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I realized I think penfold may actually be my favorite emo band right now.. sunny day had htat distinction sort of just reflexively for years but penfold is just so full of angst in just the right way

haha really? SDRE has way more angst imo. Penfold feels more "dreamy" at times. especially when they're taking you everywhere <3
 

Jobbs

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haha really? SDRE has way more angst imo. Penfold feels more "dreamy" at times. especially when they're taking you everywhere <3

really? I almost feel the opposite, but maybe it's because I've been listening to the newer sunny day stuff recently, which is a bit different.

penfold has that tortured sound... he sounds so desperate at the end of most of his songs haha
 

Xiao Hu

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LISAAAAAA, I know it's 7 am where you are right now but please bring in some proper music into this bloody thread #myshit #stinksmuchbetter #thanyours
 

Funky Papa

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Does he vape? He looks like he vapes.
 

Misha

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Why does Bernie Sanders get so much GAF hate now?
Is there something he did?

More his supporters. Some would rather vote libertarian than vote for Hillary which makes no sense since Hillary and Bernie agree on pretty much everything and libertarian is opposite and some made rallies to boo everyone at the DNC and fart and stuff. He definitely encouraged the antiestablishment sentiment but he's mostly done good recently and a lot of GAF's anger is misplaced. And tbh its more frustration and panicking than actually anger
 

MutFox

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More his supporters. Some would rather vote libertarian than vote for Hillary which makes no sense since Hillary and Bernie agree on pretty much everything and libertarian is opposite and some made rallies to boo everyone at the DNC and fart and stuff. He definitely encouraged the antiestablishment sentiment but he's mostly done good recently and a lot of GAF's anger is misplaced. And tbh its more frustration and panicking than actually anger

He always came across as much more socialist than Clinton.
Clinton always seemed to be more about big banks than him.

Though I'm probably looking at it wrong.
Seen so many sensationalist articles...
 

Misha

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He always came across as much more socialist than Clinton.
Clinton always seemed to be more about big banks than him.

Though I'm probably looking at it wrong.
Seen so many sensationalist articles...

She's probably more capitalist than him but they're so much more left than most of the government that most policies that come up they actually agree on. And even a lot of the harder to achieve things they have similar views on like universal healthcare and free college though at this point she's way more willing to take a more gradual path since her earlier attempts failed.
Two of her biggest things she fights for are removing money from campaigns (repealing citizens united) and universal healthcare (in the 90s her plan was called hillarycare but now she support's the ACA and wants to expand it till its universal)
 

MutFox

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She's probably more capitalist than him but they're so much more left than most of the government that most policies that come up they actually agree on. And even a lot of the harder to achieve things they have similar views on like universal healthcare and free college though at this point she's way more willing to take a more gradual path since her earlier attempts failed.
Two of her biggest things she fights for are removing money from campaigns (repealing citizens united) and universal healthcare (in the 90s her plan was called hillarycare but now she support's the ACA and wants to expand it till its universal)

Ahh, cool, thanks for explaining. :p
It's hard to filter a lot of the sensationalist from the facts.

And I don't dare ask in the actual threads,
cause you get the extreme from both sides.
 

Misha

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Ahh, cool, thanks for explaining. :p
It's hard to filter a lot of the sensationalist from the facts.

And I don't dare ask in the actual threads,
cause you get the extreme from both sides.

Hillary had the issue of being the liberal devil in the 90s to conservatives and they were so afraid that she would force bill to make really liberal things happen. Because of that they've made up a lot of things about her being a liar and stuff. It was just so consistent propaganda that most people regardless of political affiliation started to believe it and that's pretty much how she gets such huge negatives

Its not to say she's not who the establishment is built around and hasn't had issues with being very politician like but perception is definitely unfairly off

So yeah most opinions kinda suck regarding her unfortunately (also as a disclaimer I was planning to vote for Bernie but got sick the day of Pennsylvania's primary)
 

MutFox

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Hillary had the issue of being the liberal devil in the 90s to conservatives and they were so afraid that she would force bill to make really liberal things happen. Because of that they've made up a lot of things about her being a liar and stuff. It was just so consistent propaganda that most people regardless of political affiliation started to believe it and that's pretty much how she gets such huge negatives

Its not to say she's not who the establishment is built around and hasn't had issues with being very politician like but perception is definitely unfairly off

So yeah most opinions kinda suck regarding her unfortunately (also as a disclaimer I was planning to vote for Bernie but got sick the day of Pennsylvania's primary)

Yeah, perception is definitely off...
Guess for many supporters, she's just not Bernie.

