i’m unironically in a uni class where our weekly discussion posts (ie have to write 3 short paragraphs a week) are graded by AI. professor says the system should give full credit if it can tell what you’re saying has some substance and is relevant to the weekly text, but it often seems like when i write something original it gives my reply a C and when i say anything buzzwordy and devoid i get an A

it’s not 20-30% of them, it’s +20-30 net percentage points which means a majority or at least plurality want it (eg if 60% of ppl support it, 30% are against it, 10% don’t know, then 60% - 30% = +30 pts)

looked up his religious beliefs and it seems he’s an atheist/agnostic who subscribes to christianity solely for the vibes and his western world fetish

Elon Musk announced that he’s a “big believer in the principles of Christianity” and “a cultural Christian”. Musk’s reasons are moral and political – he believes Christianity can boost both happiness and birthrates.

the other day my 70s born dad got pissy when i asked him if movie theaters had color when he was a teenager

implied that natural gas was a renewable energy source

literally something i’ve only heard from ultraconservative climate denialists

“This debate swayed my vote”

1 in 4 yes

do they just…not know what sway means?

most americans are heavy into the “we do not negotiate with terrorists” fantasy

i’m expecting to see dozens of social media clips captioned “Kamala served BRAT 💚🥥” and edits of her to charli xcx and other mediocre popstars

phone or work phone that gives email notifications? i feel like that’d be a lot more convenient seeing they could wait 5 minutes vs having to immediately drop whatever they’re doing for a call

they mean draw what ur dick looks like cumming i think. this was in our library bathroom btw

average college male bathroom wall:

he’s definitely not losing in every swing state, most of the polls are super close to margin of error and trump’s gotten several leads. 538 simulates their odds of winning the electoral college:

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-forecast/

right now they give trump a 44-in-100 chance of winning. that’s basically a coin toss, and it looks like his odds improved a bit in the past week

for comparison, before 2020 election day they gave biden a 89-in-100 chance of winning and in 2016 gave trump a 30-in-100 chance

it’s not just a meme 90% of them actually believe it

i was 13 in 2017 and back then when getting to know each other, we’d ask each other normal things; favorite rapper or artist, favorite sports player, favorite youtuber, etc. ik someone who works with younger teens now and says one half-jokingly asked the group “favorite male model,” and several boys said “chico” and someone went on a bit how his cheekbones, facial harmony, hunter eyes, canthal tilt, whatever are “perfect,” and someone else was arguing his favorite model mogs him.

these kids deadass make/watch tiktok looksmaxxing edits of male supermodels they admire and/or envy. it’s usually partly ironic and they laugh around when they talk about these things but obviously they still seem to buy into it, seems like boys now are insanely more obsessed and conscious about looks than they used to be, often to the point of dysmorphia. their judgements on face features also feel like just straight up racist phrenology

that’s when they peaked. 2nd biggest economy in the world, even more than the USSR. now theyre like 4th or 5th

subconsciously liberals almost always seem to avoid language that seems too “forceful,” even when it comes to basic human rights. insisting on any means is authoritarian and something the trumpies do

they must vote, pray, and compromise (their dignity). when it doesn’t work out, they blame disillusioned non-voters and go into waiting for the next election, where they’ll proudly choose the oligarchs that promise stagnation over regression every 2 years for the rest of their lives and wonder why everything keeps getting worse

cringing imagining this middle aged ivy elite square drafting this trying to come off as cool and nonchalant

probably wrote a 2 sentence comeback to the lame fact check before realizing it’s just as lame, then realized he didn’t have it in him and tried something simpler despite never using ‘lmao’ before in his life, then asked his intern “not capitalizing this is hip isn’t it?”

the existence of mainstream queer rappers is definitely a very new thing. you have openly bisexuals like tyler the creator, frank ocean, and isaiah rashad. lil uzi vert goes by they/them. childish gambino said he was unlabelled and playboi carti is too. and like, half of brockhampton was gay or bi

ask any young straight guy what his favorite rappers or artists are and there’s a solid chance he’ll mention one of those. especially with frank and tyler who everyone knows like men, it’s pretty cool when i see straight guys everywhere who are practically stans of them and have posters in the dorm

Tesla

yk this lib bought it sometime around the late 2010s when they all thought elon musk was irl ironman and the greatest genius of our age before he made his chuddery obvious

still not a sliver as cringe as the AI dancing video of him and elon he posted