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highplainsdem

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7. I don't see any reason to vote in this. But I will point out that focusing on "how fucked we are" is about
Sat Nov 23, 2024, 01:18 PM
Nov 23

as useful as sitting in a car stuck in mud and focusing on how stuck you are. Or, worse, encouraging anyone else in the car with you to just sit there and talk about how stuck you are.

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It will depend on who you are WhiskeyGrinder Nov 23 #1
Im thinking in terms of the general life expectancy of ColinC Nov 23 #2
Our species will definitely continue to exist on this planet. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 23 #3
In caves peregrinus Nov 23 #10
That's assuming... 2naSalit Nov 23 #4
I see this as a great response to post 3. ColinC Nov 23 #5
I know, most people want to think the ecological effects won't be that bad... Think. Again. Nov 23 #6
Climate disaster was going to happen regardless flamingdem Nov 23 #13
Yes, the definition of an "invasive species". Think. Again. Nov 23 #18
I don't see any reason to vote in this. But I will point out that focusing on "how fucked we are" is about highplainsdem Nov 23 #7
Knowing how fucked we are is the First Step. Turbineguy Nov 23 #8
You just brought up a memory of my survey team& I k55f5r Nov 23 #9
So... like a 5? ColinC Nov 23 #11
Wow, some story! Glad you all got out w help! electric_blue68 Nov 23 #21
I think you can do both. Acknowledge your fears, and then try to help against the coming potential, and easily first to electric_blue68 Nov 23 #22
Worried that the cabal will wreck the economy flamingdem Nov 23 #12
I'm not sure but I'm certain that the hole digging will hasten rather than be minimized much less TheKentuckian Nov 23 #14
Totally Fed Trueblue1968 Nov 23 #15
When half the U.S. electorate moondust Nov 23 #16
It's not "half the electorate" when around 30% of Eligible voters didn't vote. electric_blue68 Nov 23 #19
Okay then...half the voting public. moondust Nov 23 #23
To paraphrase a line from an episode of Roseanne that has stuck with me for all of these years: Xavier Breath Nov 23 #17
I put a "7". It sure could get to 9, or even 10. electric_blue68 Nov 23 #20
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