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Cronosonic (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#150676: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:51:41 PM

The remaining toss-up states still have roughly 30%-40% to be reported each, and Clinton has momentum in certain states. A bit of patience will go a long way.

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#150677: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:52:04 PM

No jobs, Roe v Wade over turned, building an unnecessary wall, Europe is absolutely fucked, trade wars, unchecked Russia... and probably worse.

Seriously this can not be happening...

speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#150678: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:52:10 PM

Again, I'm not sure why so many states are being declared over and done (and thus, the election). On the map I'm looking at, a lot of states haven't accounted for a large percentage of the votes. Predictions are not the same thing as facts.

BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#150679: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:52:18 PM

I'm trying to see the bright side as being this: If Republicans are in charge, they can fuck things up so badly that America will be driven further to the left, and also start to distrust Evangelicals even more.

We really have to experience directly how truly bad something is in order to learn to stay the hell away from it.

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#150680: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:52:34 PM

I'm pretty sure discussing how to go about doing illegal things is against forum rules, be it illegal immigration or more...seedy...actions.

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#150681: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:52:52 PM

538 has Trump at 78% of winning the entire thing.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#150682: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:52:58 PM

Ben Jacobs, New Hampshire Republican State Representative, is the guy that said Clinton should be put in front of a firing line. His twitter: @Bencjacobs.

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#150683: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:53:05 PM

She'd need Arizona at this point and that doesn't look likely.

edited 8th Nov '16 8:53:17 PM by thatguythere47

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#150684: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:53:09 PM

Never say 'It can't happen here.' And never underestimate the value of publicity, good or bad.

One hope, however faint— that Trump's willingness to lie means he will bend back on his campaign promises.

I know you know this, but your guys' electoral college is the worst.

brohaha Chump Supreme from Chump-dom Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
Chump Supreme
#150685: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:53:12 PM

[up]Please don't. I have no desire to see how badly things can be screwed up just so things can get better.

Chump Reigning Supreme, Brohaha
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#150686: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:53:12 PM

@Bonsai: But how many people will be planted in the ground when the dust finally settles...

edited 8th Nov '16 8:53:26 PM by rmctagg09

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#150687: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:53:27 PM

We're fucking doomed. Fuck this populist insanity — we decided to fellate the uneducated and elect a fascist.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#150688: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:53:42 PM

The real sewage that needs to get drained is that collective of unevolved pale skinned savages living in the South and Appalachia.

edited 8th Nov '16 8:54:02 PM by NickTheSwing

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#150689: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:54:02 PM

According to 538, these results may be due to white voters voting like a racial minority. They're conscious of their race for the first time, and are voting out of fear. And they're still >40% of the electorate.

Also, climate change is going to get so much worse. Our entire planet is fucked.

edited 8th Nov '16 8:55:37 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#150690: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:54:03 PM

I'll just go ahead and declare that no matter what happens, that bloody wall isn't coming up. It's not realistic, and Trump never meant it.

Not that it matters a whole lot.

Still, and again, it's not over yet. Late counts favouring Clinton in a couple of states would be enough to swing this back to Clinton.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
tsstevens Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did from Reading tropes such as Righting Great Wrongs Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
#150691: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:54:20 PM

My current state.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault_52.jpg
[[caption-width-right:350:George Freeman here I come.

Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than Yours
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#150692: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:54:22 PM

She doesn't need Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin have not been called yet.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#150693: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:54:28 PM

I'm sorry if this is a bad question. But when will this be over? When will we finally know for certain?

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#150694: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:54:39 PM

@Totemic Hero: Your right. Joking, but I edited it.

ZeroPoint Since: Feb, 2013
#150695: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:54:44 PM

This is it. This is civilization's death knell. When the world is supposed to unite against climate change, it will remain divided. Disaster is coming. How am I supposed to live my life? My parents are abusive, I have no friends, I don't want to fight for something that will end in failure. Someone please tell me what to do.

Pseudopartition Screaming Into The Void from The Cretaeceous Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Screaming Into The Void
#150696: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:54:48 PM

  • deleted because yeah, probably in poor taste*

edited 8th Nov '16 9:00:28 PM by Pseudopartition

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#150697: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:54:58 PM

For all those who are worried about minorities who are going to be at risk after tonight - find them and stand by them.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#150698: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:55:06 PM

According to 538, these results may be due to white voters voting like a racial minority. They're conscious of their race for the first time, and are voting out of fear. And they're still >40% of the electorate.

Well if things turn out for the worst they're in for a rude awakening because things aren't gonna get any better for them.

edited 8th Nov '16 8:55:56 PM by Draghinazzo

Thepenguinking2 The Zangoose nobody likes from A secret base on Route 114 (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Saddled with unnecessary feelings
The Zangoose nobody likes
#150699: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:55:07 PM

I've pretty much lost all hope and accepted the fall of this country. With everything Trump plans to do, the wall is the least of our problems.

Hello! My Name Is Inigo Montoya. I made the Mimic. It was difficult to put the pieces together.
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#150700: Nov 8th 2016 at 8:55:09 PM

@Bluefish: When someone gets 270 electoral votes.

edited 8th Nov '16 8:55:27 PM by rmctagg09

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.

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