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[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 4 points 1 year ago (24 children)

If he was merely sick, then one good press conference followed by a second debate might be able to turn things around, just enough, maybe?

But if not...

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't he already top 10? But his past administration, vs. him now... I dunno what to think. If he were elected, then his administration could continue, but that's a big "if" at this juncture.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 50 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Wait, I don't see beer...

Or propane, or propane accessories, SUS!

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 30 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Oh, good to know, and here I was thinking that it was improper infrastructure and safety inspections, but sure, blame the clown, okay... 🙄

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[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah... "good" 🙄

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Okay I brought that on myself there by adding

To be clear, no I do not say that lightly.

First, we are blowing waaay past all earlier expectations, e.g. those made a decade ago. Second, as the other commenter said, we aren't all going to make it (though you are correct, neither are we "all" going to die - I was being hyperbolic, but then later came and added the aforementioned sentence that did not mesh well into my comment). Third, the randomness of it all is mind-boggling, e.g. remember that one day that the temperature went up by a full 70 degrees F? Imagine it being 100 degrees already, as so many places already (almost) are in the USA, and then such a spike occurs making it 170 for that day - yeah, some people are going to survive it, but what about the plants, the animals, i.e. the crops, the wildlife, the entire ecosystem that exists outside of a cushy building that has A/C?

Anyway, thank you for the correction. I should have said that we aren't all going to make it.

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Wait, scratch that - "many" rather than "all"!:-P

All of that aside, it does seem a pretty huge deal, more so than these political matters even.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online -1 points 1 year ago

Oh wow, you are going to be surprised to hear what happened on Monday...

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 11 points 1 year ago

Just go pspspspsps everywhere you walk.

Here a pspspspsps, there a pspspspsps, everywhere a pspspspsps pspspspsps! :-P

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Stand back and stand by"...

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

As someone who might be targeted and killed as this drags on, I'm not really worrying about it much. Control whatever you can, be aware obviously, but what more could you possibly do? Monday's ruling is already in the past - I mean to say that we've already made our choices, long ago (some people have seen this coming for nearly a decade now), and all that is left is to live (or whatever) with them. It "helps" that climate change awaits to kill us all regardless of who wins the next election. To be clear, no I do not say that lightly.

Hypothetical illustration: let's say that you are a deer caught in the headlights of a car. Do you jump forward? Backwards? Remain still? Duck? Jump straight up vertically into the air as high as you can? Once in this position, no matter what you do there are risks, and your choices are limited, with the outcome of your decisions mostly not up to you. Side-note: you could maybe not have jumped out straight in front of a speeding car... but that choice is behind you now, and you can only deal with what is, not what you wish had been.

So don't panic unduly - that isn't helpful - just focus on doing the next correct thing, and the rest... well, isn't up to you.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online -1 points 1 year ago

Previously I jokingly mentioned offhand the possibility that he might have been poisoned, but thinking about it more deeply given everything that is going on right now... now I am not so sure that it is outside the realms of possibility. We might (!?) be watching a coup right now, which if it happens slowly enough seems to have greater chance to succeed?

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