Hyperreality

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What are we going to do, shoot them?

Yes.

I really don’t think genocide on home turf will go over well.

See above.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

I honestly think he wants to be arrested. It'd do his political campaign wonders to spend a few nights in jail and do a Hitler.

So perhaps it's for the best he's only being fined for now.

Obviously it's disgusting, us plebes would have been in jail a long time ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Wet ass pussy.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago

What happens when something requires maintenance in a month/week/day?

Insert more poop emojis.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Textbook statistics don’t really hold when you have a huge selection bias, as just about any poll does.

Meh. Often quite accurate, if you read the small print and caveats. It's not 1980. Good pollsters don't just do landline surveys, they correct for demographic factors, and are transparent about flaws and limitations.

IME the problem is usually how the media reports on said polling.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Probably inflation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

You don't need to poll everyone to get relatively accurate polling results.

I have a related degree, it is possible with the necessary caveats, margins of error and confidence intervals. Statistics is a wonderful thing.

This being said, I actually read the full 77 page document they linked to, and if I'm not mistaken the 55% comes from a 2021 telephone poll. Obviously phone only polls are likely to be biased, even if you correct for demographic factors like age.

Then again, inflation is a problem.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I have a related degree.

The study was conducted for CNN via web and telephone on the SSRS Opinion Panel, a nationally representative panel of U.S. adults ages 18 or older recruited using probability-based sampling techniques.

BUT...

In a January 2021 poll taken just before Trump left office and days after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, 55% considered his time as president a failure.

Relevant bit:

Unless otherwise noted, results beginning with the August 3-6, 2017 survey and ending with the April 21-26, 2021 survey are from polls conducted by SSRS via telephone only

TLDR: doubt those polls are representative.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The darkly funny thing about this, is that he's probably saying this because there's an election coming up.

Clearly thinks this'll be a vote winner with their electorate.

The nasty party never really changes does it?

[–] [email protected] 57 points 3 months ago (20 children)

I am firmly convinced people don't realise how good Stargate is, because there's so much of it, that few have the time to watch all of it and realise how good it is.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

You can lay siege though. Bomb anything going out or in.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 3 months ago (6 children)

This is why (large) companies love hiring young people. They know they can get them to do stupid shit like this, because those new to employment don't yet know that being loyal, sacrificing their personal life, working unpaid overtime and going above and beyond often won't be properly rewarded. Once you're a bit older, you know there's no point.

My advice: if you're a fresh grad, go work for a big corp, do the 9-5 and don't bend over backwards. Make connections, then find a job somewhere else ASAP and get promoted that way.

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