# Avoiding the Trump-Harris debate tonight 9/10/24 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 11, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101 "2024-09-11T01:09:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/1 "2024-09-11T01:09:05Z")
My husband has the TV on, but hearing just 1 minute of the pre-show from the other room was enough to get me seriously irritated. So I’m up in my room with the door closed and headphones on, listening to music. How long does it last, what time is it over? Who else is avoiding it? I see there’s a watch party thread, but sign me up for the un-watch party. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/2 "2024-09-11T01:16:49Z")
I am avoiding it. I will read all about it tomorrow, but I don’t want to sit through it. I can’t imagine any information that would make me change my vote, and I know some of the centrist politics necessary to win will depress me… ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/3 "2024-09-11T03:00:59Z")
I avoided it, watching Wake Island and the first part of Beau Geste on TCM. Then I glanced through the post-debate posts in the watching party thread. It sounds like she did ok. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/4 "2024-09-11T03:05:54Z")
Listening to trump makes me want to vomit. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iZnQPLJi2t4/hqdefault.jpg "Priest") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZnQPLJi2t4&t=49/) So, I avoided it. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/5 "2024-09-11T03:28:41Z")
I watched the beginning. I’m sorry I did. I finally told Mr VOW I couldn’t take it any more. When Trump explained that the Roe vs Wade decision allowed abortions up to the ninth month and beyond, meaning full-term babies could be killed as a legal abortion, I said “f¥¤k this shit” and started playing mah jongg on my tablet. If Trump were Pinocchio, his nose would be bumping the ISS. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![pirviii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pirviii/32/3233_2.png) [@pirviii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pirviii)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/6 "2024-09-11T04:07:52Z")
I was watching Star Trek episodes on H&I channel. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/7 "2024-09-11T04:17:32Z")
> [@pirviii](#): > > on H&I channel. Oh, how I miss H&I! Had it (broadcast) when I was stationed in Norfolk, but no such luck since I moved back west. Not that it doesn’t cost out west, it just that it’s not (broadcast) where I live. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/8 "2024-09-11T04:17:51Z")
I swore not to watch it but did read the watch-thread and got enticed into looking in now and then, though primarily to enjoy Harris’s performance, muting her opponent since listening to him is not good for my health. I’d probably have been better off watching Dr. Pol reruns. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/9 "2024-09-11T04:22:20Z")
I re-watched the Martian instead, I quite enjoyed it! And then logged into Twitter to learn that Taylor Swift has endorsed Kamala Harris, so the evening has been a win all around. ---
**Author:** ![Sooner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sooner/32/7875_2.png) [@Sooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sooner)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/10 "2024-09-11T04:29:06Z")
I have zero love for Trump. But I believe it was Mike Munger, that had the Ugly Pig Contest anology. Never vote for ugliest pig until you have seen all the contestants. Trump was the ugliest pig, but it behooved me to see all comers. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/11 "2024-09-11T05:55:20Z")
I enjoyed listening to Vivaldi and Bach and then looked at the watch thread when the debate was over. Much better for my blood pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/12 "2024-09-11T10:24:39Z")
In my time zone, the debate started at 3am, so watching it live was not a sane option. By coincidence, yesterday was the monthly meeting of our local Democrats Abroad chapter, and the (then upcoming) debate was the main topic of conversation. Many people planned to watch the recording later, and there was discussion of possibly scheduling a (deferred) watch party. I declined the opportunity. In my view, these debates have become nothing but theater. Most people don’t actually watch them, and the vast majority of voters (including the ones who do watch) end up taking their opinion of the result from the headlines in the media over the following couple of days. So what really matters, I think, is not the debate itself, but steering the talking points that follow. Besides, I can’t look at or listen to Trump for more than a few seconds without triggering major gastrointestinal distress. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/13 "2024-09-11T11:04:58Z")
I avoided the debate by going to the ELO farewell tour concert here in Pittsburgh. Jeff Lynne may be old but he can still hit those high notes. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/14 "2024-09-11T12:46:10Z")
I had planned to join some neighbors, make some popcorn for all, and watch the debate. Which we did, for a few minutes. The previous debate, after a few minutes, I left, because I couldn’t take it anymore. This one, I couldn’t take, either, so after a half-hour, I left the group. Not for the same reasons each time; #1 was due to the poor performance of Biden; #2 was because of the insane spewings of Donald Jessica Trump. These were beyond belief. Immigrants chowing down on our pets? Killing babies after being born was a thing? How stupid can you get? Anyone voting for this deranged, incoherent, bullshit-spewing, ego-central idiot must be as insane as he is. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/15 "2024-09-11T13:42:17Z")
I was watching something else on TV. But, it was being “watched” next to me. The sound was off, and closed captioning was on. I glanced over a couple times. One time Trump made a real goofy face. I’m not sure what that was saying. Another time there was an obvious lie and apparently they started correcting it. Other than that I avoided it. ---
**Author:** ![Rangerdanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@Rangerdanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rangerdanger)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/16 "2024-09-11T13:53:02Z")
Waited it out to see how long before the Onion coverage came out. Planned to simulate it with nails on my chalkboard, but the neighborhood squirrels complained as i was tuning up. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/17 "2024-09-11T15:49:06Z")
I had no intention of watching it. Surprisingly when I walked into the firehouse bar it was on on far corner TV so I did actually _see_ a couple of seconds of it. The main TV had the Phillies/Rays post game & even had audio coming out of the speakers, a rairity. I was told they put the sound on when there was a bench-clearing kerfuffle. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101/18 "2024-09-11T16:44:15Z")
**MrsFtG** watches the “news” channels a ton. So she recorded the debate and is watching it now. Big no way for me.