genuine estimate: mid-110s i also think the drinking is related to a generalized social anxiety disorder she spoke at a goofy tedx thing when i was in school for audio engineering at ex'pression (since acquired by sae because the retards couldn't pass accreditation (which is primarily for trade schools getting at least 40% of graduates a decent shot at gainful employment within their field of study within 5 years) for 8 years or something, which finally lapsed right before i graduated. delightful stuff, really, having a fake-looking degree certificate. thanks, dipshits) college for the digital arts wasn't toasted when she spoke, but she was close. came right before our kickass studio engineering/glorified ikea "can you build a studio with some basic instructions and a few crates of cables?" class, karen stackpole did some weird shit with more gongs than i've ever seen on a single stage. i had the biggest crush on that lady. anyway- long before she was a senator for ca, she was still pretty active in and around the east bay, which is where that school is, if anyone would like to look. she has a genuine warmth about her, but i get the sense that she has pretty bad anxiety, especially in front of large groups of people, since it was just like 50 of us there, sitting in cheap-ass chairs. insofar as the content of her speech, i don't remember a damn thing, but she's definitely not hopelessly retarded. she's retarded by my standards, but that line is somewhere around 125; she's probably a full standard deviation below there. sweet lady, she's cute, but a little less ambitious and less charming, i'd add, than hillary fucking clinton. not a good combo. there's a damn good reason she was appointed by party insiders rather than chosen in any form of a primary in 2024 i wish her well but can't for the life of me imagine a circumstance where i'd vote for her. plenty to criticize with trump, but she's (politically, of course i mean to say) a flaming bag of dogshit
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