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CatOfTheDecade t1_ir1vkzt wrote

For anyone wondering, here's how these "interviews" typically go:

Interviewer: "So who did you vote for in the last election?"

Interviewee: "Candidate X"

Interviewer: "Did you verify that?"

Interviewee: "No, I ... what?"

Interviewer: "Can you prove beyond any shadow of doubt that your vote was actually registered for Candidate X?"

Interviewee: "I chose Candidate X. I don't know what you're asking."

Interviewer: "So you admit that you have no idea what the source code of that voting machine looks like."

Interviewee: "No, I've never seen the source code."

Interviewer: "So you can not definitively say that you voted for Candidate X."

Interviewee: "I can definitively say that. I voted for Candidate X."

Interviewer: "But you just admitted that you do not know what the source code of the voting machine looks like, and earlier when I asked you to definitively prove beyond all shadow of doubt that your vote was actually registered for Candidate X. Why are you refusing to just answer the question? It's a very simple question. What are you hiding?"

They aren't interested in "auditing the election" or "just asking questions". That's a sham front designed to burn people out from arguing with them. It's about replacing democracy with a permanent ultraconservative ruling party under the guise of "the will of the people".

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ObjectivePretend6755 t1_ir21fbc wrote

The answer to the very first question about who they voted for should have been and should always be "None of your fucking business". Elections in the country are by secret ballot that means I don't have to tell you jack shit when asked.

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CatOfTheDecade t1_ir2b67k wrote

Unsurprisingly, elections where your vote is subject to public inspection are the norm in countries like North Korea and China. So are all these Trumpers saying America needs to be more socialist?

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Thecrawsome t1_ir1zxra wrote

The dumbest gotchas that aren't really gotchas

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CatOfTheDecade t1_ir2axmz wrote

Whenever I see someone arguing and they throw out a "gotcha", I always immediately assume their argument has no merit whatsoever and the other guy won.

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AmanitaMikescaria t1_ir33lba wrote

Of course I don’t know what the “source code” looks like. I don’t even know what a source code is and dollars to donuts, I’d bet the interviewer doesn’t have a fucking clue what a source code is either. Even in the most rudimentary terms.

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ItsjustJim621 t1_ir8jn77 wrote

A real simple rundown of source code is if you open a web page, there’s a way to view the code for that particular page.

For example, if using Windows Edge, right click on a blank space on the page and select “view page source” to view the HTML code for that particular page. That’s basically source code….not exactly what you’d see in a voting machine per se

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dogeatingdog t1_ir6rgrr wrote

Best answer would just be "I'm a Sixers fan, I trust the process"

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