Whoa! I... I think I'm having a thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a thought. Now I'm having a plan. Now I'm having a wiggins.

Xander ,'First Date'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

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.


lisah - Nov 04, 2024 7:49:34 am PST #3195 of 4188
Punishingly Intricate

My gut is telling me Trump is going to win, which is where my gut was in 2016.

Pretty sure you also said this in 2020, fwiw.

I’m trying not to be superstitious and trying to remember that my anxiety isn’t going to change anything. And that I’m not going to jinx anything by being optimistic.


meara - Nov 04, 2024 7:58:59 am PST #3196 of 4188

Hah i may need to send that link to a few of my colleagues as well. Sadly I have a bunch of important meetings Thursdays that I have to do the research and agendas for on Wednesday so I can’t completely shut down. But I do not think I’ll be getting 8 hours in.


dcp - Nov 04, 2024 7:59:38 am PST #3197 of 4188
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

I'm mindfully trying to let go of trying to predict. I'm going more and more into news blackout mode to preserve my ability to function.

I’m trying not to be superstitious and trying to remember that my anxiety isn’t going to change anything. And that I’m not going to jinx anything by being optimistic.

All of this.

The past few days, I found I could convince myself of either outcome.

I kept having to remind myself that it is the electoral college that matters.

I fear that neither party will concede on Nov. 6th, there will be court challenges galore, and nothing will be decided until January.

Popcorn is no solace.


Steph L. - Nov 04, 2024 8:10:21 am PST #3198 of 4188
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

I fear that neither party will concede on Nov. 6th

The 2020 election didn't get officially called until the Saturday after the election. I'm not expecting anything different this year.

(Okay, I am secretly hoping for a blue wave so overwhelming that I can just go to bed at 10 pm tomorrow night, regardless of whether Trump concedes, because fuck him. Candidates aren't legally required to concede anyway; if the loser doesn't officially concede/make a concession speech/whatever, it doesn't change anything about the outcome of the election or the winning candidate's plans moving forward.)


Gudanov - Nov 04, 2024 8:11:27 am PST #3199 of 4188
Coding and Sleeping

Pretty sure you also said this in 2020, fwiw.

May just be natural pessimism.


Dana - Nov 04, 2024 8:12:56 am PST #3200 of 4188
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

It feels hard to be optimistic. I do like "nauseously optimistic."


msbelle - Nov 04, 2024 8:22:43 am PST #3201 of 4188
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I’m avoiding polls. I’m off tomorrow, but I started a deep clean this weekend, so the plan is to continue that.

I don’t want to work on most days, but today few people are in and waves hands at world - I just feel it’s more and more ridiculous to expect solid consistent work from people.


askye - Nov 04, 2024 8:25:46 am PST #3202 of 4188
Thrive to spite them

I'm off tomorrow. I wish I was off Wed. Depending on how things go.

I will say that I haven't seen a lot of Trump signs out. Which doesn't mean people aren't going to vote for him but it doesn't seem that there is the enthusiasm for him like there was.

I haven't seen a lot of Harris signs either but that is expected.

Not just road signs but I haven't seen any trucks with Trump flags attached or things like that which I had seen in the last election.


Gudanov - Nov 04, 2024 8:30:47 am PST #3203 of 4188
Coding and Sleeping

Got lots of Trump signs here and flags and banners and a Humvee painted like an American flag with a big Trump sign, but this is a deep-red county where Trump won in 2020 by 38 points. There are a few Harris signs about too, though.


JenP - Nov 04, 2024 8:59:23 am PST #3204 of 4188

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