"At what point does this get ridiculous?" - Judges react to Trump election lawsuits
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I've seen and heard judges say some pretty off the wall stuff in court when they get irritated and pissed off. It's not a good thing to upset a judge. A judge could 100% say this verbatim and have zero consequences. Not saying it's real though but some that are saying that it can't be real because no judge would do that are just wrong. I've heard way worse lol
I mean if you're filing drawings instead of briefs I don't even think you'll ever be hearing directly from the judge aside from sanctions lol.
The boomer energy of this forum is reaching a zenith
The sheer aggressive foolishness of twisting yourself to pretend a tweet about crayon drawings and chocolate sauce is real. Trove of human knowledge at your finger tips and this is the absolute state the internet has you in
The sheer aggressive foolishness of twisting yourself to pretend a tweet about crayon drawings and chocolate sauce is real. Trove of human knowledge at your finger tips and this is the absolute state the internet has you in
I mean, if I was one of these judges getting bullshit from these Trump lawyers I'd be doing some movie quotes too but I'd be a little more subtle about it than that fake transcript. lol Probably a good thing I'm not a judge.
So this is the power of a lawyer.
The fact that one could believe this is real speaks to how ridiculous this whole thing is.
Tweets are almost always not primary sources. If your contribution to any discussion is to post a random Tweet and use that to justify your position, that's likely an absence of critical thinking.
I honestly don't understand how anyone could be duped by this. I don't. And yet, here we are. For something that audacious, Google it. See if reputable sources have covered it -- not the random Tweet linking one page of something in Courier New font with a misspelled county and a quote from Billy Madison.
And people in this thread are still falling for it.
Seriously, think critically about sources you encounter. Critical thinking is metacognition -- or thinking about thinking. If something makes you angry or conveniently conforms to your worldview, think about why you're so quick to post it. That's the intended effect and it's how misinformation spreads.
I honestly don't understand how anyone could be duped by this. I don't. And yet, here we are. For something that audacious, Google it. See if reputable sources have covered it -- not the random Tweet linking one page of something in Courier New font with a misspelled county and a quote from Billy Madison.
And people in this thread are still falling for it.
Seriously, think critically about sources you encounter. Critical thinking is metacognition -- or thinking about thinking. If something makes you angry or conveniently conforms to your worldview, think about why you're so quick to post it. That's the intended effect and it's how misinformation spreads.
I'm a little disturbed at how many people didn't immediately realize that manuscript was parody lol. Do you guys also think The Onion is a real news source?
There's no way that's real. Is there? Tell me that's not real.
EDIT: Ok, not real. Also, honestly, not that funny. Moving on.
This thread is just a sad example of what people on this board complain about. The moment you read chocolate sauce on the ballot, you wouldn't question it's fake? Comon people.
This thread is pathetic. For as bad as conservatives are with believing bullshit because it applies to their cognitive bias, this thread serves as a perfect example that liberals do the exact same thing.
guys
even before the bit that's a movie quote
do you seriously think they would say "And, finally, five or six million ballots that were not for Trump, we just want to kind of get rid of them."
like, not just that they would say that, but that they would just randomly bring that up when talking about the 13 specific ballots that the lawsuit would theoretically be about
I know this entire thing is a joke but please use your brains regardless
even before the bit that's a movie quote
do you seriously think they would say "And, finally, five or six million ballots that were not for Trump, we just want to kind of get rid of them."
like, not just that they would say that, but that they would just randomly bring that up when talking about the 13 specific ballots that the lawsuit would theoretically be about
I know this entire thing is a joke but please use your brains regardless
It was "filed no brief instead sent crayon pictures" which happens before the chocolate sauce part that made me know it was fake.
Shows that it's not just OP we don't read on Era.
I just want to say, I'm 100% in favor of critical thinking pop quizzes, and I hope those who didn't succeed on this one have learned something and do better in the future. Spotting bullshit is a skill, and skills require practice, so while I'm glad Era isn't flooded with fake news the occasional gotcha is IMO good for the community and its members in general.
lol I skimped over it so I got to the chocolate part first and then stopped cause that fake.
Again and again. It's like people can't double check their thought process.
Even stepping back from the important issues of misinformation and not bothering to source information I think this thread is a good example of why the discourse can kinda suck on this forum. Too many people rushing in with no thought to respond to a tweet like that without reading the tweet, the thread or the OP.
There's no actual discussion or thinking happening. Even on this page people are still quickly responding to that tweet without taking 2 seconds to see the dozens of posts in this thread pointing out that it's fake.
It would be nice if more people came into threads with the intention to add to the discussion instead of quickly jumping in with an thoughtless 1 liner.
There's no actual discussion or thinking happening. Even on this page people are still quickly responding to that tweet without taking 2 seconds to see the dozens of posts in this thread pointing out that it's fake.
It would be nice if more people came into threads with the intention to add to the discussion instead of quickly jumping in with an thoughtless 1 liner.
Fun fact. The guy who played the high-school principal in Billy Madison who made the quote everyone is falling for is Robert Downey Jrs uncle.
Also lol at people thinking thats real
Also lol at people thinking thats real
You actually quoted someone so that's a step above most posts. It can be an interesting exercise to go into random threads and see how long it actually takes for someone to quite someone else for some discussion. Sometimes you can get past the 1st page and not a single poster has engaged with anyone else.
It's fucking Billy Madison in real life
EDIT: I did not read the whole thread.
I've seen people posting and reacting to BS tweets way too many times on here
before posting please be responsible and double check the source (or in this case, read what you're posting lol)
before posting please be responsible and double check the source (or in this case, read what you're posting lol)
Seriously. This is not the direction I expected this thread to have gone in when I clicked it just now...
I dunno. As ridiculous as Trump is, no one should have believed it was real after line 6. Trump submitted crayon drawings? The rest of it goes to levels of absurdity even Trump shit doesn't go to and is too poorly written and on the nose. It like goes out of its way to scream "not real." And then it ends with a movie quote.
It would have been a new low in a series of new lows for like 4 years straight. I can't blame people. But I do worry about how easy it is to spread misinformation even in a place like this.