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Relevant quote from TFA: Dave Karpf, who has written two books on the use of data in modern campaigns, calls Cambridge Analytica “the Theranos of political data
by ryanmarsh 7y ago
Relevant quote from TFA: Dave Karpf, who has written two books on the use of data in modern campaigns, calls Cambridge Analytica “the Theranos of political data.” Eight GOP political consultants told Ad Age’s Kate Kaye that the company was “all hat and no cattle.”
Maybe it's because I'm from Texas but "all hat and no cattle" is about as damning an insult as they come. It's the equivalent of "full of shit".
- pacaro 7y agoOr as they would say in Cambridge, "all mouth and no trousers"
- w4tson 7y agoOr as they say in Yorkshire: all fur coat and no knickers
- tzs 7y agoApparently they would be more likely to say "all mouth and trousers", which is believed to be a corruption of the more logical but less commonly heard "all mouth and no trousers" [1]. [1] https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/19/messages/511.html https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/19/messages/511.ht...
- blauekapelle 7y agoNever heard that saying once in Cambridge, lived here 20 yrs
- pacaro 7y agoLol, well you must never have run into me either between 1990-93 or again 1999-2002