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FirstLight

(15,080 posts)
Fri May 9, 2025, 05:12 PM May 9

Jfc! I can't even take a God damn nap without the world starting to fall apart

Legally elected Mayors getting arrested, more climate stuff, more economy shit.. it's never going to end we are a civilization in decline.. and yeah I've lost hope.
I tried going back to school last year, I tried rebuilding my business, with my body being as fucked up as it is right now I don't think anything's going to work. And I ain't going to file for disability cuz that'll just give them an excuse to come get me.

I'm going to give up on everything and sell my house and figure out a way to live off the land. I got acreage hiding in Northern California I can go bug out to...
Just got to get my kids out there so they can help me. They can't afford their rent anyways they're gen Z and they are screwed

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Jfc! I can't even take a God damn nap without the world starting to fall apart (Original Post) FirstLight May 9 OP
He wants us to give up Keepthesoulalive May 9 #1
You know all of that sounds great but FirstLight May 9 #2
Many of us are pinched Keepthesoulalive May 9 #4
I'm so sorry. 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner May 9 #6
I am black Keepthesoulalive May 9 #7
Excellent advice but sometimes easier said than done vapor2 May 9 #5
Well welcome to our world Keepthesoulalive May 9 #8
Yeah.. i just went grocery shopping and stopped for lunch in a dead zone for my cell carrier... hlthe2b May 9 #3
This administration fucking sucks. Initech May 9 #9
Get used to it, especially on Fridays Warpy May 9 #10
Well, today was one of the worst MLWR May 9 #11

Keepthesoulalive

(1,312 posts)
1. He wants us to give up
Fri May 9, 2025, 06:12 PM
May 9

He floods the zone with bullshit everyday and the media laps it up. Don’t give him air and control over your mental health. He is an attention whore and he is dangerously stupid but we can’t let that take our joy. Find one thing that makes you happy and that you enjoy even lf it’s fantasyland and wallow in it. Stop letting a crazy person frighten you and steal your pleasure in family and community.

FirstLight

(15,080 posts)
2. You know all of that sounds great but
Fri May 9, 2025, 06:22 PM
May 9

You don't know my bank account you don't know my life you don't know my struggle so it's not about fear it's about the fact that honestly I have no plan of how to fucking survive this life right now

. especially for the next couple of YEARS.
.

Keepthesoulalive

(1,312 posts)
4. Many of us are pinched
Fri May 9, 2025, 06:37 PM
May 9

80 families in our voting district will be without food. But I’m going to dig down and give $50.00. I’m doing what I can to make life a little better. I know you are hurting and you are having tough times but don’t let him destroy you as he is destroying so many others. I have a hard time believing people are okay with sending people to prisons outside of the USA, I guess I forgot about Guantanamo. But we survived. Wishing you a restful nights rest.

Keepthesoulalive

(1,312 posts)
7. I am black
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:20 PM
May 9

Every fucking day is a struggle. But we never gave up believing things could be better and many died to make it so. I worry that my son will be killed by a cop . We carry our papers and we know at anytime our rights can be taken from us. The dominant culture would very much like to subjugate us but we keep fighting, we have no other choice. Black folks aren’t courageous because they want to be, they are courageous because they have to be. I wish you peace.

vapor2

(2,365 posts)
5. Excellent advice but sometimes easier said than done
Fri May 9, 2025, 06:59 PM
May 9

we are now a shit hole country and he keeps testing his boundaries. We are sick of the threats, the lies, the ignorance but I am still searching for my peace.

Keepthesoulalive

(1,312 posts)
8. Well welcome to our world
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:23 PM
May 9

We told people what a monster he would be but the majority of people didn’t listen. They said he was kidding and we were overreacting. This is the way we live everyday we have learned to find peace in an understanding community.

hlthe2b

(109,751 posts)
3. Yeah.. i just went grocery shopping and stopped for lunch in a dead zone for my cell carrier...
Fri May 9, 2025, 06:34 PM
May 9

As soon as I headed home and recovered cell coverage, my alerts were crazy. A lot of it was local stories, but still, lots going on today.

Initech

(104,836 posts)
9. This administration fucking sucks.
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:26 PM
May 9

Like really - every day it's a new disaster after another. We have a cabinet full of James Bond villains. A president who probably stole the election and has his middle finger aimed at the people who didn't vote for him. We have a government agency that's literally turned into a 21st century gestapo. We have a news network and psychotic billionaire treasury secretary that is trying to force us into a recession because golden age or something. We have a Congress controlled by republicans that is actively working AGAINST the American people. We have a mysterious group of people that are writing executive orders that we don't know what's in them or who's writing them that Trump just blindly signs without reading. This party is drunk with power and completely out of control. I just can't even.

Warpy

(113,396 posts)
10. Get used to it, especially on Fridays
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:54 PM
May 9

when the Friday News Dump will contain the worst outrages..

You might consider tuning out from Thursday until Saturday morning, just looking up selected stories if you must.

I need to take my own advice but today was special, trying to cope with phone trees that don't fit what you need to do is not fun and yelling at King Pustule's Gestapo provided catharsis.

MLWR

(327 posts)
11. Well, today was one of the worst
Fri May 9, 2025, 08:01 PM
May 9

when we learned that Krasnov and his puppet Miller want to take away Habeas Corpus.

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