Champagne? Opening the front and back doors to let the old air out and new air in? Will the new air really be any better?

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[–] 74 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

For a hot minute I thought "So this is how I find out", but after checking a couple news sites it looks like we're still waiting.

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  • [–] [S] 94 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Guy goes to the news stand every morning, looks at the stack, grumbles, and walks away. One day the seller asks him what he's looking for.

    "An obituary."

    "Obituaries are at the back, not on the front page."

    "The one I'm looking for will be."

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Supposedly from Russia or at least a USSR country. Makes sense.

    I think we can officially borrow it now in the US…

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  • [–] 40 points 4 months ago
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    It's sort of like a cancer patient having a tumor removed. There's still a long road ahead to recovery, and plenty of opportunities for new tumors to replace it.

    So I'm going to breathe a sigh of relief, take a few moments to enjoy the reduced weight of the world, and then prepare for the next steps.

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  • [–] 32 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I won't celebrate. Not because I'm not pleased, but because the fight is not over, and unfortunately, many who "woke up" to fascism thanks to Trump will happily go right back to sleep and stop voting and stop caring, which helps the fascist Republicans continue to attack our democracy.

    Trump is evil, but it's not like he's the only evil man in a sea of reason; Republicans are fascists and in many ways (i.e. sans dementia) as bad or worse.

    Also, depending on how he dies, his cult will absolutely go bug-fucking bonkers, making him into a martyr, or maybe it'll spark violence. It is unlikely to end well.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    He's a symptom, not the cause.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    He's arguably doing more damage to the fascist movement than he is supporting it lately. I think they will be the ones celebrating when he is gone, but they will not stop pushing fascism. The infection has metastasized extensively, and once he is gone it will really get to work.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I’ve seen people say they’re going to pull their Christmas lights back out; that would be pretty…

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    I plan to book/get a tattoo that reads "I outlived the clown" under a cute clown face. I'm a circus performer so it'll be a fun talking point

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

    Edit: sorry for being an asshole

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    You might not be wrong, but you can still choose to be a prick about it, I guess.

    Which I guess is good for me to see and remind myself that when I feel the same frustration with people for believing things I think are stupid to believe, raging at them doesn't help much. Doesn't relieve my anger and frustration, and certainly doesn't change any minds.

    It sucks, though, because it's not fair to read all the things idiots write that are achingly stupid, and have to try to keep replies not making oneself look like an asshat. I constantly fail at that.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah you have a point I don't think I'd come at someone IRL like that over wanting to celebrate Trump's death. I just...don't feel any victory in that moment and already hear centrists gearing up for another right wing democrat president taking everyone's attention.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Right there with ya. Or at least 95%+ from the sound of it. When Trump is gone, the problems are not - fascists are still there. And then the people who "woke up" because of Trumpe will go back to sleep and fuck us over by no longer voting again.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago*

    Was that the brunch comment? No biggie. It's not a super serious discussion- just an internet post on No Stupid Questions. A certain percentage of responses are expected to be negativish. That's what keeps the web spinning.

    If all the magats who posted HE IS RISEN yesterday (for their friends to see) actually went to church, my favorite brunch places would be easier to get into.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    I wont celebrate until I see a successful revolution abolish capitalism

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    I live in portland so I imagine the bars here will have drink specials, parks will be filled with celebrating stoners, etc.

    Probably we'll walk to the nearest clump of bars and join the celebration.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    I've fantasized about which meme to post countless times

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I've said for awhile that I refuse to wish for the death of anyone. Just bad Karma there.

    BUT, I never said I wouldn't celebrate the death of a bad person. So I'm ordering a bad person's recent quote about another person's death to be printed on a T-shirt I will only wear twice: on the day the bad person dies, and on the day of that person's funeral.

    ...

    I may wear it subsequent times on the bad person's birthday.

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    [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    We're going to be waiting a while.
    When we see him coming out with sunglasses, and perched up between two guys who are suspiciously close to him, only then can we estimate the time down to a couple of hours (depending on how many ads for Goya beans there are).

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago
    [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Good foods, good sex, good sleep.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    A long time ago i bought the cheapest bottle of sparking wine i could, my friends know i have it too - when it happens - well meet and open the bottle, cheer and weep, and prepare for whatever happens next

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Not a thing. I won't do a single thing differently other than a sigh of relief. Then I'll get back on with my day.

    He wants nothing more than to be remembered. To be the center of attention.

    I won't give them any more power over my life than they have already stolen.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    If he just wanted to be remembered he wouldn't get so upset about people saying bad things about him.

    He would hate people celebrating his death with the collective expression of joy it deserves.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    The passing that will hopefully begin the decline of the maga cult.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Then put it in the actual question you dingo.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Given congress and his cabinet and such im not sure I would do much of any.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Celebrate years later maybe after the repairs are showing results.

    But a toast nevertheless.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Alcohol, music.

    Judging by the size of the no kings protests, I expect there will be literal celebrations in the streets like at the end of Return of the Jedi

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I have a bottle of champagne earmarked for him, Netanyahu, a US destroyer or capital ship, or maybe a B2 bomber.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago*

    Usually, I spend $40 in a buffet, annihilate all their snowcrabs, then spend an hour next day on to toilet until my leg is so numb that I can barely stand.

    Do I care? No, because I have made it: I make more than minimum wage now.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Maybe much the same as when we last had a general election in the UK.

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  • [+] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
    [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Celebrate what?

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