It’s been a while since we had a genuine Treehouse challenge. So, today I stumbled upon an excellent opportunity for each Treeper to test their mental stamina, and the contest has benefits.
Yesterday Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was asked on Fox News, essentially, why he could not relate to people [video segment below fold]. Ron responded by saying, essentially, ‘hey, who cares, did you see how much money we’re raising‘. People immediately started being snarky and discussing it. However, the real answer can be found in this Treehouse challenge below.
♦ Here’s the rules: (1) Watch the video below which is prompted to start at 2:14. (2) You cannot walk away for a break, you cannot pause the video, you must sit and watch it without the assistance of alcohol, medication or any other cognitive numbing substance. (3) How long were you able to watch the video? (4) Everything is on the honor system. (5) Respond in the comments with your honest answer of how long you were able to watch. (6) Whoever lasts the longest is the winner.
Turn off any other distractions. Get yourself mentally prepared. Ready?
Okay. WATCH:
Be honest.
How many seconds did you last before you just couldn’t take it any longer?
Respond with your honest assessment of your stamina in the comments.
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Here was Ron DeSantis being asked why he cannot relate to people.
Will women *ever* shut up? (No)
I made it to 3 minutes and 5 seconds, the sheer monotony started me fearing a headache coming on.
50 seconds in all.
1 minute 34 seconds. Pounds head against table. 🤣
“the contest has benefits.”
Hmm. Benefits. Plural.
What are they?
I can’t think of a single one.
The delayed benefit is you’ll never, ever, consider voting for Ron the Con, even if you’ve been drinking or medicated. You’re welcome.
i’m gonna need more coffee.
4:35 minutes of the Diva (nonstop) is all I could take.
55 seconds. That girl aint on fire!
That’s was all I could take😂
I made it to 6:07. Since it was pitched as a challenge I think I could have sat through it just to prove a point but I began to feel my brain cells diminishing and decided it was not worth the risk.
Seriously, that lady is so full of herself. I almost feel a little sorry for Rob!
So he is completely clueless that he is not “the guy?”
I watched him longer than I could watch her!
6 minutes exactly, I stopped when she was describing the wall paper.
Sorry for the extra post, I didn’t want to mislead I didn’t make it 3 minutes I should have added I only lasted 50 seconds
o4:25:02…did the best I could.
I got to the kids headed to Miami in their Wal-Mart golf cart ($200!).
Geez. Take a breath and slow down. I bet Ron never gets a word in at home.
Jeez, that’s about a minute of my life I can’t get back. That incessant rambling about * ME ME ME* will not age well.
OMG, pure punishment for a Saturday morning! I struggled to the 6-minute mark for Casey, and the 6:21 mark for Ron! My husband said he was about to go in the other room! Does Casey ever take a breath?! Who could live with that non-stop talking?! And when she talked about CHAOS, I thought ‘girl you haven’t experienced CHAOS until you’ve walked in Melania’s shoes!’ And for that matter, no way she could fill Melania’s shoes, just not smart or classy at all! As for Ron! he talked about how much he has been attacked by Trump. Oh my, has he not seen how much President Trump has been attacked relentlessly over the last eight years?! We don’t need these two clowns anywhere near the White House, we already have a clown-shit show going on there! My other thought was, wonder how many people were really in that room, probably no more than a handful. Trump 2024 is growing stronger by the day! Thanks, Sundance!
26:21
That’s 26:21 for Casey. (Admittedly, I was getting dressed while I was listening.)
My husband said, finally someone who talks more than you. He calls it talking about the wallpaper. Her voice is grating. She strikes me as narcissistic and someone who doesn’t listen to others.
Pressured speech. Too much coffee? Or something more than caffeine? Uppers? She’s on something.
30 seconds, Who cares that her child was the first born to a sitting governor?
Lord have mercy on America!
And how many Americans lost their first born child in a senseless war??
Or to the clot shot?
I barely got through the “this girl is on fire”
About their 3 year old.
I had to cheat and set the Replay option to 2X and it sounded like Alvin and the Chipmunks and was funny then.
“Alvin…. Alvin… ALVIN!”
I watched a bit over two minutes. Get to the point lady.
I forced myself to listen to just past the princess regalia bedtime story. Gaggingly boring.
Was that parenting skills or surrendering to let the kid do exactly what she wants when she wants without any parenting entering into play? Allowing that to continue will give Casey 3 strikes in Mudville!!
I didn’t know I had to watch Meatball’s interview too.
So now he wants to be on stage with the other 2%’ers so they can all take a dive for him. Soooo predictable
My prediction for the first debate will be all about social issues, they won’t touch Ukraine, they won’t talk about the economy, they won’t talk about releasing the energy right under our feet, they won’t talk about CCP control in our country, they won’t talk about the illegal aliens pouring across our border or the fentanyl.
7min30 seconds
28 seconds for Casey and 0 for her husband because I have a low tolerance for these people so I just can’t make myself listen and take in any of the words coming out of their mouths.
1:07
Jeebers.
Cain did not spend just 1-2 seconds in question prep; he clearly was laying out that the voter feeling RDS could not relate to him IS the issue. RDS is found wanting. The fact is, almost everyone (except the political class) could give a damn less what the numbers are for fund-raising. It’s something outside their world; they know it happens but they Don’t.Really.Care.
DeSantis is either a) not getting that, or, b) He gets it but doesn’t care and thinks it’s more important to acknowledge the donor class. Either one is, for many, a disqualifier. It elicits visceral voter responses symbolized by raised middle fingers.
