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@freemo I think there was still extreme risk with Republicans losing too. The only reason I'm relaxing now is because Trump is signalling that he will let the transition occur for the good of the nation. He just as easily could have put out a call to arms and had several million people fighting for him.

To put that in perspective, the Taliban only comprises of about 10k people.

The issue isn't left-vs-right, it's a problem of growing political polarization in general.

@chris I'd say I'm a centrist, and I voted Biden(voted Trump in 2016). There are plenty of us who voted Biden.

@Orakel toilet paper is already sold out again where I live, lol

@AlexJones yeah, until it gets distributed, which will take time

It feels good having confidence that there isn't a pending civil war. With that said, anyone want to buy a night vision monocle?

@freemo makes sense. Thanks!

@freemo yeah

@freemo any idea why the federated timeline is showing such old toots? Is anyone else seeing this?

@revolverocelot@elekk.xyz chipotle good

@vantablack I use a safety razor to shave. It takes a little practice, but isn't as difficult as it seems. Let me know if you have any questions

Got my first COVID test today. It felt interesting when they scratched my brain with that q tip, lol.

@devinprater have you considered manjaro? It's arch but with an easier UI for keeping things up-to-date

@devinprater what made you go with Slint instead of Ubuntu? Ubuntu is a lot more common of a "first linux" OS.

@GNUxeava Google Cloud Platform? I didn't know they were.

Probably because they failed to attain monopoly status.

Beheading and killing people for insulting religion is beyond the pale too.

@why is this from Cave Story?

@basil oh yeah, I don't see any peaceful path out. Even if Trump doesn't trigger a war, the system is broken in such a way that the Democrats and Republicans are just gonna pander more and more to the extreme fringes of their parties and not work together.
I really hope I'm just being paranoid, but I'm getting ready for war.

@basil from what?

@trysdyn nationwide lockdowns don't make sense. The goal with it all wasn't to get rid of the virus, but to lower the curve so the hospitals don't get overrun.

@oddfox I'm whining. It's expending precious political capital to cater to an overly sensitive but loud minority who sees insults in every shadow.