# My final position on the election. Non-herd mentality. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 21, 2016, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632 "2016-11-21T09:15:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/21 "2016-11-21T19:46:49Z")
… to avoid capture. ---
**Author:** ![OriginalGangster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea5d25/32.png) [@OriginalGangster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OriginalGangster)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/22 "2016-11-21T22:40:20Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Since you’re so enlightened, why not whip off your tinfoil hat and actually say something, as opposed to this sad excuse for mysterious and cryptic? There’s a series of prophecies that are happening. Maybe tinfoil RFID-scanning hats will become a trend. With special solar-powered antennas. Considering a huge percentage of the population likes star wars/sci fi type stuff, it’s very possible. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/23 "2016-11-21T23:11:51Z")
> [@OriginalGangster](#): > > There’s a series of prophecies that are happening. > > Maybe tinfoil RFID-scanning hats will become a trend. With special solar-powered antennas. > > Considering a huge percentage of the population likes star wars/sci fi type stuff, it’s very possible. WHAT are these prophecies? What do they say exactly? And who is they? And why do you know? ---
**Author:** ![OriginalGangster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea5d25/32.png) [@OriginalGangster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OriginalGangster)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/24 "2016-11-21T23:20:24Z")
There’s all sorts of prophecies regarding the “Man of Drumpfft”. Certain ones should be believed. Other ones can be ignored. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/25 "2016-11-21T23:32:21Z")
> [@OriginalGangster](#): > > There’s all sorts of prophecies regarding the “Man of Drumpfft”. Certain ones should be believed. Other ones can be ignored. How about quoting some of them for us? This should be interesting. \ ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/26 "2016-11-22T00:46:30Z")
I think the take home message to all of this is that a lot of dogs just got burned. Hug your nearest Golden Retriever. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/27 "2016-11-22T00:58:29Z")
> [@OriginalGangster](#): > > There’s all sorts of prophecies regarding the “Man of Drumpfft”. Certain ones should be believed. Other ones can be ignored. Sometimes I doubt your commitment to “Sparkle Motion.” ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/28 "2016-11-22T01:03:30Z")
> [@OriginalGangster](#): > > There’s all sorts of prophecies regarding the “Man of Drumpfft”. :dubious: …You aren’t the “Nostradamus guy” again, are you? ---
**Author:** ![OriginalGangster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea5d25/32.png) [@OriginalGangster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OriginalGangster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/29 "2016-11-22T01:24:17Z")
does that matter? Man of Drumpfft is upon us, ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/30 "2016-11-22T01:26:38Z")
Yes he is. He is the real rock in the box. You just can’t ever know. ---
**Author:** ![OriginalGangster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea5d25/32.png) [@OriginalGangster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OriginalGangster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/31 "2016-11-22T01:38:23Z")
Drumpfft Tower ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/32 "2016-11-22T01:42:52Z")
So, again, exactly WHAT are these Drumpfft prophecies you are going on about? ---
**Author:** ![OriginalGangster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea5d25/32.png) [@OriginalGangster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OriginalGangster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/33 "2016-11-22T02:16:48Z")
This forum is very anti-prophecy. Leave that to infowars. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/34 "2016-11-22T02:19:31Z")
You brought it up. I’m just trying to make sense of your claptrap. ---
**Author:** ![OriginalGangster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea5d25/32.png) [@OriginalGangster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OriginalGangster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/35 "2016-11-22T02:35:50Z")
777 Prophecy. The Adrioning. One is better known than the other. One is more powerful. Or they are the same. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/36 "2016-11-22T02:42:21Z")
I am completely with you. 779 is the beast’s cousin’s neighbor. They are same but different. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/37 "2016-11-22T03:16:08Z")
I am “ready to grow tomatoes” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/38 "2016-11-22T04:48:20Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > This is the heart and soul of the problem. Trump is fueled by an ego the size of Texas. > > I log on to CNN every morning with my fingers crossed to see the words _Trump_ and _heart attack_ in the same sentence. I have this feeling that I will see this fairly soon. He’s a medically obese septuagenarian whose diet consists primarily of fast food, and he just stepped into the most stressful job in the planet. I’m not saying you should put any money on it, but… ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/39 "2016-11-22T04:51:10Z")
…but you’re giving us an idea for the next Death Pool… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632/40 "2016-11-22T06:02:30Z")
If Trump stands across Chief Justice Roberts, reaches his hand for the Bible and gets like _smote_…[**zap!**]… total Herod’s Curse with the sores and the oozing and the agonizing maggots…that would be a serious challenge to my agnosticism. Make my grandmother happy, there’s a Methodist church a half-mile down the road, and I would bust the door down to get in, hallelujah, hosannah, etc. etc… Yeah, yeah, I know, but it would _totally_ be worth it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-final-position-on-the-election-non-herd-mentality/772632.md?page=3)