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Flash Gordon was technically a terrorist and Corbyn supports terrorism Really makes you think
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May 20, 2017 13:48
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https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/865533998902108160
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May 20, 2017 13:50
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Please stop replying to Pissflaps.
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May 20, 2017 13:51
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Irony Be My Shield posted:It's more eyecatching due to being inaccurate. It's entirely accurate. TACD posted:Please stop replying to Pissflaps. Somebody give this guy some attention.
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May 20, 2017 13:54
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I've never notified "The Week" before but I love its front page about the Cult of May (almost as much as I love autocorrect adding an apostrophe whenever I write "its" correctly. It also just tried to change "write" to "wrote" JFC)
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Pissflaps posted:Yes it's specifically a sample of wavering labour voters - the opinion of which will be crucial on June 8th. It's a fantastic example of presenting information in a way that pushes a specific narrative. Lets have an example. Say, I wanted to push a poll that suggested that we should deport Pissflaps, specifically to a place with no internet access. Now, the general population is not going to have much of an opinion on this, obviously (I would hope and imagine not one in one million hold this opinion) which both plays against my narrative, but also to borrow my favorite law term, even an idiot in a hurry would question if that's a useful sample or result. So, instead of picking at random, I ask people who know Pissflaps. Except that's not actually a useful sample for my narrative either because I imagine you being a decent human being in your everyday activities would mean that if we had a representative sample of people who know you, the pro-exile camp is going to be dwarfed by people who would absolutely vouch for you (as would nearly almost everyone). So instead, I am careful in how I select "people who know Pissflaps." Say, I open a poll in this thread. This is going to select for people who have the most likelihood of holding that extreme position, and, once I've done that I can rephrase the results and highlight the elements that most support my narrative. Like that old Texan sharpshooter who empties a clip at a barn at random and then draws his target where his shots happened to hit, I might be able to say "of the people who know Pissflaps 7/10 would like him exiled to Sealand. This sample was selected from primarily from a demographic of 18-40s, mostly university educated men who classify themselves as politically engaged" and that's true, but at the same time, I could also say "primarily from a demographic who are more likely to own a poster of an animated comedy show, eat nachos as a meal more then once a week on average and have been affiliated with more then five political parties in their lifetimes" because I suspect that might be true as well. It's the reason you get the Sun polls that prove 90% of the population supports grinding foreigners into a fine gruel which would replace Jobseekers Allowance.
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Double post, I finally understand
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May 20, 2017 14:04
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CoolCab posted:It's a fantastic example of presenting information in a way that pushes a specific narrative. Lets have an example. Say, I wanted to push a poll that suggested that we should deport Pissflaps, specifically to a place with no internet access. Now, the general population is not going to have much of an opinion on this, obviously (I would hope and imagine not one in one million hold this opinion) which both plays against my narrative, but also to borrow my favorite law term, even an idiot in a hurry would question if that's a useful sample or result. Can I get a tldrpls, all I can figure out from that post is that pissflaps sucks and I already knew that
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May 20, 2017 14:06
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Marmaduke! posted:Can I get a tldrpls, all I can figure out from that post is that pissflaps sucks and I already knew that Cherry picking your sample picks your result.
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May 20, 2017 14:08
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I'm one of the 3% who want a private sector army lol
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May 20, 2017 14:13
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Marmaduke! posted:Can I get a tldrpls, all I can figure out from that post is that pissflaps sucks and I already knew that If you want to write an article to push a specific narrative, doing a survey of a group of people more likely to agree with you then presenting it as a more general sample is a good way to do it. E.g. people in this thread are more likely to hold the view of cutting off flaps internet access than the SA population , or the general population. So doing a survey of this thread and disguising us as our demographic group is a way to push that agenda. gently caress pissflaps
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May 20, 2017 14:14
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Namtab posted:gently caress pissflaps lewd
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May 20, 2017 14:18
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CoolCab posted:Cherry picking your sample picks your result. Never mind all that where do we vote!?
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May 20, 2017 14:18
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ThomasPaine posted:I'm one of the 3% who want a private sector army lol It's a fun little breakdown of % of libertarians, minarchists, social democrats and communists in a vague way.
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May 20, 2017 14:22
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July's thread poll as I suspect June will be voting intention poll with comedy pissflaps option
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May 20, 2017 14:23
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Namtab posted:July's thread poll as I suspect June will be voting intention poll with comedy pissflaps option Do you approve of voting in this poll? Yes No Pissflaps
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May 20, 2017 14:25
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namesake posted:Do you approve of voting in this poll? goku 
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May 20, 2017 14:46
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I get to act like the Right Wing press and change the results to whatever I want too. Polls are great
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May 20, 2017 14:52
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Have the lovely skewed graphs started appearing in anyone else's letterboxes yet? 
