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Pseudopartition Screaming Into The Void from The Cretaeceous Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Screaming Into The Void
#149901: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:06:18 PM

Just got off work. They had CNN playing in the food court and it felt like I spent a good chunk of my shift trying to reassure my boss and one the cleaning staff that Trump probably wasn't going to win, based almost totally on stuff I learned about US politics from this thread. So thanks, thread. Hopefully I'll get proved right...

Anyway, I think I'm going to go the gym and then study for a bit until the final results are called, I get the feeling I should probably take a break and take care of my physical/mental/emotional health, I'm optimistic but my brain goes into 'PANIC MODE' really easily.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#149902: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:06:36 PM

I'm scared

Oh really when?
hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#149903: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:06:46 PM

Any of you guys have alcohol nearby too?

I live in Louisiana, fully expect a Trump victory here.

InAnOdderWay Since: Nov, 2013
#149905: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:07:10 PM

I think this whole spin is ridiculous media-baiting.

For better or for worse, unless something goes horribly wrong the majority of these battles have already been decided, we're just waiting to hear the ballot. Like, there are a crapton of democratic California votes just lying around waiting for HRC to pick them up and add them to the pile. This election is really going to come down to the swing states, which is where the real focus should be.

AzureSpiritStone Since: Aug, 2014
Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#149908: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:08:02 PM

If Trump wins, I want to move to Canada.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#149909: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:08:13 PM

Perhaps everyone should take a deep breath and move away for a second.

Lennik (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#149910: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:08:14 PM

Those fucking emails and the fucking media's insistence on obsessing over them...

That's right, boys. Mondo cool.
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#149911: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:08:18 PM

@Odder: Pretty sure swing states are what we're worrying about here.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:08:35 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#149912: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:08:18 PM

I think Michigan just got called for Clinton.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#149913: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:08:25 PM

Stop panicking and breathe.

BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#149914: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:08:26 PM

Shit, the BBC have Ohio back leaning Trump. That's a shame; I wished Clinton would pull off a surprise win there, especially if she's losing Virginia.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#149915: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:08:32 PM

The West Coast can't carry Clinton alone. She at least needs to hold her firewall, and Virginia is a key part of that.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#149916: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:08:40 PM

Perhaps people are entitled to their fear when someone like Trump is gunning for the nuclear codes.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
A Fluff Ringer
#149917: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:08:47 PM

@Odder: Well, I think that's the main problem; swing states lean towards Trump.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#149918: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:08:50 PM

Trump is winning. I'm not scared, but...what!?

[up][up]Eh, if someone looks is Putin can be trusted with nukes, then Trump can. The real threat from nukes is that they're set off accidentally, not intentionally.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:10:40 PM by Protagonist506

Leviticus 19:34
Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#149919: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:08:54 PM

John Mc Cain just won reelection.

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
InAnOdderWay Since: Nov, 2013
#149920: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:09:13 PM

Again, more panicking over not a big deal. Texas is a red state. We just have to deal with that. It will give Trump many boosts. Focus on what's really important here, folks.

EDIT: oh fuck me Trump might actually have Virginia in the bag. Uh... forget what I just said, now might be a good time to start worrying.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:10:36 PM by InAnOdderWay

Raddishes Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#149921: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:09:37 PM

im literally shaking in fear right now

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#149922: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:09:51 PM

Trump is winning in Florida, NC, and Virginia.

This is bad.

Oh really when?
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#149923: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:09:53 PM

I'm having trouble eating.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
A Fluff Ringer
#149924: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:10:26 PM

CBS seems to think that this is so far just "Generic Democrat" vs. "Generic Republican" and nothing particularily surprising happened yet.

The main attention is on swing states, especially Florida.

Senate so far is 41:41.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:11:07 PM by FergardStratoavis

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#149925: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:10:58 PM

Brexit all over again.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV

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