The LeopardsAteMyFace subreddit has really picked up since the race was called. I'd imagine it's going to be an excellent source of schadenfreude over the next 4 years.
Read more about it here: https://methodshop.com/what-is-the-origin-of-leopards-ate-my-face/
@ShiroKuro said in What do I do with this?:
And anyone who's brain isn't made of rocks will see that my analysis is very critical (but again, not re politics)....
The "brain isn't made of rocks" part here is key. Did you hear that google searches for "Did Joe Biden drop out" and "Is Joe Biden running" skyrocketed..... ON ELECTION DAY? And that in the past few days, one of the top searches on Google has been "What are tariffs and who pays them?" In other words, the intellectual ability of the average American honestly seems to be about the same as the average rock.
I do think getting the opinion of your department chair would be good, but I like the idea of calling them JP and AP - you aren't calling anyone out and your article isn't even overtly critical. Like Pique said about the KKK article, Trump supporters may even like that you are showing how "tough" and "manly" his rhetoric is and it wouldn't surprise me if Trump himself was flattered that someone wrote an academic article about him, especially if it's comparing him to another hardline politician that he admires.
Also, I don't think that not naming names would make you look like a coward --- you'd look "discreet" and like you didn't want to embarrass the subjects of your research (aren't most research subjects anonymous anyway?) And if the journal really asks you to name names, you could -- like I said, I don't think there's anyone in his base who's avidly flipping through academic journals anyway. Just my 2 cents - and I'm very sorry you have to deal with this.
I actually think it would be really interesting. I would think about submitting it without naming names - people can (and most likely will) draw their own conclusions but you wouldn't be outright criticizing anyone. Furthermore, I doubt there's a whole lot of rabid Trump supporters reading linguistic analysis academic journals. And who knows -- the orange one's ego is so large that he might be flattered to be the subject of someone's research and think that he comes off looking "terrific, just terrific, many people say I give the best speeches, college professors are even writing articles about my speeches......"
Disclaimer: Ty did something similar for a college class, feeding Trump's vs Obama's SOTU speeches into some kind of AI analyzer thing and analyzing the frequency and tone of words used, and it was honestly fascinating how different they were. And when I taught freshman composition many years ago at tOSU, I'd VCR the SOTU speech, play it in class, and we'd all analyze it together looking for the different rhetorical techiques that I was teaching them about. So maybe I just have a thing for linguistic analysis of political speeches, which case, my opinion is clearly biased LOL.
@pique said in Reports from the heartland:
When I look at who bankrolled Trump I have to wonder if we aren't actually seeing some form of election interference we aren't familiar with.
I do find it astounding that there were something like 18 million fewer votes cast this election than in 2020 -- 3 mill fewer for the Rs, and 15 mill fewer for the Dems. This does not jibe with reports I've been hearing about lines at polling places nor with my own experience yesterday, where I was voter #401 at 9:30 am at a polling place that is lucky to see 400 voters for an entire election day.
You cannot tell me that, knowing what was at stake, 15 million Dems just decided they were going to sit this one out. No freaking way. I would not be suprirsed if Russia or some other power is manipulating the totals somehow. I think that's the reason Elon was so very positively sure that Trump was going to win that he swore he would give away his entire fortune if he lost. And if that's the case, our elections are well and truly screwed forever.
It's not even like I'm canceling to stick it to Jeff (like I said, I don't think my $29/year is gonna make a difference - he probably makes more than that every millisecond just by existing).
I'm canceling because I'm paying for trustworthy reporting and I don't think they are delivering that anymore. When a newspaper can't do it's one and only job, it's time to find a better newspaper.
Mik - everyone who voted for Biden implicitly also voted for Harris last time. If Biden kicked the bucket tomorrow, she'd be president as the result of that vote. I'm a Dem and I'm not offended at not having had the chance to vote for my party's candidate in the primary - heck, by the time PA gets around to holding their primary election, the candidate has already been chosen anyway, so I never get a say in the presidential primary ever - it's no different this time. But for what it's worth, I would have had no issue voting for her - I've been way unhappier with the folks chosen for me by Iowa, NH, and SC in the past........
Oh and I did cancel my WaPo sub on Saturday. I always talked them down to a $29 rate for the year so I doubt they'll miss me much, but screw them. "Democracy dies in darkness" my ass.
Oh SK I didn't answer your question. Yes Carshop (at least the one I used) has a garage where they do their own maintenance. One of the cars I was looking at had a chip in the windshield and they were going to replace it for me if I bought that one. And I ended up negotiating a brake fluid flush and change on the car I bought because it was overdue for one according to the carfax and manufacturer service schedule. I could take it back there if anything went wrong under their warranty period or I could take it to the dealer since it still has a few months of dealer warranty as well. And they do regular maintenance stuff too, but we already have a regular mechanic so I won't be taking it to carshop for any of that. But it's available if I needed it.
We have done this too (the email/online shopping), for the rare occasion where we purchased new (maybe 2 or 3 of our cars since we've been married). But even when you get to the bottom line price, I've found the finance office plays games with all sorts of stupid add-ons. You have to watch them like a hawk. And that goes for the certified used purchases we made (which are harder to shop between dealers because they're used, so not really comparable between dealers.)
Carshop was the first car buying experience ever, of my entire life, where I didn't feel like the paperwork process was one long pickpocketing session where I had to keep my guard up the whole time repeatedly saying no to all the shady stuff they were trying to pull. I just signed the paperwork, paid the price they originally said I would pay, and left in my new-to-me car -- it took like 15 minutes. So refreshing!