The US Election

[Mental Fairy]

Seeing this man in power makes me sick to my stomach, confused and frustrated. There is this fear I get when I look at him. How is it even possible this is happening again.

[troebia]

This subreddit, not specifically about the cheetos peepee man, has now got an almost infinite daily source of material and it can be somewhat comforting to read the comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/

[snoringdog]

The Chaos Monkey is loose.

Another good one is to keep an eye on is

https://www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace/

'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

Revel in the schadenfreude anytime someone has a sad because they're suffering consequences from something they voted for or supported or wanted to impose on other people.

[snoringdog]

It's depressing to watch the clown car filling up with the unqualified, the incompetents, the sycophants.
And the Chaos Monkey loves stirring up shit, loves to break things and takes no responsibility for anything.

I'm afraid of what's ahead.

So many truly weird and distorted personalities on the US and world stage with grotesque power-trip motivations.
Some actual view the Chaos Monkey as a messiah....

Fucking weird.

[troebia]

I've read and seen so much strange and absurd shit from the US in only a few days that I sort of zone out. As with any extremisms, the final tally will not be measured in currency but in deaths and suffering.

[Mental Fairy]

It’s become a cluster F on a massive scale. I can’t watch anymore, just waiting for it all to kick off from North Korea or China

[snoringdog]

Getting a sick feeling in my stomach watching the dismantling of things...

Unelected persons with unknown affiliations inserting themselves in the machinery of government.

And it'll be interesting to see how the tariffs work out for the chaos monkey and his minions.

[Mental Fairy]

Watching chinas response, this is going to be a downhill slide.

[snoringdog]

So, I’m having difficulty with my mental habits that tend toward “Ruminate and React.”
I’m waking lately with a mix of dread, disgust, anger and sorrow. How to keep things in perspective? There are real dangers on the horizon, but what is a constructive response?
None of this is affecting me personally yet, but thinking about those who are ….

So much of it is just wrong. The ignorant and the non-voters are just as much to blame as the silly, the brainwashed and the hateful. Lots of strong-armed power plays in the last two weeks accompanied by arrogant and dismissive statements. Sowing division and reflexive blame are the currencies of the realm.

The chaos monkey loves to stir up shit for a reaction and loves the outrage.
Constantly sucking attention...Deeply deeply damaged. And many news outlets convey every little burp and fart. Pure noise. Fucking damn it all.

I had to tell a work colleague today, “Sorry, but please don’t mention him first thing.”
Another just laughs and dismisses a lot. Not worth engaging with at all.

(He's religious, so it figures... Wouldn't go with us to an Arabic restaurant when he saw the word "halal" on the door.
Met us later with a to-go bag from a nearby Chinese restaurant. I told him I'd gotten a falafel (vegetarian) platter and that therefore, there was "no voodoo involved". Asked him which food-voodoo is better, Jewish, Christian or Muslim )