Who’s going to win… Obama or Romney? Losers agree to voluntarily suspend their activity on the SDMB for six months as follows:
1 Voluntary suspension is limited to GD, Elections and The Pit.
So if I’m right, I get nothing, but if I’m wrong, I’m out for six months? Do you have another bet where if I win I get nothing, but if I lose, I get kicked in the face?
No thanks.
So is the OP participating? Seems bizarre to start a thread like this and not participate yourself, but its not really clear from the text whether they are doing so or not.
Before you apply for your Bookie’s License, don’t quit your day job, okay?
If Romney wins, it isn’t because he’s the better person for the job. His campaign is using lying and misinformation to drive a narrative. Why would anyone banish themselves because a dishonest scumbag misleads enough people to get elected?
Romney deserves to fail, but it’s hardly a foregone conclusion that he will.
I’m afraid I won’t be able to participate but I strongly encourage the OP to do so. We can even bend the rules and let you put your chips on multiple candidates— let’s say the Libertarian, Objectivist, Prohibition, and American Third Position parties?
These forums would be pretty boring if everyone took that bet.
Here’s a more playful suggestion: If you lose, you have to step into the shoes of someone with opposite political beliefs for four weeks, make at least twenty posts, and do your good faith best to play devil’s advocate for whatever side you disagree with on a particular issue. (Maybe with a sig line disclaimer to avoid confusion.)
Don’t you want to see if Shodanis capable of being just as snarky as a faux-liberal? Or whether **adaher ** can marshal DNC talking points effectively? Or whether **Lobohan ** can explain the details of why it is procedurally proper for Romney to repeal Obamacare by waivers?
Heck, I think that would be the most interesting month of posting this board has seen in ages, but that’s probably just me.
No, I think it’s a very lively idea.
One question though: is there any danger of asploding brains bursting through the keyboard?
Hey, I like that.
Good idea, except a lot of us don’t identify with either “side” so we’d still be arguing with both Democrats and Republicans, depending on the issue. For the strongly partisan, though, that would be interesting to watch.
You’ll note that I was careful to say “play devil’s advocate for whatever side you disagree with on a particular issue.” My intention was that someone like **Bricker ** who takes positions held by both major parties could then argue for, say, reinstating DADT (which IIRC is the opposite of his actual position, notwithstanding his other leanings). Equally, someone like **Grumman **would have to argue for drone strikes.
It would make those forums too lopsided for six months if too many people took that bet, so I have a counter-proposal:
I bet that Obama will win. If I lose the bet I’m off the forums previously named for six months. If I win, then I will pick one name from all those who bet the other way, and that person will stay off the previously named forums.
Any takers?
I like that idea, but maybe with a modification. All the folks who pick Romney get to vote for one person from the list of those who picked Obama and that person has to stay off the MB for 6 months, if Romney wins. And vice versa. That way everyone gets to participate.
Wouldn’t all the people who bet the other way already be off the forums for six months for having lost the bet?
I’ll also take up Czarcasm’s wager, assuming he finds more than one taker who thinks Romney’s going to win.
How about this? I will right now proclaim that Obama will win the election. If I’m wrong you get to post on this message board about how wrong I was. Wouldn’t that be fun? Posting messages? On a message board? In message format? On the board?
Don’t worry, I’ve already put the OP down for Romney and I fully plan on telling him how wrong he was if Obama wins. He doesn’t have to suspend shit.
Rather than kicking people off the board, why not require them to use a signature of the winner’s choice for six months?
Let’s assume this is the only valid bet going. Either I’m gone, or one from the other side is gone.
I bet that Obama will win. If I’m wrong, I’ll sulk. If I’m right, I’ll be moderately happy.
That’s as far as I’m willing to go.
Yes, it’s called evolution – an existentialist game wherein the losers become extinct and the winners get to keep playing.