What's Bothering You?

The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them.

It's really not that hard to fool people tbh. Give them something, even if it is not ideal and full of inconsistencies, and they'll latch on.
 
I worry that I will never feel an ounce of comfort again with this massive change and that worries me, how can we truly be a free country if we want to remove rights of others. People are happy to have voted for this and it sickens me. I truly wish leaving the country was easier than it is because I feel like there is no future here anymore.
 
Edit: Rephrasing for better execution of my thoughts!

I am a proud Asian-American but my goodness! I truly love this country but everything we have worked towards for years is going to be broken. I lost all respect for the population and bad things will happen in the future for sure. I thought we were all better than this. I'm moving after college. I'll be a great pediatrician somewhere in Taiwon!

Anyways I dont like being political nor do I know much about it, this is disappointing.
 
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me: *sees the election results*
also me: when's the next flight to Japan? I want OUT.
(after learning more about the effects of bills that Presidents pass and when they take effect, it SICKENS me that Trump'll take credit for the economy that Biden created. Trump was left with Obama's economy after he left office, and he took credit. Biden got Trump's economy, and got universal backlash. Now, it'll happen AGAIN. Whoever we get after these 4 years, if the U.S.A even EXISTS by then, they'll be left with a dumpster fire. AND GUESS WHO'LL ESCAPE UNSCATHED?)

...Sorry for that rant in parentheses, I just COULDN'T keep this a secret after hearing it on the way to school. I now officially hate politics, and my New Year's Resolution is decided early: to NEVER GET INVOLVED. EVER.
 
Found more blood on my white kitten's chest today. These wounds are new and much worse than before (initial was surface level) - I believe they are self-inflicted from the pattern they form and the fact he keeps scratching.

I've made him an appointment with the vet for 6:30PM tomorrow night. It'll be a tight turnaround as I also have a vaccine appointment at 4:40PM. Wish I could have gotten him seen tonight - it'll be a long 24hrs. Work will drag tomorrow. 😬

I won't show the wounds of course, but here is a photo of him cuddled up with me from 20 mins ago after I got him cleaned up:

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daringred_ said:
not even american, but those results make me feel sick. people's hate truly knows no bounds. how does a woman with experience in all three branches of government, arguably the most qualified presidential candidate in history, lose to THAT?
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Because she’s a woman. I really think it’s that simple. Even many “leftist” men will vote for a man convicted of fraud and assault before they will vote for a woman. With male candidates it’s “well, he’s the lesser of two evils.” With female candidates it’s “she has to achieve total ideological purity or I will be morally reprehensible by association if I vote for her.”

I’m so incredibly discouraged. For the first time in my life I thought a female president was a real possibility, but these results have me shaken. I honestly think we might not even see a female president in the next 50 years. Male Gen Z voters turned out in droves for The One We Got and are polling more and more as saying that feminism is ruining America, that men are oppressed, etc. Meanwhile my female friends have become convinced that speaking about women’s rights or experiences is divisive, exclusionary, or “cringe.” Idk man I haven’t felt this hopeless in a while.
 
Sheando said:
Because she’s a woman. I really think it’s that simple. Even many “leftist” men will vote for a man convicted of fraud and assault before they will vote for a woman. With male candidates it’s “well, he’s the lesser of two evils.” With female candidates it’s “she has to achieve total ideological purity or I will be morally reprehensible by association if I vote for her.”

I’m so incredibly discouraged. For the first time in my life I thought a female president was a real possibility, but these results have me shaken. I honestly think we might not even see a female president in the next 50 years. Male Gen Z voters turned out in droves for The One We Got and are polling more and more as saying that feminism is ruining America, that men are oppressed, etc. Meanwhile my female friends have become convinced that speaking about women’s rights or experiences is divisive, exclusionary, or “cringe.” Idk man I haven’t felt this hopeless in a while.
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oh, trust me, i know it's because she's a woman lol. especially in this day and age where young men are being radicalized left and right by the internet and the likes of andrew tate. it's just still incomprehensible to me, especially because looking at the demographic breakdown, it seems several groups voted against their best interests. i thought it would still be a close race, but i had some hope she would still win. it doesn't help that there appears to have been some vote tampering, with elon musk offering $1 million or whatever and ballot boxes being set on fire etc.
 