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May 20, 2017 14:54
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who are the people who want to privatise the BBC? why?
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May 20, 2017 14:54
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and i must meme posted:who are the people who want to privatise the BBC? why? You must not read the Daily Mail much. There's been a crusade to privatise the wasteful BBC for decades
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May 20, 2017 14:57
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and i must meme posted:who are the people who want to privatise the BBC? why? A lot of the 'kipper types who think the BBC is a left wing conspiracy.
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May 20, 2017 14:57
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In other news, apparently regulations are killing vaping in the UK. I'm sure the decision was not influenced by the big tobacco firms in any way
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May 20, 2017 14:58
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ThomasPaine posted:I'm one of the 3% who want a private sector army lol It's also interesting that internet/telephone providers is so low compared to other utilities that used to be nationalized like water/gas/electricity. Maybe people don't trust the government not to gently caress around with the internet, but looks like they're planning to do that anyway.
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May 20, 2017 14:59
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Pochoclo posted:In other news, apparently regulations are killing vaping in the UK. I'm sure the decision was not influenced by the big tobacco firms in any way What sort of regulations?
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May 20, 2017 15:00
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and i must meme posted:who are the people who want to privatise the BBC? why? Surprisingly high. TBH I can't see the point in renationalising the Royal Mail, though maybe it would ensure people living in really remote bits of the UK continue to get deliveries? Otherwise seems like an obsolescent service.
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May 20, 2017 15:00
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Lord of the Llamas posted:A lot of the 'kipper types who think the BBC is a left wing conspiracy. there was a doctor who episode the other day where the doctor destroyed capitalism, maybe they're on to something
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May 20, 2017 15:02
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I thought it was private cos we pay the licence fee
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May 20, 2017 15:02
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Pissflaps posted:What sort of regulations? https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/20/vaping-new-laws-stifle-success-curbing-smoking Although the health effects of vaping are still not entirely understood, I think it's pretty much undeniable that it's better than smoking, and I think have done great things for getting people off cigarettes. and i must meme posted:who are the people who want to privatise the BBC? why?
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May 20, 2017 15:12
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Ewan posted:Limits of strength (nicotine content) - I can understand (although do not agree with) the health argument for that. But, more arbitrarily - there are also limits on the size of the liquid bit and the size you can sell refill bottles in. e-cigs helped me quit, though barely getting any change from a tenner when buying a pack of 20 B&H was the main deciding factor. I've now kicked the vaping off because most of the e-cigs are used were rubbish with poo poo life batteries and leaking cartridges
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May 20, 2017 15:17
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Ewan posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkYUaHOwYqc A bunch of hired thugs the TV Licensing people are
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May 20, 2017 15:26
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and i must meme posted:there was a doctor who episode the other day where the doctor destroyed capitalism, maybe they're on to something Yeah, but there was also one recently where the lesson was that refugees are terrorists and should just shut up and take what they're given
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May 20, 2017 15:29
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Yeah, but there was also one recently where the lesson was that refugees are terrorists and should just shut up and take what they're given the bbc are nazbols
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May 20, 2017 15:30
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and i must meme posted:who are the people who want to privatise the BBC? why? I do, because I don't watch television and the licensing man keeps turning up trying to catch me out. They can gently caress off if they think I'm paying money to them for a service I don't use just because I own internet devices capable of running it. Privatise it and make it a subscription service just like every other for profit organisatio, or be honest or call it the tax that it is.
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May 20, 2017 15:33
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Intrinsic Field Marshal posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkYUaHOwYqc
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May 20, 2017 15:33
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learnincurve posted:I do, because I don't watch television and the licensing man keeps turning up trying to catch me out. They can gently caress off if they think I'm paying money to them for a service I don't use just because I own internet devices capable of running it. Scrapping the license fee and running the state broadcasting service out of normal tax income seems fine. Have to admit I've only given it about twenty seconds thought though.
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May 20, 2017 15:36
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big scary monsters posted:Scrapping the license fee and running the state broadcasting service out of normal tax income seems fine. Have to admit I've only given it about twenty seconds thought though.
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May 20, 2017 15:43
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Jose posted:i got the deposit for my flat from my great aunt who was in care and completely gone from dementia and totally healthy otherwise and expected all the money to go to her care. Then I visited her for the first time in the care home and she dropped down dead suddenly a week later this is not suspicious at all!!!!!!!
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The whole of pistonheads news forum hate the BBC because they truly believe they're extremely left wing biased haha and I'd consider them a pretty decent sample of middle aged blokes. Like the mumsnet of men. People in this country are just tossers I think.
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