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fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#151001: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:56:40 PM

[up]Buddy, I just want to hug you right now. Take in the spirit of Insane Santa, everybody. Hope those comics you're reviewing get better.

And remember what I said about me not leaving no matter what? I meant every word of it! I will not give up until the very end! UNTIL THE VERY END!

Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#151002: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:56:43 PM

Remember when we lived through eight years of Bush and his neoconsanity, and we came out with eight years of Obama afterwards? We can get through this. We have another chance to make worthwhile change in four years. But we need to be strong and keep our heads up high, and not let everything get us down to do it.

SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#151003: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:56:47 PM

Well, good night, everybody. I don't care if the country is still together in four years; my fellow Americans just proved that they have no moral standards or integrity whatsoever.

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#151004: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:56:57 PM

@kostya: I've seen the same on Twitter. It's all anecdotal but it's out there.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#151005: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:57:01 PM

I, too, wonder how I can justify doing my same old, same old thing anymore.

Do not obey in advance.
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#151006: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:57:02 PM

Remember, Thomas Jefferson once said that if you believe a law to be unjust, you are obligated to disobey it.

I'm probably going to be going to bed soon and pray harder than I've ever prayed before that we're wrong and that tomorrow will dawn with the first female US president.

edited 8th Nov '16 9:57:44 PM by theLibrarian

jedimaster1701 from Canada Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#151007: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:57:08 PM

I was routing for trump, before i noticed that congress is basically Republican, My God, What Have I Done?

MAD doctorine is counterproductive
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#151008: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:57:09 PM

I'm going Nintendo and retro gaming only at this point. The yankee scumbags don't deserve to have the industry like they do now.

edited 8th Nov '16 9:57:26 PM by Bat178

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#151009: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:57:12 PM

Trump is going to be worse than most other things that you can think of that happened in the last few decades for America, and I don't fault people's despair and anxiety in the slightest when their lives and the safety of themselves and their loved ones might be forfeit.

But we can't just lay down and die either. Even through a Trump presidency we have to do what we can because otherwise things will never get better. What would have happened if people didn't believe that Jim Crow laws could be repealed or that slavery was here to stay? Even if we have to constantly repeal that kind of oppression it's a battle worth fighting.

As I've said multiple times, reach out to your loved ones and let them know you are here for them.

If we have to go down it might as well be Toy Story 3 style, yes.

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#151010: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:57:12 PM

Shit, look at all that red. Not even the soviet union was this red.

Inter arma enim silent leges
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#151011: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:57:15 PM

[up]x13 Exactly. We'll still have all of the things we enjoy. That's the one constant. (Though hopefully we'll have more.) And that's part of what will get us through.

edited 8th Nov '16 9:57:38 PM by kkhohoho

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#151012: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:57:53 PM

It's hard to be positive knowing I'm not long for this world under a Trump presidency.

i'm tired, my friend
brohaha Chump Supreme from Chump-dom Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
Chump Supreme
#151013: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:58:17 PM

I feel like crying right now.

Literally no matter what happens, no matter who actually wins, LGBT and minorities and Muslims and Black people around the US have just been told so many of their neighbours do not care about them.

Chump Reigning Supreme, Brohaha
3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#151014: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:58:20 PM

Part of me hopes that a Trump presidency goes so ego-showy that the GOP congress essentially starts obstructing again.

"You can reply to this Message!"
TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#151015: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:58:20 PM

@Yomegami: Considering that the majority of people here likely voted Clinton, I don't think posting that here would be well received.

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#151016: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:58:28 PM

well I can see both parties moving back to closed nominations at least.

"But it's undemocratic!"

"it got us clinton and trump!"

-crickets-

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#151017: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:59:03 PM

Toy Story 3 style?

No. Something more, something greater.

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Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#151018: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:59:10 PM

Missouri's 56th governor is Republican Eric Greitens, a former Navy SEAL with no previous political experience.

Its more than just Trump; the Dems were caught completely off-guard.

edited 8th Nov '16 10:00:44 PM by Demonic_Braeburn

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
Sharysa Since: Jan, 2001
#151019: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:59:10 PM

I would like to make more references to how Captain America is so ridiculously accurate to the election, but I mostly want to lie around on the couch and moan in despair until everything stops hurting.

Hashil Since: Aug, 2010
#151020: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:59:15 PM

Work tomorrow is going to be hell, for numerous reasons.

But I can't call in sick. I'm stronger than this. We're stronger than this. We have to be.

YamiVizziniX Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
#151021: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:59:29 PM

Here's hoping bronies don't get outlawed.tongue

There is no beginning. There is no end. There is only... Hooty.
lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#151022: Nov 8th 2016 at 9:59:50 PM

Barack Obama to fly to Germany.

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#151024: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:00:08 PM

He's got the right idea.

i'm tired, my friend
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
#151025: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:00:24 PM

It's not over until every vote has been counted. I'm on my way home right now but will continue to watch results come in once I'm back.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran

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