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Schnorkles
Apr 30, 2015

It's a little bit juvenile, but it's simple and it's timeless.

We let it be known that Schnorkles, for a snack, eats tiny pieces of shit.

You're picturing it and you're talking about it. That's a win in my book.

The Alpha Centauri posted:

"we are grossly incompetent and ignorant of technology and we are sorry and will do better next time. this was not at all an active campaign to destroy sanders. no this was just a mistake."

honestly state party apparatuses are so corrupt and stupid that its probably both

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Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ

Pollyanna
Mar 5, 2005

Milk's on them.


s2g if the dnc ratfucks bernie out of an nh win I am done with the dems

they don’t have our best interests in mind if they ratfuck him again

Weedle
May 31, 2006




"also our cfo is unfamiliar with spreadsheets"

PostNouveau
Sep 3, 2011

VY till I die
Grimey Drawer

The Alpha Centauri posted:

this is all so stupid

we need to do a couple rounds of voting nationally instead of this by-state bullshit

Congrats to Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg, the only people who can afford to blanket the entire nation in ads.

PostNouveau has issued a correction as of 16:40 on Feb 10, 2020

Schnorkles
Apr 30, 2015

It's a little bit juvenile, but it's simple and it's timeless.

We let it be known that Schnorkles, for a snack, eats tiny pieces of shit.

You're picturing it and you're talking about it. That's a win in my book.

i mean its not particularly meaningful because of the rules (see his next post) but its still hilarious

Harrow
Jun 30, 2012

Pollyanna posted:

s2g if the dnc ratfucks bernie out of an nh win I am done with the dems

they don’t have our best interests in mind if they ratfuck him again

A full-forced ratfuck in New Hampshire is unlikely for a lot of reasons. Bernie's in a comfortable lead, there are paper ballots, the election is officiated by the state election board (not to say there can't be DNC stooges there but it's a lot less direct), etc. Fully rigging the election there probably isn't worth the effort.

Now, Nevada on the other hand...

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




KLOBUCHARGE

The Alpha Centauri
Feb 15, 2019

PostNouveau posted:

Congrats to Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg, the only people who can afford to blanket the entire nation in ads.

ahh poo poo

good point

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ
this is technically better than a coin flip.... still.....

https://twitter.com/awprokop/status/1226889427982733312

Dr_0ctag0n
Apr 25, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 14 days!

Weedle posted:

"also our cfo is unfamiliar with spreadsheets"

Probably still has Office 2007 installed and anything even slightly changed is like learning an entirely new language. Boomers should just leave the workforce.

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ
there is going to be at least one misreported precinct that couldn't agree whether ace was high or low

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

Joementum posted:

there is going to be at least one misreported precinct that couldn't agree whether ace was high or low

Let me refer to the case of Iron v. Maiden

pigz
Jul 12, 2004

Nearly as overlooked as Joe Mauer

pancake rabbit posted:

fight me i'm gonna keep posting number until it goes all the way up

https://twitter.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1226891721247797258

This is great.

I'm gonna go ahead and go out on a limb and say Bernie will handily win with PETE being much closer to Klobuchar than Bernie. I think the senator would beat PETE if there had been a little bit more time between the debate and election so that people could see what a wet paper bag he is. Could still happen!

As an aside I'm reminded of how Biden calls Klobuchar Amy every single time he addresses her, just to correct himself mid sentence. Dude is such a misogynist can't help himself.

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




caucus tiebreak footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbkizy-Y3qw

Iridium
Apr 4, 2002

Wretched Harp

fits my needs posted:

is joe biden being forced to campaign to death elder abuse or

https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1226577362562752513?s=20

any of y'all remember that episode of Tom and Jerry where they're chasing the baby that got out and was running all over the construction site?

that's how i picture Biden's campaign manager trying to struggle with his constant weird bullshit, like running down an escapee from the nursing home while he accidentally gets himself entered into the presidential race.

pancake rabbit
Feb 21, 2011




Joementum posted:

this is technically better than a coin flip.... still.....

https://twitter.com/awprokop/status/1226889427982733312

an unopened deck....in factory order???

lol

pigz
Jul 12, 2004

Nearly as overlooked as Joe Mauer

Joementum posted:

this is technically better than a coin flip.... still.....

https://twitter.com/awprokop/status/1226889427982733312

Hmm how about a possession arrow from basketball? Call up the league office and then alternate after every tie who get's that delegate. And add video replay! We do this right we got a multi-billion dollar streaming contract. Quick someone call Vince McMahon.

What kind of logic does 'random' make anyhow. Why should a winner be 'random'. Why not just throw the votes out since it can't be decided?Especially since in this country even counting all the votes is too much to ask. Forget about wanting the count to be accurate or fair.


pigz has issued a correction as of 16:53 on Feb 10, 2020

Charles 2 of Spain
Nov 7, 2017

Johnny Five Aces decides the fate of America.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Joementum posted:

this is technically better than a coin flip.... still.....

https://twitter.com/awprokop/status/1226889427982733312

Aren't unopened decks of cards all organized by rank and suit

Limerick
Oct 23, 2009

:parrot:

pancake rabbit posted:

fight me i'm gonna keep posting number until it goes all the way up

https://twitter.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1226891721247797258

:bernget20:

Azathoth
Apr 3, 2001

Iridium posted:

any of y'all remember that episode of Tom and Jerry where they're chasing the baby that got out and was running all over the construction site?

that's how i picture Biden's campaign manager trying to struggle with his constant weird bullshit, like running down an escapee from the nursing home while he accidentally gets himself entered into the presidential race.

