Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly is the problem?

I can't believe you are asking this!

NP but I have to be honest, if you are in the “struggle bus” in your daily life just due to thinking about the election, unless your literal day-to-day is working in politics, I don’t get it. It just seems like maybe you’re too emotionally invested in the “win” for your team. Even Biden was grinning like a kid who got his first bike at Christmas as he welcomed Donald Trump back to the White House during their meetup this week.
If he ain’t that worried, maybe you should take your cue from that.
I’m being serious.
For your own mental health, maybe consider that the guy who sternly warned you that Trump would be a threat to democracy itself was all jokey smiles and warmth. Peaceful transition of power can be done with a solemn closed-lips straight-faced handshake just as easily as with a grin. Each conveys an emotional message. And Biden chose to grin. Let it sink in and maybe just take a deep breath.

DP. My life is fine. And we will likely make out like bandits financially in the next 4 years - we already bought and shorted some stocks that were the right call. The crypto tax cuts, deregulation of real estate development will also put money directly in our pockets since we already have investments in those areas. We definitely profited off trump’s first term. His 2017 tax cuts were aimed squarely at us. We benefited from the defanging of the “fiduciary rule”.

But like OP, I am deeply unhappy about the election results. I am in medicine, and I am worried about the status of healthcare for U.S. citizens on multiple fronts - affordable care act, abortion rights, having a total charlatan be appointed health secretary, being woefully unprepared for the next general pandemic, substandard care for women’s reproductive health that will crater our already dismal maternal and infant mortality rate. And that’s just healthcare. If I only cared about money, I would have voted for trump. But I care about other things more.

I understand what you're feeling. Rome is burning

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly is the problem?

I can't believe you are asking this!

NP but I have to be honest, if you are in the “struggle bus” in your daily life just due to thinking about the election, unless your literal day-to-day is working in politics, I don’t get it. It just seems like maybe you’re too emotionally invested in the “win” for your team. Even Biden was grinning like a kid who got his first bike at Christmas as he welcomed Donald Trump back to the White House during their meetup this week.
If he ain’t that worried, maybe you should take your cue from that.
I’m being serious.
For your own mental health, maybe consider that the guy who sternly warned you that Trump would be a threat to democracy itself was all jokey smiles and warmth. Peaceful transition of power can be done with a solemn closed-lips straight-faced handshake just as easily as with a grin. Each conveys an emotional message. And Biden chose to grin. Let it sink in and maybe just take a deep breath.

How privileged you are. And so insensitive.

Shrug.
Im not sure why you characterize my response as “insensitive” when I’m acknowledging to OP’s sadness that her candidate lost while also pointing out that maybe he/she could consider adjusting her level of concern to match the current president’s level of concern.
I also don’t think we would have seen anything short of jubilation and triumph from OP if his/her candidate had won. And certainly if Trump had lost, I am doubtful we would hear your call for “sensitivity” toward Trump supporters who confessed to being in a funk about it over a week later. Maybe I’m wrong though and you just want… unity. Yes?

Anonymous wrote:Wow I’m really struggling after the election! I really hope this fog clears up soon. Mentally and emotionally I just feel bad.

It doesnt help that it's winter-ish and getting home from work in dark.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly is the problem?

I can't believe you are asking this!

NP but I have to be honest, if you are in the “struggle bus” in your daily life just due to thinking about the election, unless your literal day-to-day is working in politics, I don’t get it. It just seems like maybe you’re too emotionally invested in the “win” for your team. Even Biden was grinning like a kid who got his first bike at Christmas as he welcomed Donald Trump back to the White House during their meetup this week.
If he ain’t that worried, maybe you should take your cue from that.
I’m being serious.
For your own mental health, maybe consider that the guy who sternly warned you that Trump would be a threat to democracy itself was all jokey smiles and warmth. Peaceful transition of power can be done with a solemn closed-lips straight-faced handshake just as easily as with a grin. Each conveys an emotional message. And Biden chose to grin. Let it sink in and maybe just take a deep breath.

