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Genesisera Archduke of Austria and Patarich of the House of Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#151827: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:20:42 AM

The German chancellor sounds like an awesome and wonderful person.

edited 9th Nov '16 4:21:15 AM by PushoverMediaCritic

Corvidae It's a bird. from Somewhere Else Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
It's a bird.
#151828: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:21:15 AM

[up]x5 Like I said, needlessly complicated. So why is everyone acting like Trump's already won?

edited 9th Nov '16 4:21:50 AM by Corvidae

Still a great "screw depression" song even after seven years.
LogoP Party Crasher from the Land of Deep Blue Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Party Crasher
#151829: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:23:44 AM

[up][up] She's good but she tends to tie her positions on popular sentiments. Which more often than not results in flip-flopping.

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#151830: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:24:49 AM

Even if they did finish counting, they'd more than likely find more Trump votes. Either that, or whatever Clinton votes were counted wouldn't be enough.

i'm tired, my friend
Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#151831: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:27:49 AM

Sometimes I really hate this country, if I had the money I would have moved to Australia weeks ago.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#151832: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:28:01 AM

[up][up][up][up][up] Well, let's put it this way, there is a reason she has been in power that long. But we have an election year in 2017 and with the rise of the Af D and her possible not running for another term, I am really worried about the future. The only "good" thing about the Af D is that it is not THAT far right, but that is partly what makes it so dangerous...it looks more reasonable to the common voter than it deserves to be, considering what kind of politicians have decided to make the party their own.

Honestly, in a way it might be a good thing if Trump being in power leads to terrible consequences for the US soon, because that might deter the voters in other countries from believing in populist lies.

[up][up][up] Actually, she rarely changes her position once she has made up her mind, but she has the tendency to wait a long time before she reveals her position - long enough to have studied the situation including the popular opinion.

edited 9th Nov '16 4:30:19 AM by Swanpride

hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#151833: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:28:51 AM

So the Republicans control Congress, the White House, and the Supreme Court now?

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#151834: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:29:45 AM

[up][up][up]That's the really sad part of all of this. I think most of us would just move to another country if we could, but either due to a lack of resources, personal obligations, or certain countries unwilling to take in immigrants, (like Canada,) it's just not feasible. And I wish it was.

edited 9th Nov '16 4:30:47 AM by kkhohoho

Genesisera Archduke of Austria and Patarich of the House of Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Archduke of Austria and Patarich of the House of
#151835: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:30:13 AM

[up][up][up] Wasn't Dutetre supposed to do that for the US?

edited 9th Nov '16 4:30:31 AM by Genesisera

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#151836: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:31:48 AM

Hey, so who's ready rise of anti-Americanism that's guaranteed to follow this election?

i'm tired, my friend
Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#151837: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:34:23 AM

Hell, it's already here in this thread. tongue

And "America" deserves it.

Individual Americans don't deserve it.

edited 9th Nov '16 4:36:32 AM by Eschaton

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#151838: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:35:17 AM

I don't see what the difference is nor why it matters

i'm tired, my friend
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#151839: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:35:48 AM

[up][up][up]Ooo! {Raises hand.} Me! Me!grin

Seriously though, I'm not happy about it, but I'm ready for it. All empires rise and fall. It only stands to reason that America's time in the sun was going to come to an end sooner or later. We're not going to go away completely, but I've got feeling that over the next 10-15 years, we're not going to be the same superpower or bright shining model of democracy either that we used to be either. And that makes me sad.sad

edited 9th Nov '16 4:36:06 AM by kkhohoho

Corvidae It's a bird. from Somewhere Else Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
It's a bird.
#151840: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:38:14 AM

Alright, I think I got the hang of how the system works now. It's still weird though.

Still a great "screw depression" song even after seven years.
Pseudopartition Screaming Into The Void from The Cretaeceous Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Screaming Into The Void
#151841: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:40:03 AM

So, exactly what are the chances of Obama's supreme court nominee getting pushed through before the Republicans take control? Zero?

Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#151843: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:41:43 AM

Geez, the atmosphere in this topic is to toxic and panicy that I could probably express my wishes on America stopping being "most important country" in the world and overwritting other cultures with theirs without anybody being bothered [lol] I have a lot of pent up feelings about America I avoid expressing since I want to try being polite. Not all rational feelings though, China and Russia are also bad, but I'm offended by USA claiming to be "good guy. USA has never been "shining beacon of freedom and democracy" from what I've seen in history books.

Anyway, yeah, in all seriousness my depression causes me to feel apathetic about actual chance of world ending, but I also have hard time believing it would happen. I mean, sometimes in my darker moments I feel like USA has been this bad for years already, so I just find it hard to see things actually being worse, its just more apparent to everyone now what America is like. And surely in Internet age in western country, someone would try to do something if Trump started doing blatantly evil shit? Well I hope so at least.

edited 9th Nov '16 4:44:32 AM by SpookyMask

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#151844: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:45:14 AM

we're not going to be the same superpower or bright shining model of democracy either that we used to be either. And that makes me sad.

I mean, I don't mind that. Let someone else becomes the world's biggest superpower so they can splooge their culture everywhere and it becomes okay to make fun of them because they have the most power. I just hate that this is how it had to happen, one, and two, that we're gonna be an even bigger laughingstock than we already are.

i'm tired, my friend
Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#151845: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:47:46 AM

The only people who are probably happy about this are Donald Trump and Putin. What a nightmare.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#151846: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:48:01 AM

And his supporters

i'm tired, my friend
SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#151847: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:48:03 AM

Also, just curious, heard some people claiming here that Trump used to be liberal .-. Is this actually real quote by him or made up?

I mean, if that is a real quote, whether he changed his stance or not, how the heck repuglican voters vote for this guy if he has quotes calling them idiots?

edited 9th Nov '16 4:48:26 AM by SpookyMask

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#151848: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:48:19 AM

Well, we always knew this was a possibility, but, it changes my outlook on a lot of things.

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#151849: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:49:01 AM

I get the feeling that I'm going to be angry a very great deal these next four years.

Ugh, I still feel sick >_<

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#151850: Nov 9th 2016 at 4:49:04 AM

Guys, I'm in the military.

I'm essentially working for Trump.

And since the economy is pretty much gonna go tits up in a few years, I'm basically forced to work for him.

Sorry, but whatever sympathy I had for rural America is now completely gone.

They voted for a conman because they were afraid of nutcases that live across an entire goddamn ocean. Despite it being much more likely that a fellow citizen will kill you.

They voted for a conman because they were tired of political correctness, ie. "basic human fucking decency." Oh but don't dare "tell it like it is" about them because they would throw a bitch fit

They voted for a conman because they were tired of the blacks and the browns taking entitlements and that they themselves only deserve them. Ignoring the fact that they also get said entitlements and Trump's party is pretty much gonna cut them to hell.

They voted for a conman because they hated government tyranny. While said conman is pretty much going to allow the cops, armed forces of the tyrannical government they hate, to do what they please.

In short, and as someone who grew up in rural America, fuck rural America.

edited 9th Nov '16 4:53:33 AM by NoName999


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