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BlueTsunami2018

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9. Not really. I've found that online angst doesn't translate to the real world.

Reply to Iwasthere (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 02:48 PM

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Everyone wants to kill each other online but out in the world no one even talks about any of this stuff. No one seems any angrier than usual. People are just going about their lives.

Kind of disappointing really but not surprising. Most people really have no idea what’s going on. There should be torches and pitchforks all across the country. Instead…..crickets.

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I live in a Democratic area too Iwasthere Thursday #11

Not really. I've found that online angst doesn't translate to the real world. BlueTsunami2018 Thursday #9

Pretty much what I came here to say. Xavier Breath Thursday #28

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If I Could I Would. BBbats Thursday #18

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Decades of right-wing propaganda across the billionaire-owned mass media telling people to be angry Mysterian 13 hrs ago #35