this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2024
1 points (100.0% liked)

Trans Memes

1081 readers
1 users here now

A place to post memes relating to the transgender experience.

Rules

  1. Follow lemmy.blahaj.zone community guidelines.
  2. Posts must be trans related.
  3. No bigotry.
  4. Do not post or link to pornography.
  5. If a post is tagged with a specific gender identity, keep the conversation centered on that identity.
  6. Posts that assume the viewer’s gender and/or contain potentially triggering content must be spoilered and tagged at the beginning of the post title. Example content-warning tags that you can copy include the following:
  1. Mods can be arbitrary.

Recommendations

  1. Include other tags in posts for example:
  1. Include image description when possible.
  2. Link to source

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/17869503

I know I'm going against the grain here, I'm obviously no Harris lover, but also I'd prefer to be allowed to continue existing. If that's controversial in leftist spaces then maybe I don't want to spend any more time in leftist spaces.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Trump isn't going to be president next year, I'm more worried about the Democrats.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Clearly, if you put your money where your mouth is, there's a lot of money to be made:

Maybe stop watching so much MSN

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

It's too much of a 2020 flashback, I hope the polling is way off.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You would have made a pretty penny if you bet on Trump in 2016

Electoral betting odds more closely reflect the opinions of capital than voters, precisely because of who has more disposable money to put where their mouth is. In 2016, that was the liberal status quo because it meant business as usual. In 2024, after having a taste of blood in the water from tax cuts and deregulation in Trump's first term, they want more.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

You would have made a pretty penny if you bet on Trump in 2016

My statistics professor did, which is what got me interested in the space. In general, he said, the betting odds are more reflective of reality because the further they are from the truth, the more money to be made by people who can detect that.

So even if the odds are off, the chances of them being off by a significant amount are low.

(And yes, it was unlikely for Trump to win 2016. The fact he did win doesn't change that fact)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did trump drop out of the race? Because from what I gather it's still a very close race that can end up being decided by the supreme court.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

The fix has been in since Biden dropped out, all that remains is to see what sort of stochastic terrorism Trump's supporters get up to once reality starts settling in.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Okay, with that confidence I suggest you put a couple of grand against Harris winning.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"Put money against someone winning." = "Betting that someone will win."

Or what didn't make sense?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The part where you said that betting against Harris is the same thing as betting on Harris...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Hey, I didn't invent that saying, instead blame English for being a silly language 😁

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not blaming English because I can't find any other examples of people misusing it like that.

Betting against something has never meant a bet that the thing will happen, betting against means that you think the thing won't happen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

It would be put money on Harris winning.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The US voting system is undemocratic and a huge percentage of the population seems to be out of their mind. Trump winning is still a very real danger.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

The only part of that you're wrong about is the last bit. Trump winning isn't the danger, the threat is his tantrum after he loses.