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Sort of wild that the random draw resulted in 4 of the top 5 in pretty much all polls being in one debate, and Elizabeth Warren being in the other. [To be clear, I'm not suggesting any wrongdoing here; I'm actually saying, "Randomizing things can result in wild, random results!"]
We love a Friday afternoon with ~math men~ coming into my mentions! “It’s not *actually* wild.” Well, thank you, good sirs, for redefining a word of opinion as one of fact to enable your “actually” functions to activate.
And also, since you men are being so technical, I can be technical, too: I wrote about 4 of the top 5 being in one debate and *Elizabeth Warren* being in the other — so, no, the odds of THAT happening are not 28% or whatever you’re fighting about in my mentions! </thread closed>
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