Just wanted to follow up (for no good reason [on something nobody will ever read]):
About 8 days ago, I commented on the difficulty of this task. I thought it would be easy at first. Like /u/ReadThisIFYouWantTo said, I don't get the urge to punch people often. Or rather, if I do, I don't. That ultimately means I don't, according to maths. So - if I do = I don't. Never been in a position that would require it thus far in my life but ok ok that's irrelevant. As far as that hard-to-explain, deep emotion touching on cringe, anger, disgust (and many other adjectives), I certainly know the 'punchable' emotion triggered by certain faces, as abstract as it may be.
Note: I'd never punch anyone unless in self-defense according to and within the perimeter of the stand-your-ground laws of my great state of great laws that help you stand, stand on ground, and even stand on your own ground. You get to own your ground here
Whenever, whereverWe're meant to be togetherI'll be there and you'll be nearAnd that's the deal my dear
- Shakira, resident of The Sunshine State.That really is the deal. It's a great deal. It's a deal that can travel almost anywhere! Very flexible. Just don't break the deal. Shakira makes this crystal-clear:
We can always play by earBut that's the deal, my dear
Basically, don't make me fear you. That's breaking the deal and the Florida courts are consistent on this part of the law. True liberty here. I know I know another tangent... This poll isn't about violence anyway - or even violent thought - and nobody would purposely misinterpret thoughts and emotions that are of a more complex or even abstract matter as a threat. I mean, especially the (or is it 'The') defenders(Defenders) of Liberty on this poll. Honestly, gotta be the last people who would do anything of that nature. They're great people. Very important today and will be tomorrow and years later in our history texts stored and loaned-out at the Amazon library (more accurately the combination Amazon library-K-12 school-daycare-factory-cozy sensory-deprivation sleeping pod chamber-meditation class-Church Street [it's like Epcot but Real and for all approved religions]-casino-intravenous vitamin bar-Pizza Hut-Taco Bell).
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As I said before, this mental exercise proved difficult. You'd think 'punchable' would be something along the lines of ugliness+cringe factor. I wanted to be as objective as possible and remove all factors but the pure look of each face. I proceeded to open up a tab with a search image result for each figure. This, along with the likely 5 or 10 other tabs I had open before this, caused my computer to crash.
I did make progress though. I realized ugliness is actually not as important as I thought it'd be. I had almost no doubt the pick would be either Kirk, Shapiro, or Miller. This was difficult in its own right. Very much so. Shapiro and Miller ended up as the final duel until I really took every face into consideration.
Days later, I got back to the task. Opened up a page of images for each option. I was less sure about about my pick-to-be. Actually, I became totally unsure. Lost.
Again, days later - after I stopped caring, forgot, remembered, forgot, and then remembered and cared enough to make my way back here - I sat in front of my laptop for no more than a minute and cast my choice. I knew my choice. It was easy. It's wild how the brain figures things out for you when you look away. I spent that minute just making sure that I felt confident in my choice. That brings this all up to the present moment.
I find it fucking weird that my pick is the absolute dead-last pick in the poll. I'm not totally surprised and 'weird' isn't the best word to use here. I just wonder to myself and vaguely out-loud, "You probably haven't thought about this poll since you saw it. I'd wager most made a pick without too much effort. Good. If you were to do the same task a week later, however, would you change your vote? And if so, would you consider Rubin a more viable candidate?"