Trump is getting all branches of the government and unlimited executive powers. I wouldn’t expect a fair election ever again in this country. Welcome to Russia. 

  On 11/6/2024 at 5:56 AM, Crazing said:

Liberal politics must change it's tune. It never will. I may be wrong about the result but her good vibes just won't cut it with not metro working people. 

democrats abandoned working class over the last 40 years bit by bit. reagan kicked it off then everyone joined in. unions went poof bit by bit. here we are. collapse of industrial america, nafta etc.. all those people had no voice and didn't relate to modern liberals. largest part of american GDP is financial system making imaginary money from bank fees and 'number go up' stock market bullshit. 

college educated people go democrat typically.  everyone else is a free for all but people w/highschool education only tend to vote republican. some wizard has parsed it all out in a shit soaked graph of blah blah.. everyone forgets the system just doesn't work. 

  On 11/6/2024 at 5:56 AM, Crazing said:

No doubt he will. Been watching the vox pops from various youtube channels and trump people are actually on another rationality planet. That said I think if he wins...it's will be a case of him winning AND her losing. Her campaign was shit. His support is manic. Liberal politics must change it's tune. It never will. I may be wrong about the result but her good vibes just won't cut it with not metro working people. 

Yeah, I think the surest way how to get the average US voter behind you is to say how you can make it worse for someone else. America chose to elect the criminal and sex pest. Shameful. Thanks Rogan, Musk and the bro's.

  On 11/6/2024 at 6:11 AM, azatoth said:

Yeah, I think the surest way how to get the average US voter behind you is to say how you can make it worse for someone else. America chose to elect the criminal and sex pest. Shameful. Thanks Rogan, Musk and the bro's.

i reiterate

welcome to USA of Russia 

It would be one thing if this was just America fixing itself a giant shit sandwich but this is going to ripple all over the globe.

  On 11/6/2024 at 6:22 AM, kuniklo said:

It would be one thing if this was just America fixing itself a giant shit sandwich but this is going to ripple all over the globe.

hmm.. yeah.. it sucks hard for everyone.. i don't know what the protest votes accomplished and yet to see if they even mattered. seems like trump cleared the wins in swing states by wider margins than the 0.4 percent for jill stein or whoever but we'll see... 

also, i think there will be violence of some kind in different places.. randomly. i suspect secret service will be on guard to extremes for long time. so many lefty brains are going to break over this if/when he wins that some of them will do dumb shit and take aim at the orange one. 

its gonna be weird. i'm worried about health care and all the marginalized people, lebanon, gaza, west bank, iran... 

I have a student loan that’s about to hit $300k due to interest that I can’t keep up with, guess I have to assume I’m going to die 20 million in debt now, fun stuff. 
 

(my own fucking father; “good,” apparently)

edit: to clarify, the only hope of at least capping the interest at some point did not include a republican executive branch.

  On 11/6/2024 at 6:22 AM, kuniklo said:

It would be one thing if this was just America fixing itself a giant shit sandwich but this is going to ripple all over the globe.

I honestly had serious thoughts yesterday about where we can move to not have to worry about any of this. As long as there is power and an internet connection, I should be ok.

Right clearly a lot of Americans took a good look at the hatefulness and stupidity and happily signed up for more.

My decision to move from US to Asia years ago is increasingly looking like a prescient move.

  On 11/6/2024 at 6:35 AM, Squee said:

I honestly had serious thoughts yesterday about where we can move to not have to worry about any of this. As long as there is power and an internet connection, I should be ok.

been on my mind for years.. in 2004 when i moved to portland i was thinking about how difficult it would be to move to canada.. montreal or toronto or something. i should've given it more though. 

Demi Moore on the U.S. Election: ‘America Is Built on Puritans, Religious Fanatics and Criminals’

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/demi-moore-u-election-america-023322363.html

Demi Moore spitting a verse of truth above in that article^^^^

btw i watched "The Substance" recently. pretty good though not full of surprises except  gotdamn margaret qualley...  but it's a good movie though would've maybe made a better Black Mirror episode. it's a bit long in the middle i think but perhaps i'm just being picky. it has things to say and the score is pretty dope. it's a nice delivery of what it is saying  and well cast all around. nice shrinking of the world for around one particular star to make its point. full of "oh no she didn't" type moments. 

