# Harris and Walz win; what will be your first reaction? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [October 14, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743 "2024-10-14T02:27:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/61 "2024-10-15T02:24:59Z")
And which border? American or Canadian? And open in which direction? ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/62 "2024-10-15T02:53:37Z")
Migrate to Canada and eat their Canadian Geese and you’ll be meetin them at the end of the driveway. I suggest you let that one sit and marinate a bit. ---
**Author:** ![TeroSunbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terosunbear/32/14748_2.png) [@TeroSunbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeroSunbear)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/63 "2024-10-15T02:55:34Z")
There is a small chance that nothing unusual happens. Much bigger chance that a state refuses to certify electors that Harris won. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/64 "2024-10-15T05:03:31Z")
This thread is reminnding me how crazy, clueless, and divorced from reality magas truly are. sigh ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/65 "2024-10-15T05:42:36Z")
Canadian Geese?? ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/66 "2024-10-15T05:49:58Z")
I almost chimed in to say they are named Canada Geese but I figured it wasn’t worth the nitpick. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/67 "2024-10-15T08:50:18Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > > > What school teaches “Dyke culture” in kindergarten? > > I think he’s talking about Holland. Maybe, but in Dutch it’s spelled _dijk_. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/68 "2024-10-15T09:04:08Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > It will be interesting to see what the Republican party does. Do they stand by their man and continue to throw good money after bad? Or do they finally figure out that he is causing them to lose elections and finally dump him? Do they get rid of the cult or do they try to hang onto it minus the leader? Or do they just give the party over to Trump until he dies, letting him run a perpetual campaign of grievance? I don’t think they have a choice; the cult _is_ the Republican party for all practical purposes. The cult is getting rid of them, not the other way around. Now what the cult does once Trump is gone (which will happen, he’s not immortal) is another question, but they aren’t going away; they’ve existed in one form or another as long as the nation has existed. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/69 "2024-10-15T11:49:21Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > _Anyone_ who feels significant relief at Harris winning doesn’t really understand what we’re up against. > > Is there a “doesn’t” missing here? Nope. I meant exactly what I wrote. Harris winning or even being seated on Jan 20th 2025 is _not_ a cause for relief. It only means we have not lost yet. The Fascists still have us pinned in a headlock. We cannot let up for one minute for the entire rest of your and my lives. The 2028 election / political season begins on 6 Nov 2024. In fact it’s already begun. If you (any you) ever get the idea of relaxing at any time about the fight for the future of the USA, the Fascists will triumph the next morning. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/70 "2024-10-15T12:07:47Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If you (any you) ever get the idea of relaxing at any time about the fight for the future of the USA, the Fascists will triumph the next morning. Indeed. A lot of people foolishly relaxed after the 1970s because they assumed the major battles over civil rights, the military industrial complex, freedom of expression, environmental awareness, etc etc were won and settled. There was further progress to be made (obviously), but the beachhead, many thought, was firmly established, and it would be forward from there. Economic prosperity in the 1980s made it easy to allow ourselves to be further distracted by comforts and technological innovation. And it’s no coincidence that the forces of darkness quietly sowed the seeds for their resurgence in that very decade, preparing to roll back all the hard-won victories, while progressives’ attention was both elsewhere and enervated. The foundation for our current madness was laid back then. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/71 "2024-10-15T12:49:11Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The 2028 election / political season begins on 6 Nov 2024. In fact it’s already begun. Yup. The analysis i saw of the VP debate was, “Vance is running for president, and made a good first step in that direction”. I’m still going to feel relief if Harris wins. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/72 "2024-10-15T15:00:11Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > And which border? American or Canadian? And open in which direction? Obviously Canadian. They let my brother and his son cross it with impunity _both ways_ just this weekend. As if being American citizens gives them some right to do that. Harumph! Harumph, I say! ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/73 "2024-10-15T15:05:26Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If you (any you) ever get the idea of relaxing at any time about the fight for the future of the USA Relief doesn’t equal relaxation. It just means you realize that enough Americans agree with you that maybe the whole country isn’t _irretrievably_ fucked. I’m really getting annoyed with the whole “Don’t get complacent!!!” crowd this election. No one is getting “complacent”, or “relaxing”. We all understand what having tens of millions of people voting for Trump means, even if he loses. But goddamn it, if we’re not even allowed to feel a moment of relief at a huge victory, we’re fucked anyways. People can’t be on 100% of the time. the stress of that will kill them. So have a party that day, and wake up the next, hungover but still determined. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/74 "2024-10-15T15:07:59Z")
Yeah, relief for sure. But as noted, it ain’t over. The fascists have made themselves known, so they’re outed, but keeping them out of office will be a battle our children will still be fighting. I will also be trying to outlive Trump so that I can celebrate his demise. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/75 "2024-10-15T15:38:08Z")
Is there any way to just ban me from ONE section of SD? That way I’m not tempted to respond and i can keep posting in Games and Cafe Society. No…I’m not a strong man. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/76 "2024-10-15T15:58:45Z")
You _can_ mute an entire category. I’ve done so. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/77 "2024-10-15T16:19:26Z")
Chalk up one more for ‘relief.’ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/78 "2024-10-15T16:26:06Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Harris winning or even being seated on Jan 20th 2025 is _not_ a cause for relief. It only means we have not lost yet. It will mean we haven’t lost _already_, and yes, that will be cause for _relief_. Not _celebration_, just relief. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/79 "2024-10-15T16:46:36Z")
There are dykes in geology too. Intrusive igneous rock that cuts vertically across strata (unlike sills, which form horizontally between strata). I like to say, This is Geology’s planet, we just live here. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-and-walz-win-what-will-be-your-first-reaction/1008743/80 "2024-10-15T22:45:13Z")
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