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SaveEstelle
10/09/24 1:43:21 PM
#302:


Suprak unlock Tony because he lurked the missing post and youre 100% on the same wavelength rn

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UshiromiyaEva
10/09/24 1:46:25 PM
#303:


https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1844070899160359052?t=cORUgualDw3VQ2Ex18vbug&s=19

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/292de7a2.jpg

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Thorn
10/09/24 1:46:48 PM
#304:


Seanchan posted...
Having now been intrigued and did a small amount of research:

The House gets 1 vote per state and gets pick among the top 3 candidates for President.
The Senate gets 1 vote per senator and gets to pick among the top 2 candidates for Vice President.

I'm assuming this would be by the new, incoming Congress.
Correct, it would be the new, incoming Congress that votes in the contingency election as they are seated beforehand.

The one vote per state delegation in the House thing also favors Republicans in that even in scenarios were Dems control the House they're likely to be outvoted. (In 2020 despite winning the House, the GOP still controlled more state delegations, it was 26-24 or something IIRC) so that's why the 1/6 plot could still have worked in spite of a Dem House.

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UshiromiyaEva
10/09/24 1:49:09 PM
#305:


https://twitter.com/blockedfreq/status/1844071836809822242?t=14qEo_yRsfVeL0R-ZocH-w&s=19

At what point do all these extremely blue PA numbers stop being called noise and outliers, and start actually being a canary in the coalmine?

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AriaOfBolo
10/09/24 2:07:55 PM
#306:


UshiromiyaEva posted...
https://twitter.com/blockedfreq/status/1844071836809822242?t=14qEo_yRsfVeL0R-ZocH-w&s=19

At what point do all these extremely blue PA numbers stop being called noise and outliers, and start actually being a canary in the coalmine?

when the results are in and the majority of the country accepts them

as sour as I am on the dems and as much as I feel this SHOULD be a layup for them anyway, I ain't gettin blindsided like 2016 again

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Obellisk
10/09/24 2:12:50 PM
#307:


no reality exists where trump wins the election. Its the years of hell from the fallout that we should be gearing up for.

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AriaOfBolo
10/09/24 2:28:22 PM
#308:


I hope you're right!

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foolm0r0n
10/09/24 2:33:12 PM
#309:


Obellisk posted...
no reality exists where trump wins the election
Back in the day this level of delusion would've put you in the insane asylum (with the late great Hannibal Lecter)

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Kenri
10/09/24 2:36:24 PM
#310:


kevwaffles posted...
As much of a beer snob as I am you don't actually want to pick an truly good beer that no one has heard of for this bit. This is lowest common denominator stuff. At least she's not trying to convince me PBR is good.

I would have compromised though and gone with Sam Adams.
Sam Adams would have been a great choice! I'd accept PBR too. In fact basically any beer, including all the cheap/shit ones, would have been a step up from Miller High Life. Picking Miller High Life is like being asked your favorite apple and saying "actually, can I just have a sand-filled condom instead?"

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LinkMarioSamus
10/09/24 2:38:23 PM
#311:


foolm0r0n posted...
Back in the day this level of delusion would've put you in the insane asylum (with the late great Hannibal Lecter)

Tbf its literally only what happened eight years ago that gives me pause. Even then, Harris isnt unpopular enough for the situation to be the same.

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Suprak_the_Stud
10/09/24 2:44:49 PM
#312:


Obellisk posted...
no reality exists where trump wins the election. Its the years of hell from the fallout that we should be gearing up for.

It takes a polling error in 1-2 states. One of the disappointing things is the fact that it is so close when it should be a blowout.

SaveEstelle posted...
Suprak unlock Tony because he lurked the missing post and youre 100% on the same wavelength rn

Oh WOOPS. I had actually completely forgotten I blocked Tony. I thought all these missing posts were redsox.

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NFUN
10/09/24 2:58:29 PM
#313:


Kenri posted...
Sam Adams would have been a great choice! I'd accept PBR too. In fact basically any beer, including all the cheap/shit ones, would have been a step up from Miller High Life. Picking Miller High Life is like being asked your favorite apple and saying "actually, can I just have a sand-filled condom instead?"
lots of people say red delicious is their favorite kind of apple

oh that was apparently for the Newtown Pippin

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PeaceFrog
10/09/24 3:14:02 PM
#314:


Hang on, I have something for this apple talk.

