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If you're in the US, how are you preparing for the election and dealing with the stress? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago by compostgoblin@slrpnk.net to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I’ve already mailed in my ballot, and I volunteered to be a poll worker (though they haven’t gotten in touch). With a week (maybe two) to go before we get the result, I feel caught in a limbo. It feels more important to me to be copying my important documents and organizing go-bags to be ready for a crisis than it does to do anything at work. I also recognize that that is probably a reaction to stress and anxiety and isn’t helping me. That said, I’m part of many groups that the right-wing hates and is openly threatening, so feeling unsafe doesn’t feel unreasonable either.

How are you all holding up out there? And tips for me to deal with this better?

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[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 44 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Honestly, other than voting and trying to get those around me to actually give a shit, I'm not. Like in the past two elections, I'm having trouble grasping the fact that half of the (voting) country wants to elect a fascist. My mother told me over the phone that one of her neighbors is voting for Trump because "his wife is absolutely gorgeous". Like, how do you even respond to that, especially in any calm way?

Oh, and someone here reminded me: cannabis. Lots and lots of it.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 16 points 3 weeks ago

If you vote for someone because you think their wife is hot I don’t think you should be allowed to vote.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 13 points 3 weeks ago

Reminds me of some French women who voted for Macron because he married a woman 25 years older than him (formerly his highschool literature teacher).

[–] compostgoblin@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, and someone here reminded me: cannabis. Lots and lots of it.

I shudder to think about how poorly I’d be handling things if I didn’t have cannabis lol