It’s unclear how much, or whether, the presidential debate will shift the race, though early polls show Vice President Kamala Harris coming out on top.

While this should be obvious to anyone who watched the debate, Trump is out trying to spin it that “all the polls” show he won, when that is clearly not the case.

  • Admiral PatrickEnglish
    83•2 months ago

    I tried to watch the debate and only made it about halfway through because I had the really stupid idea of taking a drink every time Trump said “people are saying”.

    Needless to say, I feel rough today.

    • ALQ
      28•2 months ago

      My condolences to your liver

    • @CuddlyCassowary
      18•2 months ago

      Same game here…with other added catch phrases. I was hating life this morning. But did you know they sell margaritas in a box with a spigot? Like box wine. I didn’t before last night. Dangerous…

      • Admiral PatrickEnglish
        11•2 months ago

        Whaaaat? No, and I wish I didn’t. I have a Ninja blender and ice maker which already make margaritas way too accessible. Lol

    • @Gradually_AdjustingEnglish
      13•2 months ago

      Meet the Heavy

      “It costs four hundred thousand dollars to play this drinking game…for twelve seconds.”

  • @[email protected]
    49•2 months ago

    For the lazy

    Not mentioned in the article, but Trafalgar, who is notorious for heavily skewing republican is also saying voters think Harris won the debate by a large margin

    • @UnderpantsWeevilEnglish
      14•2 months ago

      We’ll see if this impression lasts all the way to November. Fingers crossed.

    • @taiyang
      14•2 months ago

      In other news, at least 34% of people live in an alternate reality.

  • @Sterile_TechniqueEnglish
    34•2 months ago

    This is like watching a couple race cars compete; one goes 100% from the first milisecond and wows the crowd with its speed and accuracy; and the other car stalls out a few feet into the race, catches on fire, and spends the rest of the event just spewing out noxious plumes.

    …and then we start getting polls about which one people think did better…

    • @[email protected]English
      8•2 months ago

      I suspect at least 34% of NASCAR fans are there for the crashes and fire though. Might be humanity’s ratio.

      • @Sterile_TechniqueEnglish
        7•2 months ago

        34% of NASCAR fans are there for the crashes and fire though.

        I mean, you just about nailed it.

  • circuitfarmer
    21•2 months ago

    If you rewatch it with the sound off, it is pretty incredible. From the moment Kamala walks over and shakes his hand (which he obviously didn’t intend to do), his body language is pure defensiveness. He scowls and hunkers down throughout the entire thing. His anger is apparent.

    Trump could not have looked less presidential, and that is saying a lot for someone who was literally President before.

    • @[email protected]English
      6•2 months ago

      Can someone make a Timelapse split screen of the whole thing? Might be interesting to watch his face change, but only if it takes 1-2 minutes max, nobody needs to look at him any longer.

      • circuitfarmer
        3•2 months ago

        This is a good idea and not something I’ve seen yet… If I get some time later maybe I’ll post one.

  • AtomicHotSauceEnglish
    15•2 months ago

    Oh good, I’m glad we needed a poll to determine that.

  • @VeedemEnglish
    9•2 months ago

    I can’t imagine watching it and thinking he won. It’s almost like any democrat who thought Biden won the first one. You can try to find glimmers to grasp on to, but the reality is the oldest guy in each debate was made to look like a fool.

  • Zier
    7•2 months ago

    Trump won all the polls. The question was, “Which candidate was batshit crazy?”

    • @JeeBaiChow
      2•2 months ago

      He thinks it’s like golf. The few points he makes, the better.

      Except he’s terrible at golf.