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Cake day: August 11th, 2023

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  • You’re correct. I’m sorry, I had my numbers screwed up in my head.

    Year Trump Democrat
    2016 63 million (46.1%) 66 million (48.2%)
    2020 74 million (46.8%) 81 million (51.3%)
    2024 77 million (49.8%) 75 million (48.3%)

    These are the numbers from Wikipedia. It still fucks me up that Trump increased his vote margins, even to the point of winning the popular vote. It’s probably going to haunt me to my grave and be a thing that I deeply wish wasn’t true, but there it is.

    What I ought to have said was that comparing 2024 to 2016, it’s not that Democratic support fell off precipitously, but rather that a lot of people showed up in 2020 to vote for Biden, and then a lot of them stayed home in 2024.

    Trump gained some, and that fucking sucks, but apathy and disengagement is a big factor in what got him back in the White House.










  • You Made It Weird, with Pete Holmes. Really fucking funny comedian Pete has had lots of interesting guests. Usually starts with relatively normal stuff, but usually by the end of any given episode he gets into “Do you believe in God?”, “What do you think happens when we die?”, and “You ever do ayahuasca?” territory. Pete is SMART and has been going on his own spiritual and philosophical journey for a while, and it feels like every guest is another step on that journey. Look up the episode list and find someone you like and listen to their conversation.