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I'm not American and I cannot vote for an American President. If you're American and have not yet voted, please do so as soon as possible. If you have voted, thank you for your service 🫡
And then worry.
Non-American, though (rightfully) heavily invested in this election.
Since I’m an otherwise powerless observer, we took our family to Tokyo Disneyland to help and distract us until the results are in.
Really feels like a surreal Last Supper moment, NGL.
That's going to be a long trip, results probably won't be fully tallied for a week at best.
It’s a week in Japan in total, then a couple more weeks travelling Asia. Trying to cram in as many distractions as possible
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Do you know what day it is?
Remember, remember this 5th of November, The Jan 6 treason and plot. I know of no reason the Jan 6 treason, Should ever be forgot.
Yeah— I’m going to curl up and watch V for Vendetta..
Watch MSNBC, take a drink every time they throw to Steve Kornacki.
Wake up from your coma in 2025. ;)
I love you and I hate you. How dare you tell the world what I'm doing!
Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this to all blow over
Unless either candidate OVERWHELMINGLY wins, there's not going to be anything tonight, and probably not tomorrow. The last of the swing states won't close polls until 8p (Mountain time, I think). Trump is almost certainly going to declare that he is the winner "by a lot". Best case, we'll know tomorrow morning.
So take a couple alprazolam, drink a couple shots, and black out until tomorrow.
Plus, it could take a week for Arizona to count their votes.
The election day ground game is crucial! Don't waste your time just worrying. If you're in the US, look here: https://events.democrats.org/ It's not too late!
As you watch the results remember the "red mirage" - a well known phenomenon where Republican candidates take an early lead because Republican votes get reported early. This is simply because Republicans tend to live in smaller towns and low-population areas, which finish their vote counting sooner because there are fewer ballots. Democrats tend to live in denser urban areas that take longer to count, so their votes show up later; this is known as the "blue shift".
You can see the red mirage happening right now... 45 minutes ago Trump had 23 electoral votes and Harris 7. Now it's Trump 95 Harris 35. This should even out as the counts from the cities start to roll in.
Trump is planning to declare victory early in the night before the blue shift occurs, so his followers can turn off the TV and go to bed happy. Then when the final count shows Harris on top they will "know" the election was stolen because in their minds they "saw" him win.
Third button: weed or alcohol so you don't have to think about anything for a couple days!
this election is not good for our health
We’re on a Disney movie marathon. First was The Great Mouse Detective and we just finished The Sword in the Stone. What should we watch next?
Robin hood, then emperor's new groove
Two fantastic choices!
Not a movie, but X-Men 97.
Already finished it. Hit me straight in the member berries
Treasure planet! Or Atlantis
Treasure Planet it is!
And then Atlantis.
how to train your dragon (and its sequels) are my comfort picks
The Black Cauldron
Or, as it is the Fifth of November, watch V for Vendetta.
Then bomb Congress!
No wait.
I'm fortunate that I'm out of town on a work trip so I won't have the energy to worry.
I feel bad for my wife who is at home deep in the red.
I have a bottle of wild turkey and some gummies. If it looks bad, I will just drug myself into another universe
I'm refreshing the map constantly
Edit- this has been a mistake
I’m about to go get a bottle of whiskey and try to get through this
You didn't already get ~~three~~ one?
I ended up getting two
Internet porn has entered the chat
I’m watching Star Trek and keeping my phone on do not disturb
Me: get high and worry about nothing.
You could always leave it all behind a come to Japan.
I’ve heard Southern Japan is basically depopulated and a tropical paradise. Is that true?
By southern do you mean Kyushu and shikoku? I haven't been to Shikoku but it does look like a Paradise from when Degawa and other celebrities went there on TV.
Kyushu is also pretty tropical, but more populated, and has more tourist attractions, thus more tourists.
Both are beautiful. I haven't been all over, but Shikoku looks more tropical than Kyushu.
Unfortunately they also are where most of the summer typhoons wreck havoc, landslides destroy the most property and bury the most people. Most of japan besides Kanto, Hokkaido and touhoku are pretty tropical so for example if you move to areas around Kanazawa you can get most of the Paradise with less natural disasters. If it is just for a visit, however, Kyushu is amazing. Kumamoto, Beppu, Fukuoka are beautiful in their own unique ways.
It was kind of funny to watch Hanzawa Naoki, and they'd be like: "As punishment, we're transferring you to this city outside of Tokyo!" And they'd be like: omgz a fate worse than death. And I'd look up the city and it'd be a place with great public transportation, a famous temple, and amazing local cuisine.
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That's an impractical joke answer to a lot since they're strict about outsiders but it's a genuine possibility for my Japanese wife and I.
I guess I best apologize to Duolingo and get back to practicing my 日本語...
That's kind of like telling a poor person they could always go back to school and study to become a doctor, i.e., technically possible but extremely difficult. My understanding is that it is next to impossible to immigrate to Japan unless you have a Japanese parent or are rich and/or a celeb, but would love to be proven wrong! I would love to live there!
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I am just waiting it out and getting the news when it gets posted(im european tho this election sadly effects me and a lot of other people who are outside the us)
I’m playing D&D in 30 minutes
It's not looking good. RIP USA, we had a good run
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