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Dump Term 2, 1.01: Sleep Now in the Fire

psych said:
Good! So, what’s your take on the last two months? What’s our hysteria level between 0-10? We need someone who has been through this type of stuff before, knows that this is all going to be okay, that we just need to take a breath and relax. All of us have been so hysterical, especially the women, that I can’t sort through everything.
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My take on the last two months? I'd say it's been pretty much like everyone anticipated. Every morning Donald Trump gets out of bed with one purpose and one purpose only -- to make himself the primary focus of all media and social media in this country, if not the world. It's a variation on the old saw that there is no such thing as bad publicity.

I'm not going to judge the hysteria level of posters here in Cafe. I think everyone knows my opinion that the public, including people who post here, tend to overreact to things, so we'll leave it at that.

I will tell you this. In February I went on a two week vacation and had virtually no social media contact at all, including here. When I got back, I started scrolling through Cafe and my reaction was basically, "Woof!!" I think when you are around something all the time, you sort of lose perspective on what it is like. But take two weeks away, and I realized how dark it really is here. It's like going to a social gathering and discovering that they are playing Alone and Forsaken on a perpetual loop on the stereo.

I get it. People are anxious. They are afraid. They are confused. But social media is not helping you. It is exacerbating your anxiety and fear and confusion.

Get out in the real world. Friends, neighbors and family are helping one another. People are getting up and going to work and keeping the world on track.

2016-2020 passed. This, too, shall pass.
 
SJHovey said:
My take on the last two months? I'd say it's been pretty much like everyone anticipated. Every morning Donald Trump gets out of bed with one purpose and one purpose only -- to make himself the primary focus of all media and social media in this country, if not the world. It's a variation on the old saw that there is no such thing as bad publicity.

I'm not going to judge the hysteria level of posters here in Cafe. I think everyone knows my opinion that the public, including people who post here, tend to overreact to things, so we'll leave it at that.

I will tell you this. In February I went on a two week vacation and had virtually no social media contact at all, including here. When I got back, I started scrolling through Cafe and my reaction was basically, "Woof!!" I think when you are around something all the time, you sort of lose perspective on what it is like. But take two weeks away, and I realized how dark it really is here. It's like going to a social gathering and discovering that they are playing Alone and Forsaken on a perpetual loop on the stereo.

I get it. People are anxious. They are afraid. They are confused. But social media is not helping you. It is exacerbating your anxiety and fear and confusion.

Get out in the real world. Friends, neighbors and family are helping one another. People are getting up and going to work and keeping the world on track.

2016-2020 passed. This, too, shall pass.
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Thanks for the pat on the head, you good little German.
 
I mean, I’ll be honest Hovey, I really thought you were smart enough to recognize the difference between 2016-2020 and now. I really did. Maybe not a mea culpa, because god forbid you have to admit you’re wrong, but even within using your condescending style that would make my mother blush, I figured you would be capable of saying “This is worse than I expected.” The fact you don’t even think it’s worse…

I don’t use social media outside of the Cafe. I don’t have Facebook or X, or BlueSky, etc., etc. My job in the real world involves helping many Republican men and women on Medicaid, the “childless adults” that Republicans want off of Medicaid, get the mental health care they need (and still deserve, IMO), while they rail about Biden (or Obama- still!) I also help immigrants, some who are here illegally (or with visas that Trump clearly isn’t worried about symbolizing anything anymore) get the help they need, since many are terrified they or someone in their family will get deported. So, I help plenty of people, but just for you, I’ll make sure the immigrants know that this time is the exact same as 2016-2020, so what do they have to worry about?
There is no confusion here, Hovey. None of us on here are confused. Anxious? Absolutely. But anxiousness and angst are appropriate responses to what is happening, and can lead to action. Fear? Absolutely. Again, a normal response, especially for the people under attack. Not me currently, no. I am fearful for others, not myself. But again, thank you for the response. I needed to add a little salt to my pretzel.
 
Welp, I can see the "you're all hysterical" shtick is alive and well. And why shouldn't it be? He hasn't been affected yet and even admits he's stuck his head completely in the sand.

Maybe he'll get lucky and none of the shitshow going on in DC will affect him. He can pretend it never happened. I hope not.
 
rufus said:
Ahhh, so the only thing Donnie's doing is grabbing media attention.

Other than that, no worries, everything's fine.
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Like I said, head in sand. See no evil, hear no evil. Counting on luck and his position in life to escape the consequences of a lawless regime.

You can't make a man seek a fight when he's comfortable. The only thing you can do is hope something happens that suddenly makes him very uncomfortable.
 
SJHovey said:
My take on the last two months? I'd say it's been pretty much like everyone anticipated. Every morning Donald Trump gets out of bed with one purpose and one purpose only -- to make himself the primary focus of all media and social media in this country, if not the world. It's a variation on the old saw that there is no such thing as bad publicity.

I'm not going to judge the hysteria level of posters here in Cafe. I think everyone knows my opinion that the public, including people who post here, tend to overreact to things, so we'll leave it at that.

I will tell you this. In February I went on a two week vacation and had virtually no social media contact at all, including here. When I got back, I started scrolling through Cafe and my reaction was basically, "Woof!!" I think when you are around something all the time, you sort of lose perspective on what it is like. But take two weeks away, and I realized how dark it really is here. It's like going to a social gathering and discovering that they are playing Alone and Forsaken on a perpetual loop on the stereo.

I get it. People are anxious. They are afraid. They are confused. But social media is not helping you. It is exacerbating your anxiety and fear and confusion.

Get out in the real world. Friends, neighbors and family are helping one another. People are getting up and going to work and keeping the world on track.

2016-2020 passed. This, too, shall pass.
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Typical. Accuse everyone here of being hysterical shut-ins, and again didn't have an ounce of courage to address any of the policy changes made by Trump including those that have been far more harmful than not.

Oh and I just had a 3-week vacation and hardly interacted here at all. It didn't change the perception you're a gutless weasel.
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
Who cares? They don’t admit people who aren’t rich
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At the risk of being contrarian, my coworker’s oldest daughter is going to Harvard. He came here as a Somali refugee and is a citizen now. He worked manual labor jobs while getting his BS from Metro State.

In short, he and his family are the very type of people that President ^ wants to denaturalize.
 
St. Clown said:
At the risk of being contrarian, my coworker’s oldest daughter is going to Harvard. He came here as a Somali refugee and is a citizen now. He worked manual labor jobs while getting his BS from Metro State.

In short, he and his family are the very type of people that President ^ wants to denaturalize.
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Jesus, I know there are some, but I also know they cater to legacies and donors.

I guess I have to spell the word sarcasm out in capital letters here
 
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