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I legit went and bought a bottle of rum (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am not going to be sober if it turns out we have to deal with Trump (or notorious couch-fucker JD Vance) for another 4 years

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I in the EU feel rather happy because:

-This will mean we will increasingly think before accepting any advice and policy from the US

-A lot of pro-US people here will be stunned and have to reposition

-Too bad for the US, but the "leader of the free world" and "great democracy" narrative is dead

-Less economic reliance on the US will mean we need to improve relationships with the non-western world

-War in Ukraine is probably over

Sorry Americans, start fighting for real rights (universal healthcare is possible), and maybe a third party is not such a bad thing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was drinking no matter who won TBH

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Harris wouldn't exactly be someone I'd want to vote for myself, but being all the way Over Here™ she wouldn't have been nearly bad enough for me to start shovign 0.75L of rum into myself after not sleeping a wink at 10am.

Winners' breakfast

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Its the greatest sporting event of the century.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm gonna bet there are huge portions of the world that don't give a shit and won't hardly notice or care.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

You don't say?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Americans can drink too just not until they vote.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait, they can't vote if they're drunk?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, but they shouldn't be driving to the polls.

And this is America, so driving is usually the only option

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I walked there because I assumed I might still be drunk from the night before. To which an officer intentionally pointed me in the opposite direction of the polling location.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Technically 3 years after they can legally vote

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Let's see how the US (I mean... Pennsylvania) votes...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Any state could change colors at any time. It's just that the overwhelming majority of the population in most states will not listen to any amount of evidence that shows what the consequences of their choice will be. They stick to their tribe. End of discussion. So only in the states where the two tribes are roughly equal in size will we see any excitement in the election

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't you just increment the election cycle by 1 year, so that the rest of us don't have to deal with this shit that often?

Oh, I forget... That requires consensus between two parties that hate each other...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

It's more like one party constantly tries to reach their hand across the aisle in compromise only to let it get slapped away every time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

https://youtu.be/csn2CIWPVbM?si

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Also the US on election day.

I am not going to be sober if it turns out we have to deal with Trump (or notorious couch-fucker JD Vance) for another 4 years

If the fascists capture the executive branch again, they're not going to give it up in 4 years, no matter what. They're ready this time.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trump came out said he shouldn't have left in 2020. He damn sure won't in 2028.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Only death will remove him from office.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah I should have said "at least 4."

What you said is exactly why I needed the rum in reserve

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're going to need more rum, I'm afraid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'm going to die of liver failure, aren't I?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Meh, he's going to kill the environment, put people in camps, escalate a war between Israel/Iran, cut Ukraine's support and get millions of innocent civilians killed, hurt the economys across Europe, assuming someone like Poland doesn't intervene to assist, but that will just draw further fighting.

Tariffs raise our prices, the trade with Europe would have raised costs if there is further war... The labor market here will be decreased, raising prices, the undocumented immigrants paid 94 - billion in 2022 in taxes, and they expect to pay almost that much annually to deport them. So 180 billion dollars a year loss. "Tax cuts" on the rich and supposedly on the lower wages as well, meaning our national debt only goes up. If anything we learned from his first presidency he only spends more, and doesn't cut costs anywhere. Kennedy will tear apart the CDC... I give up.. I predict in 4 years he will have died from a heart attack, and this countrys economy will be shot

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I can only imagine how bad y'all must feel, because I'm here getting very drunk at 10am and feeling like I don't even want to see what's going to happen in the next few years.

One thing I can't help thinking about is what the hell is Russia going to get up to in the future if they get an effective carte blanche from Trump. I'm Finnish and those fucks are right next door

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I just ask you to remember every proud Trump vote until then. Rub it under their noses, ravel in their misery for that may be the only thing you can do. Since we, Europe, will probably suffer quite harshly under Trumps "diplomacy" I ask you to pick up our torch of redemption. At least make us feel better when laughing at their plight.

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