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  1. While not fair to pain with such broad strokes, I don't think Boomers realize just how much disgust Millenials/GenZ have with them for not fucking off when their time for leading should have ended. Nor do Gen X have any idea the disdain that a lot of Millenials/GenZ have for their perceived utter apathy towards... well, everything. So ya... the youth are growing increasingly intolerant because it's blatantly obvious to all of us that the entire socioeconomic system is broken and rotten to the core, and somehow manages to continually get worse. It's impressive, actually.
  2. Wait, where's the Charlie Kirk thread? Why was it nuked?
  3. Still blows my mind that the country and government are doing everything possible to protect a guy who raped kids. Despite everything else that’s gone on the last 8+ years with TFG this is truly a low that I didn’t think was possible for a developed country to reach.
  4. Just starting to get through this thread... @cactusflinthead that's some incredible work quoting all the stuff from TOS, thank you sir, some great reading thus far. I'd posted in the other forum before realizing this thread existed, but posting on the wrong forum still gave me an odd sort of relief, like I have finally realized that I do need to start taking getting some help seriously and despite thinking I'm a pretty smart guy, also trying to be smart enough to realize I can no longer manage this on my own. I've been back in FL for work this week, and my wife and son flew in at the end of the week to be here as well, as when I'm in town I stay at her mother's house with her father-in-law. I felt a lot happier, and I think it's because it felt like we were back living here, and I knew how to handle that more than I do our current living situation in CO. Also, like some other's mentioned, I realized I do miss being in the office and that socialization. I do not enjoy getting ready to go to the office, commuting to the office, or anything about the office other than realizing I truly am lucky enough that I really enjoy the team I have to work with. Wife and I have also discussed our finances and budget quite a bit this week. During COVID, I had a tough time being responsible with trying to be a day-trader, and since then, she's handled our finances pretty much exclusively. Discovered that at one point it looks like she missed a mortgage payment close to two years ago and we've somehow been carrying an additional $300 monthly late fee since then, and our credit card debt spiraled from the healthcare expenses. We've also suffered from some retail therapy, especially during COVID, and moving across the country and getting our house in FL ready to be a rental was some serious deficit spending. In the grand scheme of things, it's not insurmountable. Our total non-mortgage debt is about 40% of my annual salary, and while living with her FIL in CO, our living expenses are essentially close to zero and we can start making some headway to getting back to a better financial position. Just need everyone to stay healthy for awhile... and yet my wife had her first mammogram a few weeks ago and they have scheduled her for a follow up in a couple weeks to check on something. One of her closest friends had a double mastectomy last year. Statistically it's very likely to be nothing at all and just a false alarm. On a bright note, I feel like I've been much more present and in the moment with my family this week while they've been here in FL. Swimming for hours with my son, building legos, playing Minecraft, we've had some great family time. I've also found a therapist that specializes in ADHD/Anxiety/CPTSD near our home in CO and am going to have my first visit with him shortly after returning. I've seen it a lot in this thread, and the replies in the other, but just saying this stuff out loud, to someone other than just my wife, is liberating.
  5. This is embarrassing. The party is completely lost at the very top.
  6. Start speaking to the rest of the world, publicly. We're a touch past some strongly worded floor speeches.
  7. I'm so done trying to argue against these MAGA types that just literally live in an entirely different reality and bubble than the rest of the world. My FIL first response to this shooting? "Well why didn't they have the School Resource Officer guarding the door?" I mean... in what fucking world is that the response? He's an avid gun owner, responsible, at least, to his credit. But his nightly brainwashing by Fox is overly evident. He thinks trickle down economics have always worked, and that it isn't fair to tax the super rich, while having zero clue that the top marginal rates used to be 90% before their God King Version 1.0 (Reagan) showed up. Oh, and my favorite... "He and Epstein were never friends, they were just business associates, unlike Bill Clinton!" Then you've got Zeus in here cherrypicking shootings and ignoring the hundreds (Yes, the USA has HUNDREDS of mass shootings every year), and instead picking... five to use for his stats. These are not serious people, and the discussions are never in good faith, because they're too stupid to even fathom (Zeus, fathom means to understand after giving something thought, saved you the google search) that they could be wrong or that their daily doses of Rush/Fox/etc are outright lying to them. I don't have the energy to keep pushing back anymore or trying to correct. The damage to a large portion of our country is done, and there's no coming back from it.
  8. Made the move to CO from FL. Zero, I repeat, ZERO regrets.
  9. We relocated from FL to CO and have had zero regrets thus far.
  10. Yes... the knowledge that a resident of ND, for example, has like 8x the voting power on a federal level than I do is just bullshit. Electoral College = Federal Gerrymandering is a great way to phrase it.
  11. The status quo It all needs to be burnt to the ground.
  12. I would love to agree, but given what you've seen the party do the last several years... what's the most likely outcome? https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kamala-harris-says-she-not-190003541.html
  13. But yes, the entire Democratic Party apparatus, from leadership, to marketing, to strategists, even to fundraising needs to be excommunicated. This is the party that managed to lose to Trump, twice. You know that lifelong politicians across the globe have been shaking their head in dismay at the party's results when running against the embarrassment that is the current GOP. Saw an article earlier that Kamala isn't going to run for Gov of CA, which makes all signs point to her making another run for President. Any money spent on that campaign may as well be lit on fire. How the people in charge of the party aren't laughing her out of the room with this idea to run again says everything we need to know about the party's future. What's that famous Jeff Daniels quote? You know why people don't like liberals? Cause they lose. If liberals are so fucking smart, how come they lose so god damn always?
  14. It's going to take some sort of cataclysmic catalyst for any third party to have a viable chance at election success. And by catalyst, I mean nothing short of WW2/Great Depression sort of suffering, where everyone feels the pain, regardless of where they fall on the wealth spectrum (who am I kidding the 1% will always live a life of luxury, even if they're ruling over the ashes). I don't see any other route for a 3rd party to come to national prominence.
  15. Today's Democratic leadership are basically 90s republicans in disguise. Fuck right off Jeffries/Schumer/Pelosi. If Mamdani's last name was Smith they'd be hailing him as the second coming of FDR.
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