Can US elections be over please?
Can US elections be over please?
I get it, 50% residents of one of the most influential countries on earth will be very upset, with a lot of geopolitic consequences.
But for some, we cant change the outcome in anyway, I hate the way content even on the Fediverse becomes. Yes its important but man. I was all into 2016 elections but it doesnt really change anything anyway. Americans go vote and all, though.
I just wanna talk about kernels and factorio, man
Tomorrow is the last day to vote. I imagine all the talk won't be over until noon January 20th with the transfer of power to the new administration.
90And then of course insurrection 2.0 election boogaloo
16if trump wins, lets hope not, Jan 6 / jan 20 won't be as relevant, since dems are not into coups
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I'd like to be calm but since I live in a country neighbouring Ukraine ... yeah, I'm scared
41Trust me, I’m from u.s. and I hate it
37I'm sick of every single comment tho any political article being, "Doesn't matter. Go vote."
Like, no shit. Stop commenting the same damn comment on every article.
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Only 1 more day til it’s just U.S. riot news
28And election fraud claims! Oh, the excitement.
11I've got money on a week until it's US civil war news
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It drives me mad how the UK media obsesses over US Presidential elections because they're still pretending the "special relationship" exists, yet they pay hardly any attention to European elections that actually have more impact on the UK.
They'll literally cut away from UK news to bring a campaign speech from Trump or Harris. Why? We don't get a vote in it, so we don't need to hear it.
23We gotta pretend we give a shit about your crowns and all that, so I don't want to hear it.
17Lol no you don't
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Well, talking about the EU might remind the rubes how shit things have gone since Brexit, so of course they don't want to bring that one up.
11It's only fair, the US does the same shit with UK royalty.
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How I’m getting by…although this post showed up unfortunately 😂
23This is hilarious.
3Nice list, could be used for a meme
1I take it you don't play Magic The Gathering
Also Shapiro is misspelled
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Sorry haha
3Forgot Kanye and senator Armstrong
2Kennedy now. Should probably add Thiel in there too; he doesn't show up in news often, but when he does it's a horror that makes Apartheid Manchild look small-time.
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Not to be a downer, but the political ramifications matter significantly, and vice versa. This planet is way too small now, and I patiently monitor the politics of many countries to see how the world shifts in relation to peace and climate change.
This corresponds to everything, including games and distros if one country (not just the US) suddenly collapses.
I happily await the day politics calms down, the wars settle, and we focus primarily on climate change and science as our main passions once again.
23So we should just talk about it ad naseum until we're even more miserable?
No thanks. I can't change the world beyond my vote so I'm just gonna live my life.
9the political ramifications matter significantly
Can your obsessive worry change the outcome in any meaningful way? No? Then your obsessive worry is damaging both to you and to those you inflict it upon. This is doubly so when you inflict it on an international audience who doesn't even access to the horse and pony show Americans call an election.
1For the downvoting cowards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71Ue5Qy6w1w Go downvote that too.
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The monkey's paw is beginning to curl on this wish.
14Ironically, I was happy that this community was one of the few without posts about that election.
10i honestly think this election is part of an ongoing cold war that has spread across the world and turned hot in Ukraine
we are all part of it and can participate
10Yay!
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Haha i quit reddit not because of the api change and the stupid blackout/protest. But to get away from the propaganda.
7Small reddit pages are the best, but yeah front page reddit seems like a lot of political/corporate content
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booo not casual
6It takes two to make a conversation so to make it casual both parties must converse casually. If you are the only comment opposing this conversation's casual nature then it's not the person casually initiating conversation that is at fault but your response that is making the conversation *heated.
non-casual/uncasual/anti-casual/casual-lessidk what the word for opposit of casual would be lol.2
I’ve been trying to limit my election posting to the explicitly politics communities. I think that by blocking all of them, the non US people can hopefully keep the election chatter down to at least a dull roar, although I realize a lot of it is also spilling out into everywhere.
You folks have my sympathy, in other words. Hopefully in a week or so, we won’t need yours.
5One more day. Just one more day. Election day is tomorrow, and by the early hours of the morning after, it'll all be over.
5No it won't. The bullshit will continue with all the election denialism, the rhetoric and violence. Not to mention an the Republican state governors that will fuck shit up.
It ain't over.
30This is unfortuantely going to be dragged out for weeks while counts are finalized and certain candidates start claiming victory fraudulently. Just like the last election 🙄
7Do you know when the first reliable results will come in?
I bet it will be quite late over here in the EU though 😔
Edit: thank you both, guess I'll see the results in the morning :-) or if I go pee in the middle of the night 😋
4Depends on how close it is. 2020 was a bit chaotic on account of COVID; 2012 and 2016 were both decisively called before 5 AM EST.
6The first polls on the East Coast close at 2000, which will be 0100 Wednesday morning in the UK, 0200 CET.
It will take a while to count up all the votes, though, particularly in states where they don't start counting the mail-in vote until the election closes. I bet when you wake up on Wednesday we still won't really know.
5We won't know the winner til Thurs eve or Friday. My money is on Friday.
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As an American, I'm just as sick of it as you are. I voted by mail weeks ago, but because I'm in a swing state I'm bombarded by mail and text messages.
Anyway, I recently switched to the CachyOS kernel. I won't try Factorio though because I know I'll get horribly addicted.
5I finally had enough and started blocking the political communities.
4I just wanna talk about kernels and factorio, man
I most certainly do not.
4A couple of more months
4It might be a bit more upset people with the whole nato thing and what it was like 4 plus years ago. ukraine and israel and all. Hate to tell you it won't even be over once its over as one party has already put in things to gum up the works so that results won't be finalized till like the end of the year.
3It costs me nothing to scroll past. Let everyone think it makes a difference, in a few months, we'll settle back into our comfortable dystopia and we'll go back to arguing over other stuff.
3As an American, it is super important to go vote. That said... That factorio space age update though. Hype hype hype!
2My shoulders have been permanent cement since all of the election shit kicked off here in the US. I’d like it to end also, but that doesn’t mean we won’t continue to hear about the inevitable riots, Elon mouth drivel, etc. It’s a never ending mental hellscape here in the US.
2The answer is obvious: the American people should go to the polls and vote "HELL NO!" with the weapon of their choice.
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Yes. Apparently, they can.
Bugger, But also, heil, leader Trump, I suppose.
2I recommend avoiding any subreddit that isn't a niche you want to talk about for the time being.
Asking people not to talk about something they're passionate about is a bit silly. I wouldn't ask you to stop talking about Linux or Factorio until February.
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