I think what you point out is how you prove he’d be taking a dive for Newsome. It’s Mittens and Barack 2.0.
Exactly, DeSantis is Romney all over again in more ways than one
Just remember what Ron’s job was before he ran for governor. He was a participant in the DC Swamp. He understands what he will have to surrender to survive in DC. He didn’t have to sell his soul to the devil in Florida but a move to DC again will sell his soul to Satan and likely push the little princess into a Sleeping Beauty! (with no prince)
Many people do not know or just plain forgot that Ronda was a three – term congressman.
2 minutes flat. That’s it. Does she even breathe? I didn’t notice. YIKES.
1 minute 12 seconds. And I still don’t know what she was saying.
I tried and I mean I really tried to stay with it, but the words “useless, inept, utopian, and unrealizable” kept coming to mind.
God help us.
3 minutes 5 seconds. I kept hoping it would get better.
OMG. 30 seconds. Gross.
4:33 -2:14 was the best I
Could do. Are you kidding me?
8 seconds
34 seconds. My head began to ache. Can’t do it. Choose NOT to do it. Can’t listen to any of them any more.
Time showed at 5:50 when I quit. I don’t think Casey took a breath during that interlude;-)
I stopped at the thumbnail, which is framed in such a way that the woman on the left appears to be wearing a “Hamas for DeSantis” t-shirt.
Figured it couldn’t get any better after that. 🙂
“Mamas” could be shorthand for mammaries, is what my dirty mind was thinking, given the placement on her t-shirt!
She opened her mouth and I had to scroll down, maybe 13s. If Ron decides to go for the gender shift that is exactly what he’d look like, and sound like, I’m guessing.
Tapped out after 15 seconds. Would have been willing to give up government secrets if I had to watch much longer
given DeSanctinonius’ pained look, I think he needs to restock his underwear drawer
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I made it to the slime comment. 😬
I have to admit, I lasted almost four minutes because I kept waiting for her to make a point.
I finally gave up.
Made it 1:22:566. 82 seconds and change. But I have sisters with kids, so I cut Mom’s a lot of slack.
Ummm… She seemed to be channeling her “inner Brandon” (FJB). Painful.
Here’s a tip, Jill. Sweetheart, if you have to explain how/why you are relevant – you aren’t.
I’m too lazy to watch, but from the picture it looks like she is dressed for a cameo appearance on Duck Dynasty.
Still not voting for Gavin DeSantis.
12:25 minutes… only because I spent 11 years interviewing and analyzing. Overly rehearsed, ego driven.
My advise, slow it down and work on being natural.
0.2 Microseconds
13 min and I still don’t know what they were there for. Man what a chatterbox, does Ron ever get a word in edgewise. Which came first Moms for Desantis or Moms for liberty ?
A. Casey’s video…She presents herself just like the prissy, twit I knew in 6th grade who wanted to get a approval from our teacher. This twit would raise her hand when Sister would pose a question to us all. This twit didn’t really know the answer to any of the oral questions. (Sister wanted her to explain answers to things we had to memorize from the Baltimore Catechism #6) This girl, would just kept talking, talking, talking throwing out words she had heard before.. … we would giggle…. but Sister Roseanne always hushed us.
B. Ron’s video …I made 2 minutes 23 seconds and have given my self a gold star.
C. His pained expression makes me think he needs new underwear. Only 53 seconds with him….I had listened to Casey before couldn’t dredge up so my interest bucket had been drained.
C. THEY ARE A PERFECTLY MATCHED PAIR.
Interesting. I knew some kids like this in school. One was the oldest (of 9) and felt intense pressure to be excellent, so much pressure that she got caught cheating. A kid who did all the homework, rewrote it if it wasn’t perfect, studied every night, but still cheated because she, even after all that work, didn’t trust herself to not pass, just couldn’t take a ‘B.” Little kids get messed up early in life.
It must be supercharged and stressful in their household, now that they took on running for prez. I feel for their kids.
A lot of politicians’ kids struggle well into adulthood.
(And I mean cheating on small things, like spelling pop quizzes, too, not just the big exams.)
She’s anxious and thinks she has to know it all. Sigh. I much prefer a Ben Carson type person. Rare, though.
29 seconds.
7min:
I watched the video before my morning coffee.
I learned I have a lot more patience before coffee.
I still haven’t had my coffee but I had to go back and look at the video.
I fast forward to random spots and she never slows down, 44 minutes.
DRUGS?
I feel sorry for Ron.
It would not surprise me if they end up shooting each other.
After drug use – there’s a good chance you’ll experience some unpleasant symptoms.
Why do people feel sorry for Ron? Unless the GOPe has some serious blackmail material on him, which I admit is a possibility, it was his own decision to do this.
Like you, I can never manage to feel sorry for any bull in a china shop (of the human variety I mean). And that is exactly how I feel about 99% of politicians (along with most Big Business and all Big Tech) in the 21st century.
And that same logic applies to “feeling sorry” for Dementia Joe’s condition. He volunteered, and that pimp wife of his is loving every minute (and every bank deposit).
After watching what I did of it I got to wondering how did she ever find the time to have three children? 😳 🤔
He pinned her down??
Drugs? I thought so too.
Well, don’t feel sorry for Ron…its that marriage thing where people work together/s…
And its the “for better or worse”….
1:33 was it for me – she talks like a teenager.