Choosing ignore

[stealurface831]

Back in the day, 1960's, if you asked people who they was voting for they would say "It's a secret ballot" and the conversation would end.

god damn yer old.

[Cisco Kid]

That's what I'm here for.

[riser4]

^ that's because you are an enormous vaginal crease

Well, you're a festering anus, taint very appealing.

[Mazderati]

If you choose intolerance, then you have to navigate that. For many, that will include coworkers, bosses, subordinates, your dentist, doctor, car mechanics, kids teachers, ski patrolers and so on. And you also invite others to tread you in the same fashion.

But they are your choices to make. I don't want to live in a monoculture. If everyone acted and thought like me, society would suck.

Its your game to play. I know what works for me. You gotta find what works for you.

Tolerance as long as it's not someone walking their dog without saying hi. And, tolerance as long as it's not someone who moved to town interested in local politics.

[Mazderati]

No reasonable person wants to deal with it. It's not even burying your head in the sand, it's people reaching their limit and breaking away to stay sane. Just don't let that turn into long-term apathy if you want a say in the space you occupy.

[muted reborn]

I just subscribed to the print edition of The Onion and that will be my only news source for the next four years.

[byates1]

Well, you're a festering anus, taint very appealing.

Recently I just got an enormous hemmroid so your kinda spot on

[liv2ski]

I just subscribed to the print edition of The Onion and that will be my only news source for the next four years.

Such a great idea

[cspringsposer]

No reasonable person wants to deal with it. It's not even burying your head in the sand, it's people reaching their limit and breaking away to stay sane. Just don't let that turn into long-term apathy if you want a say in the space you occupy.

Exactly. Some people just need a fucking break and space to breath. This doesn't mean that in 18 months when it's time to fight again people won't, it just means we aren't going to change the current situation by obsessively living and dying by every idiotic policy or statement that is made.

We can't control what happened, but we can control how we are effected by it and how we choose to let it impact our lives. If the Republic is still standing, I will see you all in the summer of 2026 to try to claw some power back.

[babybear]

One way that I think I've avoided the news angst of recent times is that I typically read business-oriented news sites.
You get way less of the emotion and dramatic headlines/ anecdotes
My husband gets fired up practically every day because of the news, but hoping he chills out once ski season arrives

[Core Shot]

I just subscribed to the print edition of The Onion and that will be my only news source for the next four years.

Does that come with print info wars?

[highangle]

Yep, they're gonna spoof infowars and confuse tf out of the dumb end of the population for years before they wise up. They're dumb, amirite?

[liv2ski]

You're right....

[dunfree]

One way that I think I've avoided the news angst of recent times is that I typically read business-oriented news sites.
You get way less of the emotion and dramatic headlines/ anecdotes
My husband gets fired up practically every day because of the news, but hoping he chills out once ski season arrives

there’s business news - good, investigative reporting - and business news that’s just recycled PR. Politics news is almost entirely PR/pointless ragebait

[sb]

This is no way to live life.



Take a break but you can’t live life as an ostrich forever. Many would argue that’s what got us here in the first place and that disengagement will only make things worse.

This

The screaming and knashing of teeth will only grow with intensity.

Kind of like how admins delete and move threads they do not like.

Carry on.

[ex-powderbroker]

lol you’re such a little bitch.

carry on, little bitch!

[goldenboy]

Cruising the world and avoiding America for the next 4 years while visiting 140 countries actually has some appeal, and would be one hell of a way to choose ignore. Too bad I love skiing too much and I'm not so sure about cruises in general (not to mention not retired). https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trum...-nomad-1984726

[brutah]

This thread reeks of white male privilege and cowardice.

Y’all are going to wake up from your 4 year political nap to a much worse America.

[plugboots]

This thread reeks of white male privilege and cowardice.

Y’all are going to wake up from your 4 year political nap to a much worse America.

Well sure. It’s a fucking skiing forum, you dip shit.
The time to do something was before this asshole got elected, and my wife and I did all kinds of shit trying to prevent it, to no avail, so… fuck off.

[Cisco Kid]

I don't know, or judge, the rest here but I just gave myself a 30 day RnR away from the sound of battle so I can return to the fray refreshed.

[jackstraw]

Well sure. It’s a fucking skiing forum, you dip shit.
The time to do something was before this asshole got elected, and my wife and I did all kinds of shit trying to prevent it, to no avail, so… fuck off.

Exactly. Wtf. The last thing my wife did was hand write a shitton of letters to voters in Georgia who did not vote last election.

So please tell what exactly are you going to do NOW? Protest in the streets? Storm the Capitol? Scream the election was stolen and go full kookoo?

[highangle]

Carry on.

From a FEMA trailer, SnottyB, or do you wait until the government rebuilds your house after the flood?

[riser4]

Exactly. Wtf. The last thing my wife did was hand write a shitton of letters to voters in Georgia who did not vote last election.

So please tell what exactly are you going to do NOW? Protest in the streets? Storm the Capitol? Scream the election was stolen and go full kookoo?

Dookie on speaker Johnson's desk?

[brutah]

Well sure. It’s a fucking skiing forum, you dip shit.
The time to do something was before this asshole got elected, and my wife and I did all kinds of shit trying to prevent it, to no avail, so… fuck off.

There you go, get that anger out. I’ll be your punching bag if that makes you feel better. But I would suggest you direct that anger at something more productive than attacking people that likely share your political views.

[brutah]

Exactly. Wtf. The last thing my wife did was hand write a shitton of letters to voters in Georgia who did not vote last election.

So please tell what exactly are you going to do NOW? Protest in the streets? Storm the Capitol? Scream the election was stolen and go full kookoo?

Do you think “choosing to ignore” and encouraging others to do so is going to accomplish anything other than (best case scenario) maintain the status quo?