Midoriya said:
I just got home to finish my work day and it was all I could to keep myself from bursting into tears before I got upstairs. I'm just incredibly saddened by things and the recent big news doesn't help. At all.
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I think the part that bothers me most about this is that I actually did my part and voted, all left, and it didn't change anything in the end. For reference, the only other election I've voted in is a midterm several years ago, and I voted the same way. I didn't think my state was going to suddenly flip or anything, but it's just unfortunate to see what happened go down. This is coming from someone who was apolitical up until then. It's discouraging to say the least. It won't deter me, but I need some time to think things over.
 
daringred_ said:
oh, trust me, i know it's because she's a woman lol. especially in this day and age where young men are being radicalized left and right by the internet and the likes of andrew tate. it's just still incomprehensible to me, especially because looking at the demographic breakdown, it seems several groups voted against their best interests. i thought it would still be a close race, but i had some hope she would still win. it doesn't help that there appears to have been some vote tampering, with elon musk offering $1 million or whatever and ballot boxes being set on fire etc.
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I thought she would win because she had less baggage than Hillary. I knew not to get too excited, but I still had a glimmer of hope. I'm disappointed she lost the popular vote as well.
 
I hate to say it but a lot of men really are just sexist *******s! This actually brings up something else I can't stand....slut shaming. A lot of the guys who do it, how much you wanna make a bet they sleep around themselves? So they're both sexist AND hypocritical. God damn, I HATE guys like that!
 
So... My parents were planning on moving anyway since my aunt passed away earlier this year but now they HAVE to due to the local election choice results of the town leaving the county. The town is broke af with no grocery store so there is no way the towns people will be taken care of during winter. I mean the place was a broke **** hole when I lived there, continued getting worse, but it's just swirling in the bowl now. I'm not sure what the motivation was for the town to vote for this. I don't think it will help taxes and even if it did... The down sides greatly out weigh what little tax drop would come from that. Actually I would expect the town to try taxing tbh and would cause the cost to live there to go up. I could also see someone going in there and buying what they could and setting up HOAs or B&Bs.
I feel bad for the kids that are stuck their with their moronic parents or parents stuck due to poverty. I hope the schools don't get to how they were when I was a kid. After I was out they got a lot of Obama funding for supplies and even a whole new building that was up to code. No more used work books and outdated text books from rich school districts since then. But maybe they aren't gonna have schools anymore? Idk.. it's just sad that people live like this. Maybe the town will left off of state maps again like before even though it exists.
I wonder if they are going to draw up something to join another county? Seems like that should have happened first before doing any vote on the matter of leaving the current county. Though I'd be surprised any county would want to take such a poor needle filled area.
Anyway.. it's just a very sad situation.

Edit oh yeah and police protection will no longer be up to the county anymore.
 
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I chipped my front tooth a little bit and it's poking the inside of my lip. I think I was grinding my teeth in my sleep. Also I keep having angry dreams about my transbro bff who turned into a Trump loving terf and I wake up feeling mad. It's weird to miss someone who acts so terrible.
 
daringred_ said:
oh, trust me, i know it's because she's a woman lol. especially in this day and age where young men are being radicalized left and right by the internet and the likes of andrew tate. it's just still incomprehensible to me, especially because looking at the demographic breakdown, it seems several groups voted against their best interests. i thought it would still be a close race, but i had some hope she would still win. it doesn't help that there appears to have been some vote tampering, with elon musk offering $1 million or whatever and ballot boxes being set on fire etc.
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Not only that, but the supreme court allowed states to purge votes. All around it's just an absolute joke.
 
I haven't been on TBT for the past few weeks due to hiatus and burnout from events, but man, the recent events despite living on the other side of the fence really made me shake my head. Feeling worried for my friends, especially my lovely partner who I haven't met in person since earlier this year. Some people are really out for hatred, aren't they.
 
The repercussions will be felt everywhere but I’m so sorry for Americans especially. Keep the people you know and love close, it’s more important in these times than any.

I want my boyfriend down here, he doesn’t wanna be up there either. For once I’m kind of at a loss for what to say, except as much as I hate certain things about living here, at least my country is not as bad and has a proper voting system.

I wish I could get sterilised before it becomes more of a radical and prominent issue here (literally get this suggestion laughed at), believe me we felt it down here as a wave and… well for my own sake something is keeping my head above just feeling “defeated”, but my gut knew online spaces were getting more bigoted (this also factored into me getting reclusive), and irl Australia of all places has become noticeably more radical than it used to be. : /

People usually take the path of least resistance and it usually leads to hate so even if a lot of people aren’t evil they’re complicit imo. Even if it had been a close race and a win for the left that would have said enough on its own, ridiculous. I can’t believe what an exercise this year has been in showing me how tired I am of people etc. Not you guys, this site is awesome and knowing there are better people legit keeps me going, even if I isolated myself. But I don’t think it’s a reach to say most people would be uncomfortable for me to hang around / I distrust most people, this was not something I wanted vindicated.

Don’t want this to just be about me, I’m just so sorry to Americans especially.
 
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