DU Poll: For how long did you watch the debate?

[BigmanPigman]

74 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	I didn't watch any of it on purpose
	25 (34%)
	I watched for 15 minites and threw up
	6 (8%)
	I watched for 1 hour and threw my TV against the wall
	3 (4%)
	I watched until I passed out from all the booze I had to consume
	0 (0%)
	I watched the whole thing thanks to being stoned on Indica
	1 (1%)
	I watched all of it and have the scars to prove it (an ulcer)
	9 (12%)
	I watched all of it since I am a masochist
	30 (41%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[MissB]

1. I thought it was important for me to watch it

And I’m glad I did.

I don’t think trump came off as anything but unhinged.

[a kennedy]

5. Thank you for watching.........how did Joe really do???

Terribly worried for him to be “overrun” by the orange blowhard.......what did you think??

[MissB]

8. He spoke to the camera a lot and that was effective.

Trump never did.

If trump was lying (aka speaking) and trying to shout over Biden, Trump would look at Biden. Biden would look at the camera and spoke to the people.

Biden said “that’s a lie” when Trump went off on Hunter Biden. It was effective.

Biden was calm. Trump turned more red as the night went along. Biden told trump to shut up.

All in all Biden made the best of a fucking nightmare of a mess of an uncivil discourse.

[trueblue2007]

50. JOE WAS GREAT. i wish he had slugged trump & saidL THIS IS FOR STALKKING HILLARY !!!!!

HONESTLY, I GOT EMOTIONAL A COUPLE TIMES. HE WAS THAT GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

[skylucy]

2. I enjoyed it because Trump looked like an angry idiot and Biden did great.

[ancianita]

3. I watched it for Joe. He won, hands down.

[dustyscamp]

13. Yeah, he was calm and collected all throughout

While that pouty goon acted like a thug

[House of Roberts]

4. I don't normally answer polls.

I watched the whole thing. I quit listening at about three or four minutes in.

[BeyondGeography]

6. Trying to decide between "scars" and "masochist"

[Celerity]

11. watching a dystopian hellscape that flows across the Atlantic to Sweden for me

[Mossfern]

7. Still haven't caught my breath.

[Backseat Driver]

9. I watched the 2nd hour; 1st hour cable FUBAR

and a slow reboot...sorry I did and WANTED to throw my tv across the room, but unlike that asshole, I am an adult and can show restraint. Now opening the wine bottle -

[MustLoveBeagles]

40. I drank 2 full glasess of wine to soften the blow

It wasn't enough. I was exhausted by the end and felt like I'd been pummeled for an hour and a half. My husband spent much of it yelling at the tv.

[dameatball]

10. I watched about 20 minutes and maybe 5 minutes of the pre-slop.

[dustyscamp]

12. I watched it all because I'm not a wuss

[betsuni]

14. I have a little PTSD after watching the whole thing.

Trump's base will love it, he was in top asshole conspiracy theory nut form tonight. He wasn't sniffing so I think he was on another substance than the usual.

[GoCubsGo]

15. I lasted 2 minutes.

[milestogo]

16. 1 minute 30 seconds

[silverweb]

17. About a minute.

A minute is a very long time when you're trying to just survive it. In the end, I couldn't take the venal vulgarian's nonstop mouth. Tried once more when I heard how well Biden was doing, but felt the same visceral rage as soon as IT interrupted again. IT is terrible for my blood pressure, never mind my overall mental health, and I was a fool for thinking I could watch even part of this spectacle.

[MH1]

18. OTHER: I watched all of it but only because I had the company of DU

to help me tolerate it.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

19. I watched it all

And feel dirty for doing so

[Drahthaardogs]

20. Too fucking long!

May I never see that again

[Niagara]

21. I watched the entire debate.

I don't know how I managed to watch it all. I draped a towel over the TV to cover his fugly mug.

[BigmanPigman]

23. That's what the TV stations should do with him ALL THE TIME!

Their ratings would increase.

[Niagara]

28. That's a excellent suggestion.

And cut off his mic too.

