What do you mean "believe"? It's not an opinion
this post was submitted on 16 May 2026
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It is at this moment I would like to remind everyone that 100 is the average IQ, which necessarily means that half of the people that walk among us are rocking double digit IQs.
It's not necessarily half. There could be a group that is a fair bit less than half, but are so dumb they throw the averages off.
Sure, but the poll itself is already dumb. Why poll opinions on a fact? It implies there's any actual value or some truth to this.
Something can be a fact and a belief at the same time. E.G. some people believe the moon landing was faked or that the Earth is flat. It's a fact that the cost of living was lower under Biden yet some people believe that it's lower under Trump. Those people are just as crazy as the flat Earthers, and yet they still exist. The real concerning thing is how many of them there are though. The fact that it's not something like 1% or fewer that believes Trump is better is really concerning but sadly not surprising. Your average Trump supporter is really dumb and ignorant.
Americans are obsessed with polling for opinions on measurable metrics for some reason
That is really insane. It's a fact that gas has become more expensive after Trump attacked Iran. The media is full of articles about expensive gas. That is something you can see just by driving to a gas station. You can experience that in your daily life, see the prices with your own eyes. And 35% of Americans believe that gas was more expensive under Biden, just a little of over one year ago?
I kind of can understand that you are getting a wrong impression of things outside of your personal sphere when watching the wrong media. If you're living somewhere rural and if you've never been in Los Angeles, you can get a wrong impression of Los Angeles if your media reporting is wrong. But for something that everyone can experience everywhere?
There was a period (the start of the Russia/Ukrainian war) where gas prices were higher than now. So it's not that crazy I don't think. The best way to compare two periods would be to average the prices over time but people can't do that on their own really.
I think I remember reading that the act of remembering something is neurologically indistinguishable from just straight up imagining something, but I might be making that up
For real tho, everyone's memory is crap and most people won't/can't take the time to research things they think they remember
I think people (correctly) assume that the poll will be used as evidence to criticize Trump, and if they support him they don't want to give his opponents that evidence. So they'll say whatever doesn't imply criticism of him.
Is it as terrifying for others as it is for me? Being confronted by the fact that a third of the nation is absolutely unhinged? That's a lot of people.
Replace "believe" with "have the receipts to prove"
Yeah, we know, Trump still has about a 30-40% approval rating. We know! It's in every damn poll.
Also, since they're just asking AI now, instead of surveying actual people, what's the damn point of these polls?
A few polls do that and you assume it's all polls? Curious.
That is because it was
Those that believe that it's cheaper under under Trump in survey either don't know how much things cost or willfully voted for Trump in the survey knowing that things are more expensive
Or they're twisting themselves in mental knots, while living deep in denial.
You don't need belief to measure prices, or wages.
But still voting RED
voting against their own best interests. it's what they do.
They are still waiting for their DOGE checks to even things out.
Yup. Very soon the magical flying pigs that fart rainbows will swoop down and deliver them to the true believers! Any day now!
It was.
This better match the midterm results…