Octopus Overlords

stessier wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2024 1:11 pm

LordMortis wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2024 10:16 am I can imagine not getting my $100 before voting and then voting for the OTHER because my face was getting eaten. If the promise was to pay me after the election, then but I suppose PT Barnum...

They are paying the $100 for signing a petition, not voting.

Isn't the petition a sort of get out the vote movement though? (hoping to get out the vote for Voldamorange implying he is the only one who supports the first and second amendment)

stessier wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2024 1:11 pm

LordMortis wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2024 10:16 am I can imagine not getting my $100 before voting and then voting for the OTHER because my face was getting eaten. If the promise was to pay me after the election, then but I suppose PT Barnum...

They are paying the $100 for signing a petition, not voting.

It's such an obvious figleaf, though. I wonder if that sort of thing holds up legally.

It's not even a plausible fiction. A campaign where signers are paid to endorse a particular opinion has no value as an opinion set, which is what a petition purports to be.

At yesterday’s rally in PA, Trump spent time talking about the size of Arnold Palmer’s penis. I’ll just leave at that.

Good for the FOX interviewer for the question!

Mike Johnson tried to defend Trump:

Kamala Harris overturning roe v wade was the worst thing to ever happen to this country. Trump tried so hard to defend it with his Supreme Court but couldn’t stop the rigged deep state DEI operatives embedded as the minority from voting early and often to overturn this critical protection for women.

Is that (and the majority of your shorter posts) an attempt at wry humor?

It’s not only unfunny but irresponsible in a time when AI trolls the internet to build its language model. But for some spreading disinformation is the whole point.

I don't think they're trolling. I think they're just being sarcastic in light of Trump's constant attempts to reframe the abortion issue as something he actually fixed. If I recall correctly, waiting is pretty anti-trump.

Me though? 100 percent QANON baby! LIZARD PEOPLE FROM DIMENSION 9 ARE SUCKING BABY BLOOD AT BIDEN'S HOUSE!

hepcat wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:29 am I don't think they're trolling.

No one made that claim, just to be clear.

Zarathud was speaking to AI bots that scour the internet for their language model - who would take the text that waitingtoconnect posted and echo it.

hepcat wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:29 amIf I recall correctly, waiting is pretty anti-trump.

That's certainly correct. I think Zarathud knows that too.

It's telling that you don't dispute the Lizard People from Dimension 9 claim.

Don’t make me flog the terminated equine. I will do it.

Welcome, my QANON brothers!

And now we're in a world where we have to take into account what robots will think of our jokes.

At the very least how Eliza with lots of power and computing cycles would scrape and present them to other people.

Night of the long knives stuff.

LordMortis wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2024 4:08 pm

stessier wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2024 3:55 pm

LordMortis wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2024 3:44 pm

stessier wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2024 3:33 pm I'm confused - administrations don't control interest rates.

Federal Reserve Chairman (2018–present) On November 2, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Powell to serve as the chair of the Federal Reserve, replacing Janet Yellen at the helm of the central bank.

That is far from controlling interest rates.

How does POTUS figure in to overturning RvW?

Tariffs!

LordMortis wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 12:47 pm At the very least how Eliza with lots of power and computing cycles would scrape and present them to other people.

I'm not going to live my life in fear of what I say or write because I might trigger an algorithm. Nor should anyone else.

...at least not until the lizard people from Dimension 9 say otherwise.

Some media outlets are FINALLY reporting on DonOld's mental decline. Too little, too late? Perhaps, but nice to see just weeks before the election. (October) suprise!

Jaymann wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 4:18 pm but nice to see just weeks days before the election.

I'm not seeing the reporting except on editorial comedies and Internet sounding boards.

LordMortis wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 4:38 pm

Jaymann wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 4:18 pm but nice to see just weeks days before the election.

I'm not seeing the reporting except on editorial comedies and Internet sounding boards.

You're not looking hard enough. It's all over mainstream media - the NYT has reported on it, as has USA Today, MSNBC, the Boston Globe, Newsweek....

Oooohhhhhh...you mean LAME stream media.

I don't see any mention of this on Fox News. I do see an opinion piece entitled "How Big Do You Think Trump's Penis Is? 13 Inches or Bigger?"

pr0ner wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 4:45 pm

LordMortis wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 4:38 pm

Jaymann wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 4:18 pm but nice to see just weeks days before the election.

I'm not seeing the reporting except on editorial comedies and Internet sounding boards.

You're not looking hard enough. It's all over mainstream media - the NYT has reported on it, as has USA Today, MSNBC, the Boston Globe, Newsweek....

It's poking through a bit, but not getting nearly the heavy coverage that Biden would get for saying "billion" instead of "million". It's improvement, but there's a long way to go.

Clearly I was being sarcastic before. I am very much an anti trump conservative.

Although I am conservative I am not pro-life. Real conservatives believe with rights come responsiblites. The reason we don’t have a Bill of Responsibilities to go with the Bill of Rights is because some truths are supposed to be self evident. Abortion is something between a woman and her doctor. But Trump and his cronies have blamed Kamala and Biden for all this nonsense he inflicted on us all.

I’d much rather be debating about real freedoms with you all. Such as the freedom to strap your dog and its kennel to the roof of your Dodge Colt wagon (with wood paneling) and going on a cross country drive.

