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Stinky The Clown

(68,952 posts)
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:43 PM Mar 2017

We have entered the What The Fuck Zone

No matter where you turn, shit is happening at light speed sometimes and then painfully slow. But all the while it is happening. Most of it is unprecedented. More moving parts than most people can follow. Even the entertainment shows have bits and pieces of it.

Every time you see some new "thing" all you can do is go "What the Fuck?"

What the Fuuuuuuck?

Wutdafuck?

What the FUCK?

What.The.Fuck.?

etc.

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We have entered the What The Fuck Zone (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Mar 2017 OP
I have been there for quite awhile now. smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #1
Me too... whathehell Mar 2017 #9
Me too! MatthewStLouis Mar 2017 #12
I'm getting bad news fatigue Calculating Mar 2017 #2
Don't forget: yallerdawg Mar 2017 #3
Stinky, we entered this zone ages ago!! - along the same lines, I've wondered more than once, Leghorn21 Mar 2017 #4
We would have it easier if dems were in power, the first thing they did wrong Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #5
I can't keep it all straight anymore. femmocrat Mar 2017 #6
I have been there since 2 am on 11/9, and my head just keeps spinning faster and faster. niyad Mar 2017 #7
impeachera-the new drug for TIAD-trump-induced anxiety disorder niyad Mar 2017 #8
It's all VERY ... Martin Eden Mar 2017 #10
love it keepthemhonestO Mar 2017 #22
It's too bad there's not an acronym for that. Cracklin Charlie Mar 2017 #11
Hmmmm . . . . WTFZ? Stinky The Clown Mar 2017 #13
I think this country's ethical mores have been degrading for several decades. Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #14
WTF? world wide wally Mar 2017 #15
Yup ismnotwasm Mar 2017 #16
If I don't keep the news on all the time I get way out of the loop almost immediately eleny Mar 2017 #17
Hahahahahaha! Stinky The Clown Mar 2017 #23
gmta! eleny Mar 2017 #27
They know what is what, but they don't know what is what. They just strut. What da fuck?! Lucky Luciano Mar 2017 #18
I changed my online name on some forums to "OhNoNotThis!" after the election... GetRidOfThem Mar 2017 #19
I think this is all part of Bannon's bdamomma Mar 2017 #20
You are absolutely right at least as far as we/US/ DEMS should be very very careful pangaia Mar 2017 #25
I have felt like this for a long time though. Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #21
WTF ??????? pangaia Mar 2017 #24
Friends, this is their plan. mac56 Mar 2017 #26
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
1. I have been there for quite awhile now.
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:44 PM
Mar 2017

Things went from relatively normal under Obama to so incredibly effed up in such a short period of time under Trump my head is spinning. It's like I can't even absorb it all at this rate. It's too overwhelming.

MatthewStLouis

(921 posts)
12. Me too!
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 01:46 PM
Mar 2017

I think maybe the first one was when it looked like they might actually want that arsehole for their nominee...

Of course, the first real big surreal one was on election night... Twilight zone stuff!!!

WTF?!!!



Calculating

(3,000 posts)
2. I'm getting bad news fatigue
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:45 PM
Mar 2017

Almost growing numb to all the daily horrors. My reaction is more of a "Oh look, that's terrible. What's new?"

Leghorn21

(14,090 posts)
4. Stinky, we entered this zone ages ago!! - along the same lines, I've wondered more than once,
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:47 PM
Mar 2017

"Just exactly how many times can we go 'through the looking-glass'??!"

No rest for the weary, but resist we will!!

Eliot Rosewater

(34,285 posts)
5. We would have it easier if dems were in power, the first thing they did wrong
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:49 PM
Mar 2017

would be the end of them and there would not be a daily barrage of new crimes coming out.

Baitball Blogger

(52,350 posts)
14. I think this country's ethical mores have been degrading for several decades.
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 02:08 PM
Mar 2017

This outcome we are now witnessing has been hastened by the push to allow the private sector to encroach on governmental obligations. So, it might look like federal government is ripping apart at the seams today, even though the fabric of our society has been corrupted at the local and state level for a very long time.

eleny

(46,176 posts)
17. If I don't keep the news on all the time I get way out of the loop almost immediately
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 02:52 PM
Mar 2017

But if I keep it on then the mental nausea is too much. It's a non stop spin cycle.

I need a park bench, a bag of bread crumbs and some pigeons.

Lucky Luciano

(11,863 posts)
18. They know what is what, but they don't know what is what. They just strut. What da fuck?!
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 02:54 PM
Mar 2017

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Fat Boy Slim



Reminded me of my rave days back in grad school!

GetRidOfThem

(869 posts)
19. I changed my online name on some forums to "OhNoNotThis!" after the election...
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 02:57 PM
Mar 2017

...and it has been quite an appropriate online handle. Right now my addiction to the news as this horror story unfolds is distracting me from work. Many of my colleagues at the international organization I work at are in complete shock and awe. WTF??? WTF??? WTF???

bdamomma

(69,532 posts)
20. I think this is all part of Bannon's
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 02:58 PM
Mar 2017

plan keep on shoveling it out until we get immune to it, I will not be immune to all this crap.


I am saying just keep focused and avoid the gas lighting.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
25. You are absolutely right at least as far as we/US/ DEMS should be very very careful
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 03:38 PM
Mar 2017

not to forget what is really going on-- keep our/their eyes on the attackers, fight them off, kill as many as possible, but don't forget the sneaky shit going on over the next ridge.

Kimchijeon

(1,606 posts)
21. I have felt like this for a long time though.
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 02:58 PM
Mar 2017

Since it was apparent that the corporate media were going to just milk the nutbag Trump campaign, even though he's got actual criminal/nazi sycophants, and was a really easy target to expose and crush, way early on. But nope. Candidates had been laughed out of the running for the most trivial offenses, yet this shitbag got a free pass. Serious WTF territory.

So much public info to shame him and dismiss the campaign, but they let it happen, incredibly. Super disgusting. And a big 'ole WTF.

All the rest that's just hard to keep up with, yeah. It's just been WTF nonstop barrage of crazy dystopian nightmare fuel, as we circle the drain of our demise. RIP, America.

mac56

(17,821 posts)
26. Friends, this is their plan.
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 03:46 PM
Mar 2017

Sensory overload to the point that we're desensitized to each day's new WTF. Stay sharp, stay clear, stay focused.

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