You know what really pisses me off about the post-election analysis? I keep hearing that all the working class folks are pissed off at the "elites" for not making their lives better or not caring about them. And somehow that boils down to who is president, when 99% of what can be done to help anyone falls on congress's head. You want change - overturn the Republican stranglehold in the Senate and House. Basic civics people! Go back to high school, you obviously don't deserve the diploma they gave you.
No, it's shiny! I like to meet new people. They've all got stories...
Kaylee ,'Serenity'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SailAweigh - Nov 09, 2016 2:08:57 am PST #1506 of 30002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
dcp - Nov 09, 2016 2:12:12 am PST #1507 of 30002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I am stuck at: "How? What? How?"
Sophia Brooks - Nov 09, 2016 2:13:16 am PST #1508 of 30002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Well, and, DOnald Trump IS an elite! He acts like some sort of yokel, but he is, like, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous elite! Generational elite!
hippocampus - Nov 09, 2016 2:13:31 am PST #1509 of 30002
not your mom's socks.
Obstruct for 8 years then run on how government is broken.
Sheryl - Nov 09, 2016 2:21:37 am PST #1510 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Oh God. I have no words.
sj - Nov 09, 2016 2:24:36 am PST #1511 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have warned TCG that staying silent and being nice to relatives on both sides of our family when they say things I find abhorrent is over. Hopefully people will not test me today.
Kat - Nov 09, 2016 2:31:17 am PST #1512 of 30002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I keep hearing that all the working class folks are pissed off at the "elites" for not making their lives better or not caring about them
I don't know about that. According to [link] from exit poll day data, it was college educated white women (64% of the vote for Trump) and college educated white men (72% support for Trump) who voted for Trump more than white women without degrees (45% for Trump) or white men without college degrees 54%.
And let's be clear, that analysis seems nuts to me. Is the WaPo data fucked up?
-t - Nov 09, 2016 2:36:15 am PST #1513 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My stomach hurts and nothing makes much sense.
Calli - Nov 09, 2016 2:44:26 am PST #1514 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Basically, a whole lot of white folks fucked up. When the factories and pensions fail to come back, and social security is gone, they might have a few regrets. Bet they still find a way to blame Obama.
Dana - Nov 09, 2016 3:01:41 am PST #1515 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Man, Samantha Bee is going to be so disappointed in us.