Favorite recent post by the previous poster

[All Along The Watchtower]

Much preferable to a Biden-Trump rematch for sure. It'd honestly be depressing two have two such old men as our options once more. In contrast, both Newsom and DeathSantis are comparably younger and more fresh and energetic.

[GregTheGreat657]

The 1860 presidential election. Being anti-slavery is a good thing, actually.

The 1964 presidential election. Am anti-psychiatry due to personal experience, and would've been far more so in the Cold War era back when inhumane treatment was even more common, so the '1189 Psychiatrists' piece would've made me more hesitant to support LBJ. And the way his campaign accused Goldwater of outright supporting the KKK following part of it endorsing him comes off as borderline slanderous, considering Goldwater was an anti-segregation NAACP member who denounced the Klan as soon as part of it endorsed him. Also, hot take, I find the Daisy ad more comedic than scary due to how over-the-top doomer it is. It reminds me of a Snab threaf. 'If Goldwater becomes President, will he invade the USSR?'

The 1972 presidential election. Being the 'Candidate of Acid, Amnesty, and Abortion' is a good thing, actually.

The 1988 presidential election. Most of the attacks on Dukakis were for things that would be considered the standard Democratic platform nowadays, like affiliating with the ACLU (I don't like them as much as other left-leaners do, but I don't consider them the 'radical liberal' organization Bush 41's campaign painted them as) or wanting criminal justice reform. Also, if you count them as an attack, Bernard Shaw's comments during the second debate were below-the-belt and would have made me like Dukakis more for answering them with a cool head.

ND-SEN 2018. Publicly outing sexual assault survivors without their consent, as well as claiming women who weren't sexually abused as survivors, is ghoulish and unacceptable. Even though it sure as hell wouldn't make me like Cramer more, either.

TX-SEN 2018. Most of the attacks aimed at Beto worked in his favour and made him seem more appealing as a candidate.

[Progressive Pessimist]

The Minnesota GOP is one giant trainwreck further confirmed

[GregTheGreat657]

I'm 100% certain that he will be Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2022.

[Joseph Cao]

The New York side of Niagara Falls

1960 102,394 12.7%
1970 85,615 -16.4%
1980 71,384 -16.6%
1990 61,840 -13.4%
2000 55,593 -10.1%
2010 50,193 -9.7%
2020 48,671 -3.0%

This is a stark contrast from the population growth of the Canadian side which is below:

1961 22,351 -2.3%
1971 67,163 +200.5%
1981 70,960 +5.7%
1991 75,399 +6.3%
2001 78,815 +4.5%
2006 82,184 +4.3%
2011 82,997 +1.0%
2016 88,071 +6.1%

[Goldwater]

Just about every opinion, really.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

My leg!

[Kamala's side hoe]

Oz on tape responding to the puppy allegations - not a great answer!

I wanna see the crosstabs on those happiness numbers!

Quaker Research crosstabs on this say that Black responders happiness grew by 32 points, Whites decreased by 1.5 points (decimals are more accurate!) and Hispanics increased by 4.

But also

Isn't Club for Growth some R-associated group?

Tossup remains tossup, but I've been anticipating a Laxalt win for a few weeks now.

Club for Growth was a big name GOP group in the Obama years. It still exists today. Not surprising they favor Laxalt and by a lot.

[Ferguson97]

There is a history of Dem leadership and Dem-aligned groups/organizations overemphasizing ADOS voters relative to nonwhites as a whole. We also see this with "POC" and more recently "BIPOC" often being used as euphemisms for "black people" in practice, even though those terms sound like they also include Latin Americans, East Asians, South Asians, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, etc.. A lot of activist discourse on race relations is framed in very black-and-white terms, possibly at the expense of building a genuinely multiracial democracy.

