15 Things to Watch During Tuesday’s Hotly Anticipated Presidential Debate

It is once again debate time! The last time the country went through this, an incoherent, decrepit old man rambled through 90 minutes of excruciating inanity; also, Joe Biden was there.

Months later and now knee-deep in a brand new race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, tens of millions will tune in Tuesday night to hear ostensibly where the two stand on a variety of policy issues but more realistically just how vicious, racist, and misogynist Trump’s attacks might get and how skillfully Harris might parry them. It will make for riveting television, I’m sure — if you’re into that sort of thing. The viewing experience for it might also be described as “excruciating,” or “equivalent to being stabbed in the eyes and ear drums by a thousand tiny needles,” or perhaps just “unwatchable.”

With those adjectives in mind, here are some things to watch during the debate, which airs at 9 pm ET on ABC:

1. Bats flitting about in front of the rising moon

2. A boiling pot of water

3. Your dog, asleep on the floor