# Political debate on the SDMB, in a nutshell

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-debate-on-the-sdmb-in-a-nutshell/697070>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 31, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-debate-on-the-sdmb-in-a-nutshell/697070 "2014-08-31T20:02:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-debate-on-the-sdmb-in-a-nutshell/697070/1 "2014-08-31T20:02:13Z")

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[Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMJXvsCLu6s).

It’s a cute youtube video about wildebeest trying to decide whether the thing in the water just offshore is a log or a crocodile.

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-debate-on-the-sdmb-in-a-nutshell/697070/2 "2014-08-31T20:54:35Z")

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😃

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-debate-on-the-sdmb-in-a-nutshell/697070/3 "2014-08-31T23:40:06Z")

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Funny!

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**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-debate-on-the-sdmb-in-a-nutshell/697070/4 "2014-09-01T02:57:27Z")

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No, if it were an SDMB debate…

the second wildebeest would still be insisting it was a log after the first one was devoured.

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**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-debate-on-the-sdmb-in-a-nutshell/697070/5 "2014-09-01T04:57:37Z")

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> [@Pixel\_Dent](#):
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> No, if it were an SDMB debate…
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> SPOILER:  
> the second wildebeest would still be insisting it was a log after the first one was devoured.

So true.

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-debate-on-the-sdmb-in-a-nutshell/697070/6 "2014-09-01T06:01:15Z")

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Pixel\_Dent has a point, there!