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malaise

(268,668 posts)
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:23 PM Nov 2020

What I want to know is who gives a flying fuck whether he has come to terms with losing

or not? A 74 year old man is holding up an entire country with a tantrum befitting a five year old.

Decades ago I conducted a review with a student who had failed the course.

I used to try and see what they knew before going over the final exam questions. As with all persons who wanted reviews, I checked his course work essays and his mid-term exam grades. He had failed all of them. So I asked the student to name four modules on the course outline. He couldn't name one. At the end of the review he said he still didn't understand why he failed.

I was so pissed that this arrogant entitled idiot had wasted my time asking for a review. The institution asked him to withdraw the next year. Turns out it wasn't just my course - he failed in every fucking course and blamed everyone but himself. He was cut from the same cloth as the Con.

Fuck the Killa Con.

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What I want to know is who gives a flying fuck whether he has come to terms with losing (Original Post) malaise Nov 2020 OP
Hillary got skewered because she waited a couple extra hours Johnny2X2X Nov 2020 #1
Actually, he's both - a man-child.............. MyOwnPeace Nov 2020 #3
I think it should be child-man Cartaphelius Nov 2020 #35
That is what angers me malaise Nov 2020 #5
You're completely right. I remember that vividly. Mike 03 Nov 2020 #12
THIS malaise Nov 2020 #17
The networks have mostly bent over backwards to accommodate Trump. Lonestarblue Nov 2020 #21
The media has liberal bias (bullshit) PNW-Dem Nov 2020 #32
He can do it on his own dime. liberalmuse Nov 2020 #2
Yeah, like why is it "newsworthy?" grumpyduck Nov 2020 #4
It isn't and most of them wouldn't tolerate this from their own kids malaise Nov 2020 #8
Now that the adults are back in charge, there aren't nearly the #of dramas going on every 10 minutes BComplex Nov 2020 #11
But but but...it waaaaaaasn't his fault. CincyDem Nov 2020 #6
Excellent post malaise Nov 2020 #13
I don't give a fuck. cwydro Nov 2020 #7
I don't know who gives a shit either. Malaise, it's like you said yesterday: Mike 03 Nov 2020 #9
I will never get past that but I wish Dems would raise it more often malaise Nov 2020 #15
+1 2naSalit Nov 2020 #30
'Zactly Blue Owl Nov 2020 #10
My response to Trumapanzees echoes Melania's jacket gohuskies Nov 2020 #14
And that he is malaise Nov 2020 #16
I think tRump has a small group of enablers he talks to..... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2020 #18
Sadly the media and his enablers feed that sick ego malaise Nov 2020 #20
The media. They are junkies. not_the_one Nov 2020 #19
You are so right matt819 Nov 2020 #22
You nailed it malaise Nov 2020 #26
Yep, I'm not Trump's therapist, helping him cope is not my job. CaptainTruth Nov 2020 #23
I do not give any fucks jO456 Nov 2020 #24
Did the Soviet troops SCantiGOP Nov 2020 #25
What a great question malaise Nov 2020 #28
Not I! ancianita Nov 2020 #27
Kids in cages so fuck him madeup64 Nov 2020 #29
this++ llashram Nov 2020 #31
no excuses for him but he skated thru school and was gifted marks he didn't earn dawn5651 Nov 2020 #33
Now all we need to get into our thick heads is that 70 million lunatica Nov 2020 #34
Destroying environmental protections; open season on protected animal species Larissa Nov 2020 #36
Great analogy malaise! mtnsnake Nov 2020 #37
Not me! I think the concern is his followers. They would have gladly Hortensis Nov 2020 #38
Great graph malaise Nov 2020 #41
SCARY red, but steady, strong BLUE line committed to democracy! Hortensis Nov 2020 #43
Nobody musclecar6 Nov 2020 #39
Just wondering if the student you reviewed had the initials DJT MichaelSoE Nov 2020 #40
No but he had the same sense of self importance malaise Nov 2020 #42
re your student. mopinko Nov 2020 #44
Great dad -forget the teacher malaise Nov 2020 #46
he was my first and best teacher. mopinko Nov 2020 #47
Same here malaise Nov 2020 #48
yeah. it's why they all hate me. mopinko Nov 2020 #49
⭐️K&R⭐️ spanone Nov 2020 #45
Lord, if you are listening... HipChick Nov 2020 #50

Johnny2X2X

(18,968 posts)
1. Hillary got skewered because she waited a couple extra hours
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:25 PM
Nov 2020

Trump is not a child, he's supposed to be a leader and he's harming the country. The networks are going too easy on him, start hammering him, he's trying to destroy our Democracy.

MyOwnPeace

(16,917 posts)
3. Actually, he's both - a man-child..............
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:28 PM
Nov 2020

and he sucks at both!!!!

Kick him in the a$$ and throw him the hell out of OUR WHITE HOUSE!!!!!!

