Election Thread 2016

^I have to do this all the time. Some nerd was in here earlier telling me all about the multiplayer aspect of Digimon 4, as if I gave a shit. But the occasional "oh wow" and "that's neat" was enough to make him happy.

Most humans just want to be validated. It is why dogs help you live longer. They are validating pooping machines.

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Originally Posted by Calliander

I spent my night telling my wife that everything was going to be okay as she panicked and threw up at the prospect of his Presidency.

His words - sincere or not, realistically applicable or not - had an effect on her. Same as the words of his supporters. And not just on her - on minorities, queers, etc. People I know and love.

So fuck him and fuck anyone who voted for him, whether out of support or as a protest of the system. Hillary may not have been good but the sentiments she espoused did not cause those kinds of reactions. Everything will turn out okay but first sentence of this line, over and over again.

Honestly, I don't even know if everything will be okay since they control everything now. I'll give him the chance to not follow through on his crap, and remain hopeful.

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Your wife can't handle losing so fuck everyone? A lot of my female friends were actually crying when they realized "Hitler was literally getting elected". Knock it off. You're not the sum of this election—these are politicians for christ sake. These people need to get a grip.

Trump's not eliminating opposition through force, or holding straw elections. That is a lie and completely not useful. Get your shit together. Tomorrow is a new day.

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Originally Posted by Fe 26

Most humans just want to be validated. It is why dogs help you live longer. They are validating pooping machines.

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Humans want connection. That really boils down to expression and validation or invalidation in the end.

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Originally Posted by Drewbacca

Your wife can't handle losing

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That isn't remotely what I meant and you know it, smartass.

He is that.

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Originally Posted by Drewbacca

That... and what Diff/Fe kind of said: the left took everything he said as LITERALLY I CAN'T EVEN, and ended up alienating a lot of shitlord middle-ground independents away from supporting them. Turns out there's a lot of white dudes in 'Murica.

My friend Amna got verbally berated last night in NYC because she's Muslim (assumed—she's actually an atheist) which was stoked on by the election :(

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And white women.

Dems may be able to win elections based on identity and perpetual victimhood someday, but not today. Ironically by running elections this way, they did the very identities they claim they are protecting a disservice.

They need to find a way to reconnect with lower class whites like they did before the 1970s.

To be fair, upon re-read, it actually does kind of sound that way.

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Originally Posted by Diff-chan

They need to find a way to reconnect with lower class whites like they did before the 1970s.

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Unions.

So... any rituals we can perform to guarantee Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kennedy a healthy next four years?

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