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I wished I were Kim today. I mean, I probably would wish that a lot more than just today, but absolutely I do today. -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 14:32
This afternoon's listening is Rossini's overtures. He's one guy who I've always noticed might be okay at operas but is like the Beatles of overtures. -- (link*) - con_carne Nov 5, 14:32 [spotify]
i wonder what the answers of a chat gpt splinter that was fed only the collective historical pages of ST would be. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 5, 14:29
NBC exit polling: most important issue in the election - znufrii Nov 5, 14:27 1
- *Walter White screaming the back seat of Hank's SUV* - mr mooch Nov 5, 14:31
I don't say this often but I hope I'm watching Fox News and Newsmax tonight. -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 14:09 3
- Heh. -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 14:17
- I swapped channels to get Fox about 3 months ago. Find I can only watch about 10 minutes at any given time. It’s praise him and demonize Libs - VMan Nov 5, 14:12 1
  - If I'm watching Fox tonight it's because things are going really well for Kamala. -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 14:17
Michigan SoS says turnout 'off the charts. All across Michigan.' -- (link) - ty97 Nov 5, 14:08
how you know Kamala is crushing it in Philly -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 5, 14:06 6
- He's going to get people killed. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 14:10 2
  - ...again -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 14:11 1
    - I should have said, "a lot more people". I wouldn't be surprised by an increase in violence in the coming weeks. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 14:23
- That was a pre-scheduled talking point regardless -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 14:09 2
  - Yeah, that's why I'm always so puzzled by the "look what 'they''re saying now!" news. I'm like dude, you're being pulled around by the nose -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 14:27
  - Yep -- nm - Jovian Nov 5, 14:10
Annie Agar NFL Week 9 Meeting - JD Nov 5, 13:58
Dow and NASDAQ >+1% today -- nm - Max Nov 5, 13:58
Whoa—“Someone wrote that today is like waiting for the results of a biopsy, except half your family hopes it’s cancer.” -- nm - Trending Nov 5, 13:46 24
- I was with 8 family members Sunday. 7-2 for Trump. Crazy, rich people in the OC are stockpiling provisions so they don't have to leave the house for - jnine Nov 5, 14:01 1
  - ‼️ -- nm - mud Nov 5, 14:12
- They're not wrong. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 5, 13:58
- i just didn't go home for Xmas in 2016 b/c i didn't want to deal with family. and i've never really called out the Trumpers for voting for him - mr mooch Nov 5, 13:50 18
  - I went to visit the weekend after 2020's election. Found out mom voted for him a second time. Immediately left, I was so angry. - Qale Nov 5, 13:53 17
    - The fact that she Hates Harris is weird to me. I'm sorry this is so close to you. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 13:56 16
      - Harris is a black woman is probably all there is to it. She said she hated Hillary Clinton too, which, a bit more reasonable, though still not him! -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 14:20
      - They watch fox news and all they hear is them demonizing her. They create the reality they live in. -- nm - pmb Nov 5, 14:06 2
        
        For my mom specifically, I think it's just White Flight: Part 2. We moved further into the boonies in the 80s. - Qale Nov 5, 14:21
        
        This. Hundred percent this. -- nm - Jovian Nov 5, 14:11
      - I have family that literally thinks she is evil. Not metaphorically. Literally. Which I can't wrap my head around at all. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 5, 13:59 8
        
        I'm sick of the slut shaming. He's a sexual assaulter who cheats on all of his wives, but he's Jesus on earth. -- nm - jnine Nov 5, 14:02 3
        
        even today, as the Puerto Rican vote likely sinks him in several states, my dad's wife is still posting vile anti-immigrant shit on FB -- nm - mr mooch Nov 5, 14:11
        
        I don't think it's gender based at all. Biden and all democrats/liberals are literally evil. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 5, 14:07 1
        
        I disagree. Black and Latino men are supporting her in much smaller numbers than they traditionally support the Democratic nominee and comments on -- (edited) - jnine Nov 5, 14:13
        
        what sort of lies are they believing? that's wild to me. -- nm - Andie Nov 5, 14:02 3
        
        I was rendered speechless when my cousin sad that. I had no response to it, it just so f*cking stupid. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 5, 14:07 2
        
        "Why can't Harris win over these voters?" -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 14:10 1
        
        "She laughs weird." They're reduced to that. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 14:12
      - Well my mom hates her solely because she is black. So that might be it? -- nm - Jovian Nov 5, 13:57 2
        