[MustLoveBeagles]

37. Good idea

I wish I'd thought of that

[Niagara]

41. Thank you.

I may not watch the Town Hall debate since there won't be a dedicated area to drape a towel on the TV.

[MustLoveBeagles]

44. I don't see why they should have anymore honestly

[Niagara]

46. Exactly.

The abusive and aggressive behavior is inappropriate.

[MustLoveBeagles]

48. +1

[Cha]

53. lol Creative!

[Raine]

22. All of it 🤢

it was rough going, almost gave up a couple times but sloughed on thru.

[calimary]

24. Had an iPad failure toward the end.

Otherwise saw the whole thing.

Ay-yi-yi...

I DO NOT want another four years of that bastard!

[highplainsdem]

25. All of it. Not because I'm a masochist, but because I wanted to see what happened and not have

to rely on other people's comments or brief clips.

Based on Trump's insane performance tonight, his refusal to follow the rules, there shouldn't be any more debates.

[andym]

26. I watched the whole thing and it went as expected

Trump has to dominate--it's his modus operandi. Moderator needs a whistle or a mic cutoff switch.

[Silver Swan]

27. We watched the last eight minutes.

My spouse was yelling at DT until the end. I was glad we hadn't tried to watch it all.

[Generic Brad]

29. It's history

I had to watch.

[mnhtnbb]

30. l watched it all

and listened to Rachel, Nicole and Joy afterwards.

Nicole identified Trump's behavior as an abusive bully. Joy identified Trump's motivation to demean the norms of our democratic process. I think Rachel was shell shocked.

I don't remember which of them said it, but clearly Trump doesn't want an election and why if Putin doesn't have to do debates should he have to be bothered with any of this.

VOTE!

[sarisataka]

31. Sometimes you can't look away

even when you know what is going to happen

[tblue37]

32. About 30 minutes before I gave up. I have always watched every debate all the way through--

until tonight. Trump's constantly shouting over Biden made it unwatchable for me.

[Talitha]

33. I watched 'Kate and Leopold' instead. I'd MUCH rather watch Hugh Jackman than Dump...

I mean, c'mon, man!

[electric_blue68]

34. I decided to watch because...

I watched him live occasionally in '17, mid '18. More often live radio since I didn't want to look at him. Then I decided almost always just listen to news recaps

So since I've not done this much - I decided to watch.

I wanted to see and hear Biden.
I wanted to see when, how Drumph lied.
I wanted to see and hear how Drumph would
behave badly.

So I did, saw and heard.

[onetexan]

35. not a masochist here, but i had to watch the entire thing to support Biden. The con was a crapshow

as usual.

[Roland99]

36. Couldn't watch. At work doing some hw upgrades

But caught some snippets from Aaron Rupar and here

[Earthshine2]

38. One needs sativa (not indica) to get through it.

Worked for me.

[Meowmee]

39. I saw 2-3 tiny segments while my family watched it and

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They were yelling at dumpster etc. mostly. I am watching some of the after news. I had come back from pt and then was doing various things. Had I been home and not had to put groceries away etc. walking around while it was going on I would have not watched any of it live. Even the news coverage of it is pretty bad mostly. All the feigned surprise and shock at what happened. There is no surprise to any of it.

[meadowlander]

42. People talking over each other is a massive sensory processing trigger for me.

I had a feeling it was going to be a shitshow of Trump interruptions and it was never going to change my vote so I thought I'd save myself two hours of pointless aggravation.

Good to see consensus that Joe won. Don't think it's really going to make the slightest difference to anyone.

[Brother Mythos]

43. Thank you, Sir! May I please have another one, Sir?!

[jcgoldie]

45. sativa

Ordinarily so uplifting.

[ananda]

47. None

I fell asleep before it started.

[uriel1972]

51. I loved the part where Joe turned onto the Hulk

and threw Trump out the building... through the walls.

It didn't happen, oh I must have dreamed through it.

[Behind the Aegis]

52. My Fitbit..."Whatever you are doing, STOP IT NOW!"

My heart rate jumped 20 points!