Azal

Fuck, the only thing on the list I'm not is rich and I'm fucking scared of the Southern Baptists.

Shhh, don't let the MAGAs hear this. It's hilarious.

Nah fam, blaming the voters.

Trump wasn't some "We never knew what he was like", we had him as president for four years, and yet somehow in four years we went through a fugue state and reelected him as a country. So... yea... blaming the voters on this one. ANYONE surprised is a mouth breathing idiot.

Take the guns first and due process later

This was 2018.

So on your question on if they will have a moment of self reflection, I'm going to go with a no.

What's funny is the flipside to it... Telgram is absolutely fucking full of furries so grok's gonna learn a shitload of gay leftist shit too.

By sought after I mean the hospitals searching for us. As you say, my hospital is bringing in high schoolers to intern because the industry basically has no pipeline for workers because most of the old guard are still there but retiring and/or dying off so suddenly there's a massive lack in a very tiny pool caused by it basically not being advertised until very recently.

Hell, even moving to another state is an expense most americans can not afford. Especially with the absurdity of rent prices being, in some places, as much as monthy minimum wage is, if not higher.

OH MY GOD THANK YOU! So many people don't get that when you're in a shitty red state it's REALLY REALLY hard to get out because someone making California wages has absolute way more than we do. Sure, they're broke as shit there because the prices are high, and that sucks, but then if you're coming from Missouri to California, the phrase "fucked" doesn't even begin to cover it.

It's telling that I say I clawed my way out of Arkansas and Missouri was my "better"

The captain of your sinking country is throwing citizens overboard, and you remain in line? Move!?

Hahahahahahaha... you sound like one of our republicans.

I work as a biomed, a sector of repairing medical equipment that is a sought after career field, desperately needed. Been doing it for five years, and I like to think I'm damn good at my job.

I also only have an associates degree.

There are not many countries that will take me with only that associates degree. It's like I tell conservatives who do the "Don't like it, move", being from the US isn't some special wonderful status that gets us open doors into other countries. Other countries don't want us like the Republicans don't want foreigners from other countries, unless they're wealthy.

I expect him to do absolutely nothing to Walmart, sure. I'm just REALLY REALLY hoping that he keeps ranting about them and gets his red hats angry at Walmart like he's done to other corporations. I expect there won't be any significant damage to its profits, but if it even tweaks the shareholders a little bit I'll be over here cackling like a madman.

The only thing I agree with on Trump here is that he’s correctly pointing out that WalMart made billions in profits last year.

That's pretty much exactly what I was saying. Really my only thing I appreciated is him going after Walmart, and okay, I'll agree they should eat the profits on the tariffs, Musk may be the richest man, but the Waltons are the richest family and not by far. And yes, the tariffs are gonna suck for all of us and is one of the most mouth dribblingly stupid things that could ever be done. But here we are.

For the people hurting. It sucks. I'm in the same pool too so I'm in the same neck deep madness that's our current scenario. I'm sorry... I just can't bring myself to care as I've lived in red states full of people voting against their will and despite years of attempting voting outreach, having friends tell me proudly they just didn't vote even though they're in more danger of the policies than I... I just kind of threw my hands up on empathy and said fuck it, I'm gonna put on a helmet, hunker down and try to ride out this fucking storm with those that I trust. So right now I'm taking what little pleasure I can through schadenfreude of watching one of the companies that put America right where it's at currently get its hand bit by the dog it feeds.

I mean sure... but how the fuck does one fix when the population of a country is now living in two separate realities? I make my comment because our political divide is still the same ones that lead to the original Civil War and the wounds have been allowed to fester for the past century and a half. So now we're a country where both sides are sure the other side is morally evil... and honestly I'm at the point where I can't even disagree with that when I understand that's a problem so I'm definitely at... well... we're fucked?

If you got a better idea... good luck.