        Ugh. Sorry. That's just vile. - Mel Profit Nov 5, 14:05 1
        
        I hear this all the time at my workplace from white and black people. I'm like, our store is serving at least 50% Spanish speaking folks. - Qale Nov 5, 14:23
- I've seen the first part but not the second. And that's right. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 13:47 1
  - Yeah—true, but jarring analogy -- nm - Trending Nov 5, 13:54
Letterbox'd: You are invited to an advance screening of Gladiator II. - Qale Nov 5, 13:46 3
- I’ll bring my newspaper -- nm - Trending Nov 5, 13:48
- Joey, do you like Gladiator movies? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 13:47 1
  - Only when they have Steve Reeves! -- nm* - Qale Nov 5, 13:50
The NBA has suspended Joel Embiid for three games. (which he wasn't going to play in anyway) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 5, 13:46
My maga colleagues. -- (pic) - amanda Nov 5, 13:32 [Attachment] 5
- 8 year old’s election coverage map. -- (pic) - Qale Nov 5, 13:45 [Attachment] 1
  - well done👍 -- nm - mud Nov 5, 13:47
- I gotta say, 8-year-old Mel would have voted for An.Y.One for an Atari 2600. - Mel Profit Nov 5, 13:34 2
  - I would’ve settled for Pong. -- nm - VMan Nov 5, 13:56 1
    - I'm pretty sure I acted sicker than I was, while admitted to the hospital because... - Mel Profit Nov 5, 14:09
The weirdest niche group I somehow got on this cycle is the Armenian Catholics. So many texts from them. (They don't like Kamala) -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 13:27 9
- Some proclaimed Catholic group is airing the most graphic anti-Kamala ads, featuring a Monsignor screaming at Catholics to wake up, they can't -- (edited) - jnine Nov 5, 13:53
- Goddamnit, Seth Fucking Rollins. -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 13:46
- As a stereotypical American I don't know much about other countries I don't have a specific interest in. I always think Armenia is more Muslim - sycor Nov 5, 13:37 1
  - "Most Armenians are Christians, primarily of the Apostolic Church rite. " - ty97 Nov 5, 13:44
- Are you either? :-) Yeah, I think Catholics are going to be like 85-90% with the republicans. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 13:30 4
  - 52-47 Biden in 2020 (albeit he is Catholic). 50-46 Trump in 2016. -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 13:33 3
    - Really?!? That's way closer than I'd expect. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 13:36 2
      - It's exit poll data so it's only as good as exit poll data, but Catholics tend to vote more leftward than Protestants and Evangelicals. - ty97 Nov 5, 13:47 1
        
        Thanks for the info. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 13:52
flight whores, do i want to JetBlue from LAX to JFK? pay an extra $150 for Delta?? -- nm - mr mooch Nov 5, 13:26 3
- We are flying Jetblue. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 5, 13:46
- Everything else equal for those prices (i.e. no additional bag fees etc)? - ty97 Nov 5, 13:29 1
  - grazie -- nm - mr mooch Nov 5, 13:31
Raccoon busts through ceiling at LaGuardia Airport next to Spirit Airlines gate -- (link) - ty97 Nov 5, 13:24 3
- "What was that ruckus?!" -- nm - Richard Vernon, TSA Nov 5, 13:46
- Now that's the LGA we all know! -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 13:28 1
  - "And love. And love, right?" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 13:51
Paul Rudd just now on MSNBC handing out water in line at Temple U. -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 13:22 3
- Watching that too. - zunk takes things literally Nov 5, 13:23
- Did he get confused for a student? -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 13:22 1
  - he's going to a bunch of locations giving water to long lines. MSNBC was just got lucky he was there while live -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 5, 13:23
Important -- (link) - ty97 Nov 5, 13:21
I remember thinking huge turnout in 2020 confirmed a Biden landslide and then.....it took until Saturday. I have no idea what to think about now. -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 13:14 9
- Super high turnout combined with female over male gap is the combo I’m looking for. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Nov 5, 13:24 1
  - The gender gap is definitely something I'm looking at. -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 13:26
- they're running ahead of 2020 totals already in many districts -- nm - mr mooch Nov 5, 13:15 6
  - We are way ahead of 2020. One of my pollworkers has been volunteering since 2008 and says we may touch 2008 levels of turnout. -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 13:25 1
    - wooHooo -- nm - mud Nov 5, 13:41
  - Right, I just don't know if that's good or bad TBH? -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 13:17 3
    - 2020 threw 'high turnout is great for Dems' for a bit of a loop. - ty97 Nov 5, 13:17 2
      - Biden may have been the right candidate for that moment but Obama and now Kamala are proving enthusiasm can overcome a lot of demographic moneyballing -- nm - mr mooch Nov 5, 13:20 1
        
        I hope that's right!!!! -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 13:21
Nice guide to the election and what to watch for. -- (link) - colin Nov 5, 13:10
Yankees prepared to offer Soto 13 yrs/$575m -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 5, 13:10 1
- I don't think that's going to get it done. Maybe at $650 and 13 years. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 13:18
Kamala phone banking on live tv -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 5, 13:07
mine the gap -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 5, 13:05 13
- I just have no idea whether early voting is a harbinger of the total vote or if men will just vote more today. -- nm - pmb Nov 5, 13:51 1
  - There was an article yesterday that said more men were going to vote today, rather than early voting. -- nm - jnine Nov 5, 13:58
- How did this compare to 2020? It's hard to know if this is significant without context. -- nm - colin Nov 5, 13:13 7
  - Can't compare to 2020 because COVID -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 13:14 6
    - "historical" data then... Do men usually vote at higher numbers than women? -- nm - colin Nov 5, 13:17 5
      - Women tend to vote more than men by about 2-3% in presidential election years. The margin is usually quite small. -- (link*) - Krusty Nov 5, 13:21 3
        
