**** Elections thread *****

[Poopadoop]

Sprinklers yo!

No sprinklers, you live on a farm.

Of course you can make that inference. Have you ever bought anything from a telemarketer? I haven't. I don't know anyone who says they have. I know far more people who are bothered by the call. So does that mean that no one buys things over the phone? Or is it safe to infer that they wouldn't do it if it didn't work?

Not the same thing, sorry.

It is the most obvious fact ever. In order for it not to be true, you would need to assume that billions of people, with the ability to see, ignored a glowing ball of gas a million times the size of the earth that enters their field of vision dozens of times per day.

Thanks for taking the bait. Now, how many of those 'viewers' were at work and thus couldn't see it? How many were on the other side of the Earth where it was nighttime. You can't infer every person on the planet was a potential viewer, or even every person in your own country.

The measured stats are off by a mere 500K viewers out of a total of some 17-ish million. You can either infer that at least 500,000 people watched it on unmeasured media, or less than 500,000 people watched it on unmeasured media. Making the latter inference there means you ignore the last decade of technological advancement and known trends regarding the amount of eyeballs that use the internet.

Sure, but it's irrelevant anyways. Spicer told a bunch of other lies in that ranting press conference where he took no questions. Those are enough to give him the title of alternative fact king.

[BananaStand]

Thanks for taking the bait. Now, how many of those 'viewers' were at work and thus couldn't see it

What bait? If this is a "trap" its pretty weak sauce. In America, only some 40% of the population "works". I dont' have the stats in front of me, but I'll bet that's at least average, if not towards the high-end world wide.

How many were on the other side of the Earth where it was nighttime.

C'mon man, you're being silly. I'm aware that the earth rotates. Again, this "trap" you set is sad.

You can't infer every person on the planet was a potential viewer, or even every person in your own country

Yes, you can. Half the planet is bathed in sunlight, and less than half of that population has to go to work at any given time. And even among that population, a lot work out side and even more have windows. Eclipses are rare. They're also predicted, which means people are aware of them when they happen. For the inference to be proven false, you'd have to demonstrate that billions of people purposefully avoided a historic celestial event that would be nearly impossible to avoid if you have eyes and spent more than 2 seconds looking at the sky. That assumption would be preposterous, hence it's reasonable to infer the opposite.

Sure, but it's irrelevant anyways. Spicer told a bunch of other lies in that ranting press conference where he took no questions. Those are enough to give him the title of alternative fact king.

Why do you call them "lies"? Do you think that they knew for sure that subway rides were lower, but reported them higher anyway? They KNOW the press is just waiting to catch them in any kind of nonsense, why would they deliberately walk into that? The guy was given the wrong numbers, he reported them as the right numbers, and then corrected himself the next day. That's called a mistake. You did the same thing to Fox News last week. You seem to equate mistakes with lies whenever it suits your narrative. People aren't perfect man.

[Poopadoop]

Why do you call them "lies"? Do you think that they knew for sure that subway rides were lower, but reported them higher anyway? They KNOW the press is just waiting to catch them in any kind of nonsense, why would they deliberately walk into that? The guy was given the wrong numbers, he reported them as the right numbers, and then corrected himself the next day. That's called a mistake. You did the same thing to Fox News last week. You seem to equate mistakes with lies whenever it suits your narrative. People aren't perfect man.

They don't care if they caught lying because they're supporters will forgive them, just like Fox News.

Also, you seem to lack a basic understanding of how propaganda works. You tell a lie, and as long as it's the first 'fact' someone gets, they're more likely to keep believing it even when faced with contrary evidence.

[Poopadoop]

Do you think that they knew for sure that subway rides were lower, but reported them higher anyway?

Of course they did. It's not as if the met accidentally posted the 'wrong' numbers. Lol, Spicer pulled those numbers straight out of Trump's ass.