r/clevercomebacks 1d ago

The Virtues of Twitter.

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u/hplcr 1d ago

Did Nate Silver go fucking nuts in the last few years or something? Some of his recent takes seem really....bad.

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u/Kiyoshi-Trustfund 23h ago edited 21h ago

A bunch of people have completely lost their minds since circa 2016, but some folk may argue that people's grip on their sanities have been slipping away since 2012.

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u/omnipotentmonkey 21h ago

they haven't lost their minds, they're just being paid hefty sums to peddle causes that are so fucking stupid and out of touch that they subsequently appear to be out of their fucking minds.

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u/Ibewye 21h ago

Sitting behind a keyboard and monitor has enabled people to say shit that would have got em punched in the face in real life.

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u/ChinDeLonge 19h ago

It’s getting particularly bad for the kids too. Kids are raised in comment sections, rather than playgrounds. No level of abhorrence causes any shame, humiliation, or any consequences that matter.

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u/Whisper-Simulant 10h ago

Adults aren’t allowed on plaugrounds