TheKingBombOmbKiller

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

I expect that I will assume I'm living in the hottest year on record every year for the rest of my life.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

I fully agree with what you are saying, but are you sure you responded to the intended comment? I was asking for examples of calls to kill all men being lauded, celebrated and/or encouraged.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

When I did a Google search of #killallwhitemen, I found plenty of articles about how controversial it was, not celebrations and encouragements.

And there is a giant leap between a thought exercise about how women feel unsafe around men, and encouraging calls to kill all men.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

“Kill all men” - Lauded, celebrated, even encouraged.

Do you have an example of this? Because as someone whose suggested death would be celebrated, I've not seen those reactions myself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Do you have any examples?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What would accurate odds in the previous two presidential elections look like to you?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Here is a direct quote from 538:

538’s forecast is based on a combination of polls and campaign “fundamentals,” such as economic conditions, state partisanship and incumbency. It’s not meant to “call” a winner, but rather to give you a sense of how likely each candidate is to win. Check out our methodology to learn exactly how we calculate these probabilities.

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In 2016 they gave Hillary Clinton a 71.4 % chance of winning, and in 2020 they gave Joe Biden 89 % chance of winning. They are dealing in odds, not calls.

And even if it isn't getting through to you, how were they wrong in 2020?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

If I told you that you had a five in six chance to roll the dice and not roll a one, and then you rolled the dice and got a one, was what I told you wrong?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

They don't call elections. They tell you the odds.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Doctor Strange 2

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

By that logic 2000 is the last year of the second millennium, 2001 is the first year of the third millennium, 2002 the second, and 2003 the third.

The era started at year 1, and not year 0. So the new millenniums starts at years that ends with 1.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's also the third millennium of the era. 1-1000 AD was the first, 1001-2000 AD was the second, and we are now in the third.

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