does it really count as "polarized" when everyone fucking hates you

  • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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    2 years ago

    In games such as golf, you win by scoring lower than any of your opponents. But in the realm of presidential job approval, such an approach is a recipe for political upheaval, as President Biden has found over the past few months.

    Essay wordcount ass writing style.

    • OgdenTO [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It's so condescending "Let me give you context and explain to you that in fact, higher numbers are better usually"

      • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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        2 years ago

        I just realized he calls it an approach, as if there would be a president that decided that actually, being unpopular is a cool curveball approach to electoral politics.

      • Lundi [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        reddit always has this sort of surface level intelligence that compels them to say 'just cuz u dn't understand probability doesn't mean 538's numbers are wrong'. u can manipulate stats and numbers and misinterpret data when making a model u assholes

    • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      I dare the motherfucker to tell me another game off the top of his head with golf scoring

      • TeethOrCoat [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        You say that, but I've heard the opposite. Like this shows the system allows dissent, western democracies have less propagandized citizens...

    • a_fanonist_hexagon [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      In games such as golf, you win by scoring lower than any of your opponents. If the Special Military Operation were a game of golf and the "score" was how many of your opponents soldiers you've killed, Vyolyodymyr Zyelyenskyyeye would be doing super well right now. It would also be super good for Zyelyenskyeyeyeye if the "score" was how many of your own soldiers you have left. But unfortunately, war is not like golf, unless if you scored it by either how many of your own soldiers die or how many soldiers your opponents have left. A cruel lesson for the brave democratic resistance. Slava Geroide