The lady giving the hug is Thelma Ritter, come back to life!

Dem party has some cleaning out to do. Starting with him and the Washington state fuckers.

Pretty much. We knew Trump was going to be president over a month ago. Anyone who thought otherwise was fooling themselves.

We get the government we deserve.

It was a long shot.

Do you guys think that black woman in the back was actually invited or just photo-bombing? I’m going with photo-bombing.

Sure, that’s one attitude and perfectly valid. I wouldn’t say it’s the only one. I missed London in 83, bit before my time, but I did spend a few years in Baghdad during the war. I know what terror attacks feel like, and if possible, it’s something I’d prefer my parents to avoid.

You are not wrong for feeling that way, but recognize that your fears are in disproportion to the likelihood of anything actually happening. Realizing this may not do anything in the long run—hell, I’m irrationally afraid of sharks—but it’s still important to recognize. The goal of terrorism is to make you fear…

Vienna is beautiful, especially if you are into fine arts and classical music.

Vienna is far too beautiful for you to not get to see it in all its Christmassy glory! I understand that you are nervous, but if you consider that every single city in Germany, Switzerland and Austria has a Christmas market, and that they have been possible targets for years now, they really have been quite safe…

Everything is terrible, and getting worse.

Funny, in a sad way: I am an American living in Vienna. I’m supposed to be moving back to the US soon and I’m terrified that me or a family member is going to get shot somewhere once we go home. I’m genuinely scared of the violence in the US after being overseas and living in such a safe city, removed from it all for…

There’s no right or wrong way to feel, but terrible shit happens all the time, both terrorism and not. I would say go, have a lovely time, and prove that life goes on.

I live in the UK, and my Dad was asking last week about coming over next Christmas, and where in Europe they should go after visiting me - I said Berlin or Paris would be lovely at the holidays, but best to go after Christmas as they’re less likely targets then. Didn’t think twice about doling out that sort of advice.

You’re not wrong, but please don’t let it stop you from living your life. I was in a similar situation this past March - I was attending my stepbro’s wedding in Turkey. About a week before departure there was a bombing in a market in Istanbul. So I was for sure a bit jittery about going, but I did go (stepbro getting…

You’re not wrong to feel that way. I’m planning a trip to Oktoberfest next year and I had a similar reaction to this.

I don’t know if this will make you feel better or not, but Christmas Markets in major European cities have been high-profile targets of terror attacks for a long time. It was bound to happen at least once, law of averages and all. They’ve stopped enough plots on Christmas Markets at this point that one was bound to…

yes, a classic “I’m going to parody a dumb SJW, that’ll show em” troll.