GKSilKamina
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Didn't even bother going outside today. Still sitting around in my pajamas feeling despondent.
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Anecdotes about your life Post-Election
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Thequietone
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I feel ya, everything seems so pointless now. I try to play videogames but I find no joy in them anymore. I had a very bad nights sleep and my back still hurts from the awful sleep. Work seems pointless and trying to find a job in my field after I finish paying my student loan off also seems pointless, because, logic, facts, and reason are big parts of my field and I see that this country rejected all of those things so why continue to push for these things when so many have rejected logic, facts, and reasoning? I feel broken inside.
Went to lunch with my manager today. We were both somber as hell. The campus lunch place had a guy insisting Back to the Future 2 predicted everything and that Donald J. Trump, not Biff (I know Trump's likeness inspired the makeup but the guy was saying "it was literally Donald J. Trump", was president in the movie.
I wanted to tell him off for seemingly taking the situation so lightly and also being wrong about the movie. Another person asked what Back to the Future film this was and I wanted to say the only one where they go to the future. But I'm to crushed to engage in tabloid-esque pop culture news.
It just seemed like it was students gossiping around campus, joking about it. I sat in my office the rest of the day listening to NPR say the same thing over and over again, basically nobody knows anything. And then felt afraid and depressed for the upcoming year.
Oh on my way home from work. I was talking with my girlfriend about the election and got into a minor car accident because I merged without getting a good look in the mirror not thinking anyone was rushing up behind. No damage to my car, a slight dent on her car. The officer filing the report didn't give me a citation because of the minor damage, but I also think he understood the gravity of today, asking "Trump got you down?" When he stepped out of the car.
New policy: Choke everything down. Do not bring this topic up in my everyday life anymore, I say while ironically I post about the election.
I wanted to tell him off for seemingly taking the situation so lightly and also being wrong about the movie. Another person asked what Back to the Future film this was and I wanted to say the only one where they go to the future. But I'm to crushed to engage in tabloid-esque pop culture news.
It just seemed like it was students gossiping around campus, joking about it. I sat in my office the rest of the day listening to NPR say the same thing over and over again, basically nobody knows anything. And then felt afraid and depressed for the upcoming year.
Oh on my way home from work. I was talking with my girlfriend about the election and got into a minor car accident because I merged without getting a good look in the mirror not thinking anyone was rushing up behind. No damage to my car, a slight dent on her car. The officer filing the report didn't give me a citation because of the minor damage, but I also think he understood the gravity of today, asking "Trump got you down?" When he stepped out of the car.
New policy: Choke everything down. Do not bring this topic up in my everyday life anymore, I say while ironically I post about the election.
Had a vac day, turns out to be a coincidence, work in red America, no idea what the outside was like.
It'll wash in out in a few days, folks...this was the same that happened to red America when Obama was elected. It probably won't get better but it won't get that much worse either.
It'll wash in out in a few days, folks...this was the same that happened to red America when Obama was elected. It probably won't get better but it won't get that much worse either.
fadedbones
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Have a black friend at Duke that said a lot of folks in his dorm were crying, and mourning like there was a death. A hispanic friend at college down in orlando said she was told to go back to her country.
Me? Went to bed feeling nauseous and woke up feeling the same way. I don't go out much, today I had plans to but decided against it
Me? Went to bed feeling nauseous and woke up feeling the same way. I don't go out much, today I had plans to but decided against it
I didn't know Obama ran on a platform to deport all the white people! Glad to know you think its the same though!
Boogie9IGN
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I work in a kitchen so like 98% of my coworkers are Mexican (I am Cuban-American fwiw). They were all pretty bummed out and everyone came in jokingly saying 'it was nice knowing you, when you goin back' to each other first thing in the morning.
A bit later, one of the managers came over to get one of the guys to fill in a missing time on his punch sheet and he said 'shit, Trump won less than 24 hours ago and already you're firing me and sending me back?' That was prolly the only time I smiled today tbh
A bit later, one of the managers came over to get one of the guys to fill in a missing time on his punch sheet and he said 'shit, Trump won less than 24 hours ago and already you're firing me and sending me back?' That was prolly the only time I smiled today tbh
I live in a blue state, am a minoirty, and was working the register of our family business this morning. Plenty of working class white people are our customers and many are Trump supporters. Overhearing some conversations, a bunch happiness that Hiliary lost even from people who don't seem to respect Trump. But two conversations between customers stick out.