[Blow by blow, the passion dies]

There is a history of Dem leadership and Dem-aligned groups/organizations overemphasizing ADOS voters relative to nonwhites as a whole. We also see this with "POC" and more recently "BIPOC" often being used as euphemisms for "black people" in practice, even though those terms sound like they also include Latin Americans, East Asians, South Asians, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, etc.. A lot of activist discourse on race relations is framed in very black-and-white terms, possibly at the expense of building a genuinely multiracial democracy.

The one mentioning the Willie Horton and Daisy ads

[Schiff for Senate]

Honestly, it's a tie between several posts. This poster has a lot of interesting and memorable one-line posts (especially without context - then they're mystifying, and in a good way), just in the last 25:

Eating rice and beans at preschool in circa 2011

Yes, but only due to filling her body with plastic. I'll give her a 6/10

Wrong. Cannibalism isn't just scary.

I'd say I'm Unique

[GregTheGreat657]

Honestly, it's a tie between several posts. This poster has a lot of interesting and memorable one-line posts (especially without context - then they're mystifying, and in a good way), just in the last 25:

Eating rice and beans at preschool in circa 2011

Yes, but only due to filling her body with plastic. I'll give her a 6/10

Wrong. Cannibalism isn't just scary.

I'd say I'm Unique

The peak of projection...
Does this guy have absolutely zero self-awareness? Like, at all?
Of course, it's a GOP speciality to throw stones from glass houses, and it's an art Trump is a master at.

[Mr. Smith]

I never even watched GOT

The correct answer in this thread.

[Torrain]

Re: Describe a Calvin Coolidge-Bernie Sanders voter

John Dule with a Time Machine.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

HE'S BACK, BABY:

https://twitter.com/10downingstreet/status/1584954207479955457

Ah, some equilibrium has been restored. A Conservative cabinet just doesn’t feel right without Gove sitting in the corner, sharpening his knives, and preparing to be fired.

[TDAS04]

Just guessing here, obviously:
His legacy, imo, will be most shaped by what he didn't let happen, as opposed to what he directly caused. A steady hand at the ship of state and all...

[the artist formerly known as catmusic]

Dark green avatars: Klobmentum, olawakandi

That's inexcusable of you.  Name just one of olawakandi's political views that could be considered one of the "worst."

And he doesn't even have an avatar.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

My friend in high school told me she was going to end it all but got a message from me that distracted her and talking to me, about unrelated silly stuff, brought her to her senses. I found out about this like, a year later, but it was pretty heavy to hear. Guess you could say that was something, even if I didn't know I was doing it.

[FT-02 Senator A.F.E. 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

xScarlet

Unlike most politicians, he tells the truth.

[Damocles]

I clapped for my POTUS when no one else would

Jeb! is love, Jeb! is life

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Bold of you to assume that anyone on Atlas is rich enough to afford an Italian car. Or its maintenance.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

Been making this over the past week.
What were the rules by which I made it? And what apportionment method did I use?
Btw, you can decline to answer the whole question, and only answer one facet of it. Or more than one.

[progressive85]

I've been diagnosed with ADHD, anxiety, and psychosis. I almost certainly am autistic, but never got evaluated or diagnosed as a kid, probably because despite it being IMO quite obvious to anyone who knew what to look for, I didn't fit some of the really insulting stereotypes and assumptions adults back in the mid 2000's tended to hold.

I think its wonderful that people are talking here about this so genuinely, with candor and honesty - because it gives support to so many others that are on the autism spectrum, or have lived through experiences with their mental health.

I was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome in 2003 and because i could do certain things like go to college classes, it was never really acknowledged and I was just expected to be "neurotypical" which I could not do (in the mid 2000s)

[West_Midlander]

I view KY as a very Southern state and TX as more Southwestern, if that makes any sense.  I also think KY is poorer and more blue collar than TX, which seems like it has more affluence and wealthy suburbs, and TX has larger cities.

[Make America Grumpy Again]

I don't see how ending human life is something good or to own the cons with even if you believe it should be legal in most or all cases.