Why exactly would we be on a big turtle ? I mean the leading theory on the Coast is that we ' re on a big ball of mud floating through an immeasurably huge ocean . <| sep |> Nah , github user by the name of i n s t a l l c y g w inblobmasterinstallcygwin . bat wrote that . I just typed Cygwin install batch script into Google <| sep |> I just checked he got 25 to attack <| sep |> Why do parties always have to be fun ? You folks are party poopers , with your requirement of enjoyment . A funeral is a party . <| sep |> Yeah , but if the popular votes are just coming in from urban areas like San Francisco , LA , and NYC , does that invalidate the will of people in countless states who feel the Democratic policies are not working for them ? Thank about this LA county in California alone has over 9 million resident . That ' s about the same as the entire populations of Colorado , Montana , Wyoming , and the Dakotas combined . All it takes is one political machine to promise the world to that county , and five states unified in their voting can be overruled . If you look even at the county breakdown in states like CA and NY , you will see a sharp division in rural vs . urban counties . Do you think the Finger Lakes gets more attention than NYC ? The northern counties of CA over the Bay Area ? Ask Owens Valley how they like their water stolen by LA for a century . There is significant resentment over the urban voters always having their way . The electoral college is far from perfect , but the Framers wanted to prevent situations like this .