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100millionmile.bsky.social
@100millionmile.bsky.social

Before this I had built a set of BetFair wagers that was basically a slight loss if Jeb won, paid out 40x if Trump won & lost 100% for neither. Was basically a bet that A. the CoC would lose and B. the base would pick pure crazy over DC-diluted crazy.

himham
@himham.bsky.social

Bit of a slip of the tongue. He meant to encourage them not to hold back clapping. He was speaking seriously and nobody wanted to interrupt him. He let them know it was fine to clap and they immediately did so.

flor
@florae05.bsky.social

they started clapping early and he kept going and then awkwardly was like ok NOW you can clap (cause I was trying to finish my thing) like ts was endearing and relatable even to me as a human being allergic to the bush family. our political media is so insane man.

AlanR77
@alanr77.bsky.social

In 1975 no-one clapped In 1976 no-one clapped In 1977 no-one clapped In 1978 no-one clapped In 1979 no-one clapped In 1980 someone clapped In 1981 no-one clapped In 1982 there was the incident with the pigeon In 1983 no-one clapped In 1984 no-one clapped In 1985 no-one clapped In 1986...

The Jazzy Rascal
@jazzy-rascal.bsky.social

I cast a protest vote for Rubio on Super Tuesday to maximize my opportunities to vote against Donald Trump and boy has Little Marco made that feel worse and worse with every passing year.

Rural Anarchy
@ruralanarchy.bsky.social

Yeah, that's important context. But without the actual situation being explained it's a LOT funnier. Especially for people that have only seen that short 10 second video. 😂

Missino
@onedeuxtriseigo.nullpo.dev

It's not about jeb. It's about how the media decided to cover and disqualify candidates by fabricating an entire story around something that didn't even really happen. It doesn't matter that it was jeb, just that it happened at all and was completely accepted at face value by the US populace.

Roy Antoinette
@royantoinette.bsky.social

I don't disagree with you, but saying "please clap" was a terrible way of doing it. If he had just said "thank you" instead he would have gotten the applause because that would have signaled it was over. Wikipedia's entry is misleading because the silence was a result of the audience being unsure.

Roy Antoinette
@royantoinette.bsky.social

I'd say the really noticeable thing about the situation is that it reveals too much about the inherent theater of politics. It doesn't really matter a lot of the time the quality of the speech politicians give because there's enough social pressures to guarantee they'll receive applause regardless.

Stormy
@stormypanda.bsky.social

From what I remember early in the speech he had to ask them to stop clapping because he couldn’t be heard, and the “please clap” was kind of a joke/indicator he was done talking

Stormy
@stormypanda.bsky.social

Also from what I read he said that sort of as a joke because earlier he literally could not talk because they were clapping so much and he had to ask them to stop

kinoko
@kinokosaur.bsky.social

It's an example of how sound bites can be taken out of context to change their meaning entirely. The meme is hilarious, and overall its impact was deserved, but it's also a fabrication.

Missino
@onedeuxtriseigo.nullpo.dev

Yeah don't get me wrong it's absolutely hilarious but it still astonishes me how it managed to be the basis to sink his entire campaign despite being well received by the audience he was giving the speech to.

kinoko
@kinokosaur.bsky.social

Yeah, I totally agree. It's alarming to see the meme usurp reality so bluntly. And now the dominant narrative has become "nobody clapped" when they did, in fact, clap. There are many examples of this being done to leftists, of course! But I wish the behavior hadn't spilled over.