• nxn@biglemmowski.win
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    Trump getting the popular vote is a problem that needs to be understood. The majority of America voted for a moron that looks as if he smears feces on his face after getting out of bed - among worse flaws.

    But what I find most painful is that this asshole wasn’t locked up for J6. Him even being considered as a candidate is blatantly against the constitution. The fact democrats went along with this long enough to actually have the orange shitler win is insane. He is simply and plainly not eligible to be President of the United States.

    Edit: Ironically, this is the same clown that spent years nagging Obama for his birth certificate.

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      Pissed doesn’t really describe my emotions today. Trump won decisively, including the popular vote and the Senate. Unlike 2016, the people who voted against him are inarguably the minority coalition now, despite it consisting of tens of millions of people.

      I feel defeated; disillusioned and despondent.

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    Some Americans.

    I can’t fathom how so many people can look at Trump and see President material. And I know no single motivation covers all of them.

    But like, even if you looked at Kamala and thought, “Meh.” Fuck, even if you looked at her and thought, “Ugh.” How can you look at Trump and think he is in any way better.

    He is going to steal from us. Probably billions of dollars for his stupid fucking family. He is going to be the most corrupt motherfucker we’ve ever seen lead America, and I don’t say that lightly. And the money that isn’t stolen will go into stupid fucking projects like building walls and proping up Musks failing companies. Oh, did I say money that wasn’t stolen, I meant money that was stolen differently.

    People are going to die. We have to face the possibility of an actual abortion ban that no one fucking wants. Women will die. Everyone will die if they ban vaccines. Let’s have polio back again so we can create good American jobs building more iron lungs for people to live inside for 75 years. The economy will be in shambles because “tariff everything” just fucking means “raise the price on everything.”

    To say absolutely fucking nothing of Project 2025 and the welcoming of fascism to America. And I feel pretty certain that Trump will just sign an executive order granting Russian agents top security clearance.

    And you say, name me one fucking thing that will be better in America if he’s President and what do they have? Fucking migrant farm workers won’t be picking crops.

    We have all failed each other. Because how we can live in a fucking country where people like that are just out and about instead of in an insane asylum or riding the short bus once a week to spend their disability on a fucking happy meal, is just completely unfathomable to me.

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      People living in rural areas don’t see issues with homelessness, healthcare, transit, trans-rights, gay-rights, ect. They are in a bubble shut off from most of that. All they see is the taxes the government takes.

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        Man, I’m gonna be straight with you I don’t see the homeless issue because I live in snowy flyover country and if there’s a state not to be fucking homeless… well it’s probably Alaska, but we’ve gotta be in the top 10, anyway. Transit? We don’t have any. No one fucking cares. Buy a god damned car. Healthcare? I’m ignorant of healthcare issues other than in my experience it fucking sucks more the higher the population density is.

        Human rights. LTBTQ rights. Women’s rights. Yeah I get that. I’m with you. It’s not my personal issue as such, but I have women in my life. Gay people. Trans people. Because I don’t live in a fucking cave and people are people everywhere.

        But I didn’t say all that to sound like an asshole. I really didn’t. I’m a little punchy. I didn’t sleep last night. I’m saying, I’m so extremely privileged that I can identify with people who say none of those issues are my fucking problem and I still don’t want that fucker anywhere near the god damned Whitehouse.

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    It was really hard seeing the all the Trump signs, but I truly believed we wouldn’t make the same mistake twice.

    I’d be impressed if it wasn’t so devastating. I don’t even know how to look at my fellow countrymen without wanting to ask the , “Did you do this?” I feel so… Dejected.

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    It was feeling a lot like 2016 to me over the last several months. I physically face-palmed when she went on SNL. I held onto hope that after experiencing a Trump term things would be different but I should have known. After all, when in my lifetime has this country not let me down when it matters most?

    If there’s any hope for the future, the Democratic party needs to evolve. We can’t wait for another global crisis to get us out of this mess again.

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    I made a pact with myself that if it came to this, I would exit stage left. Well, here we are. 0 hope or the means of ever reaching them in this lifetime.

    May whatever passes as a deity have mercy on what passes as our souls. We don’t deserve it.

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      I’m not sure where you’re going with that comment but I’m going to interpret it in the least-charitable way possible and assume you’re talking about suicide, and that ain’t the path to take, friend. Reach out - that omnishambles of a cockwomble isn’t worth it.

      If you’re talking about moving or leaving the country, then good luck with that too 👍

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        I’ve been struggling with my mental health for a long time and I need some type of “win” or “hope”, but I currently have none sadly.

        I had a coworker I was somewhat close to and could vent to. She just got fired (budget cuts).

        I mustered the courage to finally set up therapy again after many years, after a few very negative experiences with “caregivers”. First meeting was pretty awesome, second was cancelled by them due to illness. It happens, no judgment there. But they would call back before last weekend for a new appointment, and never did. I just got shadowdumped again, didn’t I? What the hell is so offputting about me that even people who get paid to help me won’t give me the light of day?

        As for a future, that just got robbed from us. 20 years plus if you’re 40, more if you’re younger. We will never get those years back.

        On top of that a myriad of mental and physical aillents, medical debt and no sight for any realistic kind of relief in the near future and… yeah, it’s really hard to keep finding reasons to keep going when life is really firing those melon-sized lemons at ya with the speed of a vulcan cannon.

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          Man I’m sorry to hear that. I’m not going to pretend to know how you feel or give you hollow “I understand” or “it’s going to be okay” promises because I can’t back them up, and yeah the next few months are going to be proper shit.

          All I can tell you is that having known you for half a dozen paragraphs on a phone screen, I already care about you more than that bumbling punchable arse piece that is going to make life difficult for a couple of years, and I think it’d be super cool if you stayed around a while.

          I can’t promise you wonders, but I do hope you find your way.

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          Man, I know a lot of us are in a really dark place right now. I really hope that’s all this is. I feel it bro. The crushing fucking anxiety of 4 years of Trump wondering every god damn day if he can possible dream up a way to be even more vile and every. god. damned. day. the answer is yes.

          Like, it hasn’t even started yet and I already know he’s going to horrify me anew a minimum of once a week before he gets into office.

          But … that’s not all there is, man. It sounds like you’re in a rough personal situation. And I’m sorry. I know Trump is just the sprinkles on that shit sandwich. But there are good things in this world, and there are good things you can do as part of it. If you’re in it. Stay with us.

          You matter.

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          I’m about to check out too.

          BPD and other mental health issues have destroyed beyond repair every relationship I’ve ever had.

          I just ended a 24 year relationship with the last person who hadnt given up on me…

          No major physical health issues yet, but the way I’ve treated my body, alongside the stress from the mental health issues… I’m starting to feel it fall apart.

          I lost my state medical insurance when I started working, and didn’t make enough to buy my own.

          There are valid reasons to want to leave. Don’t let randos on the internet guilt you out of making your own decisions.

          With all that being said… I’m sorry you’re at this juncture. It fucking sucks.

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            I’m about to check out too

            Please don’t.

            There are valid reasons to want to leave.

            I don’t disagree, but the reasons to stay are more compelling. You never know when you’ll get to be the right person in the right place at the right time who to help someone else avoid some suffering they don’t deserve, but you’ve gotta be here to do that.

            If nothing else, procrastinate on it for a bit. You can always change your mind later.

            e; typo

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      Hey, if you’re feeling this hopeless, remember that your death is what they want. Don’t give them the satisfaction. Things are bleak now, but if we can survive, if we can hold on, there will be a time to fight back.