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by Roop 03/29/2018, 8:25pm PDT |
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blackwater wrote:
So the whole Cambridge Analytica thing seems to be another witch hunt for the top secret vodoo doctors who got Trump elected. Just like with the whole Russian scare, the theory seems to be that people would never, ever vote for Trump on their own or on the basis of his platform. Therefore, there must be evil masterminds pulling the strings behind the scenes, making the normally good American voters turn evil.
I remember I took a nap election night, got up, refreshed my browser and saw the returns, thought, "Huh, Trump got a lot of votes, yeah, not surprised. yawn." Went to Google News, saw the headlines, lots of outlets predicting Trump to win. I remember yawning again, thinking more about going back to bed. Then I scratched my ass. Meanwhile in New York and California there is pandemonium. Crowds of people screaming impotently to the heavens, pussy hats everywhere, and people start going through the six stages of grief not making sense like they've collectively lost their minds. They're still not making sense. They can't even imagine a person voting for Trump, so how could it happen? There must be some explanation! Spies! Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook... ANALYTICA!
Please. They all need to step out of their bubbles in the cities or something. Hell, it's obvious to me, always has been. I know lots of different kinds of people from all walks of life who voted for Trump, they're everywhere. Then again I hail from the official Armpit of the Rustbelt: Gary, Indiana.
I was over at a buddy's house up in Gary just the other night, all catching up about mutual friends, and my buddy tells us about a guy we know who always been a Scraper. He could spend a day doing it like a job, and it could be something he was doing every waking moment, something he could do while he held any number of real jobs. Being a Scraper became a lifestyle for this guy, and you had to watch him close whenever he was around your place because he like throw shit in his truck.
Scrapers are a community, they all know each other, prowling around and spotting one another out on the streets amongst the shit and the back selling off their junk. These guys were pissed 7-8 years ago, the Chinese started flooding the market with such cheap metals they couldn't sell for shit. More trying to kill off the mills, and now hurting the Scrapers. They were all collectively pissed. They slowed down or adapted, and my friend was still finding shit to grab so life went on for this guy. But now, with Trump announcing the Tariffs on the Chinese, things have suddenly gotten crazy--now all the old Scrapers are back. It's gotten so bad for my old friend because there's so many of them now it's harder to find pickings off the streets all of a sudden. Like a golden age of filth. I'm pretty sure all those people, without fail, will be voting for Trump. As just one example I can give from around here in the armpits. |
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Cambridge Analytica by blackwater 03/29/2018, 11:45am PDT
Whatever makes people realize Zuck is a piece of shit is okay in my book by skip 03/29/2018, 2:56pm PDT
Re: Whatever makes people realize Zuck is a piece of shit is okay in my book by Ulrachi 04/04/2018, 11:32am PDT
All for trust-busting of big tech by Zuckerbook Business Model 04/04/2018, 7:46pm PDT
Re: Cambridge Analytica by Roop 03/29/2018, 8:25pm PDT
Indiana scapers will be even less happy when they're part of by laudablepuss 03/30/2018, 3:53pm PDT
The way they see it, can't get much worse out in shitpits so nobody much cares by Roop 03/30/2018, 9:06pm PDT
Carl Icahn will vote Trump too! But the Carrier plant workers, probably not. NT by Mischief Maker 03/30/2018, 5:16pm PDT
Russia illegally influenced the election to get their puppet Trump in office by Every intelligence agency on earth 03/30/2018, 8:38am PDT
Nobodys actually said that but if you believe it NT by Feel free to start the revolution, 03/30/2018, 8:55am PDT
They stole the election! by Vested Id 03/30/2018, 9:09am PDT
It's not even CIA-backed level influence. Shitposting on Facebook and trolling NT by people online. 03/30/2018, 9:11am PDT
So you don't understand what is being alleged here by laudablepuss 03/30/2018, 3:45pm PDT
Okay, I'll bite. How is it not "simply trolling"? by Feel free to start the revolution. 03/30/2018, 8:11pm PDT
Re: Okay, I'll bite. How is it not "simply trolling"? by laudablepuss 03/31/2018, 9:02am PDT
He's clearly Putin's puppet. Just look at his new SecState who's (checks notes) NT by ...a Bush-era neocon hawk? 03/30/2018, 10:05pm PDT
Da and who was previous sec state? by Russian order of friendship 04/03/2018, 1:22pm PDT
Clearly we need to start nuking somebody by Roop 04/03/2018, 4:10pm PDT
Re: Clearly we need to start nuking somebody by laudablepuss 04/04/2018, 10:57am PDT
Re: Clearly we need to start nuking somebody by David Attenborough 04/04/2018, 12:03pm PDT
