Americans Favor Continuing to Mute Trump After Debate

[Rhiannon12866]

MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report)—Americans favor continuing to mute Donald J. Trump after the final Presidential debate, a new study has found.

In the study, which was conducted by the psychology department at the University of Minnesota, researchers measured the responses of subjects when they were told that it was possible to mute Trump.

“Using advanced imaging, we were able to gauge how they reacted to this news,” Dr. Davis Logsdon, who supervised the study, said. “The pleasure centers in their brains lit up like solar flares.”

When they were told that Trump would no longer be muted after the debate, however, the subjects reacted with “disappointment, anguish, and even rage,” Logsdon said.

“One man was reduced to tears,” the researcher said. “He said, ‘I don’t understand why they can’t keep muting him—they clearly have the technology.’ ”

Logsdon said that the study yielded many other findings, including a widespread psychological need to mute Donald Trump, Jr.


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[ffr]

1. K&R

And to send out his eviction notice. Let him sleep on the streets with the people he put there.

[captain queeg]

2. I pretty much muted the whole debate, just watched close captioning

I don’t like hearing dumbo near bedtime, tends to make me angry. Well I don’t like hearing him at all really.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. That is a brilliant idea, wish I'd thought of that!

That would also make watching any news report easier to take - I've just been changing the channel (since 2016).

[nuxvomica]

4. I suspected as much and glad there's science to back it up

Kudos to the scientists who work on this.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. As the poster above pointed out, there's always closed captioning

So you can follow what's going on - without having to listen to Trump!

[nuxvomica]

10. I tried that but it's an endless crawl of "WTF! WTF!..."

[KentuckyWoman]

6. I'd be in favor of an eject button.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. That would be even better!!!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. I want him fitted with a shock collar

Every smart phone should come with a free app to control the collar.

Anybody registered shocktheshitter.com yet?

[Rhiannon12866]

9. That would also work to keep him from wandering into states with growing covid-19 rates

To hold his superspreader rallies.

[SheltieLover]

11. K&R!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

12. Donald who?

This guy's been on audio mute and video blackout since 2015 at my house.....

Thanks, Rhiannon. We all need a little Borowitz on a regular basis. The liberal cartoon magazine I subscribe to carries his articles for the very best potty room reading........

KY

[Rhiannon12866]

13. Good for you! My plan didn't work out *sigh*

He was so insufferable during the campaign that I completely tuned out the news, when he came on, I'd immediately change the channel. But I figured that I'd tune back in to news after the campaign was over - and we all know how that worked out.

But at least we have Andy Borowitz - who totally gets it - around to make us laugh! For those who realize it's satire, that is...

[KY_EnviroGuy]

14. Thanks, Rhiannon. With my emotional sensitivites.....

I've had to shy away from most all things tRump to stay sane. That's why I defaulted to reading The Guardian (UK) beginning back in 2015 as my prime source, mostly because they were the only outlet that had the guts to call out tRump's lies during the campaign. Their editorial content and cartoons are excellent, too.

That does not speak well for our U.S. corporate-centric media, incluidng public and social media. I'm still not on social media and don't regret it.

I am, admittedly very old fashioned and long for the peace and quiet of my youth.

KY

PS: 30-years on Sept. 14!

[malaise]

15. That's the truth