• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join freeLog in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

Nobody wants to be elected

Status
Not open for further replies.
When I get the nomination nobody will get free stuff. And nobody will be my running mate.

Screen Shot 2016-02-02 at 8.36.40 AM.png
 
I opened the door and nobody was there. A campaign flyer was in the jamb that said "vote for nobody" but I wasn't planning on voting, so I'll do as the flyer suggests and vote for nobody. Nobody is better than my candidate anyway...
 
IMO it stems from people identifying ideologically with a group or person who is shown to be bad in some way. Since in the individual's mind that entity was a "good guy" then the "bad guy" must be the same or worse. Having the representatives of "your team" constantly and unapologetically lying has to create a level of cognitive dissonance which is lessened by simply thinking "it's all like that" rather than a more complicated and nuanced analysis, which may challenge the individual's ideology and worldview.

The level of outright and unchallenged (in fact supported and echoed) mendacity flying around is astonishing.
Yeah! Whatever he said! Wait! What did he say?
 
Basically, people that someone likes are lying to that someone, so that someone assumes everyone must be lying to them.
So bulls**t grinder. Basically just your run o the mill bulls**t grinder. The whole world is just one big bulls**t grinder. 24/7 bulls**t grinding. All he needed to say was bulls**t grinder. Simple. Nobody would do that.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.