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“He’s realizing that he could lose the election, go to prison, and maybe die there,” they said.
Why would he go to prison when he can flee to Russia and spend the rest of his misbegotten life there?
Oh no... anyway
God, that would almost make the next 36 hours or so worth it.
Almost.
Anyone have any general anesthetic I can borrow?
I'm going to bed here in Australia now, and will hopefully wake up to a harris win.. Best of luck guys. The entire world is literally hoping for this (because another 4 years of racism, narcassism, BS and cult behavior is simply too much)..
You definitely won't wake up to a Harris win, unless you sleep for 24 hours or more. Voting is just about to start. Won't end 'til tonight.
Yeah unless it's a landslide it probably won't be called until the wee hours 11/6. We're still a minimum of 18 hours before having a projected winner.
Stupid dates....initial thought was 11th of June..
I can live with that.. just not wake up to a Harris loss
Dude, we have court cases, officials failing to certify results, and another insurrection to get through before we know who will be president.
I have some ether we can huff. Can you get up to upstate New York in the next 20 min
There's nothing more pathetic and helpless and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge.
Hunter s Thompson
I was just talking about this book and the adaptation. Both excellent examples of their respective media types. And maybe the most faithful book adaptation I’ve ever seen.
Anyone have any general anesthetic I can borrow?
Hands you a beer
Here ya go, buddy.
I hope he strokes out and gets locked in syndrome for a few years.
I want him to experience hell on earth in case hell doesn't exist.
He's no Hector Salamanca.
I just want him gone, don't care how it happens - death, prison, or retirement into obscurity, whatever. Just so long as he's out of the game.
This is what I used to wish but he just won't go away. It's like being trapped in a room where someone sharted for eight years now and the smell never lessens.
Best I can offer is grain alcohol
That'll have to do.
I’m feeling so much stress over the election. I don’t even drink but I bought 2 beers today, maybe subconsciously I was looking for a way to decompress from the stress of the Election Day.
In case anyone is concerned, it’s not an alcoholism thing. I just generally do not enjoy drinking alcohol.
God, that would almost make the next 36 hours or so worth it.
36 hours?
Uhhhh. Its like 1488 hours until January 6th, 2025, and I'm not even sure if all the issues will be resolved by then this time around. Even if Kamala wins.
In a nightmare Year 2000-like scenario (aka: Hanging Chads deciding an election), it could be the middle of December before the Supreme Court handles a hypothetical case that comes up tomorrow night.
It's like 1488 hours until January 6th
It's really fucking bizarre that it actually is the Nazi-est number hours imaginable between the election and final certification of the election. I legit thought you were just doing some Nazi dog whistle virtue signaling until I did the math to find that 1488 hours is 62 days, and we are in fact 62 days from January 6. 🤯
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The only it will be resolved by then is if Kamala loses and concedes.
I’m locking myself in my shop after 8pm, and using destructive metal objects to tear apart desiccated tree flesh. Maybe I’ll wander out at 3am and see what’s up. There’s no internet out there, and that may be the only path of sanity Tuesday night.
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He doesn't have all that long anyway, but I sure would love to see him spending lots of time in and out of court at a minimum. Going to prison would be fantastic. Honestly, I know the likelihood is nearly nil, but the American people really, really need to see a Republican finally pay for their crimes. Stone and Bannon are out of prison and they should both be rotting there.
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Box breathing involves four basic steps, each lasting 4 seconds:
- breathing in
- holding the breath
- breathing out
- holding the breath
It takes some getting used to, so you’ll be distracted at first having to concentrate on your breathing.
I also like to meditate by emptying my mind and thinking about a giant, unlit room with a spotlight on a chair that I’m sitting in. Whenever my mind wanders to anywhere but there, I force myself to bring it back and only think about me sitting in that chair. I’m neither happy, sad, nor mad. I’m just existing in the chair; breathing and existing.
And if all else fails: don’t panic. Grab a towel and stick your thumb out. Maybe you’ll get lucky and catch a ride on a Vogon ship. And most importantly, “On no account allow a Vogon to read poetry at you.”
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I like this and similar gifs.
Oh freddled gruntbuggly,
Thy micturations are to me
As plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee.
Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes,
And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles,
Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts
With my blurglecruncheon, see if I don't!
What a smashing rendition of vogon poetry! Bravo!
I had this printed in very pretty script on my cubicle once upon a time XD
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This is one of those times were you just gotta roll with the hourminutes. Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
Too poor for recreational drugs. And too medicated. I'm afraid all I have is exhaustion, paranoia, anxiety, and terror for the next 36 hours or so.
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Trump's team has been preparing for a loss for at least weeks now. Luckily it's so obvious that, especially with the precedent of the last coup, it's not going to take anyone by surprise. As a Canadian: please get out and vote, give Harris the substantial victory your country needs, and rub it in Trump's face so hard it's breaks through the layers of spray tan.
P.S. OP, I can understand how you feel. Even as a Canadian I'm going to be so glad to get past tomorrow + the time it takes to confirm a victor. Issues like the environment, Ukraine/Russia, and Israel/Gaza affect us all.
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