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2016 Postmortem

Armstead

(47,803 posts) Mon Feb 8, 2016, 09:33 PM Feb 2016

We All Die. Nothing Matters. The Universe is Pointless. Give Up. [View all]

Just offering some suggestions for the Democratic Party Platform, according to many "realists" who don't believe in Rainbows and Unicorns.

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We All Die. Nothing Matters. The Universe is Pointless. Give Up. [View all] Armstead Feb 2016 OP

They have been absorbed. Wilms Feb 2016 #1

I like what the poet Charles Bukowski had to say: CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2016 #2

Antonio Porchia: "When I die, I will not see myself die, for the first time" eom Snotcicles Feb 2016 #19

I've never heard that renate Feb 2016 #20

Beautiful, both poetic and pragmatic. JudyM Feb 2016 #24

+1 QC Feb 2016 #27

I going to read some Bukowski. "terrorized and flattened by trivialities" snagglepuss Feb 2016 #35

It's not a hard concept madville Feb 2016 #3

Life sucks and then you die Armstead Feb 2016 #6

So what? jeff47 Feb 2016 #7

And it also discourages voters madville Feb 2016 #34

Only when the promises are made with the claim that they require no help. jeff47 Feb 2016 #40

The Clinton campaign's new spokesman: jeff47 Feb 2016 #4

Is this the BUtler from Rocky Horror...? Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #11

Hans Beinholtz. A character from the Colbert Report. jeff47 Feb 2016 #14

or Armstead Feb 2016 #12

I was thinking..... DJ13 Feb 2016 #31

Do not go gentle into that good night PowerToThePeople Feb 2016 #5

Wonderful Dylan Thomas. nt longship Feb 2016 #10

How about some Yeats? longship Feb 2016 #16

You are welcome PowerToThePeople Feb 2016 #18

with a smile on Armstead Feb 2016 #23

True story angrychair Feb 2016 #8

That'd sure motivate me Armstead Feb 2016 #9

But wait, I should still vote Hillary, right??? reformist2 Feb 2016 #13

Might as well. It doesn't make any difference. In a few years or decades we'll all be worm food Armstead Feb 2016 #15

I won't be worm food because Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #32

REmind me of the "Deteriorata" - National Lampoon - Hilarious Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #17

I remember the recording of that Armstead Feb 2016 #21

Ooh. "Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls Would scarcely get your feet wet." JudyM Feb 2016 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Feb 2016 #22

Your post reminds me of a X-mas card I received Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #25

I have a unicorn underpants Feb 2016 #28

That's because he is imaginary Armstead Feb 2016 #39

They are coming to take me away....Ha Ha Ha Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #29

Life sucks, then you die! Doc_Technical Feb 2016 #30

And here's the Realist Campaign Song, courtesy of the Fugs Armstead Feb 2016 #33

Doooooooooooooomed. <----official message of the GOP Hekate Feb 2016 #36

This thread would not be complete without this . . . Jack Rabbit Feb 2016 #37

"My name is Hillary Clinton and I approve this message" Armstead Feb 2016 #38