• magnetosphere@fedia.io
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    17 hours ago

    I got into this argument the other day. People’s arrogance and lack of common sense was disappointing.

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      17 hours ago

      Yeah tell ne qbout it thinking not voting for either one somehow helps trump 😂 same people that failed basic arithmetic clearly. What they really msan to say is that people voting third party are not helping harris…and yeah thats the point and entirely not the same thing.

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        16 hours ago

        Oh the irony here.

        If there are only two viable options, not helping one is the same as helping the other.

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          15 hours ago

          Congratulations on mastering the ability to count. Today we’ll learn how addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, ratios work. Strap in kids its a wild ride!

          Trump has 30 votes Hilary has 8 votes The difference is 22 A ratio of 4/15ths

          If we add one vote to jill she has 1 vote.

          Now class what is the difference in votes for hilary and trump? … Thats right its still 22!

          And the ratio between them?.. Thats right! Still 4/15.

          Now class what if we add 31 more votes to jill?.. Thats right both values are unchanged!

          Funny that. What do we say to hilary kids?..

          Thats right! It sucks to suck. Maybe next time she’ll have some good ideas to convince voters to vote for her!

          But lets assume jill wasnt there: where would those votes have gone? …

          No, timy not necessarily. We dont know who would get them or if those people would have voted for either candidate! We can’t just add them to hilary and trump.

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        16 hours ago

        49k votes for Stein in Pennsylvania, Trump won by 47k

        32k votes for Stein in Wisconsin, Trump won by 22k

        51k votes for Stein in Michigan, Trump won by 10k.

        Third party voters are useful idiots.

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          16 hours ago

          Congratulations on mastering the ability to count. Today we’ll learn how addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, ratios work. Strap in kidd its a wild ride!

          Trump has 30 votes Hilary has 8 votes The difference is 22 A ratio of 4/15ths

          If we add one vote to jill she has 1 vote.

          Now class what is the difference in votes for hilary and trump? … Thats right its still 22! And the ratio between them?.. Thats right! Still 4/15.

          Now class what if we add 31 more votes to jill?.. Thats right both values are unchanged!

          Funny that. What do we say to hilary kids?..

          Thats right! It sucks to suck. Maybe next time she’ll have some good ideas to convince voters to vote for her!

          But lets assume jill wasnt there: where would those votes have gone? …

          No, timy not necessarily. We dont know who would get them or if thise people would have voted for either candidate! We can’t just add them to hilary and trump.