One dude spouting about shipping jobs over seas and grievances I understand but then it got weird. Talks about how the wives have work but bitch at men for not having work, and what about the men. Then goes to mentions in his rant about how I'm not racist but we take anybody comming through the boarder...Mexicans, Ecuadorians.
Another two saying: democracy has spoken, felt like they took their country back, happy they gave a middle finger to the establishment, and they did it without taking handouts but they all have high teenage pregnancy and poverty and the government takes care of them. Didn't quite catch which group "they" were referring to but I sure can guess.
Overall, just really disappointed in people. Its hard to reconcile how some can be some of the nicest people but also carry so much ignorance, anger, and resentment. I can understand the hard life and pain many working class folk live with but the hate all seems so misguided. I just want to scream "we are not the enemy" sometimes. I caught myslef being extra nice just to prove we aren't the enemy.
But thanks to one Hispanic dude for making a joke to pick everyone up.
One dude spouting about shipping jobs over seas and grievances I understand but then it got weird. Talks about how the wives have work but bitch at men for not having work, and what about the men. Then goes to mentions in his rant about how I'm not racist but we take anybody comming through the boarder...Mexicans, Ecuadorians.
Another two saying: democracy has spoken, felt like they took their country back, happy they gave a middle finger to the establishment, and they did it without taking handouts but they all have high teenage pregnancy and poverty and the government takes care of them. Didn't quite catch which group "they" were referring to but I sure can guess.
Overall, just really disappointed in people. Its hard to reconcile how some can be some of the nicest people but also carry so much ignorance, anger, and resentment. I can understand the hard life and pain many working class folk live with but the hate all seems so misguided. I just want to scream "we are not the enemy" sometimes. I caught myslef being extra nice just to prove we aren't the enemy.
But thanks to one Hispanic dude for making a joke to pick everyone up.
I was buying snacks at wawa earlier. The friendly cashier asked how I was and somehow I just felt like being real and I said "disappointed" we proceeded to vent to each other and it was so refreshing to be honest with a total stranger.
I need more of this in my life. I'm kind of over false pretenses.
I need more of this in my life. I'm kind of over false pretenses.
Well, my girlfriend decided that trying to fuck me all day would cheer me up after seeing how devastated and depressed I still was this morning.
It worked pretty well.
Now I just don't give a shit and feel lots of contempt for most of the country east of the Cascades.
I had swore off beef after seeing the Before the Flood documentary, but now that Trumpster's going to do his best to destroy the environment anyways, fuck it. I'm going to go get a hamburger and some more weed. Maybe some Taco Bell too.
It worked pretty well.
Now I just don't give a shit and feel lots of contempt for most of the country east of the Cascades.
I had swore off beef after seeing the Before the Flood documentary, but now that Trumpster's going to do his best to destroy the environment anyways, fuck it. I'm going to go get a hamburger and some more weed. Maybe some Taco Bell too.
There's been a sense of dread in air all around my campus today. Lots of kids whispering in hushed tones. There were some people holding signs and trying to rally up, god bless em. I saw a lot of depressed faces, people bursting into tears. Greensboro's filled with people of color and LGBTQ people especially. This election hit us hard.
But on the bright side, I saw a lot of people comforting and consoling one another. Lots of people of facebook and snapchat offering help and relief to anyone feel depressed or even suicidal. I'm really proud at how much I'm seeing people come together. God knows we're gonna need each other now more than ever.
But on the bright side, I saw a lot of people comforting and consoling one another. Lots of people of facebook and snapchat offering help and relief to anyone feel depressed or even suicidal. I'm really proud at how much I'm seeing people come together. God knows we're gonna need each other now more than ever.
Monday through Thursday I go to a local boxing gym to help the other coaches train kids, high school age and younger, though sometimes the parents get in and give it a try. Growing up in Queens I always had a free after school program that I could go to because my parents were busy working and they didn't want me home alone, so I guess I figure this is kind of a way to pay that back even though I live in Houston now. I basically pay gym dues to be a junior coach, but I dig it, and it's one of the few ways I've been able to squeeze joy out of anything the past couple of years.
Today, two of my middle school girls shared their experiences at school. Both of them are Mexican American.
One said some boy came up to her and pushed her telling her she was getting deported. The other was told that the wall was going up. Both these boys were white.
Thank you Trump.
Today, two of my middle school girls shared their experiences at school. Both of them are Mexican American.
One said some boy came up to her and pushed her telling her she was getting deported. The other was told that the wall was going up. Both these boys were white.
Thank you Trump.
This is me at work today.
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