Very much the latter.
I want to sleep, don’t know how peaceful it will be. My state, Ohio, (unsurprisingly) went fully blood red in every possible election, including NO to the anti-gerrymandering issue.
I’d like to not lose my job because of a fascist rooting out anyone who doesn’t agree with them and sicking their followers on them.
Edit: aaaand AP just called Ted Cruz as a winner for Texas…
Yeah, woke up and checked. Fuck. Guess we’re fleeing the country.
I wish you the best of luck and expediency in that endeavor. I’m pretty solidly stuck here; all my family has been here for generations, so I have no “heritage” to speak of to get myself citizenship in another country.
If/when I leave my job I do have the option to drain my retirement as a (mostly) untaxed lump sum; I’m under 30, so I don’t expect retirement to still exist as a concept in 40 years. I expect the fund will get taken out from under me either way, better to at least use it for myself.f.
I’m really sorry. I feel bad for you and for so many others. One of the mods in c/News has a gay and a trans kid. Another has a daughter-in-law who could get deported. They don’t have the luck I have. I wish they did. I wish I could take all of you with me.
Funny enough it wouldn’t be hard for me to get a job in the UK, but I would still be working for the same branch of US government 😐
If I stay up, it’s because I’m gaming. Remember, Biden wasn’t declared winner until the following Saturday.
If fascism wins, and it very much can, conserve your energy, bottle your anger, and figure out the next move.
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I work until 4am Eastern time. I’ll be all too aware of it throughout the next few hours as I try to concentrate on work.
I’m a US citizen and voter living on the other side of the world and it’s about the end of my lunch break. I’ll poke around here between other tasks, but I’m trying not to be upset until after things are well-determined and not just predicted. Looking at a lot of races, there are still huge percentages of votes remaining to be counted and, as they say, it ain’t over until it’s over. Now, will I be able to sleep later tonight or not is another question.
I am not American and the election is giving me anxiety.
Right now, I am watching the live results, and I am terrified to go to bed because it should be a landslide win for Harris, but it isn’t.
America is going full fascist right before our eyes.
Ive been awake for an hour. Fuck i mean first thing i see is trump with 100 point lead. Im tired boss.
Bed, my anxiety can’t handle it
White Russians (heh) and trazadone.
Both?
I want to try to go to sleep but I know I won’t be able to, and I’ll wake up in the middle of the night even if I pop an ambien. I tried to keep a good mood today but then my mom had to blurt out that the orange turd already took 2 states while Harris has 1 and now my mind is a wreck
I never gave a shit about a presidential election up until 2016 when I figured Clinton would coast in. Then I made sure to be involved in every election since then, minor and major, voting pure blue. 2020 was still a little scary, but nowhere near as terrifying as this one
276 idiots so far have voted for Jill Stein.
They are outnumbered 26.3-to-1 by votes for RFK, Jr. or Chase Oliver. My level of hope that the foolish people on the left will be outnumbered by foolish people on the right is: HIGH
Updates to come as the night progresses.
I have committed to a new playthrough of Stardew Valley this week, and shall resurface (politically) over the weekend.
Definitely staying up until there’s either a decision, or an indication that there won’t be a decision for a while. Like, “Okay, PA is the decider, and we’re not going to know about PA until some time after the sun is up,” or something.
I’ll sleep when I’m dead.
I’n either staying up til 11pm central, or I’m going to bed at 7pm and waking up at midnight, depending on how close everything is. Hoping the first swing states have healthy margins
