My precinct in Florida is quite blue, but it was a bit jarring when I looked at the map for where I am in Otter Lake. 77% voted for Trump. I walk around thinking 3/4 of the people I encounter are deplorables. My immediate family and a few friends I know to be sane so I keep reminding myself that a good percentage didn't vote and might skew that statistic.

The last state house race in my precinct was between a Republican and a Libertarian (the Republican kind, not a Libertarian Libertarian).

Now she's angry that I didn't wish her luck on her first day. I always fuck things up. I'll get there isn't another husband who would forget that. What is wrong with me?

Dude, I blow it on things like this all the time. Pix teases me about all the random information in my head that can be there on quick recall but I blow it on things like birthdays. The thing is she teases me about it, and it ends up as a bit of a joke, and when I really do drop the ball on saying the right thing and I apologize sincerely it's accepted. That's how supportive couples work.

Timelies all!

Best of luck with the therapist, Gud.

I cannot believe I had to start my day by reading a "free speech" defense of Alex Jones on my cousin's FB. Not that she approves, you understand, but clearly this was a conspiracy among social media platforms to all censor him at the same time.

FB needs a WTF button.

clearly this was a conspiracy among social media platforms to all censor him at the same time.

OR, and just hear me out here because I know this sounds bonkers, BUT...maybe they all like making money and were responding to the same bad press? (Also, maybe none of them are the federal government and so the 1st amendment doesn't apply?)

(I know I'm preaching to the choir, but since FB doesn't have an incredulous eyeroll reaction yet, I'm doing it here instead.)

My only objection is that so far as I know Twitter didn't join in with the others.

but clearly this was a conspiracy among social media platforms to all censor him at the same time.

She doesn't understand how corporate decisions are made. This was clearly a case of nervously waiting until someone made the first move.

On my MAGA twitter account there was a tweet from some woman calling out 'libtards' because they kept saying that Facebook was a private company when she looked it up and saw it was public. The replies were a mix of people joyfully reveling in the stupidity of liberals and people gently trying to clarify the difference between public and publicly traded.

She posted something stupid about the Papa John's guy too. I don't want to write off everyone who doesn't agree 100% with me, but...it would help if people weren't stupid.