@LouisIngenthron To be clear political polls generally arent conducted through cold calling. But there is a legitimate problem in any survey in science where we expect it to be biased by peoples willigness to take the poll. It is one reason data scientists treat polls more critically than many other forms of data.
Re,e,ber how you were doubting those "inflated" death tolls because they came from Hamas? Well the official Israeli death toll they themselves are reporting is **higher** than those reports out of Palestine.
And nto be fair while i was harsh and direct, I was also kind about it... I think basically she was furious she just beat her kids in public at a resteraunt and how several people called her out in public, she felt awful.
I responded with something fairly straight forward but respectful like 'Yea, I would have called out someone doing that too. Hitting your child is never acceptable and I am glad people didnt just accept a child being abused and say nothing" and I know I said "I would have done the same if I saw a small child being hit in public, for any reason"
@wjmaggos So basically a voice conference over matrix as a segment in a audio only podcast.. nice!
@pgcommunication ive never not been able to get stamps. That said i very rarely use usps. I pretty much limit it to light small letters of a page or two. Anything else i use ups.
@hans thanks. Right now its jusy a passing idea
@mxtthxw The point is to talk but not neccesserily the focus. Like you could come and speak if you have somethi g to say. No penalty for not saying anything
@shibaprasad Not yet. I was thinking of hot button topics. Whatever has people talking at the time.
@hans Me too. But people can get booted if they troll.
I didnt shun them They shunned me for calling them out on it and siding with those judging her.
I just have no regrets over the shunning.
@dashrandom I have. And being normal doesnt change how wrong it is.
@mxtthxw But would you be interested in joining such a forum?
@szczur if clear evidence is presented I'd like to hear that... some random people just saying its so means very little to me however.
Biden absolutely hasnt earned my vote. But considering he is a friend of the family I may just have a different, more intimate, view of him. The man is a slime ball on every level.
I never said **anything** about Trump earning my vote. Trump isnt even the presidential candidate yet so that isnt a consideration I need to make.
I mean Biden has done more for the country than some random pile of poo I walked by this morning too... but considering neither that pile of poo, nor trump, are on any presidential ballots yet that seems completely irrelevant to the discussion.
@szczur Oh, no, that narrative is a new one to me.. If its a well established fact with good evidence for it, not just speculation, then I'd be curious to see it.
@szczur if they are funding them that would be pretty messed up. I was more thinking they just dont persue them to conclusion intentionally.
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Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
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