Lonestarblue

(9,958 posts)
21. The networks have mostly bent over backwards to accommodate Trump.
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 04:08 PM
Nov 2020

Only in the last months have CNN and others gone after his constant lies. Before that, they covered his every insane tweet and public appearance as though Moses was speaking from Mount Sinai.

liberalmuse

(18,671 posts)
2. He can do it on his own dime.
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:27 PM
Nov 2020

He'll have years to relive and contemplate his crushing loss over and over and over and over again. He needs to do it on his own time, on his own dime, though. We don't give a shit whether he concedes or not. He'll be gone regardless.

malaise

(268,668 posts)
8. It isn't and most of them wouldn't tolerate this from their own kids
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:31 PM
Nov 2020

Who the fuck is Donald Trump - just another person who lost an election.
What's worse is that after being responsible for all these deaths and infections, he had the nerve to run for reelection.

BComplex

(8,017 posts)
11. Now that the adults are back in charge, there aren't nearly the #of dramas going on every 10 minutes
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:33 PM
Nov 2020

Hopefully newspapers have to start expanding into things like crossword puzzles on every page. Good news, for a change!

CincyDem

(6,333 posts)
6. But but but...it waaaaaaasn't his fault.
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:31 PM
Nov 2020

Used to see some of the same BS in the corporate world. gus would come in whining about not getting promoted. I'd ask them how he think they've been doing over the past 2-3 years.

I tell them (a la jeopardy???) "please phrase your answer in the context of our corporate key performance measures. most of the whiners couldn't do it...couldn't even put their strengths in the framework. most didn't even know have the measures.

We can have a discussion about if the key performance measures were right/inclusaionary/balanced/whatever another time but they were the promotion criteria in the organization. And these guys usually couldn't have a coherent conversation about them.

discussions usually ended quickly with me being "the bad guy".

Oh well..



malaise

(268,668 posts)
13. Excellent post
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:34 PM
Nov 2020

Same shit different day. They are never the bad guy or girl.
That same student told a colleague that he didn't like how she delivered lectures

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
7. I don't give a fuck.
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:31 PM
Nov 2020

Glad he’s dejected, and I think this coddling should stop.

It’s like everyone is acting like they’re dealing with a spoiled brat. I know he is, but screw people treating him that way.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
9. I don't know who gives a shit either. Malaise, it's like you said yesterday:
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:31 PM
Nov 2020

Paraphrasing: how dare he even have had the temerity to run for a second term after killing a quarter of a million Americans.

I can't even get past that. That was one of the truest things I've read all year.

It's an insult to every American that he even ran for re-election.

malaise

(268,668 posts)
15. I will never get past that but I wish Dems would raise it more often
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:35 PM
Nov 2020

while we put up with this shit. No one responsible for all these deaths and infections should contemplate reelection. It's that simple.

2naSalit

(86,310 posts)
30. +1
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 04:40 PM
Nov 2020

All messaging should include the fact that he is responsible for this massive death count. And not in polite terms.

Blue Owl

(50,238 posts)
10. 'Zactly
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:32 PM
Nov 2020

What, is their little Donny special, so very special?

The only thing special about him is that he's a special kind of stupid...

gohuskies

(1,154 posts)
14. My response to Trumapanzees echoes Melania's jacket
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:34 PM
Nov 2020

"I really don't care, do you?" tRump is reaping the scorn he so richly deserves. Hope he enjoys being known as The Biggest Loser.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
18. I think tRump has a small group of enablers he talks to.....
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 02:46 PM
Nov 2020

and they don't want to give up the reins of power. Obviously, some of the high-wealth supporters want to maintain power as well. We'll never know what they've communicated to tRump.

Of course, he may just be acting on his own as a narcissistic psychopathic asshole......


KY.......... .........

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
19. The media. They are junkies.
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 03:00 PM
Nov 2020

Some, more than others.

But the media has become a monster that doesn't care if something is true or false, only if it is controversial, or even better, sensational, the proverbial train wreck that keeps on giving.

The media will be the ones who decree if THAT particular horse (the outrage of the hour), is ACTUALLY dead, or not...

And THAT all revolves around either PROFIT or POWER... (he typed while looking at his hand, as he almost walked in front of a mac truck)

WE are the drug the media is high on...

matt819

(10,749 posts)
22. You are so right
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 04:12 PM
Nov 2020

When one lacks self-awareness, the world will always be a mystery. Why did I fail? How did that happen? Why did my partner leave me? Why does everyone hate me? After all, it can't be me.

We are so past caring WTF he feels or soothing his bruised ego or reaching out or offering a face-saving exit.

Concede, don't concede. We don't care. Just get the fuck out of the way and let the adults get to work.

jO456

(61 posts)
24. I do not give any fucks
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 04:26 PM
Nov 2020

I am more concerned about the shit he will do between now and 12 noon on 1/20/21.
Also what his supporters will do.

