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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAn example of Trump-speak that infuriates me.
I saw some clip of him this morning at the Lincoln Memorial (I think). I was half asleep, so I don't remember the exact context, I can't even remember exactly what he was referring to. But as an example, he said something along the lines of:
The press does not treat me fairly. 94%, maybe even 95% don't treat me well.
I can't really remember if he was talking about the press or not...but what pisses me off is this part of the statement "94%, maybe even 95%".
If you pay attention, he makes statements like this ALL THE TIME, and his supporters slurp it up like it is gravy.
Think about it...when normal people make statements like this, they might say something like "Well, I would guess that maybe 50% to 75% of the people....".
Not Trump though. That fucker has it honed right in.... "94%, maybe even 95%".
And this is a sure sign that he has no fucking idea what he is saying, no idea what his point is, is completely bullshitting about something, is talking just for the sake of talking, is just generating random words.
I must again quote one of my favorite bands, Ween.
All that you speak is bullshit
And all the people you know
Maybe some people like to eat it
But I think you're a dick
leftieNanner
(15,149 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,437 posts)And I used to find it amazing that, when asked, George W. Bush couldn't think of any mistakes he had made during his first four years.
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)Then his name would have appeared on the honors list he claimed to be on.
leftieNanner
(15,149 posts)The Wharton School is the very prestigious graduate program at Penn. He got an undergraduate degree in Econ (pshhh) at Penn and even though it was affiliated with Wharton, he did not get an MBA AT Wharton. Big difference.
Also, when he attended, you didn't need to be a top student to get in as you do now. I applied (because my Dad went there) and was accepted with a 3.2 GPA from high school about six years after he did. Went to Cal instead.
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)...then saying the degree is from Kellogg.
Same school. Very different connotation.
leftieNanner
(15,149 posts)Although if he had Corn Flakes for breakfast, he would say he went to Kellogg...
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)It definitely made me laugh!!!
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,437 posts)Like "beautiful" and other words he uses to embellish and exaggerate things weirdly and well beyond the bounds of reality.
SharonAnn
(13,778 posts)brewens
(13,620 posts)treats you unfairly 95% of the time." He never gets called on what percentage of those anecdotes? The press just lets most of those go. He'll just say he can't give them the name. It's funny though, because a lot of the big players do not call him sir on the phone or in private. I can't prove it, but some guys like that just would not! Not if he needs them and they know it.
LuckyCharms
(17,458 posts)"Sir" stuff.
SledDriver
(2,059 posts)He said something along the lines of hes received three or four calls from people crediting hydroxychloroquine with saving their lives. Fucking really? Random people just dialing in to the oval to personally thank the president. Just pick up the phone, yeah its Joe Magablowski, wanna thank President Trump for his recommendation on hydroxychloroquine. Ok sir, well put you right through.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)in stark terms of his own ego needs: what feeds it versus anything that denies him the gratification of praise. A normal person would say something like, "I know not everyone agrees with me on (this or that)" or "I've received some criticism in the press, but..."
In an environment like that, it's no wonder even highly principled people (I can only think of two: Dr. Fauci and Chris Wray) become paralyzed in fear and afraid to express themselves, because Trump is hyper attuned to the slightest critique.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)that's to make the calculation sound more believable, so the dipshits listening to him think, "Wow, he's got it down to the exact percentage point, so he must have analyzed this statistically so it has to be true!"
genxlib
(5,534 posts)You nailed it
genxlib
(5,534 posts)The idea is that the degree of "accuracy" of your answer implies the amount of certainty for that answer.
For instance, if I say it is 350 miles from Miami to Jacksonville, that communicates a different level of confidence than if I said 346.7 miles. The latter is so specific that it implies I made a special measurement to come to that figure.
In Engineering, this is an absolute no-no and we are taught to avoid such implied accuracy beyond what our math can prove.
However, if you are a conman, the inverse is true. Using more specific numbers lets you imply a legitimacy that simply does not exist.
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)This is guy who would take a half hour with a calculator to figure out that 47 in 50 is 94%!
yonder
(9,674 posts)Which might be okay in an honest person. His distinction between 94% and 95% would be hilarious if it wasn't just more of his typical make it up as he goes.
1% of bullshit is still bullshit.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Another general pet peeve I have is when High School and College coaches urge their student athletes to give "110%" which is impossible unless the play through their mortality @ 110% and continue to make some contribution with their lifeless body (like falling in front of an offensive runner?) Before the ref whistles the play and player dead.
Student athletes should be aware that the maximum output is in fact 100%
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DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Orrex
(63,224 posts)Not by violence, because I find that distasteful and it would make him a martyr.
But I hope every day to see him have a stroke so severe that it pops his eyes from his skull.
If that makes me part of his fictional 95%, then I'm ok with that.
perfessor
(268 posts)87% of statistics are just made up on the spot. In this case, 95%.
bluescribbler
(2,122 posts)but liars figure.
94%, maybe 95% of statistics are made up.
gordianot
(15,244 posts)The man is so incoherent and empty the only message is Donald Trump. I have spoken to several American Sign Language interpreters who generally tell me the man is so incoherent they cannot follow him. I have a tendency to watch interpreters and never seen him with an ASL interpreters.
pansypoo53219
(20,995 posts)+ i thought Gw sounded stupid.