I wonder if someone like Bernie could get elected in say, 20 years in the US.
 

zeemumu

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Weird that it took them this long to incorporate
Aladdin and Jasmine
into Once Upon a Time

But I'm all in for Isabella from Galavant as
Jasmine
and Oded Fehr as
new Jafar
 
I'm in between wine and Long Island iced tea by that rubric

Can't wait for girls' night tonight. My friend is surprising us with the food choice, so hopefully it's something delicious :O


I wonder if someone like Bernie could get elected in say, 20 years in the US.
It really depends on what you mean by like him. There's always the chance that his policies will seem more mainstream and less edgy in due time, or that they'll eventually have a solid plan of action behind them which would garner support, so that might happen. However, you can't be both an unmoving ideologue and a progressive, so that kind of person is not going to be elected any time soon.
 

MutFox

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It really depends on what you mean by like him. There's always the chance that his policies will seem more mainstream and less edgy in due time, or that they'll eventually have a solid plan of action behind them which would garner support, so that might happen. However, you can't be both an unmoving ideologue and a progressive, so that kind of person is not going to be elected any time soon.

I guess more of the socialist movement in the US.
Though yeah, in time it could very well be the norm.
 
aah I accidentally superliked someone on Tinder again!! why does this keep happening. I wasn't even looking at my phone, it was just lying there. weird/sad thing is that the dudes always thank me for it too. they probably don't get superliked that much :eek:
 

zeemumu

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aah I accidentally superliked someone on Tinder again!! why does this keep happening. I wasn't even looking at my phone, it was just lying there. weird/sad thing is that the dudes always thank me for it too. they probably don't get superliked that much :eek:

I was discussing this with one of my matches. It happens a lot, apparently. I keep accidentally swiping right on the Tinder Social thing.
 

FUME5

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aah I accidentally superliked someone on Tinder again!! why does this keep happening. I wasn't even looking at my phone, it was just lying there. weird/sad thing is that the dudes always thank me for it too. they probably don't get superliked that much :eek:

Happens to me a lot too, and never on someone I would even regular like.

This is fucking scary (from Business Insider Australia):

If the election were held today, Donald Trump would likely win.

That's what renowned statistician Nate Silver projected on Monday for his data journalism outlet FiveThirtyEight.

In his "Now-cast" election model for who would win if ballots were cast Monday, Silver gave the Republican nominee a 57.5% chance of winning the presidency.

Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton had a 42.5% chance of securing the nation's highest office if voters took to the polls Monday.

Edit

Zeemumu, if TVs weren't so heavy back then I would have broken so many.
 

Jobbs

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Happens to me a lot too, and never on someone I would even regular like.

This is fucking scary (from Business Insider Australia):

that's just sensationalism though

because the electrions AREN'T held today. if they were, people would be paying close attention for the past month and the poll would be different.
 

Misha

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that's just sensationalism though

because the electrions AREN'T held today. if they were, people would be paying close attention for the past month and the poll would be different.

Nate Silver is overcompensating from not predicting trump in the primaries.(specifically his "nowcast" isn't anything accurate) Sam Wang is a better person to follow right now
Sam Wang &#8207;@SamWangPhD · 7h7 hours ago

People have short memories. This year's variation in polls comparable w/2004/08/12, but much smaller than 1952-2000.
http://election.princeton.edu/2016/05/22/february-national-polls-are-the-best-you-get-until-august/
https://twitter.com/SamWangPhD?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
 

Jobbs

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Nate Silver is overcompensating from not predicting trump in the primaries.(specifically his "nowcast" isn't anything accurate) Sam Wang is a better person to follow right now
https://twitter.com/SamWangPhD?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

yeah they tighten as the election comes up becuase people start paying attention.

in this case, trump has the advantage when it comes to people not paying attention. hillary clinton, fairly and unfairly, is a known quantity with a lot of negative assumptions about her. Trump is new and will be defined and increasingly hammered over the next months and will take a lot of damage in polls especially once people start paying attention



my politicla views align far more closely with the democratic platform than the republican one, obviously, but as I watch the DNC coverage these people are annoying me nonetheless. I think I just generally find political speakers annoying. Obama is one of the only ones that doesn't annoy me.
 

FUME5

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yeah they tighten as the election comes up becuase people start paying attention.

in this case, trump has the advantage when it comes to people not paying attention. hillary clinton, fairly and unfairly, is a known quantity with a lot of negative assumptions about her. Trump is new and will be defined and increasingly hammered over the next months and will take a lot of damage in polls especially once people start paying attention

Let's hope so.
 

Misha

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If theres a runaway candidate, the media loses so it has to do what it can to keep it close. The beneficial thing with that is it keeps the leading side engaged so theres less likely for there to be a brexit type event
 

zeemumu

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If theres a runaway candidate, the media loses so it has to do what it can to keep it close. The beneficial thing with that is it keeps the leading side engaged so theres less likely for there to be a brexit type event

Yeah, makes sense. blowouts don't make very good news stories for very long. Not like close races, or sand...
 

Misha

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Yeah, makes sense. blowouts don't make very good news stories for very long. Not like close races, or sand...

theyll do it for stuff like sports too.

the top scorer isnt miles away from the competitiion? oh no here comes some random guy who had 3 good games but didn't actually do all that well beyond his scoring stats!
Anything to draw viewers
 
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