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2016 Postmortem

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts) Wed Nov 2, 2016, 03:58 PM Nov 2016

Mental Masturbation

That is what polls simply are at this point. If you look at 538 the results are EVERYWHERE!!!

Just GOTV, tell a friend to vote for Hillary, make a few calls, drive someone to the polls Tuesday.

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Mental Masturbation (Original Post) titaniumsalute Nov 2016 OP

Masturbating with the data Xipe Totec Nov 2016 #1

Spot on!! titaniumsalute Nov 2016 #2

I'm a data analyst. It's what I do Xipe Totec Nov 2016 #3

HA!! titaniumsalute Nov 2016 #4

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

1. Masturbating with the data

Reply to titaniumsalute (Original post)

Wed Nov 2, 2016, 04:00 PM

Nov 2016

Makes you feel good but, ultimately, produces nothing useful.

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)

2. Spot on!!

Reply to Xipe Totec (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 2, 2016, 04:09 PM

Nov 2016

It really doesn't matter.

I'm an Indians fan. I really want my team to win. But the reality is our bullpen is REALLY tired and we should have even made it this far based on statistics. NO ONE thought the Indians would even make it into the World Series based on data. Yet we did.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

3. I'm a data analyst. It's what I do

Reply to titaniumsalute (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 2, 2016, 04:13 PM

Nov 2016

Not the masturbation part, but detecting when people do that.

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)

4. HA!!

Reply to Xipe Totec (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 2, 2016, 04:30 PM

Nov 2016

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