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I am done with this site for a while (Original Post) Proud liberal 80 Oct 2020 OP
You had to announce it? Squinch Oct 2020 #1
What's wrong with that? mobeau69 Oct 2020 #5
used to be against the rules. mopinko Oct 2020 #7
Best wishes to you! Hope to see you again as things calm down mucifer Oct 2020 #2
I don't blame you vercetti2021 Oct 2020 #3
You know you can always trash those threads, right? Aristus Oct 2020 #4
Good idea marie999 Oct 2020 #6
Me too. MuseRider Oct 2020 #13
congratulations. you are doing their work for them. mopinko Oct 2020 #8
Trash their posts. Demsrule86 Oct 2020 #9
I hear you but there is a lot of info countering the doom and gloom and I prefer to stay connected. LizBeth Oct 2020 #10
I don't think I have seen any doom and gloom posts Quixote1818 Oct 2020 #11
I have seen a lot of downer posts. smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #18
Agreed! LakeArenal Oct 2020 #24
This is certainly preferable MuseRider Oct 2020 #12
You click on their posts? Ferrets are Cool Oct 2020 #14
Good, because your finger-wagging is tiresome. demmiblue Oct 2020 #15
No fun there, I've seen no doom and gloom posts. But I've seen a few of these finger wags. Autumn Oct 2020 #17
Well, that didn't last long! demmiblue Nov 2020 #45
Some people only like the doom and gloom threads. Kill two birds with one stone Autumn Nov 2020 #52
Bte Bye till after the 3rd alittlelark Oct 2020 #16
Me too, going to watch Dr. Strangelove then I will be back grantcart Oct 2020 #19
No announcement needed! USALiberal Oct 2020 #20
I hear you! ananda Oct 2020 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author ananda Oct 2020 #22
YOU'RE RIGHT..ME TOO!!... I'M OUTTA HERE... YOU GUYS WON'T HAVE ME TO KICK AROUND ANYMORE! jcgoldie Oct 2020 #23
Lol! demmiblue Oct 2020 #25
You made me think of this.... LakeArenal Oct 2020 #26
I DON'T NEED ANY OF YOU! ALL I NEED IS THE PADDLE GAME..AND THIS REMOTE... zackymilly Oct 2020 #32
And My Dog! ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #50
I injected pickle juice into your beer. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2020 #35
Shows what you know jcgoldie Oct 2020 #36
but it was DILL!!!1! Foiled again. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2020 #37
pffft jcgoldie Oct 2020 #38
learn to use the IGNORE function Skittles Oct 2020 #27
Please, stay with us! n/t tormadjax Oct 2020 #28
I refuse to be blindsided like 2016. Eyes wide open and antennae on alert Arazi Oct 2020 #29
You don't know what's going to happen BainsBane Oct 2020 #34
Exactly. I don't know what's going to happen but I'm not going to hibernate Arazi Oct 2020 #42
If you're absorbing infostreams BainsBane Oct 2020 #43
It's the OP whose stressing out and leaving. Not me Arazi Oct 2020 #44
Sorry about all the negative posts, Proud liberal. smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #30
Polls are looking good BainsBane Oct 2020 #31
Do what I do. Trash the posts that talk about Rice4VP Oct 2020 #33
If you want to go, you can just do it. No need to make a fool of yourself announcing it. Earthshine2 Oct 2020 #39
Got it all figured out after two months here, do you? 11 Bravo Nov 2020 #47
You still here? Imagine that. Earthshine2 Nov 2020 #48
I feel your pain... cheezmaka Oct 2020 #40
I like our position. carpetbagger Oct 2020 #41
Some people get off on making other people suffer greenjar_01 Nov 2020 #46
Ten bucks says you fail to see the irony in your having said that. LanternWaste Nov 2020 #49
If it's any comfort DFW Nov 2020 #51

Aristus

(66,099 posts)
4. You know you can always trash those threads, right?
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 08:07 PM
Oct 2020

Keep what you want; get rid of what you don't want.

That feature has kept me here for nineteen years.

MuseRider

(34,060 posts)
13. Me too.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 08:22 PM
Oct 2020

That and ignore, used when I get too upset, then taken off later has kept me pretty sane here for a very long time too.

LizBeth

(9,946 posts)
10. I hear you but there is a lot of info countering the doom and gloom and I prefer to stay connected.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 08:14 PM
Oct 2020

So I get what you are saying, but I would suggest you not buy into it and just ignore, and enjoy the comradery of a united goal.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
18. I have seen a lot of downer posts.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 08:55 PM
Oct 2020

Very discouraging. I don't think we really need it right now. And it's always the usual suspects.

MuseRider

(34,060 posts)
12. This is certainly preferable
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 08:19 PM
Oct 2020

than telling people who see or feel things differently than you to go away or be quiet.

