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[PepsiFree]

If Trump wins clearly we’ll have to do the ol’ Jonestown since hope will be dead and the world assuredly over.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by #-3

If we're all gonna act high and mighty, mocking Trump and Alex Jones.... then we shouldn't be the same type of people that they are and start spreading rumors that well documented deaths are faked.

Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory. They are fun.

[Mathgod]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

If Trump wins clearly we’ll have to do the ol’ Jonestown since hope will be dead and the world assuredly over.

Well I'm glad to see this is all some amusing joke to you.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

If Trump wins clearly we’ll have to do the ol’ Jonestown since hope will be dead and the world assuredly over.

I hope we choose cherry. I’m not fond of grape.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by Dion

If Trump loses I expect the Republican party will slowly move away from the far right and all the radicals, to the moderate party they once were.

I'm not sure about that. Hasn't it been an accelerating ride on the crazy train since the Tea Party?

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by Mathgod

Well I'm glad to see this is all some amusing joke to you.

You have your over the top histrionics, we have our irreverent one liners, thus making this thread in perfect balance.

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by Dion

Why would Trump hold a rally at MSG when he has no chance of winning the State of New York???

To try and help get some seats in the house from New York. Republicans will still do something in California and Dems will still go to Texas and Florida for that reason.

[Mathgod]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

You have your over the top histrionics, we have our irreverent one liners, thus making this thread in perfect balance.

Nah, more like you and Pepsi didn't like hearing the truth, so you made me the target of your mockery and contempt.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Mathgod

Nah, more like you and Pepsi didn't like hearing the truth, so you made me the target of your mockery and contempt.

No, you’re right, you’re the only person talking about nuclear bombs going off, democracy being dead, and everything being bad for everyone in the entire world, so it must have been a contemptuous targeting of you specifically.

And is that how you imagine yourself? A teller of hard truths?

Come on man, get over yourself.

Or at least mix the juice for us.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by Mathgod

Nah, more like you and Pepsi didn't like hearing the truth, so you made me the target of your mockery and contempt.

Oh I am probably more aware of the truth than you are, simply by being more of a geezer than you are. But also by being older I know that working yourself into a perpetual dread cycle 24/7 isn't gonna change ####, no matter how inflated your sense of ego makes you think you are this thread's great enlightener. Trump winning is gonna ####ing suck all sorts of ass, we know.

[Mathgod]

The nuclear bomb thing you took out of context.

But yeah, as for the rest of it, I spelled out the reality of the stakes of this election. Extremely callous, dangerous people could be on the verge of taking control of the most powerful military in the world. And they now have what they need to end democracy and entrench their power permanently.

I wish those weren't the stakes, but they are.

The two of you are STILL trying to make this about me instead of about the election. It's getting tiresome.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Jesus Christ almighty lol. What is there to add anymore? This election cycle started on January 20, 2021. It's been more than 45 months, we all know what is at stake, we voluntarily choose to follow this trainwreck. You going on histrionic rants and posting every YouTube video possible with "END OF DEMOCRACY?" in all caps in the preview screen isn't the contribution you think it is. You aren't changing any hearts and minds, there is nothing directly any of us Canadians can do. If taking this election like it's life and death and literally taking days/weeks/months/years off your own life to burden yourself with stresses is how you wanna handle this, that is your choice. Pregaming doomsday scenarios is not a healthy way to live, but if you wanna live it then have at it.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory. They are fun.

If the last 9 years have showed us anything, it should be that there are people here reading this, that don't get the joke, and will take it literally.

People lost family members, and joking about it being fake probably isn't the best. That is exactly what Alex Jones did.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

I hope we choose cherry. I’m not fond of grape.

The important thing is that it tastes like almond.

[Mathgod]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Jesus Christ almighty lol. What is there to add anymore? This election cycle started on January 20, 2021. It's been more than 45 months, we all know what is at stake, we voluntarily choose to follow this trainwreck. You going on histrionic rants and posting every YouTube video possible with "END OF DEMOCRACY?" in all caps in the preview screen isn't the contribution you think it is. You aren't changing any hearts and minds, there is nothing directly any of us Canadians can do. If taking this election like it's life and death and literally taking days/weeks/months/years off your own life to burden yourself with stresses is how you wanna handle this, that is your choice. Pregaming doomsday scenarios is not a healthy way to live, but if you wanna live it then have at it.

"histrionic"? "every video ever"?

Oh, ok.

I guess I'm a bit taken by the irony of someone being overtaken with grief about the Gaza situation, yet nonchalant and flippant about the death of democracy worldwide...

And if my posts here are a complete waste of time and effort, I guess the same goes for every poster here.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Mathgod

The nuclear bomb thing you took out of context.

…

The two of you are STILL trying to make this about me instead of about the election. It's getting tiresome.

This is legitimately funny because “the nuclear bomb thing” I mentioned is one of the items very-specifically not referring to you. I don’t even know when you mentioned nuclear bombs. I don’t remember, and I don’t care.

Nobody even mentioned you. If you don’t want this to be about you stop responding to posts and making everything about you? Maybe? IDK. Pretty funny anyway.

A guy can’t even talk about mass suicide in peace anymore.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by Mathgod

"histrionic"? "every video ever"?

Oh, ok.

I guess I'm a bit taken by the irony of someone being overtaken with grief about the Gaza situation, yet nonchalant and flippant about the death of democracy worldwide...

And if my posts here are a complete waste of time and effort, I guess the same goes for every poster here.

I've never posted in that thread lol. Its the biggest trainwreck thread maybe in this site's history. And "death of democracy worldwide" is the kind of histrionics I'm talking about. Saying the most extreme thing possible does not help your appeals. You might think it does, cause in your mind you think treating it as the most existential threat possible might scare people enough, but it mostly doesn't. There's quite a range of possibilities between "Don't worry about Trump" and "Trump is the end of Western World", and the most likely scenario will be somewhere between them.

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

This is legitimately funny because “the nuclear bomb thing” I mentioned is one of the items very-specifically not referring to you. I don’t even know when you mentioned nuclear bombs. I don’t remember, and I don’t care.

That was actually me. I just mentioned that Trump being in control of nukes is a terrifying thought, especially since his administration would be full of MAGA clowns this time around. And none of those people are stable individuals.

[Delthefunky]

Oof just saw some highlights of the MSG rally. That's some pretty dark rhetoric. I really hope the next week just reminds people of what Trump is like. I watched as much of the Rogan podcast as I could stomach, and just thought he was a babbling idiot.

[Mathgod]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

I've never posted in that thread lol. Its the biggest trainwreck thread maybe in this site's history. And "death of democracy worldwide" is the kind of histrionics I'm talking about. Saying the most extreme thing possible does not help your appeals. You might think it does, cause in your mind you think treating it as the most existential threat possible might scare people enough, but it mostly doesn't. There's quite a range of possibilities between "Don't worry about Trump" and "Trump is the end of Western World", and the most likely scenario will be somewhere between them.

Repeating the word histrionics over and over again doesn't make it so.

I'm not saying what I say for attention or to scare people. I say it because it's my honest, genuine assessment of what's going to happen if Trump wins.