I'm going outside.

  On 11/6/2024 at 6:45 AM, usagi said:

I'm going outside.

piss in the moonlight. it's fucking awesome. 

What was the point of the whole revolution if we just wound up with another crazy king in the end?

Polls closed - now comes the real painful shitshow.

Welp, AP just called Georgia for Trump putting him at 246...looking grim.

  On 11/6/2024 at 6:32 AM, baph said:

I have a student loan that’s about to hit $300k due to interest that I can’t keep up with, guess I have to assume I’m going to die 20 million in debt now, fun stuff. 
 

(my own fucking father; “good,” apparently)

edit: to clarify, the only hope of at least capping the interest at some point did not include a republican executive branch.

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Just wanna be clear, I don’t in any way think my situation is worse than that of trans people or anyone else, for that matter.  I just can’t see a single upside about this. The suffering will be immense. 

american shitizens

this is so fucked. kind of fucked to the point where i can’t even really process how fucked it is.  kind of at the point where we should just assumed things are permanently fucked and will likely always be fucked and i’m really glad i don’t have kids

stay strong folks. we will make it through this like we always have

  On 11/6/2024 at 7:12 AM, exitonly said:

this is so fucked. kind of fucked to the point where i can’t even really process how fucked it is.  kind of at the point where we should just assumed things are permanently fucked and will likely always be fucked and i’m really glad i don’t have kids

yeah.. i mean.. i wasn't optimistic 15 years ago about all that. so it's only gotten worse as all the things have slid down slope and seemed normal to a bunch of wingers who think they're winning.. but whatever... it's accelerationist territory and boogaloos will find their way back into the fold. i suspect it won't take long for the various group to harden their positions. i hope marginalized people get organized for their own protection. in the trump years we had maga chuds parading through portland in big trucks w/flags and shit.. they assaulted random people on the streets. 

if you have stocks sell them now. trump gonna crash the economy. you could make some $$$ when it comes back up in a year.

speculation is going to go absolutely batshit about all the things. 

  On 11/6/2024 at 7:14 AM, mushroom said:

stay strong folks. we will make it through this like we always have

get involved locally. be productive. help people who need help. get to know your neighbors etc. teach a kid how to use ableton. 

It's worth remembering that nothing lasts forever and this too will pass.

Gonna be a shit four years though.

  On 11/6/2024 at 7:19 AM, ignatius said:

yeah.. i mean.. i wasn't optimistic 15 years ago about all that. so it's only gotten worse as all the things have slid down slope and seemed normal to a bunch of wingers who think they're winning.. but whatever... it's accelerationist territory and boogaloos will find their way back into the fold. i suspect it won't take long for the various group to harden their positions. i hope marginalized people get organized for their own protection. in the trump years we had maga chuds parading through portland in big trucks w/flags and shit.. they assaulted random people on the streets. 

if you have stocks sell them now. trump gonna crash the economy. you could make some $$$ when it comes back up in a year.

speculation is going to go absolutely batshit about all the things. 

get involved locally. be productive. help people who need help. get to know your neighbors etc. teach a kid how to use ableton. 

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Ca—

Can you teach me how to use Ableton?

  On 11/6/2024 at 7:24 AM, baph said:

Ca—

Can you teach me how to use Ableton?

 

30% of 50% of ableton. 

  On 11/6/2024 at 7:21 AM, kuniklo said:

It's worth remembering that nothing lasts forever and this too will pass.

Gonna be a shit four years though.

What's insane is to imagine that this decision literally determines whether some people live or die. 

  On 11/6/2024 at 7:39 AM, Crazing said:

What's insane is to imagine that this decision literally determines whether some people live or die. 

yeah.. there's a long long list of project 2025 shit that is waiting let it's stinking gas all over everything. there's so much in that. it's crazy what it means. EPA, Dept of Education, Dept of Health and human services, the ACA (obamacare), student loans.. and on and on.. any kind of green energy thing.. in the toilet.. any kind of mass transit.. in the toilet.. all kinds of federal funding for various projects in every state.. in the toilet.. they want to repeal the fucking CHIPS act which is more than just jobs it's national security.. ukraine, gaza.. name it.. it's all on the table if/when trump wins. NATO.. 

ugh.. prepare for oligarchy USA.. Russia style. regulations.. in the toilet.