2016 elections - because it's never too early

[Maladict]

The pyramids acted as a granary in every city in one version.

Apparently was the case in Civ II and III.

http://civilization.wikia.com/wiki/Pyramids

I thought of Civ2 immediately when I read that.
Which also came out around the time he made those remarks. 

[Martinus]

Yeah. Pyramids as a granary immediately brought Civ to my mind.

[Martinus]

[FunkMonk]

So apparently some guy on SNL is in deep doo doo over a joke a said about transgender peeps and Democrats losing the election?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/23/colin-jost-faces-furious-backlash-after-transgender-joke-on-saturday-night-live/

[garbon]

So apparently some guy on SNL is in deep doo doo over a joke a said about transgender peeps and Democrats losing the election?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/23/colin-jost-faces-furious-backlash-after-transgender-joke-on-saturday-night-live/

Those people sound like they just don't like the joke. Which I guess is fair enough but not really something that I'd want to waste effort getting annoyed about...beyond the extent it feeds into the false narrative of blaming the left for not do enough to be inclusive towards the posited child-like Republican and independent voters.

[Martinus]

the revolution is eating their own

[garbon]

the revolution is eating their own

Except all groups do that. The right also eats itself.

[DGuller]

In other news: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/23/hillary-clinton-election-vote-recount-michigan-pennsylvania-wisconsin

Thoughts?

Sounds like a load of shit and classical cherrypicking.  You can't make any conclusions about the impact of voting machines on results before you control for a bunch of other factors, and I've heard not a single mention of it.  By that logic, you should investigate the voting machines in urban precincts, those seem to give you extremely disproportional Democratic vote counts in every single state.

[derspiess]

Those people sound like they just don't like the joke. Which I guess is fair enough but not really something that I'd want to waste effort getting annoyed about...beyond the extent it feeds into the false narrative of blaming the left for not do enough to be inclusive towards the posited child-like Republican and independent voters.

Lol, child-like.  As if we were the ones that need safe spaces, coloring books and play-doh.

[garbon]

Those people sound like they just don't like the joke. Which I guess is fair enough but not really something that I'd want to waste effort getting annoyed about...beyond the extent it feeds into the false narrative of blaming the left for not do enough to be inclusive towards the posited child-like Republican and independent voters.

Lol, child-like.  As if we were the ones that need safe spaces, coloring books and play-doh.

Well that is what the narrative that says the left should have pandered more to angry whites supposes.

Also, I seem to recall Trump calling for safe places.

[saskganesh]

Lol, child-like.  As if we were the ones that need safe spaces, coloring books and play-doh.

Yes. And that's why they created Fox News.

[Legbiter]

It's interesting that the median age of Fox viewers is 68. 

In fact, Fox's impending crisis really has nothing to do with Ailes. It's a crisis faced by other news networks as well, but Fox most of all: Its average viewer is extremely old.

The median age of a primetime Fox News viewer is 68, according to Nielsen. That means half of the channel's viewers are older than 68.

http://qz.com/738346/fox-newss-biggest-problem-isnt-the-ailes-ouster-its-that-its-average-viewer-is-a-dinosaur/

[derspiess]

Every old person I know has it on nonstop at their house.

[garbon]

Every old person I know has it on nonstop at their house.

What a surprise that you know terrible old people.

[celedhring]

News networks exceedingly skew towards old age. It happens in the Spanish market too.