Rolling rock is the best shit beer, but I generally don't drink beer so that's not a hill I'll die on.

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PeaceFrog
10/09/24 3:15:51 PM
#315:


https://applerankings.com/pick-an-apple/

Believe it or not, the coffee grinds in a leather glove known as The Red Delicious Apple was once a robust firebrand credited with reinventing the apple from mere cider-fruit into a full-fledged lunch-worthy sidepiece. It even won the Stark Brothers apple contest in 1894. Likely your great-grandmas favorite apple, this once flavorful Prometheus has been mass-produced into desolation.

Nowadays, you can find this thick-skinned, flavorless, mealy imposter unwashed in a dirty wicker basket on the floor of a convenience store. What a sad state of affairs. Its time to hang them up old man, your time has passed.


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NFUN
10/09/24 3:16:56 PM
#316:


that's where the quote is from

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LightningStrikes
10/09/24 3:23:23 PM
#317:


NFUN posted...
"given race". a constituency's election. I know a few years ago just about half the races had the winner win with a majority and I'm sure much of the rest had two parties with 75% or more of the vote

I dont know the number of constituencies at the last election where multiple parties are viable (they used to publish reports on this, maybe) but I think it was a lot more than previous in the 2024 election. So for instance heres what the results of one constituency, South West Norfolk, looked like in the 2019 election:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a588d51f.jpg
Ultra safe, massive majority, not even two viable parties. But heres the results of the 2024 election in the same constituency:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1c5a1c30.jpg

That majority completely evaporated, and it went from being a safe seat with 51% between first and second to a four way marginal with only 12.5% separating first and fourth. Now this is an extreme example, but what Im getting at is that FPTP can be beaten, at least in local races. The US equivalent would be congress races and thats where I would actually aim if I were a small party in the US.

To which point thanks for the great post Thorn, didnt actually realise that you needed an absolute majority of electoral votes not just a plurality. Definitely agree that if small parties want a chance they basically need to start from the ground up. And the whole system seems built to maintain two parties in more ways than just FPTP alone. So even more would actually need to change to break the system.

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Seanchan
10/09/24 3:23:42 PM
#318:


Personally I'm a big fan of Jazz apples, with their little bit of tartness. Pink Lady is also solid. Gala are more widespread and will do for 3rd place.

Honey Crisp are way too sweet.

I've heard good things about Cosmic Crisp but haven't tried one.

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LightningStrikes
10/09/24 3:25:38 PM
#319:


I was going to say Pink Lady. Had an apple tree in one house I lived ins garden and that was pretty great until we realised how much extra gardening work that is.

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foolm0r0n
10/09/24 3:29:45 PM
#320:


Can't believe Earl Elvis didn't win

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Forceful_Dragon
10/09/24 3:32:16 PM
#321:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu9hC5MokCA

Some live streams from the Florida coast where Milton will be making landfall.

There are currently dumbasses posing for pictures in Key West

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NFUN
10/09/24 3:32:34 PM
#322:


I found a spreadsheet and did the math it was like 290 for 2024 which is definitely less than it was before (unique races with >50% for one party + unique races with >70% for top two parties)

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Forceful_Dragon
10/09/24 3:32:46 PM
#323:


Seanchan posted...
Cosmic Crisp

They are pretty good!

I would put it up there with Fuji as my favorite apples.

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kevwaffles
10/09/24 3:36:33 PM
#324:


https://x.com/RealYouTubeKids/status/1843697473082253596

It doesn't show dates on the embed but the original is from August.

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Forceful_Dragon
10/09/24 3:41:16 PM
#325:


250* to win =P

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AuraChannelerCh
10/09/24 3:43:51 PM
#326:


Why is California red.

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UshiromiyaEva
10/09/24 3:44:46 PM
#327:


Golden Delicious is the apple

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UshiromiyaEva
10/09/24 3:45:30 PM
#328:


AuraChannelerCh posted...
Why is California red.

It was making fun of a map that said "Harris can win all the battleground states and still lose if California went red".

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kevwaffles
10/09/24 3:45:38 PM
#329:


AuraChannelerCh posted...
Why is California red.

I think it was a series of shitposts.

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UshiromiyaEva
10/09/24 3:47:53 PM
#330:


https://twitter.com/NewsWire_US/status/1844012151759134896?t=K5TaMo0xbV_l6XwkoLjyPw&s=19

This city is over +50 D.

