# Alternate reality **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 9, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-reality/771156 "2016-11-09T07:42:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-reality/771156/1 "2016-11-09T07:42:04Z")
Did I just wake up in a dystopian alternate reality? Has someone altered the timeline? I seem to be in a universe where Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016. How can I get back? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-reality/771156/2 "2016-11-09T07:47:58Z")
Seriously, did Barry Allen go back in time again? You’d think he’d learn about screwing up the timeline by now. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-reality/771156/3 "2016-11-09T08:33:11Z")
Ummm… Did you consider the possibility that you were WRONG??? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-reality/771156/4 "2016-11-09T08:40:17Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Ummm… Did you consider the possibility that you were WRONG??? Never. This is going to be a long, dark, crappy four years. I may have to accept the results, but that doesn’t mean I have to enjoy them. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-reality/771156/5 "2016-11-09T08:45:17Z")
Fighting ignorance since 73? How’s that working out for you Trump Americans? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-reality/771156/6 "2016-11-09T08:53:32Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Ummm… Did you consider the possibility that you were WRONG??? No, I say with absolute confidence that Donald Trump will be a terrible President and will do great harm to the United States. I said George W. Bush would be a terrible President in 2000 and the next eight years proved me right. And Trump will be worse than Bush. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-reality/771156/7 "2016-11-09T08:54:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > No, I say with absolute confidence that Donald Trump will be a terrible President and will do great harm to the United States. > > I said George W. Bush would be a terrible President in 2000 and the next eight years proved me right. And Trump will be worse than Bush. He’ll be worse than Buchanan.