        Thanks! -- nm - colin Nov 5, 13:21 2
        
        I was curious myself. If those numbers are true than we could be looking at a surge of women this year. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 13:23 1
        
        i think that's the expectation, isn't it? -- nm - Andie Nov 5, 13:45
      - right, I don't have the answer to that question. Just saying, we can't compare 2020 early and 2024 early due to COVID. -- (edited) - ty97 Nov 5, 13:19
- The Nevada one is contexted with a very high % of "other", as I understand it. -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 13:13
- F around and find out -- nm - Max Nov 5, 13:11
- gap the mine -- nm - budice Nov 5, 13:09
So, apparently I'm giving off MAGA vibes today with my outfit. I was just going for a red, white and blue theme. - Krusty Nov 5, 13:05 [Attachment] 29
- lol, I immediately thought Olympics -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 5, 14:43
- WE have a flag flying on a pole in the lawn, some folks do think it means republican, like dude, this is a military town and my dad was military - zeitgeist Nov 5, 13:52
- I posted this before. I thought it might confuse any MAGA in the neighborhood. These colors belong to all of us. - zunk takes things literally Nov 5, 13:39 [Attachment]
- When I early voted I was asked if I wanted a ballot example for the democrats. I said no thanks because I knew who I was voting for. Then I wondered - sycor Nov 5, 13:29 3
  - There are separate sample ballots for each party? Yeah, I would have said no for the same reason and then had the same thought as you. Ha! -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 13:33 2
    - I think it's because of the unaffiliated races like mayor so the party offers their suggestion since they don't have a D or R by the name. -- nm - sycor Nov 5, 13:41 1
      - Ahh, makes sense. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 13:44
- When I went to vote, I wore the running outfit I got for the 4th of July race including flag sneakers. I figured people might assume I'm MAGA. - Dano Nov 5, 13:22
- The whisper is spooky. - Mel Profit Nov 5, 13:20 5
  - If these conversations can happen organically and with civility and respect, it can go a long way to repairing damage done by those who have... - Qale Nov 5, 14:26
  - Interesting story and while I'd be hesitant to discuss things like that with a co-worker we do need to talk to each other more and understand - Krusty Nov 5, 13:27 3
    - Funny thing is... - Mel Profit Nov 5, 13:31 2
      - Now you have someone new to say hi to or give the head nod when you see them. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 13:35 1
        
        Agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 13:46
- When I went to post to friends about election day today, I wondered "if I include the flag emoji will they think...." - ty97 Nov 5, 13:16
- It's like going undercover -- nm - JD Nov 5, 13:16
- I wouldn't have thought it if you hadn't have told this story. But I can see where the crazy thought process is coming from. - sycor Nov 5, 13:11 2
  - She's seen so many on her side wearing USA hats she just assumed I was one as well. *sigh* I'm not going to stop wearing it but I might need - Krusty Nov 5, 13:39 1
    - This should really be a thing. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 13:48
- Same thing happened in canada with the freedom convoy coopting the flag -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 13:10 1
  - yeah fuck those putzes -- nm - mud Nov 5, 13:13
- My friends and I talk all the time about maga has ruined the flag. We want to take it back by hanging them up at our houses - amanda Nov 5, 13:08 3
  - Hang it up right beside the trans pride flag -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 13:11 2
    - perfect. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 13:23
    - nice -- nm - Andie Nov 5, 13:14
- Yup. I debated changing the lights on the front of my house to a combination of red/white/blue and opted for all blue instead -- nm - oblique Nov 5, 13:08
- Ohhh like when Steve Rogers whispered 'Hail Hydra' into Brock Rumlow's ear on the elevator! -- nm* - Jovian Nov 5, 13:08
- I agree that unfortunate anything with a flag makes me think MAGA. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 5, 13:07 1
  - Me too but I want to show my love of my country on days like this and it's getting more difficult. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 13:17
dinosaur news -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 5, 13:05
FAFO -- (link*) - znufrii Nov 5, 13:04
We have a lot of students who are not registered in PA demanding to vote provisionally. -- (edited) - amanda Nov 5, 13:00 12
- The Return of Chad -- nm - Diva Nov 5, 13:09 4
  - +3 Qale Points -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 14:29
  - Chad 2: The Chaddening. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 13:28 2
    - "Gimme that pizza, you b1tch!!" *snatches pizza box, runs* -- nm - ChadMonster Nov 5, 14:01 1
      - Ha! -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 14:22
- Ugh! Hopefully things go better the rest of the way. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 13:08
- that sucks and i'm sorry -- nm - Andie Nov 5, 13:01
- This is a terrible first. I'm sorry. -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 13:00 4
  - I like personalized posts the most, so I am inclined to disagree about it being a terrible first. -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 14:30
  - It's terrible that you have to deal with that, the first is perfectly fine. -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 13:12 2
    - Also do you need me to send replacement pizza? -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 13:12 1
      - No we are fine thanks. Pollworker Gary grabbed the dude by his collar and stole back the food. -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 13:26

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