I don't necessarily want Romney to win, but I did correctly predict (I still believe) that he would...like 10 months ago. How did I do it? I used statistics related to the only thing people care about when they vote for a president, which shouldn't hardly be part of their presidential voting decision - the economy.
I then began charting these statistics out alongside presidential election results from the Truman re-election onward, found the one with the highest probability of correlation, and posted it.
And no one cared.
Ultimately, I'm OK with that, but it's not like the idea was revolutionary once it was able to be reviewed by anyone who has lived through an election or two and paid attention to it, and even if it ends up being wrong, it was a lot better than "Mitt Romney is an asshole, so he can't win", because in my understanding of how these things usually go, being an asshole improves your chances by like 10 fold.
So, who do I need to fuck around here so an idea like mine can get some consideration and I'm no longer forced to be subject to the chronicles of the coked-out-stripper on the home page, because while the 1st time around it was gutsy and well written, now I'm at the point where if she doesn't coke up and strip for me, I don't wanna fucking hear about it any longer.
Anyway, this concludes a stupid meta-post. Don't let the door hit ya in the ass on the way out.
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Quick show of hands - when something lacks popularity and impact in its chosen arena, one should -
raise your hand for be the same as those who are already established and have sucked up the lion's share of that particular audience.
OK, hands down.
Now raise your hand if differentiation, while a bit riskier, isn't the much better option if only because it can be tweaked and fixed if it's not working, one can always go back to the old, tired format in the end if necessary, and because the upside has massive potentially, and exponentially more than being 10th in a 10 horse race.
(that probably wasn't an objective vote the way I phrased it...oh well...)
That's all I know about respect on Open Salon, except that the way things are going I'm likely to give up on Open Salon and focus my efforts on Our Salon. What's the use of posting if people who want to read your stuff can't access the site?
Outside of that, I don't care about any of it.
also hope ya got the , uh, skills for that. hee hee.
you types, you xy types, who say 'AHH I DO NOT CARE"
are like those folks who tell me in all sincerity.,
"i dont give a damn what other peepul think of me."
lying liars.
~
romney gonna win, you seriously think?
i really do not think so.
the last debate he said, "oh i agree with you mr. prez"
so
who wants to replace a guy doin ok shit
with another guy who says the shit the other guy does is ok?
might as well stick with the first guy!
~
i got no idea what u mean by this shit but it sure hums, man:
"the upside has massive potentially, and exponentially more than being 10th in a 10 horse race.
"
~
this nation must be saved. that' s all it's really ever wanted
since jonathon edwards days!
we wanna be liked.
The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being. "The Beauty of the World" (c.1725),
jon edwards . ha
also hope ya got the , uh, skills for that. hee hee.
you types, you xy types, who say 'AHH I DO NOT CARE"
are like those folks who tell me in all sincerity.,
"i dont give a damn what other peepul think of me."
lying liars.
~
romney gonna win, you seriously think?
i really do not think so.
the last debate he said, "oh i agree with you mr. prez"
so
who wants to replace a guy doin ok shit
with another guy who says the shit the other guy does is ok?
might as well stick with the first guy!
~
i got no idea what u mean by this shit but it sure hums, man:
"the upside has massive potentially, and exponentially more than being 10th in a 10 horse race.
"
~
this nation must be saved. that' s all it's really ever wanted
since jonathon edwards days!
we wanna be liked.
The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being. "The Beauty of the World" (c.1725),
jon edwards . ha
vernacular! don't tease me.
the point of my huge diatribe was that uh,
go for the BIG THREE always
truth beauty and goodness.
even if they aint real, you can make em so. yes?
Anyway, nice talkin' to you;
But I digress [when I'm not busy living, I'm busy digressing].
What you need here to carry on, Malcolm, is to know to whom you are writing; to whom you are addressing. From now on, when you write, write with someone important in mind, not some ego-driven blogger's reaction.
I was really just fucking around and say "neener, neener, neener...when you ignored and didn't believe me...guess what? I was, once again, right,"
...as if I or anyone else really cares, but just sayin'...
Ooops. Shit! Did you see that? Your door almost hit me in the ass again.
Well you might want to sharpen your statistical analysis skills. It was never close. I can help you with that. Better luck next time.
If not for that, he would have won.