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I hate to say it... But yeah. She is.
I hate this timeline.
Yep, this is what caused me the most grief about the election. These people are everywhere.
She's not wrong. At least half the country is dumb as rocks and a good proportion is racist and generally bigoted. America has eroded its international standing to an unprecedented low.
She's right. Americans can't hide behind popular vote anymore. They are terrible people
Mainstream garbage.
I'm terrified that she's right. And I think she's right.
After Tuesday, I must conclude she is right.
I've never been so embarrassed about my country. The fear hasn't even hit me yet.
Somehow even as a minority, it's actually kind of cathartic to finally know what America is officially.
I used to say that in any situation on any given day, 10% of people are willing to hurt you, 10% are willing to help you, and the other 80% could go either way. I feel like I have to adjust that to 30/10/60 split now.
I still believe the sane people are the majority. However, they have clearly failed in their civic duties to show up to vote.
If you claim that sane people are the majority yet insane things happen, then everyone is insane.
Douglas Adams seemed to think so.
“Your wife,” said Arthur, looking around, “mentioned some toothpicks.” He said it with a hunted look, as if he was worried that she might suddenly leap out from behind a door and mention them again.
Wonko the Sane laughed. It was a light easy laugh, and sounded like one he had used a lot before and was happy with.
“Ah yes,” he said, “that’s to do with the day I finally realized that the world had gone totally mad and built the Asylum to put it in, poor thing, and hoped it would get better.”
This was the point at which Arthur began to feel a little nervous again.
“Here,” said Wonko the Sane, “we are outside the Asylum.” He pointed again at the rough brickwork, the pointing, and the gutters. “Go through that door” — he pointed at the first door through which they had originally entered — “and you go into the Asylum. I’ve tried to decorate it nicely to keep the inmates happy, but there’s very little one can do. I never go in there myself. If I ever am tempted, which these days I rarely am, I simply look at the sign written over the door and I shy away.”
“That one?” said Fenchurch, pointing, rather puzzled, at a blue plaque with some instructions written on it.
“Yes. They are the words that finally turned me into the hermit I have now become. It was quite sudden. I saw them, and I knew what I had to do.”
The sign read:
“Hold stick near center of its length. Moisten pointed end in mouth. Insert in tooth space, blunt end next to gum. Use gentle in-out motion.”
“It seemed to me,” said Wonko the Sane, “that any civilization that had so far lost its head as to need to include a set of detailed instructions for use in a package of toothpicks, was no longer a civilization in which I could live and stay sane.”
He gazed out at the Pacific again, as if daring it to rave and gibber at him, but it lay there calmly and played with the sandpipers.
“And in case it crossed your mind to wonder, as I can see how it possibly might, I am completely sane. Which is why I call myself Wonko the Sane, just to reassure people on this point. Wonko is what my mother called me when I was a kid and clumsy and knocked things over, and sane is what I am, and how,” he added, with one of his smiles that made you feel, Oh. Well that’s all right then. “I intend to remain.”
Great ... another reminder that I should read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Thanks for this Flying Squid the Sane
Before you read it, you should listen to the original 2 seasons of the radio series (they did more seasons after Douglas died based on later books).
The first two books were based on the radio series, although there are some differences.
But I think the two seasons of the original radio series is the best version of the story. The later seasons less so.
You can listen to it all here, but I would stop at 206.
Wow ... thanks for this again ... I've heard references to it, read articles about it but just never had time or space to read it ... I'll definitely look into this and take the time to listen and read it now ... never knew much about it other than the writer and the book and the fact that he just questions and holds a mirror to society and the insanity of our supposed 'civilized' society.
The insanity becomes more tolerable when you can find and read the thoughts of other people who agree that this world is indeed .... insane.
And they want to make education worse...
Magic: The Gathering is a collectable trading card game. Not a politician.
I too cannot read "MTG" as anything other than Magic: The Gathering
Sorry but it's absolutely true and she's absolutely right after this election.
America is a racist nation.
This election has shown me that my values aren’t compatible with most other Americans, and that is very hard to understand. I’m looking for the best alternative.
I live in Kentucky. I need out. I haven't had anyone say anything because I'm 6 foot 4 220 pounds, but I don't feel safe. I'm surrounded.
I've come to the conclusion that there is no best alternative.
Republicans are full on racist, fascist, crazy people.
Greens are all the above with the rotted veneer of liking the environment.
Libertarians are all the above plus more racist and crazy minus the environment.
Democrats are incompetent, won't let go of being Republican-lite, and are unreliable allies like MLK warned about.
Progressives are petulant, instant gratification demanding, iPhone attention span, unreliable allies that MLK warned about.
Right now, I'm just going to go full independent and stop trying to fix any of this shit show and concentrate on just surviving and making sure my kids have an out. I've got no confidence in anything in this nation that isn't better than this so fix it yourselves, I'm out.
Through all of this, this has more or less been the toughest pill to swallow. It's not a vocal minority, it's all of them. I had hopes that enough of them would be turned off by the rhetoric and rape, but I've been proven wrong. Absolute zero empathy for humanity. I can only hope that these worthless people are hurt first and hurt worst by the upcoming administration.
“Think about how stupid the average American is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
-George Carlin
They should install a turbine onto Carlin's grave because he's spinning so fast right now that he could power a small city.
So is every founding father.
That’s clean energy, the incoming government won’t care until he turns to oil.
Maybe if she becomes part of Trump's cabinet, she can finally get control of that sweet hurricane generating tech she said exists.
She is apparently not wrong, and I hate that.
Yes, yes she is. I'm sorry to tell you that an obscene amount of americans could only be dumber if they were born as a stone. And another stupidly high part are also as evil as it comes.
I wonder what portion of her "support" is thinking "stfu already and gtf back to the kitchen and let the men handle this shit".
She kinda, sorta, has a point...
At this point, she's right. she is mainstream America as mainstream America voted trump in too
The average American is dumb, so she's calling herself dumb, which she is. Gotta give it to her, she has some self reflection.
Democrats are already seeking her endorsement for 2028.
We won't have midterms, let alone a 2028 election.
The most I can do here is hope you're wrong.
"If I win, you'll never have to vote again."
Yes, I know what he said. It's why I voted for Harris. That doesn't mean he's going to be able to pull it off. And as before, the most I can do here is hope that you're wrong. Not tell you you're wrong.
Nothing more normal than screaming "I'm Normal! I'm Normal! I'm Normal!" to everyone you can possibly victimize with your shrill not un-harpy-like voice.
That's the problem.
She's right.
Which is exactly why everyone is disappointed with this election.
It's not disappointment with what the dems did or didn't do.
It's the disappointment now knowing that America is dumber than initially expected and more out of touch of what's actually happening around them.