Argh atoring there! whew at least it wasn't serious this time NT by Roop 04/04/2018, 12:22pm PDT
Re: Clearly we need to start nuking somebody by laudablepuss 04/04/2018, 2:12pm PDT
Re: Clearly we need to start nuking somebody by Vested Id 04/04/2018, 2:24pm PDT
Re: Clearly we need to start nuking somebody by laudablepuss 04/04/2018, 3:36pm PDT
Re: Clearly we need to start nuking somebody by Vested Id 04/04/2018, 8:39pm PDT
Re: Clearly we need to start nuking somebody by laudablepuss 04/05/2018, 6:33pm PDT
Re: Clearly we need to start nuking somebody by Mysterio 04/05/2018, 9:18pm PDT
Hi it's me Mysterio NT by Vested Id 04/05/2018, 9:21pm PDT
Re: Clearly we need to start nuking somebody by laudablepuss 04/06/2018, 10:02am PDT
Re: Clearly we need to start nuking somebody by Vested Id 04/06/2018, 2:50pm PDT
Re: Clearly we need to start nuking somebody by Roop 04/05/2018, 7:31am PDT
No one here is saying he's the manchurian candidate. by Worm 04/05/2018, 9:12am PDT
Thats exactly what you've been saying NT by Politifact 04/05/2018, 10:44am PDT
Re: No one here is saying he's the manchurian candidate. by Roop 04/05/2018, 10:52am PDT
Russians all the way down by but which ones? 04/05/2018, 9:27pm PDT
If we wanted an anti Russia foreign policy we should have (checks notes) voted NT by for the woman who gave them a reset 04/03/2018, 4:24pm PDT
There's a difference between a policy stance and a blackmailed executive. by Mischief Maker 04/04/2018, 5:11pm PDT
Trump is blackmailed, and that's why he (checks notes) ...had US Army personnel NT by kill 200+ Russian mercs in Syria 04/04/2018, 8:29pm PDT
He's also (checks notes) ...stuipd, impulsive, and gets all his news from Fox. by Mischief Maker 04/04/2018, 8:46pm PDT
They assaulted our base and our military retaliated. by Worm 04/05/2018, 9:18am PDT
Notes guy is grotesquely stupid NT by laudablepuss 04/05/2018, 6:43pm PDT
"Checks notes" guy IRL by Mysterio 04/05/2018, 10:07pm PDT
Re: Da and who was previous sec state? by blackwater 04/04/2018, 6:26pm PDT
Re: Da and who was previous sec state? by laudablepuss 04/05/2018, 6:41pm PDT
Re: Da and who was previous sec state? by blackwater 04/05/2018, 9:41pm PDT
I don't see helping Yeltsin win as a "terrible thing" by blackwater 03/30/2018, 11:51pm PDT
Re: I don't see helping Yeltsin win as a "terrible thing" by laudablepuss 03/31/2018, 6:04pm PDT
Re: I don't see helping Yeltsin win as a "terrible thing" by *swoooon* 03/31/2018, 7:46pm PDT
They've always influenced our elections by Roop 03/30/2018, 11:29am PDT
The Russians broadcast both left-wing and right-wing propaganda actually by blackwater 03/30/2018, 2:46pm PDT
Re: The Russians broadcast both left-wing and right-wing propaganda actually by laudablepuss 03/30/2018, 3:51pm PDT
China really did give them shit-tons of cash. It was front-page news. NT by Are you denying that? 03/30/2018, 8:13pm PDT
I'm not jumping down your tu quoque rabbit hole by laudablepuss 03/31/2018, 8:54am PDT
Okay, but you're on record as a panicky faggot so forgive me if i dont NT by really care about your assessment 03/31/2018, 9:11am PDT
Shut the fuck up, you piece of shit. by Ulrachi 04/05/2018, 11:49am PDT
No, really, he's on record as losing sleep over (checks notes) by absolutely fuck-all. 04/05/2018, 7:10pm PDT
Re: The Russians broadcast both left-wing and right-wing propaganda actually by blackwater 03/30/2018, 11:34pm PDT
Re: The Russians broadcast both left-wing and right-wing propaganda actually by laudablepuss 03/31/2018, 8:56am PDT
I agree. The mainstream Dems' myth of the Reasonable Republican must die. by Mischief Maker 03/30/2018, 5:37pm PDT
I agree. Evangelicals will never vote for Democrats again That's what happens by when your war cry is "Bake my cake" 03/30/2018, 10:02pm PDT
It wasn't her message. There was literally nothing she could say. by Mischief Maker 03/31/2018, 9:30am PDT
I can't believe you're trying to defend Hillary. Aren't you the Bernie guy? by blackwater 03/31/2018, 10:35am PDT
I can walk and chew gum at the same time. NT by Mischief Maker 04/04/2018, 7:08pm PDT
"They were trained to hate her since birth" -- people who voted Dem in '92, '96, NT by '00, '04 '08? Okay MischiefMaker! 03/31/2018, 10:57am PDT
Dig up Eisenhower and I'll vote for him over Hillary in a heartbeat. by Mischief Maker 03/31/2018, 11:25am PDT
Once the prophecy is complete and Hillary transfers into her hellspawn Chelsey NT by Eisenshower's skeleton as VP 03/31/2018, 4:00pm PDT
Such anathema to us as Americans! NT by dictionary.com 04/05/2018, 2:07pm PDT
Re: I agree. The mainstream Dems' myth of the Reasonable Republican must die. by laudablepuss 03/31/2018, 5:21pm PDT
Can we get flair warning if a thread has devolved into Twitter crutch memes by Vested Id 04/05/2018, 9:27pm PDT
Why is nobody talking about Guccifer 2.0 being found out as a GRU agent? NT by Mischief Maker 04/06/2018, 6:26am PDT
Guccifer 2.0 was always sloppy. by blackwater 04/06/2018, 3:31pm PDT
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