https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=172.71.167.195explain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-14T22:59:56ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3007:_Probabilistic_Uncertainty&diff=355752Talk:3007: Probabilistic Uncertainty2024-11-04T20:32:11Z<p>172.71.167.195: 2024 Election Anxiety</p>
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Emotional spirals are useless. I've been coping by pretending we're in scenario 1, it keeps me sane. If I'm wrong, I'll jump off that bridge when we come to it. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 20:23, 4 November 2024 (UTC)<br />
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I can't help but think that at preparing for the negative outcome regardless of which outcome is more likely (unless that outcome is *very* unlikely) is a healthy thing to do. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.147.141|172.71.147.141]] 20:30, 4 November 2024 (UTC)<br />
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This comic appeared the day before the 2024 United States Presidential Election. At publication time, polls were strongly suggesting about a 50/50 odds that either major candidate would win. Recent news items included advice from mental-health professionals on how to deal with election-related anxiety. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.167.195|172.71.167.195]] 20:32, 4 November 2024 (UTC)</div>172.71.167.195