2024

No one won anything. Jesus fucking Christy

Yesterday I was like, hey at least they are in good moods and not angry. That shit was getting old. Maybe the next four years won't be that bad. Fucking fucks...

My advice to folks to buy a few guns to have around for emergencies always falls on deaf ears.

We know you are!

Michigan is so RED.

Expecting solutions from politicians is wishful thinking. The politicians who are actually on the left don't have the numbers or power to do anything. Demanding more from them is like demanding more blood from a stone that hasn't given you a drop. The politicians most think of as being "left" are really corporate and establishment supported politicians who talk a nice game, and to be fair, do express "leftist" ideals when it comes to supporting the LGBTQ+ community and other things that don't interfere with their big $ donors agendas. But their corporate moderates at best. I wouldn't expect too much from them. And unfortunately there is no leftist alternative beyond a handful of voices.

Kamala offered plenty, but voters weren't sure if she could deliver. All she could offer them was promises of doing better with the attached burden of being Biden's #2 and the high prices during his administration. Someone on NPR before the election said that more than half of voters don't believe that she'd do what she said she would, but only says those things to get elected.

People wanted Trump because they wanted Trump. They want to go back to his pre-pandemic economy when their paychecks stretched farther, and if that means putting up with all his shit and craziness, so be it. Sorry if you needed Harris to promise you she'd bypass Congress and say 'fuck you to SCOTUS' when they would have ruled against her like they did Biden, but that regardless she'd wipe out all student loan debt on day one with the stroke of a pen. Not saying Trump isn't full of empty promises himself, but apparently people liked the buying power of their paychecks better under Trump, which is something they can point to as an actual memory as opposed to a promise.

Did you ever stop to think that the average American who votes is more concerned with the price of housing, food, gas, etc., than they are with making sure that every single person with student debt gets their debt cancelled at taxpayer expense while they already paid off their student loan debt without getting any of it cancelled and now they're racking up credit card debt to put food in their kid's mouths in an economy they feel has left them behind? Maybe they think it'd be unfair that someone who says they made a mistake when they were a young adult gets their mistake and slate wiped clean because they took out loans to go to college and have a good time while they never went to college, are working multiple jobs, and aren't getting promises, or even discussions, to have their debts cancelled as well?

Maybe instead of constantly whining because you made a mistake (every does, esp. when young) and signed a contract you now regret and for which you're seeking absolute and complete perfection on this one issue from an administration/candidate/party that has done more than any other (which is really 'none') to address your one big issue/personal mistake by cancelling $$$$$ debt for a lot of people (just not you), try thinking objectively about what's important to the majority of voters and which candidate they felt (rightly or wrongly) better addressed their needs. Instead of blaming the loss on your not getting your personal bad decision debt cancelled and thinking your entire generation was ignored even though you think your generation was somehow the key to winning and fuck anyone over 30 because they're selfish, try a little empathy. You blame everyone for being selfish but you can't see how incredibly selfish you yourself sound because you didn't get what you want. Nobody does. Not when they're young, not when they're old. You think everyone but you has an easy life. You're a white guy in America, and no matter your family's financial history being a white guy in America opens more doors of opportunity than any woman or person of color receives. Give maturity a try.

Awesome for your daughter. If she's college bound maybe she'd want to look into studying abroad, esp. with the model UN experience. I'm guessing her Spanish is tip-top as well.

I haven't read anything but headlines in the last couple of days and don't even want to listen to NPR. One story I did allow myself to click on and read yesterday was about available options for those thinking of leaving the US because of the election results. Lot of opportunities for people who work online, want to start a business, or renovate a house.

"Digital nomad visas and Italian villages offer options abroad for those fleeing Trump term"

www.rawstory.com/leave-the-united-states/

skillet pizza, turn it off... we fucked.

I've been on a break for 9 years. If I'm not going to do anything else other than vote then what's the point in broiling myself in anger and despair all the time and making everyone else around me miserable because I can't disengage with media. My wife already has that covered.

It's funny that you guys think this is just the next four years. This is it. This is America.