I hope so. My MIL, a usually reasonable (albeit somewhat racist) person, was over Thanksgiving weekend telling us how she had heard that Obama had Scalia murdered and also that Bill & Hillary are part of some pedophile island sex ring. I mean....the mind boggles.

Not to get all tinfoil hat-y, but you can pretty much blame a good chunk of this election result on Facebook and the spread of fake news. People spot “news” that agrees with their own beliefs and biases and immediately accept it as legitimate. Angry, old white people seem incapable of spotting fake news.

My city (small, less than 100,000 people, but relatively high COL) just passed a proposition to raise minimum wage to $15/hr by 2021. I voted for it, because I think minimum wage has been too low for too long. However, I wrestled with it internally because the state minimum wage is also going up, and our City prop…

I don’t think that’s necessarily true. Just from reading the newest article on Gizmodo about Assange (where he swearsies that he didn’t try to influence the election), most commentators are like “GDIAF dude.”

Sorry. This whole week has put me on the defensive.

She has a green card, you cretin. She has always, since we emigrated from the UK, been a lawful permanent resident, just not a US citizen.

I became a naturalized US citizen over five years ago, although I’ve lived here for over twenty. However, my sister has pushed it off for years and years because it’s expensive and she doesn’t have a lot of money. First thing I did on Wednesday was tell her to send in her application ASAP and that I would help her…

“What a load of garbage!”

Yes, Joe, just like the fact that you’ve been reelected so many times. Finally, you’re getting what you deserve.

He’s saying those votes are “ignored” in that the people who voted for the loser, even if they make up 49.9999% of the population and/or millions and millions, gets no representation afterwards.

omg I love you

I absolutely adore Sam Bee, she’s probably the only positive thing to come out of this dumpster fire election cycle. I usually watch her episodes twice because on one viewing, I’m laughing hysterically, and the other, I’m usually in tears because our world is currently so heinous.

Definitely. It’s really sad that we’re not hearing more about that; the focus tends to be on why people are supporting Trump despite his “qualities” (which is also an interesting story). On NPR’s Morning Edition earlier today they had a woman on the phone from Arizona going on and on about Islamic terrorists and then…

It’s literally exhausting trying to prove your points to others. When I say Trump has been proven to lie more frequently than others and point to fact-checker sites where that information is compiled, I usually get the response of “those are known liberal sites.” But of course, Fox News is absolutely golden. It’s…

Most voters are just so unable to view the candidates from any other viewpoint than their own. This is why incumbents can either be golden or totally FUBAR. Currently, people (especially white people) are realizing that there are systemic failures that are screwing them over on the reg. Their next logical conclusion…

I know why your parents don’t like her.

Anyone who says they dislike her but “can’t put a finger on why” - it’s because she’s a woman.

This is how I feel when people tell me either A) they’re voting for Johnson or Stein because third party revolution/change the system/blah blah reasons, or B) they’re just not sure who they’re going to vote with because “I mean Trump is bad, but Hillary has that email scandal soooooo...”

It’s the feeling of someone who…

Nope, you’re a terrible human. In a majority of places, it’s illegal to ride a bike on the sidewalk. So we HAVE to ride on roads with scary entitled little assholes like you who think they shouldn’t belong even though bike lanes are a thing.

“Bikes can’t go as fast as cars so GTFO” is probably THE worst argument from…

Yeah, fuck this logic. First off, it’s not necessarily binary - I drive more than I bike, but I still consider myself a “bicyclist.” Maybe you should avoid that“me versus them” mentality. And in my experience, drivers are way more distracted and less perceptive of things around them. I always ride in a designated bike…

Yeah, the commentators on both sites are so...humorless.

Runners need to be way higher, they talk about #runnerproblems alllll the time, from having to poop on runs to having gross battered toenails and are always talking about their “runner’s high” UGH.