AWistfulNihilist

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Doing more research, candidates that were picked from contested conventions are absolutely less likely to win in historically.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/02/04/contested-presidential-conventions-and-why-parties-try-to-avoid-them/

So close enough with a candidate as strong with his party as Trump.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Actually the presidential candidate was selected on the day of the convention up until around 1970. They had conventions that would last days, they would lock the doors until a candidate was picked. Then ideally everyone stacked behind the final candidate.

I'm pretty sure there was actually almost a contested convention in like 1980. So no, this is objectively wrong and a bit of a modern convention.

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

Bold of you to assume this person has friends!

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

You would think so, right? But funnily enough, whenever we find a new type of hominid that existed around us (neanderthals, denisovans, homo florensiensis), we find out that humans interbred with them and they are a part of our modern human DNA.

I bet humans learned to "other" things that look like humans so they could do things like avoid the sick and dead, dehuminize other tribes to kill them in war. All the very human things we do now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I mean, you're getting the message, clicking reply, and typing out your reply, I'm genuinely amazed at you ability to both interact with this text but but ignore it. It just seems like so much more work than blocking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Did you cover the text with your thumb when the notification popped up, or are you just really good at ignoring things?

If it was me, I probably would have noticed the LMFAO just by reflex.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

You did all this just because you were so ego hurt over being smugly wrong in a meme thread!

LMFAO, but you were right, people didn't like my opinion, this was fun!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Wow, you are really butthurt by being wrong about the Google AI...

Oh my God, I see, you are conflating the fact that I confirmed that people will call you a transphobe for buying the Harry Potter game by calling me a transphobe. Then I think went back and forth with a terminally online twatter (was that you?) who really wanted me to engage in a debate I wasn't having.

I think, and correct me if I'm wrong, clearly this made much more of an impact on you than it did on me (I think this was like months ago). Yes, I don't agree with performative boycotts that have no true impact beyond preaching to the choir, that includes all the fucking incel stellar blade shit. I think I also pointed out that by engaging in these performative boycotts, you just encourage other people you don't agree with to also engage in performative boycotts.

Again, so crazy you got so butthurt that you had to drag a discussion we must have a quarter ago that didn't impact me at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Uuuuum ok, JK Rowling is a shitty person who does her best to be on Twitter 24/7 with the other animals. Bigot, competly enamored with her own creation, and totally believing everyone who's ever said she's a genius. Ego driven nightmare.

What does that have do to with you being objectively wrong and kind of an asshole in this thread? You know it all, terminally online jackasses never fail to out yourselves with your goal post moving.

Oh I get it... Your ego is a problem for you personally as well, right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (10 children)

LMAO, I love it when you show your ass like that in front of all these people!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (13 children)

I just need to assure you sir, you were actually the prick in this exchange. Have a great day!

https://futurism.com/the-byte/ceo-google-ai-hallucinations

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