# I so want the US elections to be over! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 30, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-so-want-the-us-elections-to-be-over/924327 "2020-10-30T15:33:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Leftwix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@Leftwix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leftwix)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-so-want-the-us-elections-to-be-over/924327/41 "2020-11-01T22:17:16Z")
I wake up with a headache every morning. I’m sad, angry, and trying not to be a danger to myself or others. Wish me luck, because I’m very near the breaking point. I despise everyone who defends trump. I’m so disappointed in people and our leaders. I cry over it. I want to check out, but I can’t. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-so-want-the-us-elections-to-be-over/924327/42 "2020-11-02T17:57:16Z")
Well, I took my own advice yesterday and went for a bike ride for a couple hours mid-day. There was a massive Trump parade coursing thru town, people honking and hollering and cheering each other, big flags flapping atop and behind big trucks and sedans alike. I have never seen anything like this before for a politician. This is bordering on personality cult. My mood is a bit more somber now. I fear no matter what happens tomorrow, we’re screwed. 40% of Americans have been brainwashed and need deprogramming. Even with a best-case scenario of a Biden win and a blue Senate and House, a large number of people in this country are still going to be living in an alternate world without the benefit of facts, science, and truth, and will be acting/behaving on that lack of information. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-so-want-the-us-elections-to-be-over/924327/43 "2020-11-02T18:40:21Z")
**Leftwix,** my heart goes out to you. I’m not feeling great myself, but I am stable. I do social justice work so I am used to demoralizing realities. Part of the way I cope is to find meaning in other things. I have my job, my family, my writing, hell - even my video games. I have to build up my resilience to setbacks or I am worthless. We voted, we did our part. We can’t change the outcome. Now I have to put down the burden, at least for now. As my therapist says, “Don’t suffer twice.” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-so-want-the-us-elections-to-be-over/924327/44 "2020-11-02T20:17:00Z")
I’m having a hard time putting one foot in front of the other right now (metaphorically speaking). I’m basically good for nothing at the moment. I hope to feel better after tomorrow, but we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-so-want-the-us-elections-to-be-over/924327/45 "2020-11-02T21:04:59Z")
I haven’t gotten any calls or txt messages encouraging me to vote. But I do get multiple txts and maybe a call, every day, asking me to volunteer to call or txt people encouraging them to vote. Such is life in a state where votes don’t count, just a few miles from a state where they are crucially important. ---
**Author:** ![Leftwix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@Leftwix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leftwix)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-so-want-the-us-elections-to-be-over/924327/46 "2020-11-03T23:07:50Z")
Thank you so much for your kind words. I’m better today. I think everything will go as it should. I’m praying hard and fast. I voted this morning, and I found a dollar in the street, that’s a good sign. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-so-want-the-us-elections-to-be-over/924327/47 "2020-11-04T01:17:36Z")
I’m now looking forward to the counting being over. I have plenty of chocolate, and took some Valium earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-so-want-the-us-elections-to-be-over/924327/48 "2020-11-04T02:02:41Z")
Thank you for reminding me I have a stock of Ativan. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-so-want-the-us-elections-to-be-over/924327/49 "2020-11-04T02:59:46Z")
Well, Hallowe’en month is finally over. One out of two is break even. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-so-want-the-us-elections-to-be-over/924327/50 "2020-11-04T04:02:57Z")
Fittingly, Tuesday Night is the night I have to take the trash out. ---
**Author:** ![fc1114](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@fc1114](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fc1114)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-so-want-the-us-elections-to-be-over/924327/51 "2020-11-07T00:07:41Z")
Finally I can go back on Youtube and not have to suffer through campaign ads. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-so-want-the-us-elections-to-be-over/924327.md?page=2)