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kevwaffles
10/09/24 3:49:22 PM
#331:


It's basically impossible for Dems to lose the popular vote and win the election, but dammit Trump is gonna try!

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Isquen
10/09/24 3:51:19 PM
#332:


Forceful_Dragon posted...
There are currently dumbasses posing for pictures in Key West

Speaking as the only place in Florida I would ever willingly go, under mild duress, this is nothing new.

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Forceful_Dragon
10/09/24 3:57:20 PM
#333:


Isquen posted...
Speaking as the only place in Florida I would ever willingly go, under mild duress, this is nothing new.

But... Disney World? :D

Anyways Key West is technically south of the mandatory evacuation zones, but I sure as hell wouldn't be posing for pictures next to the beach.

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UshiromiyaEva
10/09/24 4:02:20 PM
#334:


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/ab906518.jpg

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ChaosTonyV4
10/09/24 4:41:13 PM
#335:


Suprak_the_Stud posted...
It takes a polling error in 1-2 states. One of the disappointing things is the fact that it is so close when it should be a blowout.

Oh WOOPS. I had actually completely forgotten I blocked Tony. I thought all these missing posts were redsox.

we are so back

^5 @SaveEstelle


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AriaOfBolo
10/09/24 5:05:25 PM
#336:


Forceful_Dragon posted...
But... Disney World? :D

I'm supposed to go there for work next year

I will not

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Seanchan
10/09/24 5:19:12 PM
#337:


Forceful_Dragon posted...
They are pretty good!

I would put it up there with Fuji as my favorite apples.

I got burned by Fujis too many times; they'd look good on the outside and then have brown, soft spots on the inside. Too much of a risk.

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UshiromiyaEva
10/09/24 5:21:42 PM
#339:


Milton drops to a 3, thank God.

But Katrina landed as a 3 too, so don't get too excited.

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AuraChannelerCh
10/09/24 5:24:42 PM
#340:


Aren't there like 7 tornadoes anyway? That's still very awful.

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kevwaffles
10/09/24 6:06:59 PM
#341:


https://x.com/politvidchannel/status/1844017005076349403

Genuinely surprised

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Suprak_the_Stud
10/09/24 6:10:06 PM
#342:


I'm really curious what that entails and who from the conservative side helped.

I'll either google it when I'm home from work or hope some enterprising person in this topic can track down that info!

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UshiromiyaEva
10/09/24 6:10:40 PM
#343:


The fact that this was 8 hours ago and I'm just hearing about it tells me Musk might be messing with the algorithm to keep it hush lol.

https://twitter.com/politvidchannel/status/1844032321097539783?t=vc0eJHsLsPbGBTydZe8HeQ&s=19

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Sorozone
10/09/24 6:11:48 PM
#344:


Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch were the dissents it looks like.

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Suprak_the_Stud
10/09/24 6:12:37 PM
#345:


Thank you!

I knew Alito and Thomas would do the worse possible thing, so not surprised. I guess Kavanaugh is the only one I would've guessed wrong on how they'd vote.

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PeaceFrog
10/09/24 6:13:48 PM
#346:


I'm shocked that he's not taking the "let them enforce it then" approach and just soaking up fines in the meantime. He's actually doing it??

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NFUN
10/09/24 6:25:04 PM
#347:


PeaceFrog posted...
I'm shocked that he's not taking the "let them enforce it then" approach and just soaking up fines in the meantime. He's actually doing it??
maybe he's still smarting from getting slapped around in brazil

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IfGodCouldDie
10/09/24 6:26:15 PM
#348:


FFDragon posted...
PBR is the best shit beer, I will die in this hill.
Best shit beer is probably a beer most of you have never heard of called Lucky Lager

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Bat178
10/09/24 6:31:01 PM
#349:


kevwaffles posted...
https://twitter.com/politvidchannel/status/1844017005076349403

Genuinely surprised
I swear x embeds worked a few days ago, but now they don't again?

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FFDragon
10/09/24 6:37:48 PM
#350:


they still embed

but I'd rather use https://xcancel.com to deprive musk of what little revenue each impression gives

also being able to read threads without logging in

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UshiromiyaEva
10/09/24 6:40:33 PM
#351:


Huh

https://twitter.com/WIRED/status/1844135534765146222?t=wQ784a4H4Jb-RGdDdCfHcA&s=19

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TeamRocketElite
10/09/24 6:42:50 PM
#352:


What age group is WoW these days?

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