Yeah and like...idk. It's a very strange thing because in an interpersonal sense, he doesn't seem to actually have big conservative commitments in his values, but he's just actively resentful of people having ideas.
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It's because he's a STEMcel with no appreciation of rhetoric or values, only numbers.
aug 26, 2025, 4:06 pm • 25 2 • view
I'd be more open to that idea if there was notable scientific rigor in his empirical work, he's very much done the same immediate move to punditry where it's very hard to tell whether the numbers motivate the takes or the other way around. (See the split ticket WAR criticisms)
aug 26, 2025, 4:10 pm • 6 0 • view
This is pretty accurate. Classic "miss the forest for the trees" spherical chickens numbers guy.
aug 26, 2025, 4:27 pm • 1 0 • view
Yep, Jain has one of the worst cases of engineer/comp sci-brain I’ve ever seen. Really comes out when he talks about unions.
aug 26, 2025, 4:11 pm • 8 0 • view
It's the xkcd of the engineer trying to learn the stock market because he understands numbers and instantly losing all of his money. Except in this case he instantly contributes to the failures of the Democratic Party
aug 26, 2025, 5:25 pm • 0 0 • view
there was some line from him that's like literally "i am a democrat because a family member needs health insurance." which hey, worse reasons, but also he should shut the fuck up and stop telling people his dumbass republican priorities
aug 26, 2025, 4:08 pm • 4 0 • view
on the other hand he's not wrong that Jeffries' statement sucks
aug 26, 2025, 3:46 pm • 4 0 • view
It sucks because it's a statement and not a story. It's bland and doesn't really offer a narrative. That's the issue with it. Not that it mentions that the Governor fired is Black.
aug 26, 2025, 3:52 pm • 4 0 • view