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JHB

(37,128 posts)
22. Thanks for the lecture, but DU has always had moments like this
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 11:42 AM
Mar 2020

It was founded after the Supreme Court decided to put Bush in the Oval Office.

In those 20-odd years there have been ups and downs: terrorist attacks, wars, the worst recession since the Great Depression, and dirty politics from Republicans. The only reason the last can't be called "the dirtiest of the dirty" is because it got ever gotten dirtier as time went on.

The worst of the downs produced periods of coping. You're not the first to chide people for "sitting around stewing" and "hand wringing", and you won't be the last.

People are doing the very thing's you're encouraging. Just understand, this is part of it.

DU is unnecessary doom.and gloom [View all] evertonfc Mar 2020 OP
Eh people get off on it. Loki Liesmith Mar 2020 #1
this obamanut2012 Mar 2020 #38
But Hearthrob Mar 2020 #75
IOW ... "Get over it!" 🙄 live love laugh Mar 2020 #94
They can get over it or not Loki Liesmith Mar 2020 #97
DU is making this better for me. nt USALiberal Mar 2020 #2
Not all of us will likely survive this. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #3
It is for people like you, and for my daughter, that I am isolating Rorey Mar 2020 #28
+1000 RelativelyJones Mar 2020 #90
+1, the young healthy and well-off are the most carefree right now uponit7771 Mar 2020 #33
Stay safe. RelativelyJones Mar 2020 #89
The glass is neither half full nor half empty. WheelWalker Mar 2020 #4
I like that. Thanks. n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #24
Blessings. WheelWalker Mar 2020 #41
I've said the same and my best friend is not speaking to me now. LakeArenal Mar 2020 #5
I doubt any DUers feel that way. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #10
Of course they don't. demmiblue Mar 2020 #14
Well you didn't hear the discussion. LakeArenal Mar 2020 #15
Well, I don't know your friend Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #20
Thank you for your mini analysis. LakeArenal Mar 2020 #23
I know how hard it is to potentially Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #25
Give it time True Blue American Mar 2020 #47
Thanks. You said the exact truth. LakeArenal Mar 2020 #55
What you just said True Blue American Mar 2020 #68
💔❤️🤞🏼 LakeArenal Mar 2020 #72
Voice of Experience True Blue American Mar 2020 #74
All said on DU of course JCMach1 Mar 2020 #6
Over 1/2 of the Covid-19 cases in the US are in New York state. In_The_Wind Mar 2020 #7
Well said nt. a la izquierda Mar 2020 #8
You would make miserable company! Don't chastise me or other DUers. nt centrarchus Mar 2020 #9
True. If you don't like reading about it on DU then don't click on posts with virus news. blueinredohio Mar 2020 #13
All of THIS... LovingA2andMI Mar 2020 #64
D.U. is a coping mechanism for some of us, and you aint even taking your own advice! Brainfodder Mar 2020 #11
:) True Blue American Mar 2020 #49
Oh. Ok. LuckyCharms Mar 2020 #12
LOL! mdelaguna Mar 2020 #76
🤣🤣 live love laugh Mar 2020 #93
Don't tell me how to live my life. MrsCoffee Mar 2020 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author montanagranny Mar 2020 #17
This one? True Blue American Mar 2020 #50
This one? True Blue American Mar 2020 #54
Why don't you tune out Cirque du So-What Mar 2020 #18
The suggestion that people "tune out" during a pandemic is dangerous. SMC22307 Mar 2020 #19
I'm boarding up my vulnerable windows because it makes me smile. Sugar Smack Mar 2020 #21
Thanks for the lecture, but DU has always had moments like this JHB Mar 2020 #22
We have other forums here, ya know. blogslut Mar 2020 #26
You win the thread malaise Mar 2020 #86
Welcome to DU! Ptah Mar 2020 #27
LOL! LuckyCharms Mar 2020 #35
That's a winner ornotna Mar 2020 #46
Looking at a poster's journal sarisataka Mar 2020 #48
' . . . will last for a short period and then people will get back at it' empedocles Mar 2020 #29
Must be nice to be comfortable in this shit sandwich Trump made uponit7771 Mar 2020 #30
The "Auto-trash by Keyword" function might do you some good. Kaleva Mar 2020 #31
Had to go to ER yesterday MenloParque Mar 2020 #32
"He laughed and put his hand on my shoulder...." thucythucy Mar 2020 #43
Actually MenloParque Mar 2020 #57
Misery loves company madville Mar 2020 #34
+1 n/t Laelth Mar 2020 #60
you lack basic understanding of what is coming nt Celerity Mar 2020 #36
Sticking your head in the sand won't keep you alive. Knowledge will. GemDigger Mar 2020 #37
??? Restrictions and isolation is still coming, not even close yet as beachbumbob Mar 2020 #39
I haven't watched traditional television for more than a decade. hunter Mar 2020 #40
This post is as bad a doom and gloom; here's a better take Bradshaw3 Mar 2020 #42
I've forced myself to take your advice. mnmoderatedem Mar 2020 #44
Perhaps it's you? hamsterjill Mar 2020 #45
This message was self-deleted by its author Niagara Mar 2020 #51
It's the end of the world as we know it, but I feel fine.n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #52
Let's all join the PTL Club: Patience, Tolerance and Love. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #53
Join my PTL Club: Paper towels, Toilet paper and Lysol. n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #59
Yeah, that's a better use for the term than what many of us remember it as... JHB Mar 2020 #66
I hoped someone would catch the pun. Thanks, JHB. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #81
Oh how the morning light sarisataka Mar 2020 #56
Well, then! demmiblue Mar 2020 #65
I guess so.. stillcool Mar 2020 #83
Funny. You can smell that pomposity a mile away. Someone has too much time on his hands. Judi Lynn Mar 2020 #88
I took an hour walk yesterday. Felt great afterwards. beaglelover Mar 2020 #58
I went for a walk to look in unlocked cars for hand sanitizer. n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #61
I always feel better when I tale a little break from DU AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #62
LOL tenderfoot Mar 2020 #63
Even the best coronavirus scenario is terrible NickB79 Mar 2020 #67
Excellent post. cwydro Mar 2020 #69
I believe that is called whistling past the graveyard. LudwigPastorius Mar 2020 #70
America was a very different place a week ago dalton99a Mar 2020 #71
hysteria generates views. statistically things are 80% ok, but not if yer in the 20% nt msongs Mar 2020 #73
I am a glass 1/2 full type person forthemiddle Mar 2020 #77
Light at the end of the tunnel randr Mar 2020 #78
It's certainly isn't doom and gloom NOW! tenderfoot Mar 2020 #79
Boom! Kingofalldems Mar 2020 #82
. JimGinPA Mar 2020 #84
Back to the bridge, sarisataka Mar 2020 #87
Thanks for playing. What do we have as a consolation prize Bob? Ptah Mar 2020 #80
My husband is getting laid off next Friday...my son is laid off now...he works for big 3 Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #85
God forbid Democrats should keep harping on Trump's grotesque, unforgivable fuck-up. Judi Lynn Mar 2020 #91
IKR 🤷‍♀️ live love laugh Mar 2020 #92
Sorry but I can't "tune out" OhioChick Mar 2020 #95
Agree, sometimes I just have to take a break nt Raine Mar 2020 #96
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