He was back in his tower (HE IS A LITERAL VILLAIN) every night, apparently. He hates to be away from home. I think he genuinely just didn’t consider the possibility he would win. That sounds like wishful thinking, maybe it is, but I think he’ll hold on to power now that he has it. My point is more that there are some…

‘We can discern the level of commitment the Trumps feel to the nation from their willingness to engage.’

It’s just kind of gross to suggest that a group of drunk women are good pickings for sex. Relates to the whole frat boy mentality of “get her drunk, she’ll totally fuck you, what a slut.” But as I said elsewhere, the relative shittiness of this statement would have been different about 6 months ago. Right now, if this…

On a 1-10 scale of shittiness in any normal context, this is like a 4 or 5, maybe. Right now it’s a 1.

Yeah I think the lack of knowing, the uncertainty of all this is what makes it so existentially draining. Every little detail is a question mark. Let’s say Romney had won in 2012. We wouldn’t be asking questions like this. We’d know. This isn’t business as usual for a Republican candidate. There are good arguments out…

Also I just went down the rabbit hole of alt-right/alt-left xenophobic ideology and I understand it a lot better. I’m glad I understand it. But now I feel broken. Fantastic.

Fucking hell. That is easily the most soul-crushing headline I’ve read recently.

Oh shit I didn’t realize that was why he liked fast food. I thought he was just a stress eater. Fast food is the best for that because it’s so fatty, salty sugary it just sets your brain on fire with satisfaction. But him being a germaphobe, it makes sense.

IDK, but knowing what I know of men like him and how they view their wives, I’d be surprised if she got to call many shots at all. But who knows.

But they don’t usually go to events and stuff, do they? They actually seem to spend most of their time privately. I imagine that before all this, if she had wanted to and he agreed, they could have gone to every single hollywood event possible, awards shows, the Met gala etc. I haven’t exactly been paying attention,…

This makes me wonder - is she going to show up for state dinners and the like? Are they going to do the typical inauguration stuff? Neither of them seem interested in the typical responsibilities of the job.

Wow these guys really didn’t expect to win, did they.

She also wouldn’t be relevant if she wasn’t doing this.

It’s important to remember, I think, that a lot of the “alt-right” (yes, neo-nazis, but I’m talking specifically about contemporary, internet-dwelling types) are LITERAL trolls. They just want a reaction out of people, they just need to know that what they think is different and special. I think that if we lived in a…

I think that shouting down tendency is related to my theory about people just NEEDING to believe it couldn’t ever, ever, ever happen. One thing about this format that’s both a blessing and a curse is that it shows us what writers are really thinking. Their fears become their work. It’s often wonderful to see that, so…

I think a lot of people were looking to reassure themselves that Trump COULDN’T POSSIBLY win. A lot of those people now feel betrayed the tools they used to comfort themselves in a stressful time. It is, strictly speaking, anti-intellectualism, but I think simple raw emotion and disappointment have more to do with…

Buddy. Really?

Read the rest of the discussion in which I admit that I am proven wrong, o eminent internet scholar.

Looking at the future executive wing, I’d say that a wearing a well-tailored suit is about to become downright unamerican. A form of protest, if you will.

Yeah that’s exactly what I mean. Reebok isn’t a charity. They aren’t offering people new shoes out of the goodness of their heart. They’re trying to make themselves look better than a competitor, and the public consciousness has shifted away from this issue. They won’t benefit from it, so they won’t do it.