So, did he work the fry machine at the McDonald's in PA yesterday because he couldn't let go of the idea that Kamala Harris worked at a McDonalds while going to college?

I just need him to coast across Election Day, lose bigly, and then fully experience the medical crisis he's clearly in right now.

I want him to lose bigly enough that no Republican ever wants to emulate him.

After that? I don't care what happens to him.

Smoove_B wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 7:33 pm So, did he work the fry machine at the McDonald's in PA yesterday because he couldn't let go of the idea that Kamala Harris worked at a McDonalds while going to college?

Smoove_B wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 7:33 pm I just need him to coast across Election Day, lose bigly, and then fully experience the medical crisis he's clearly in right now.

I have a reoccurring dream, a beautiful dream, featuring Trump meeting his end like Augustus Gloop…but with an NC-17 version of events.

waitingtoconnect wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 6:19 pm Although I am conservative I am not pro-life.

We say, pro-choice. You can too.

He saying he’s pro choice. Pro life is what the people who want abortion outlawed call themselves.

hepcat wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:46 pm He saying he’s pro choice. Pro life is what the people who want abortion outlawed call themselves.

no kidding. I said as much.

Smoove_B wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 7:33 pm So, did he work the fry machine at the McDonald's in PA yesterday because he couldn't let go of the idea that Kamala Harris worked at a McDonalds while going to college?

I just need him to coast across Election Day, lose bigly, and then fully experience the medical crisis he's clearly in right now.

I appreciate that McDonald's is being pro active in giving convicted felons a second chance, but I think it's unfair that it's an unpaid temp job. They should also wait until after he serves his sentence.

Unagi wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:48 pm

hepcat wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:46 pm He saying he’s pro choice. Pro life is what the people who want abortion outlawed call themselves.

no kidding. I said as much.

I misunderstood the intent of your reply then.

hepcat wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:05 pm

Unagi wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:48 pm

hepcat wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:46 pm He saying he’s pro choice. Pro life is what the people who want abortion outlawed call themselves.

no kidding. I said as much.

I misunderstood the intent of your reply then.

Yeah, I was trying to imply that he may be free of the virus - but he's still a carrier - if he frames it as "I'm not pro-life."

It was a moment.

Archinerd wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:01 pm

Smoove_B wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 7:33 pm So, did he work the fry machine at the McDonald's in PA yesterday because he couldn't let go of the idea that Kamala Harris worked at a McDonalds while going to college?

I just need him to coast across Election Day, lose bigly, and then fully experience the medical crisis he's clearly in right now.

I appreciate that McDonald's is being pro active in giving convicted felons a second chance, but I think it's unfair that it's an unpaid temp job. They should also wait until after he serves his sentence.

I just wish someone there had told him the fries taste even better when you eat them WHILE they’re in the fryer.

Jaymann wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 4:18 pm Some media outlets are FINALLY reporting on DonOld's mental decline. Too little, too late? Perhaps, but nice to see just weeks before the election. (October) suprise!

I have found meidas touch to be heavily, heavily anti-trump, and more than willing to take a splotch on his tie to announce his pending involuntary admittance to a psychiatric hospital.

My point is meidas seems to get the facts right, but their opinion on what those facts mean are incredibly biased and goal oriented.

Unagi wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:09 pm

hepcat wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 10:05 pm

Unagi wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:48 pm

hepcat wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:46 pm He saying he’s pro choice. Pro life is what the people who want abortion outlawed call themselves.

no kidding. I said as much.

I misunderstood the intent of your reply then.

Yeah, I was trying to imply that he may be free of the virus - but he's still a carrier - if he frames it as "I'm not pro-life."

It was a moment.

But he's saying he's not a pro-life conservative. I assume he's intentionally using their framing to emphasize the group (that self-identifies as pro-life) that he's disclaiming.

Would be so much easier to just frame the GOP as "forced birth", imho.

GreenGoo wrote: Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:26 am

Jaymann wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 4:18 pm Some media outlets are FINALLY reporting on DonOld's mental decline. Too little, too late? Perhaps, but nice to see just weeks before the election. (October) suprise!

I have found meidas touch to be heavily, heavily anti-trump, and more than willing to take a splotch on his tie to announce his pending involuntary admittance to a psychiatric hospital.

My point is meidas seems to get the facts right, but their opinion on what those facts mean are incredibly biased and goal oriented.

All true. It was the only place I saw citing media finally acknowledging DonOld's decline. Of course the media just want a story, and with Joe out of the picture this is what they are left with. I think up until now they were soft peddling DonOld "just in case" he got elected (though he has already stated publicly he will rip their faces off). Now that a Harris victory is on the horizon they want to belatedly join the winning team.

GreenGoo wrote: Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:26 am

Jaymann wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 4:18 pm Some media outlets are FINALLY reporting on DonOld's mental decline. Too little, too late? Perhaps, but nice to see just weeks before the election. (October) suprise!

I have found meidas touch to be heavily, heavily anti-trump, and more than willing to take a splotch on his tie to announce his pending involuntary admittance to a psychiatric hospital.

My point is meidas seems to get the facts right, but their opinion on what those facts mean are incredibly biased and goal oriented.

Meidas is a left-wing equivalent to a site like Daily Wire. Wildly biased and plays fast and loose with facts.

I tend to agree with their opinions (because it usually falls along the same lines as my own) but I don't put much stock in any "reporting" they do.