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[MaximumZero]

Rick Santorum dropped out.

And nothing of value was lost.

[FearfulJesuit]

You are much smarter than many an English major running around... I'm just going to learn Chinese, Portuguese and Pashto and hope that means job security.

Chinese and portuguese? You bet you can find a job, with how much trade we have with china & south america.

Won't likely have a business degree, though.

[Kilroy the Grand]

You don't need a business degree to be a translator.

[FearfulJesuit]

Translators into English get paid crap. Really. It was truly misfortunate that I was born in the Anglosphere in this respect, since it's so very hard to be trusted to translate into any language but your native.

[mainiac]

suddenly, the average intelligence of the candidates went up sevenfold!

His intelligence was negative?

[Osmosis Jones]

suddenly, the average intelligence of the candidates went up sevenfold!

His intelligence was negative?

Now now, that would require the average intelligence of the rest of the group to be 0. We know carrots have an IQ of at least 2, and I'm sure we can agree that Gingrich et al aren't stupider than a carrot. As stupid *AS*, perhaps, but not stupider.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I don't know, man. You don't see the Carrot Economy crashing straight into the ground. It is far more like a gradual growth, actually.

[mainiac]

suddenly, the average intelligence of the candidates went up sevenfold!

His intelligence was negative?

Now now, that would require the average intelligence of the rest of the group to be 0. We know carrots have an IQ of at least 2, and I'm sure we can agree that Gingrich et al aren't stupider than a carrot. As stupid *AS*, perhaps, but not stupider.

Check your math.  If Rick Santorum has an intelligence of 0 then removing him from an average only increases the average by a factor of 1/n where n is the number of candidates remaining.  I.E. removing him from an average of 4 candidates only increases the average to 133% of what it was before.  If removing him increases the intelligence by a factor of 7, that implies either that he has negative intelligence or that there are 21 Rick Santorums running for president.

Yes, picture that in your mind.  21 Rick Santorums running for president.

[Heron TSG]

Oh well. Santorum 2016?

Dear lord, let us hope not.

He has been comparing himself to Reagan. In one of those articles he pointed out that Reagan lost to Ford, but Ford lose the general election. (But then Reagan came back for two terms! What a card, that Reagan guy.)

A lot of my classmates went off to liberal arts colleges, I knew back then that was a horrible idea for job security.

Depends on what you go for. I am personally going to a liberal arts college, but will be taking almost solely physics and computer science classes. (Hence; Liberal Arts in the Physical and Computer Sciences is the official line that will be on my diploma in a few years.)

[Kilroy the Grand]

A lot of my classmates went off to liberal arts colleges, I knew back then that was a horrible idea for job security.

Depends on what you go for. I am personally going to a liberal arts college, but will be taking almost solely physics and computer science classes. (Hence; Liberal Arts in the Physical and Computer Sciences is the official line that will be on my diploma in a few years.)

In short you're going to school for something practical instead of say... english lit & communications.

[Heron TSG]

Yes. Whatever you do, don't let your diploma say "Bachelor's in Liberal Arts" and be done with it.

[mainiac]

I know a guy who has a BS in English composition.  I believe he was the only guy in his school's history to get a BS in that major.

[Osmosis Jones]

suddenly, the average intelligence of the candidates went up sevenfold!

His intelligence was negative?

Now now, that would require the average intelligence of the rest of the group to be 0. We know carrots have an IQ of at least 2, and I'm sure we can agree that Gingrich et al aren't stupider than a carrot. As stupid *AS*, perhaps, but not stupider.

Check your math.  If Rick Santorum has an intelligence of 0 then removing him from an average only increases the average by a factor of 1/n where n is the number of candidates remaining.  I.E. removing him from an average of 4 candidates only increases the average to 133% of what it was before.  If removing him increases the intelligence by a factor of 7, that implies either that he has negative intelligence or that there are 21 Rick Santorums running for president.

Yes, picture that in your mind.  21 Rick Santorums running for president.

Herp a derp. Missed the sevenfold bit. Yeah... that's a scary thought.

[Bauglir]

Yes, picture that in your mind.  21 Rick Santorums running for president.

Holy shit. It's like... it's perfect. Can we just have this for the Republican primaries for the rest of ever?

Oh, wait. The degree of his near-success suggests that we probably will. Campaign strategies in general are all about short-term gratification, seems like.

[PTTG??]

I almost want a republican in charge. We're looking at a lot of unavoidable disasters in the next few years... major climate change, further economic collapse, etc. It'd be terrible if these ended up being blamed on a supposed liberal.