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   lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Monday, 26-Dec-2022 07:44:42 JST lainy
   I loved this, when after years of "here's how to spot a fake election easily with benford's law" we suddenly got a lot of nuance
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     кину奇诺 (kino@fedi.intkos.link)'s status on Monday, 26-Dec-2022 08:00:44 JST кину奇诺

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     @lain@lain.com "this time, it's different. but if this happened in some second world country we don't like then it definitely still holds true and would be a fraudulent election. but not here in america, for sure not. it's different here. but every other time? still legit bogus."

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     Hyolobrikator (hyolobrika@gleasonator.com)'s status on Monday, 26-Dec-2022 08:09:34 JST Hyolobrikator

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     @lain Do you mean that guy in particular or a vague "those people"?
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Monday, 26-Dec-2022 08:09:34 JST lainy

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     @Hyolobrika the benford's law thing made its rounds for a while, here's one of the earlier ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIsDjbhbADY
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     konni@toot.kartonrad.de's status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 07:48:21 JST konni

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     @lain honestly though Matts explanation makes sense
     Benfords law is honestly such a flimsy fucking thing i'm suprised it works at all

     I'd be concerned if i saw any hipocracy but i haven't seen anyone argue trumps election is fake based on benfords Law, in fact i had never even heard of it before

     Bozo's law prlly got whispered to him in his sleep by his dead grandmother

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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 07:49:04 JST lainy

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     @konni i'm not saying he's lying or a hypocrite, my OP was just about a trend i noticed
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     Hyolobrikator (hyolobrika@gleasonator.com)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 07:49:38 JST Hyolobrikator

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     @lain That's a different guy. I skimmed the videos again and neither of them shows up at all in the other guy's video.
     I know they work together sometimes IIRC but they are still individuals with their own thoughts, feelings and motives. They're not part of a hivemind.
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 07:49:38 JST lainy

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     @Hyolobrika I'm not saying that, but everyone's part of the zeitgeist
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     konni@toot.kartonrad.de's status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 08:06:47 JST konni

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     @lain ye i guess it made more ppl look into it

     people like to hold on to easy patterns that explain shit until it suddenly conflicts with smth else they know/believe

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