2016 USA Presidential election thread II: And. Here. We. Go!

[kuronosan]

Conspiracy theories are mainstream because people are desperate enough to believe them.

[BerenTebogo]

Conspiracy theories are mainstream because people are desperate enough to believe them.

Yeah is that why chemtrails and illuminati and shit gain traction? People are DESPERATE to believe there is a conspiracy to poison them with motherfucking condensed water?

Pretty sure it's just because people are fucking retarded.

[Day]

Thats before they were mainstream though Sath duh

[BerenTebogo]

Thats before they were mainstream though Sath duh

conspiracy hipsters

[Fiye]

I'm waiting for a video of someone vaping why they explain how the government is poisoning them via chem trails. That would make my day.

[Wulfgang]

Has this been posted already? Thought it was great

http://kotaku.com/zapp-brannigans-vo...ump-1785180841

[Fiye]

He's done a LOT more. I recommend going to his twitter page and looking for compilations.

[Zealot]

Conspiracy theories flourish because people want to believe that their hardships or the things they perceive to be wrong with the world are the result of deliberate action by insidious forces manipulating the world. The idea that life is just arbitrary and capricious and things don't work out the way you want sometimes is too hard for a lot of people to take.

[chazzyphizzle]

see also: religion. plz no derail i apologize

[kuronosan]

Yeah is that why chemtrails and illuminati and shit gain traction? People are DESPERATE to believe there is a conspiracy to poison them with motherfucking condensed water?

Pretty sure it's just because people are fucking retarded.

People are desperate and thus are stupid enough to believe anything they are told.

I thought you caught on quicker dude. Come on.

[BerenTebogo]

People are desperate and thus are stupid enough to believe anything they are told.

I thought you caught on quicker dude. Come on.

People can't be stupid without being desperate? ...What?

[Daydreamer]

Conspiracy theories flourish because people want to believe that their hardships or the things they perceive to be wrong with the world are the result of deliberate action by insidious forces manipulating the world. The idea that life is just arbitrary and capricious and things don't work out the way you want sometimes is too hard for a lot of people to take.

Also I notice a lot of people work hard but not smart. Like the factory employee who is never late and a great worker but complains that he's been at the same job for 10 years because he never actually talked with his boss about advancement. Most people I went to high school with that are like this are the same ones that believe all the crazy theories.

[kuronosan]

People can't be stupid without being desperate? ...What?

K. Done. You don't get it. Moving on.

[Byrthnoth]

This article puts forward a pretty interesting theory explaining the liberal disorganization this election season despite our dramatically more qualified candidate: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/op...e-problem.html

[archibaldcrane]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newsw...ndroid-verizon

New Newsweek cover story about how Trump violated the US embargo on Cuba in '98 by paying a consulting firm to travel there and try to develop relationships to expand casinos to the island in case the embargo was lifted.

[Andalusian girls]

Conspiracy theories flourish because people want to believe that their hardships or the things they perceive to be wrong with the world are the result of deliberate action by insidious forces manipulating the world. The idea that life is just arbitrary and capricious and things don't work out the way you want sometimes is too hard for a lot of people to take.

what's the old Kubrick quote, 'the terrifying thing about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent'

[Day]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newsw...ndroid-verizon

New Newsweek cover story about how Trump violated the US embargo on Cuba in '98 by paying a consulting firm to travel there and try to develop relationships to expand casinos to the island in case the embargo was lifted.

that makes me smart

[archibaldcrane]

In a related note, Florida is light blue again, Hilldog's chances of winning have increased 11% since Monday morning, with a ton of post-debate polls remaining.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/...tion-forecast/

[Zealot]

Nevada and NC look like they're creeping back her way as well. It'll be interesting to see how Trump performs in the second debate.

[archibaldcrane]

Yeah, it would be interesting if she won Florida, Nevada and North Carolina but lost Ohio and Iowa, which is entirely possible.