Good job, taking responsibility for yourself. We all need to do a better job of that now and again. Come back off and on to see if you can deal with things better. Trying to make others be what you want is rarely sucessful.

demmiblue

(36,751 posts)
15. Good, because your finger-wagging is tiresome.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 08:34 PM
Oct 2020

Countless people have relayed to you the mechanisms for which you can tailor your DU experience.

So concerned, you are.

Autumn

(44,765 posts)
52. Some people only like the doom and gloom threads. Kill two birds with one stone
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 07:22 PM
Nov 2020

Look at ME!!! And a good reason to complain.

ananda

(28,783 posts)
21. I hear you!
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:11 PM
Oct 2020

It's just excruciating waiting till fucking next week
to find out election results.

Here's some Shakespeare, from Henry IV:

Oh God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea.

Response to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

jcgoldie

(11,584 posts)
23. YOU'RE RIGHT..ME TOO!!... I'M OUTTA HERE... YOU GUYS WON'T HAVE ME TO KICK AROUND ANYMORE!
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:13 PM
Oct 2020

... no don't beg me to stay its too late for that...

...because I'm going to get this beer from the other room and then I'll be back after that... nothing you guys say is gonna stop me so FORGET IT!

zackymilly

(2,375 posts)
32. I DON'T NEED ANY OF YOU! ALL I NEED IS THE PADDLE GAME..AND THIS REMOTE...
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:23 PM
Oct 2020

THAT'S ALL I NEED...AND THIS CHAIR...AND THIS...

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
29. I refuse to be blindsided like 2016. Eyes wide open and antennae on alert
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:21 PM
Oct 2020

Sorry if the information overload is worrisome but I will NOT endure another ugly surprise

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
34. You don't know what's going to happen
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:25 PM
Oct 2020

at the very worst, you don't know. Logic says to look at the polls compared to 2016. In that year, Trump's gains were among undecided voters. That is unlikely to be the case this year since most people know who Trump is.

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
42. Exactly. I don't know what's going to happen but I'm not going to hibernate
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 10:55 PM
Oct 2020

Shut down all info streams and go dark like the OP.

I don't fault them. I'm just not doing that. I want to absorb every data point and analysis until the end

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
30. Sorry about all the negative posts, Proud liberal.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:23 PM
Oct 2020

But I do see what you are talking about, and it makes me anxious as well. Whatever is going to happen is going to happen, but I don't really need to hear about negative poll numbers and other downer posts like that. What good does it do? Most of us have already voted. All it does is depress us and make us anxious.

What is the point of posting this shit? Seriously? Is there any benefit? It is not going to affect one thing here for the better. It's just a downer. I don't mind people who come on here to say that they are anxious or worried. I don't mind people talking about their feelings.

I am glad they have a place where they can come to vent. What I do mind is people who seem to delight in posting negative news clips and polling results when there is no possible positive result that can come of it. It's like they delight in bringing people down. And if people are observant, it is always the same people who seem to post these kinds of threads.

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
31. Polls are looking good
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:23 PM
Oct 2020

I so understand the anxiety. Mine is better today than a couple of days ago. But--knock on wood--I think we've got this.

Earthshine2

(3,858 posts)
39. If you want to go, you can just do it. No need to make a fool of yourself announcing it.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:45 PM
Oct 2020

We'll still be here when you come back. And you WILL come back.

cheezmaka

(737 posts)
40. I feel your pain...
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 09:56 PM
Oct 2020

The constant "up and down" in the news, youtube, and even on DU. I decided that instead of watching the polls like the stock market I'm going to keep busy until Nov. 3rd. I was door knocking this afternoon for the MI Democratic Party. Most of the people that answered stated that they "already voted" for Biden. One lady opened the door and stated "He's going to win". I told her "i'm still nervous that's why I'm out her now!" I'm set to canvass for Biden the next 3 days. Nevertheless, once Election Day comes I can truly say "I've done all I can..."

carpetbagger

(4,384 posts)
41. I like our position.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 10:23 PM
Oct 2020

Looks like everything Clinton won is locked up. Wisconsin is in the bag. Michigan is close. That leaves one more. Trump would need to run the board in Az, NC, FL, GA, and PA to win. Only PA seems to be in the power of the USSC to decide. This looks far better than it was supposed to look. I've seen us run the board on Senate cycles, but this is 5/5 he needs. Iowa and Texas aren't even the 5.

We're not living in an age of electoral blowouts, although I would be thrilled to see one. We're holding the line until our kids take the helm (I'm 50). A Dem Senate and President is a great step, and it's looking good for now.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
46. Some people get off on making other people suffer
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 05:52 PM
Nov 2020

That goes for the Malicious Intruders, the long-haul trolls, and the Misery Loves Company crowd. Definitely hard to ignore the combination when anxiety is already up.

Go with God.

DFW

(54,058 posts)
51. If it's any comfort
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 07:11 PM
Nov 2020

Pointing out sleazy Republican vote-suppressing tactics doesn't mean they'll work. It just means that any triumph we have tomorrow is all that much sweeter for having overcome criminal Republican obstacles.

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