# Ya gonna watch Trump's Presidential Inauguration on Friday, January 20? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 2, 2017, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133 "2017-01-02T10:52:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/1 "2017-01-02T10:52:39Z")
Well, are ya gonna watch? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/2 "2017-01-02T12:12:14Z")
After some reflection, I am going to ask **THE MOD** if this poll should go to **IMHO**. Just Wonder’in… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/3 "2017-01-02T12:23:12Z")
Love that the answer I actually thought is in the choices. I plan to refer to Acting President Pence instead. I don’t like the guy, but he can at least be President. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/4 "2017-01-02T12:56:50Z")
Rockefeller’s, a lovely bank building that was a fine concert venue some years ago, has now resumed offering shows. They’re throwing an Inauguration Ball that evening. First band on the list: “The Satanic Overlords of Rock & Roll.” My answer: “HELLO NO.” Besides, it’s a work day… ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/5 "2017-01-02T13:03:13Z")
‘Trump’s Inauguration’ … still a ridiculous notion. Possibly the most fucked up thing I’ll ever see in my life. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/6 "2017-01-02T13:10:18Z")
Looking back, my norm is to not watch the swearings/inaugurations, at least not to watch them live anyway – made a deliberate effort to catch it in 2009 due to historic considerations but that has been it for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/7 "2017-01-02T13:21:46Z")
As long as clawing out my own eyeballs remains an option, odds are against it. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/8 "2017-01-02T14:31:17Z")
No. I think even my grandfather, who went to the Mall for every inauguration from FDR to Bill Clinton’s first term except when he was stationed overseas, would have sat this one out. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/9 "2017-01-02T14:40:53Z")
I’m fairly meh about inaugurations and the inaugural balls/concerts. I watched Clinton’s in 1992 but not 1996. I watched a little bit of Obama’s 2012 one. Mostly it depends on the quality of the musicians involved in the concert, which pretty much guarantees I won’t watch Trump’s apart from what turns up on the news. ---
**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/10 "2017-01-02T14:45:10Z")
I’m going to watch? Curious to see the tone he strikes. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/11 "2017-01-02T15:07:15Z")
I shall watch it with pleasure and satisfaction. \ ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/12 "2017-01-02T15:15:24Z")
I’ll watch it because I like seeing stupid people try to bullshit their way out of a book report for something they didn’t even start reading. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/13 "2017-01-02T15:16:14Z")
Lucked out – I’ll be at work, stuck in meetings all day, just by chance (almost never happens). My wife is mad at me – it won’t be quite as easy for her to avoid the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/14 "2017-01-02T15:46:00Z")
No. I’ll be in the Bahamas with a lady friend. On the whole, I’ll bet I’ll be happier than most. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/15 "2017-01-02T15:53:02Z")
For what, Ted Nugent and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/16 "2017-01-02T16:08:39Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > For what, Ted Nugent and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir? Mind you, if they’re performing **together** I’d tune in to watch that. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/17 "2017-01-02T16:09:11Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > For what, Ted Nugent and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir? Admit it, that would be one awesome duet. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/18 "2017-01-02T16:41:48Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > I shall watch it with pleasure and satisfaction. Rule 34, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/19 "2017-01-02T17:08:04Z")
No, but I’ve never watched the inauguration of any of his predecessors, either. Since he had a much bigger impact on my life than any president, I was much more interest in watching the departure of our “sheriff” Joe Arpaio. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133/20 "2017-01-02T17:17:40Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > I shall watch it with pleasure and satisfaction. \ Yeah, I’d rather watch the ducks too. Birdwatching is fun. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gonna-watch-trumps-presidential-inauguration-on-friday-january-20/776133.md?page=2)