How privileged you are. And so insensitive.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly is the problem?

I can't believe you are asking this!

NP but I have to be honest, if you are in the “struggle bus” in your daily life just due to thinking about the election, unless your literal day-to-day is working in politics, I don’t get it. It just seems like maybe you’re too emotionally invested in the “win” for your team. Even Biden was grinning like a kid who got his first bike at Christmas as he welcomed Donald Trump back to the White House during their meetup this week.
If he ain’t that worried, maybe you should take your cue from that.
I’m being serious.
For your own mental health, maybe consider that the guy who sternly warned you that Trump would be a threat to democracy itself was all jokey smiles and warmth. Peaceful transition of power can be done with a solemn closed-lips straight-faced handshake just as easily as with a grin. Each conveys an emotional message. And Biden chose to grin. Let it sink in and maybe just take a deep breath.

Go to Politics forum to discuss more so this thread doesn't get deleted or locked.....
Bidens did their job and while they could have done so with closed lips and straight face, couldn't it be that they greeted that fool this way because they are genuinely caring people and two because they need that fool to pardon their son? (Answer in politics forum there's already mention of their meeting).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly is the problem?

I can't believe you are asking this!

NP but I have to be honest, if you are in the “struggle bus” in your daily life just due to thinking about the election, unless your literal day-to-day is working in politics, I don’t get it. It just seems like maybe you’re too emotionally invested in the “win” for your team. Even Biden was grinning like a kid who got his first bike at Christmas as he welcomed Donald Trump back to the White House during their meetup this week.
If he ain’t that worried, maybe you should take your cue from that.
I’m being serious.
For your own mental health, maybe consider that the guy who sternly warned you that Trump would be a threat to democracy itself was all jokey smiles and warmth. Peaceful transition of power can be done with a solemn closed-lips straight-faced handshake just as easily as with a grin. Each conveys an emotional message. And Biden chose to grin. Let it sink in and maybe just take a deep breath.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly is the problem?

You'll find out within the next four years

The last 4 years were some kind of good time for you? Seriously?

Actually, yes, with the exception of food inflation, it's been great.

So sad about what maybe to come, as we know what the previous years were like.

I've been avoiding the new, listening to music and reading books. Getting ready to block a bunch of websites on my phone soon, maybe even this one for awhile. Just not interested in engaging with any politics right now

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly is the problem?

You'll find out within the next four years

The last 4 years were some kind of good time for you? Seriously?

Yes. My retirement is high. Our country has the lowest inflation than any other country in the world. Inflation is an international crisis right now. Our national parks are still free from big business, trying to drill oil in them, The leaders of our Federal agencies are all experts in their fields, and I can go on and on and on

I'm definitely feeling it, but I'm trying to stay engaged. As our country sinks into autocracy, the anti-democratic forces want us to give up because it'll make their job easier. Pace yourself, take care of yourself, enjoy your family and friends, and read a lot. We're going to need you after he takes office and the sh*t really hits the fan.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly is the problem?

You'll find out within the next four years

The last 4 years were some kind of good time for you? Seriously?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow I’m really struggling after the election! I really hope this fog clears up soon. Mentally and emotionally I just feel bad.

This is a serious question. What exactly makes it a struggle?

Are you really that dense?

Anonymous wrote:Wow I’m really struggling after the election! I really hope this fog clears up soon. Mentally and emotionally I just feel bad.

This is a serious question. What exactly makes it a struggle?

Turn off the news. Listen to your favorite music from your teenage years. Go for a long walk in the woods or a drive in the country. Go to an art museum or see a funny movie. Book a massage or hair appointment. Treat yourself well.

I had a dream last night that the thugs came to deport the Hispanic sheep farmers who live near me, and the Anglo sheep farmers beat up the thugs and ran them off. I hope it won't come to that, but if it does, I think that's what would happen.