death along with everyone who calls him a self-made millionaire/billionaire. :commissar:

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:02

Lightning Knight: Feb 24, 2012; Pray for Answer

theflyingorc posted:

Notch is a completely average game making dude who struck the goddamn lottery of "right product right time"

As far as I can tell he's just a super sheltered weirdo who suddenly got super rich so his opinions are basically exactly what you'd expect them to be

edit: and all his "charitable" uses of his money is for dumb internet or videogame things, he was one of the first supporters of OUYA!

I have no doubt. I don't play Minecraft or know anything about its history, I just found that casual mention at the end to be out of left field. I kind of just always assume that the creators of popular artistic ventures aren't bad people until proven otherwise, unless it plainly shows in their work.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:05

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Evil Fluffy posted:

Yes, the one Trump tried to get her to abort.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:05

Geostomp: Oct 22, 2008; Unite: MASH!!
~They've got the bad guys on the run!~

ComradeCosmobot posted:

"blue-collar billionaire"

He's rude, bigoted, speaks at a third grade level, understands dangerously little about life beyond his experience, and spews right wing gibberish which is the essence of blue-collar to someone really dumb and blue collar.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:06

Rodenthar Drothman: May 14, 2013; I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.

Diva Cupcake posted:

Free Republic is handling the Assange bust well.

Every time I see something like this I wonder if these people view the X Files as a documentary.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:06

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Evil Fluffy posted:

People who call Trump a blue-collar billionaire should be put to death along with everyone who calls him a self-made millionaire/billionaire.

let's not forget the loan his father gave him by buying poker chips, either

hahaha I looked it up and it's so dumb:

quote:

ATLANTIC CITY � One of Donald Trump's casinos has admitted that it broke the law and violated terms of its license when the developer's father lent it $3.5 million by purchasing gaming chips when he had no plans to gamble, the state Division of Gaming Enforcement said yesterday.

Through his attorney, Fred Trump bought 700 gray chips, each worth $5,000, in December so that Trump Castle Casino Resort would have enough cash to make an $18.4 million interest payment on its mortgage, the division said.

Trump Castle gets to keep the money, but must pay a $30,000 fine under terms of the settlement, Division Director Jack Sweeney said. Sweeney said Fred Trump also agreed to apply for a license as a financial source, which would make another such loan possible in June, when the next interest payment is due.

for his illegal loan of over 3 million dollars, he got a fine of $30k

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:07

Old James: Nov 20, 2003; Wait a sec. I don't know an Old James!

theflyingorc posted:

let's not forget the loan his father gave him by buying poker chips, either

hahaha I looked it up and it's so dumb:

for his illegal loan of over 3 million dollars, he got a fine of $30k

Couldn't he have just sat at a blackjack table and kept hitting till he lost it all?

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:10

Rodenthar Drothman: May 14, 2013; I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.

theflyingorc posted:

let's not forget the loan his father gave him by buying poker chips, either

hahaha I looked it up and it's so dumb:

for his illegal loan of over 3 million dollars, he got a fine of $30k

Hey, it's more than EPA fines :v:

I think, don't quote me on it.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:11

UFOTacoMan: Sep 22, 2005; Thanks easter bunny!
bok bok!

Inferior Third Season posted:

Facial morphing technology has really improved. That looks like a real ugly person.

Everyone needs to see:

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:12

Sulphagnist: Oct 10, 2006; WARNING! INTRUDERS DETECTED

Old James posted:

Couldn't he have just sat at a blackjack table and kept hitting till he lost it all?

That sounds like it might jeopardize your gambling license instead of the much less serious charge of being an unlicensed lender.

Mind you apparently NJ gambling licenses can be found in cereal boxes, so easy was it for Donald to run his casino empire despite having an entire warehouse of closets stuffed with skeletons.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:15

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

let's make america beeping great again! beep! beep!

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:16

JazzFlight: Apr 29, 2006; Oooooooooooh!

UFOTofuTacoCat posted:

Everyone needs to see:

John Lithgow?

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:17

lozzle: Oct 22, 2012; by zen death robot

Lightning Knight posted:

I have no doubt. I don't play Minecraft or know anything about its history, I just found that casual mention at the end to be out of left field. I kind of just always assume that the creators of popular artistic ventures aren't bad people until proven otherwise, unless it plainly shows in their work.

Let me tell you about a guy called Phil Fish...

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:17

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

lozzle posted:

Let me tell you about a guy called Phil Fish...

remember, to create one of these games, you must have enough time on your hands to sit alone in a room programming a game while still managing to feed yourself and pay for internet/power

so the odds of you living with your parents and having everything in life handed to you are, like, SUPER high

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:19

TheBigAristotle: Feb 8, 2007; I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.
I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.; Grimey Drawer

Drudge has a link saying Rasmussen has Trump and Clinton tied nationally, despite the actual poll saying +1 Clinton.

Drudge has reached the unskewing phase.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:19

DACK FAYDEN: Feb 25, 2013; Bear Witness

lozzle posted:

Let me tell you about a guy called Phil Fish...

The best thing about Phil Fish, even if it's only marginally related to how lovely a person he is in real life, is that Judas in Binding of Isaac wears a fez for the sole purpose of it being a slam at Phil Fish.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:20

Chin Strap: Nov 24, 2002; I failed my TFLC Toxx, but I no longer need a double chin strap; Pillbug

TheBigAristotle posted:

Drudge has a link saying Rasmussen has Trump and Clinton tied nationally, despite the actual poll saying +1 Clinton.

Drudge has reached the unskewing phase.

Statistically that is a tie.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:21

Spiritus Nox: Sep 2, 2011

Fish is a gaping rear end in a top hat, but he's at least not an alt-right rear end in a top hat.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:21

Wildeyes: Nov 3, 2011

Diva Cupcake posted:

Free Republic is handling the Assange bust well.

