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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#151176: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:41:14 PM

Yep. President Trump. It's official.

Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#151177: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:41:22 PM

...Well, shit.

Pence worries me severely too. >.<

Shadow?
TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#151178: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:41:40 PM

Well, off to the Useful Notes namespace then.

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer
#151179: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:42:06 PM

This is the most historic moment I've witnessed. Obergefell and Obama are nothing compared to this.

Continue writing our story of peace.
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#151181: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:42:21 PM

FUCK!

Well everybody, I'm gonna go to bed. Hopefully in 4-8 years we learn our lesson. Maybe I'll consider traveling more, and finding a nice blue state, encourage others to do the same, or visit a country who is progressive that also didn't elect someone like Trump.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#151182: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:42:26 PM

Re George Takei's post: He's 100% right.

My country got through a fascist dictatorship that lasted decades and we might be due for another soon. Doesn't mean that people should have just given up and not fought against the first one. This world will only make sense if we force it to.

The dream is always worth fighting for, even if it's just to say you did. Even if it sounds like a childish platitude it's one worth believing in.

YamiVizziniX Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
#151183: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:42:29 PM

The real question is, does his Humiliation Conga entry need to be burned?

There is no beginning. There is no end. There is only... Hooty.
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#151184: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:42:59 PM

Looks like Paul Ryan will not be speaker if what seems almost certain happens.

And the projected economic outcomes are... how bad, exactly?

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#151185: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:43:02 PM

After much consideration I've decided on the most important aspect of tonight: the pity party song. I thought long and hard but decided to go with a classic. I need to hit the hay. Gentle sirs, ladies, and all the others, god speed.

edited 8th Nov '16 10:43:10 PM by thatguythere47

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
#151186: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:43:04 PM

...Persevere, people, persevere. Determination is what will get us through this, if nothing else.

Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#151187: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:43:09 PM

Seriously. We have to fight back somehow.

Not violently, understand. But we have to do something. We can't just give up. Even when he does inevitably take the White House, we have to keep fighting. Apathy is how he won in the first place.

If each and every one of us fight, tooth and nail, to preserve what this country should be, then maybe we don't end up back here again in four years.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#151188: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:43:24 PM

The real question is, does his Humiliation Conga entry need to be burned?

Probably. I'd just lock his and HRC's pages now and perhaps for a long time.

[up] I think the arts and representation are gonna be real important for us in the coming years. Only more of a reason to push for diversity even as painful as it might get now with the alt-right emboldened.

edited 8th Nov '16 10:44:45 PM by Draghinazzo

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
#151189: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:43:47 PM

I'm not buying it until I see it on CNN or the BBC.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer
#151190: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:43:53 PM

My condolences to anyone who works on Trump's page. You guys actually read and edit it.

edited 8th Nov '16 10:44:11 PM by RAlexa21th

Continue writing our story of peace.
LogoP Party Crasher from the Land of Deep Blue Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Party Crasher
#151191: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:43:58 PM

CNN is calling Alaska for Trump, giving him 3 more votes.

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.
lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#151192: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:44:06 PM

ABC and BBC refuse to recognise Pennsylvania win.

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#151193: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:44:06 PM

You know, if anyone wants to share those upside down flag avatars that'd be nice.

Oh really when?
FluffyMcChicken My Hair Provides Affordable Healthcare from where the floating lights gleam Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
My Hair Provides Affordable Healthcare
#151194: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:45:10 PM
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#151195: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:45:23 PM

And the projected economic outcomes are... how bad, exactly?
A US depression is a given, a global one is probable.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#151196: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:45:44 PM

Alright time for California to secede from the Free American Empire.

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#151197: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:46:27 PM

[up] California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas should be returned to Mexico. Probably would be a better place to live than America with Trump in charge.

edited 8th Nov '16 10:46:50 PM by Bat178

Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#151198: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:46:45 PM

I'm not worried about what happens in 8 years to me. I'm worried about all the good people with great potential we lose in 8 years. All of Reagan's awful flaws, magnified by 10.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#151199: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:46:52 PM

Peso is tanking, DOW is down I don't even know how many points now, Dollar is falling.

Oh really when?
RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer
#151200: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:46:54 PM

Trump ain't Lincoln. We'll need an umbrella for the nuclear rain.

Continue writing our story of peace.

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