Joe Biden, Senator from Citibank (oops, DELAWARE), to Run for President

I don't consider that yelling but maybe it's cultural. Never heard Sanders yell either.

He used to front Government Issue iirc

is it just the case that all presidents are now going to run w/ Trump's "nobody's ever done this much before!" bullshit?

Nah, that’s just Biden’s personality. If not for the theatrical requirements of American politics he and Trump would be bros.

I don't consider that yelling but maybe it's cultural. Never heard Sanders yell either.

Also seems mild to me fwiw.

Every clip I hear of Biden now sounds like he’s yelling

it's just a super weird way to respond to that question...like he could have just urged patience, or pointed up some progressive bona fides of the existing nominees. But just getting all pissed off at the question, and singling out "progressives" as a group is truly bizarre.

what in god's name is that clips jesus christ lol

That's yelling?

― Van Horn Street, Friday, December 11, 2020 5:32 PM (one hour ago)

hahahahahaha

is it like a Howard Dean yell or is it like a SAm Kinison yell

Here's how that sounded to me.

A Younger Civil Rights Activist from Georgia, calmly: People here are a little wary that our issues and worries aren't being addressed in a substantive way, and won't be a priority in the future.

Old White Guy Who Loves Racist Stuff, raising his voice: You are an uppity little SOB, and I want to restore the soul of this nation, no one ran on a platform of stopping a racial event that happened 3 years ago, STFU.

Don't really understand how it could come across as anything but an old white asshole telling a young person that their concerns don't mean shit.

Oh yeah it’s super condescending.

The Head Of The NAACP, calmly: People here are a little wary that our issues and worries aren't being addressed in a substantive way, and won't be a priority in the future.

A 77-Year-Old White Guy Running For President, Six Months Ago, raising his voice when asked to not cut an interview with Black media short:

“You’ve got more questions?” Biden asked. “Well, I tell you what, if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t Black.”

Charlamagne replied “It don’t have nothing to do with Trump, it has to do with the fact I want something for my community.”

Biden then added, “Take a look at my record, man! I extended the Voting Rights 25 years. I have a record that is second-to-none. The NAACP’s endorsed me every time I’ve run. I mean, come on. Take a look at the record.”

God what a garbage can

Oh yeah it’s super condescending.

Mos def, it just doesn't strike me as 'yelling' per se, or at least not by Biden standards ('you're full of shit', 'lying dog-faced pony soldier', etc.).

Yeah yeah I long forgot about that. “You ain’t black” didn’t sink him like we had desperately hoped all those months ago did it?

I love that we’ve even been reduced to parroting the leftist twitter dialogue exchange format itt

Hush gabbneb

don't say a word

The most interesting (apparently forgotten) aspect about the “you ain’t black thing” is he ended up getting vindicated like a week later. Trump tear gasses protestors while Biden meets with them and George Floyd’s family etc.

You’re such a chode

That is neither grammatically parseable, accurate, or making internal point-to-point sense in any way. Perhaps it's because of that leftist twitter dialogue exchange format that you've adopted, whatever that means?

Do the “Joe loves fracking” bit again.

Tell us about the millennial mores again.

Debasing yourself like this when we know you’re not even getting paid is beneath even the gabbneb we once knew. Maybe you’re the Hoarse Whisperer.

Huh?

gabbneb is a state of mind.

what goes in to millennial smores?

Looks around me: well, I have some three day old takeout avocado toast, a bit of weed I found on the floor, and a drawerful of unusable cellphone cables.

lmao, I can't remember the name of the current excelsior thread but congrats

https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-there-a-doctor-in-the-white-house-not-if-you-need-an-m-d-11607727380

while this article is obviously stupid and sexist, my ire is somewhat tempered by my longstanding disdain for people who insist on being called “dr” in non-academic settings (and yeah, especially non-physicians *ducks*)

loool tabes

hey k3vin, how about you do the 8 years it takes to get a PhD and come back and tell me it's less worthy of respect than going to medical school for 5 years?

actually, even PhDs are kinda split as to whether they call themselves "Dr" in public

or just in the classroom/academic setting/amongst colleagues

Ask Doctor Casino

horrible fucking WSJ article, which goes without saying obv

Then there's the ever popular Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. But few JDs affix the honorific of Dr. to their name.

we can debate it here!

should PHDs refer to themselves as "doctor" in public?

hey k3vin, how about you do the 8 years it takes to get a PhD and come back and tell me it's less worthy of respect than going to medical school for 5 years?

― assert (MatthewK), Saturday, December 12, 2020 7:02 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

well thank you for the compliment, but they only make us do 4 years of medical school. as it turns out I have another doctorate as well and spent a total of 8 years on all that nonsense, so I feel comfortable standing shoulder to shoulder with such giants and saying anyone (physician or otherwise) who introduces themselves as “dr so-and-so” in casual company is obnoxious. dying on this particular hill, sorry

anyway that’s just a personal pet peeve about casual company based on experience. in a news article for example if a physician is going to be referred to as “dr” I agree phds should be too

where did you find time to participate in goon threads, d00d

maybe you guys were my subjects

OMG

lol my goon thread says were mostly as an undergrad anyway

yeah I think it's been 6 years since I even posted in one, so time has gotten away!

dying on this particular hill, sorry

― k3vin k., Sunday, 13 December 2020 00:15 (fifty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

rip if only thered been an actual dr

WHY????!!!!!!!!!!!!

ugstore

Madame First Lady—Mrs. Biden—Jill—kiddo: a bit of advice on what may seem like a small but I think is a not unimportant matter. Any chance you might drop the “Dr.” before your name? “Dr. Jill Biden ” sounds and feels fraudulent, not to say a touch comic. Your degree is, I believe, an Ed.D., a doctor of education, earned at the University of Delaware through a dissertation with the unpromising title “Student Retention at the Community College Level: Meeting Students’ Needs.” A wise man once said that no one should call himself “Dr.” unless he has delivered a child. Think about it, Dr. Jill, and forthwith drop the doc.

WSJ: Is There a Doctor in the White House? Not if You Need an M.D, by Joseph Epstein

key context that may not be clear: Joseph Epstein is a terrible person