Is this the narrative the evangelicals are going with? Our savior is a loudmouthed narcissistic billionaire fraud because ~~God works in mysterious ways~~

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:22

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

TheBigAristotle posted:

Drudge has a link saying Rasmussen has Trump and Clinton tied nationally, despite the actual poll saying +1 Clinton.

Drudge has reached the unskewing phase.

+1 is within the MOE for basically any poll. They are basically tied, yes.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:22

Rodenthar Drothman: May 14, 2013; I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.

Chin Strap posted:

Statistically that is a tie.

Most polls that have them within a couple % points can be considered a tie, normally. But don't expect then to tell you that :ssh:

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:22

TheBigAristotle: Feb 8, 2007; I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.
I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.; Grimey Drawer

Diva Cupcake posted:

Free Republic is handling the Assange bust well.

I really hope this guy's faith is shattered on November 8th.

Also I love the opening to this, talking about how everyone promises the killshot against the Clinton mafia and never delivers. God forbid the guy takes a hint and realizes that the Billuminati is made up and that they're just two really good politicians that occasionally walk the tightrope.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:23

Rodenthar Drothman: May 14, 2013; I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.

TheBigAristotle posted:

I really hope this guy's faith is shattered on November 8th.

Also I love the opening to this, talking about how everyone promises the killshot against the Clinton mafia and never delivers. God forbid the guy takes a hint and realizes that the Billuminati is made up and that they're just two really good politicians that occasionally walk the tightrope.

It's somehow easier for some people to assume everything is a big conspiracy instead of taking the simpler route.

Evidence: every conspiracy ever.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:24

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

ImpAtom posted:

+1 is within the MOE for basically any poll. They are basically tied, yes.

why do I get the feeling if it was Trump +1 they wouldn't make this distinction

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:24

Geostomp: Oct 22, 2008; Unite: MASH!!
~They've got the bad guys on the run!~

Wildeyes posted:

Is this the narrative the evangelicals are going with? Our savior is a loudmouthed narcissistic billionaire fraud because ~~God works in mysterious ways~~

Yup. The ones even deeper in denial just consider him a new prophet sent to deliver them from the horror of not totally dominating the nation's politics.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:24

lozzle: Oct 22, 2012; by zen death robot

TheBigAristotle posted:

Drudge has a link saying Rasmussen has Trump and Clinton tied nationally, despite the actual poll saying +1 Clinton.

Drudge has reached the unskewing phase.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:25

WampaLord: Jan 14, 2010

Mel Mudkiper posted:

why do I get the feeling if it was Trump +1 they wouldn't make this distinction

Hahaha, looks like you made someone mad.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:25

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

WampaLord posted:

Hahaha, looks like you made someone mad.

lol yup

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lozzle: Oct 22, 2012; by zen death robot

If it helps your red text is basically true. :colbert:

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:28

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

lozzle posted:

If it helps your red text is basically true.

Oh yeah I am gonna roll with this bad boy till November most def

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:30

WeAreTheRomans: Feb 23, 2010; by R. Guyovich

Mel Mudkiper posted:

Oh yeah I am gonna roll with this bad boy till November most def

angering a Republican idiot enough to waste their money on red-texting you is a badge of honour.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:32

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

lozzle posted:

If it helps your red text is basically true.

Not strongly like? Fine.

Hate? Yeah, you're probably a sexist

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:33

Phone: Jul 30, 2005; 親子丼をほしい。

FactsAreUseless posted:

SA's overhead is also a fraction of 4chan's - I don't have exact numbers, but 4chan does way more stuff than we do. Even most images posted on SA are hosted offsite from places like Imgur or Tumblr.

I also have doubts about the sustainability of a super ad-focused model like 4chan's. It's increasingly tough to make money on ads. SA's userbase is much smaller, but also a lot more inclined to spend money on the site.

Before the mp4/webm/whatever thing, they used to host a shitload of 3MB gifs and whatnot. It's all storage costs and then the number of ad networks that will actually run on a site like 4chan are quite slim; so huge overhead, little revenue. I don't think that moot was ever right side up on the site, just various levels of upside down.

Also, the point about "a lot more inclined to spend money on the site" is incredibly interesting and fascinating. If someone pisses you off (or pisses a lot of people off), you can spend $10 to gently caress with them and change their avatar. On 4chan or reddit? Well, you first scour their entire online presence, reset the password on the easiest vector of attack, plaster nudes all over social media, run off with their credit cards if you can, and then call their parents at 3am in the morning.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:33

lozzle: Oct 22, 2012; by zen death robot

Holy loving poo poo did I just get one too.

:laffo:

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:35

TheBigAristotle: Feb 8, 2007; I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.
I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.; Grimey Drawer

Mel Mudkiper posted:

Oh yeah I am gonna roll with this bad boy till November most def

Not asking for names, but do you guys have an idea as to who it was? Apart from some corncob, we already know that.

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:36

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

TheBigAristotle posted:

Not asking for names, but do you guys have an idea as to who it was? Apart from some corncob, we already know that.

call to action probably

lozzle posted:

Holy loving poo poo did I just get one too.

sup bro

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:36

Crow Jane: Oct 18, 2012; nothin' wrong with a lady drinkin' alone in her room

I didn't think Trump supporters had the spare cash for stuff like that, what with it all being tied up in pyramid schemes and their hoards of canned goods and maga hats

Crow Jane fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Oct 4, 2016

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KirbyKhan: Mar 20, 2009; Soiled Meat

Crow Jane posted:

I didn't think Trump supporters had the spare cash for stuff like that

Trump does

# ? Oct 4, 2016 16:40

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