That video of him putting his hands on that Steyer voter and kind of ineffectually zipping up his jacket while telling him to vote for someone else is really hilarious. There's a staffer there doing everything but physically dragging Biden away and he just won't disengage.

a few DRUNK BONERS
Mar 25, 2016

coming up next, make the delegates guess which cup the ball is under

C-SPAN Caller
Apr 21, 2010



Sagebrush posted:

Aren't unopened decks of cards all organized by rank and suit

Yes which means if you shuffle it right you can gently caress it over

Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

The trump delegates are probably gonna ritually sacrifice the weld delegates

Limerick
Oct 23, 2009

:parrot:

Schnorkles posted:

honestly state party apparatuses are so corrupt and stupid that its probably both

I think they tried to ratfuck him but they were stupid about it and there was a paper trail so it has taken them forever to un-rig the poll so they don't go to jail. This is the scenario where they were both incompetent and cheating.

Rogue Copter Pilot
Apr 12, 2005

a dead whale or a stove boat

*rolls a d20*

oooh, critical miss. sorry bernie, that's minus one delegate.

pancake rabbit
Feb 21, 2011




C-SPAN Caller posted:

Yes which means if you shuffle it right you can gently caress it over

seeing reports that the nevada democratic party has hired david blaine as a deputy voter protection director, odd choice but good for him for getting involved in the political process

Charles 2 of Spain
Nov 7, 2017

At least this time when they flip the king of hearts they can still read the number without craning their necks

pigz
Jul 12, 2004

Nearly as overlooked as Joe Mauer

Sagebrush posted:

Aren't unopened decks of cards all organized by rank and suit

I looked into this they have to shuffle after opening the decks.

Which is really just as bad, *maybe*.

If I remember right they have to shuffle 5 times. Which is problematic in itself. The math is something like 7 to be sufficiently random, and less to be much worse. ESPECIALLY in this situation where you are drawing cards in order. So having two ranked cards next to each other is problematic .

So it assuming some sort of competent shuffling, which uhhh the IOWA people had trouble adding sets of three numbers so yeah not sure these people are competent in anything.

These elections are like examples of bad Usability and process design. Who the gently caress shuffles cards anymore?

Limerick
Oct 23, 2009

:parrot:

Charles 2 of Spain posted:

Johnny Five Aces decides the fate of America.

Johnny Five-Delegates

bawk
Mar 31, 2013

C-SPAN Caller posted:

Yes which means if you shuffle it right you can gently caress it over

Ideally the deck would go into a casino autoshuffler but you would also ideally not catch and loving look at a coin flip before declaring which side was face up so good loving luck Nevada

The Alpha Centauri
Feb 15, 2019

a few DRUNK BONERS posted:

coming up next, make the delegates guess which cup the ball is under

Charles 2 of Spain posted:

Johnny Five Aces decides the fate of America.


Limerick posted:

Johnny Five-Delegates

Los locos kick your balls into outer SPACE FORCE

pigz
Jul 12, 2004

Nearly as overlooked as Joe Mauer

thecluckmeme posted:

Ideally the deck would go into a casino autoshuffler but you would also ideally not catch and loving look at a coin flip before declaring which side was face up so good loving luck Nevada

Casinos in the past have offered to host card draws and facilitate them, but have been turned down as to avoid the look of impropriety. Which is of course why they hire the canidate's staff to administer the elections, that way there's no appearance of partiality.

Schnorkles
Apr 30, 2015

It's a little bit juvenile, but it's simple and it's timeless.

We let it be known that Schnorkles, for a snack, eats tiny pieces of shit.

You're picturing it and you're talking about it. That's a win in my book.
imagine four welds at the edge of a cliff....

AWWNAW
Dec 30, 2008

if it ends up close enough for tie breakers to decide then the rat loving will begin (again)

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

pancake rabbit posted:

an unopened deck....in factory order???

lol

earlier in the document they’re told to shuffle it 5 times before dealing at least

Weedle
May 31, 2006




the optimal number is seven shuffles but to be fair nevada is widely known for its hostility to and unfamiliarity with card games

Drunkboxer
Jun 30, 2007

pigz posted:

I looked into this they have to shuffle after opening the decks.

Which is really just as bad, *maybe*.

If I remember right they have to shuffle 5 times. Which is problematic in itself. The math is something like 7 to be sufficiently random, and less to be much worse. ESPECIALLY in this situation where you are drawing cards in order. So having two ranked cards next to each other is problematic .

So it assuming some sort of competent shuffling, which uhhh the IOWA people had trouble adding sets of three numbers so yeah not sure these people are competent in anything.

These elections are like examples of bad Usability and process design. Who the gently caress shuffles cards anymore?

hey, dats vegas baby!

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pigz
Jul 12, 2004

Nearly as overlooked as Joe Mauer
To see just how bad they want to gently caress Bernie we can see how many draws there are tonight.

There have only been like 2 card draws in the last like couple primaries. One that Hillary won over Bernie (Ace of Spades vs Six clubs), and one Obama won over Hillary (no details in the article i saw).

Also the suits are ranked with the typical french class rankings (Spades - Royalty, Hearts - Religion, Diamonds - Merchant, Clubs - Workers), pretty fitting in the Hillary and Bernie case. I do think you can opt to not rank suits and just redraw, but you have to decide that before hand.

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