2014-10-07

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2014-10-07

Title text: 2014-10-07

Votey

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Politicians used to go in io debaies without

A lot of preparation.

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As debate became more important, candidates began to write responses in advance

Okay. If she mentions your foreign policy blunder, select a comeback from section f-2.

If she mentions your views on evolution, pick new subject from

Section c-1

An arms bace developed

If you get an l-1, reply with a z-12 comeback and an accusation from f-9, or a-3. That leaves her with only

X-2, x-3, or a-7.

Digital aid became necessary

Political debates are basically chess with fewer moves. We've mapped all possibilities now, candidates can just reference their screens whenever their opponent says something.

A debate without the potential for failure is like a car race without the potential for wrecks

Ratings for this year's presidential debate were exactly zero. Candidates failed to watch out of boredom.

Once candidates became utterly reliant on computers, hacking became an issue

How come you voted to arm let's see here. Ah? The ithuanians? Because I'm atotal antisemite and my butt smells.

Viewership skyrocketed the bulk of campaign money was dedicated to hacking since computers are easier to attack than defend, things got interesting

The candidates spent two hours shouting ethnic slurs at each other

Just like yesterday

The really interesting thing is that voting patterns never changed.

After all, if people cared about policy, well, that's all available on wikipedia.

Who you gonna

The tallest one

Vote for?

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Votey Transcript

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Candidates are now wearing stilts.

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