SCantiGOP

(13,862 posts)
25. Did the Soviet troops
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 04:26 PM
Nov 2020

Slow down their march into Berlin to give Hitler time to come to terms with his loss?
It must have really hurt his feelings to have his 'Thousand Year Reich' fall short by about 990 years.

dawn5651

(603 posts)
33. no excuses for him but he skated thru school and was gifted marks he didn't earn
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 05:02 PM
Nov 2020

usually rich kids in my high school got this benefit.

Larissa

(788 posts)
36. Destroying environmental protections; open season on protected animal species
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 05:18 PM
Nov 2020

The list of Trump's destructive actions is endless. Michael Cohen predicts that when Trump goes to Mar-A-Lago for Christmas, he'll never return to the White House.

Please God.

thehill.com: Michael Cohen Predicts Trump Won't Return to the White House after Christmas at Mar-A-Lago
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/525494-michael-cohen-predicts-trump-wont-return-to-white-house-after-christmas-at-mar

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
38. Not me! I think the concern is his followers. They would have gladly
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 05:24 PM
Nov 2020

followed a Hitler or Stalin, a real strongman, but got him instead. They're raging, not just him.

And "they" now include Republicans in office.

WaPo: GOP leaders’ embrace of Trump’s refusal to concede fits pattern of rising authoritarianism, data shows: Research by a team of international scholars shows the Republican Party’s shift away from democratic norms predates Donald Trump but has accelerated since

“The Republican Party in the U.S. has retreated from upholding democratic norms in recent years,” said Anna Lührmann, a political scientist at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and a former member of the German parliament. “Its rhetoric is closer to authoritarian parties, such as AKP in Turkey and Fidesz in Hungary.” ...

For the project, researchers recruited more than 600 political scientists around the world to make annual assessments of over 2000 political parties’ adherence to a number of key small-D democratic values. Those assessments are combined into the main measure in the chart below, which tracks parties’ overall commitment to democracy. Lührmann points out that the Republican Party score started to edge downward during the Obama administration but fell off a cliff in 2016 with the ascent of Trump.

The Democratic Party, by contrast, hasn’t changed much. This is a prime example of what political scientists call asymmetric polarization — a growing partisan gap driven almost entirely by the actions of the Republican Party. While V-Dem’s data only runs through 2018, that asymmetry has only become more apparent in the aftermath of this election, Lührmann said: “It is disturbing that most leading Republicans are still not objecting to President Trump’s baseless claims of electoral fraud and attempts to declare himself the winner.”
As a result, she says, GOP scores are likely to sink further when 2020 data is released. ...

Consider the demonization of political opponents: In 2006, V-Dem’s experts judged that GOP leaders “usually did not” resort to demonization and severe personal attacks in characterizing the Democratic Party.
But the rise of the tea party was a turning point, research shows. “Angry protesters have frequently made claims ranging from proclaiming Obama’s ‘socialist’ intentions to making explicit Nazi comparisons to suggesting that the President is defying or even subverting the Constitution,” the Anti-Defamation League wrote at the time. By 2016, that sort of rhetoric had become the norm among GOP leaders.

Encouraging violence has become alarmingly common. From the 1970s through roughly 2010, V-Dem’s experts note that both Republican and Democratic leaders consistently rejected the use of violence against political opponents. For Republicans, that began to change under Trump. ... Many GOP supporters have taken these messages to heart, with news reports documenting dozens of cases of violent crimes committed in Trump’s name.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/12/republican-party-trump-authoritarian-data/

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
43. SCARY red, but steady, strong BLUE line committed to democracy!
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 08:47 AM
Nov 2020

The 2020 graph that's coming should show accelerating Republican free fall into authoritarianism, as Democrats continued to hold democracy's line.

(Since Sanders ran as a Democrat, his anti-democracy behaviors may have been included in the factors analyzed for Dems in 2016. But they failed completely among Democratic superdelegates, while half of his eagerly supportive base subsequently voted RW to elect Trump/GOP and the other half also refused to vote Democratic, so I wonder how they categorized this overlap between LW and RW authoritarian populism.)


musclecar6

(1,684 posts)
39. Nobody
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 05:29 PM
Nov 2020

With a brain gives a fuck about this guy. He’s just acting like a spoiled brat that he’s always been and now he’s going to get booted out of office and we couldn’t be happier. So Long ass hole.

mopinko

(69,983 posts)
44. re your student.
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 11:07 AM
Nov 2020

when i was a kid, and we got a lousy grade and tried to blame the teacher, my da always said-
if you are hungry, you will eat beef stew out of a dirty bucket.
if you want to learn, you will learn from anyone w something to teach you.

mopinko

(69,983 posts)
49. yeah. it's why they all hate me.
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 11:47 AM
Nov 2020

i was not his 1st choice for fave, but by the time i came along, he had given up on #1 and #2.

i was his dinky, and he was my dada.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
50. Lord, if you are listening...
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 11:50 AM
Nov 2020

Need an order of Smite asap....

Can wait till the media stop covering him...
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