Choosing between affect and effect can be scary.

[OxQQme]

Sitting here at my computer on a cold outside sort of a day.
Surfing for inspiration to combat drumpfitis syndrome.

"It Can't Happen Here" - Sinclair Lewis spoke, in 1935, of this almost exact scenario.

Am I a pessimist to see only the stress fractures in society, that ARE occurring?
Seeing @-o'noes, what'll I'm do-@?? Where do we go from here?
Bomb shelter time?

I came upon this site and thought I'd share it for any wordsmith who happens by.

https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/affect-effect/

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/affect

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/effect

the "You're either the Hammer, or you're the Nail" rings in my 76 years old noggin.
Some un-remembered elder placed that slogan in there in my youth.
Maybe some country song.

Where DO we go from here?

Ecotopia?

"Hoovervilles" across the country?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

1. What you feed a pig can affect the bacon.

Slaying the pig can effect the bacon.

[guillaumeb]

2. Russia effectively affected the US election.

Is this clear?

[unblock]

3. Shrub the yankee's texas accent seemed affected.

But maybe that doesn't really clarify....