The Doom Thread: Gloom, Despair, Agony

I am sorry to have doubted you, Knave. As a fellow pessimist, I should have trusted my instincts, loaded up with weapons and ammo, and hid in the bunker. Hopefully my neighbor's "Felines not Felons" sign will go unnoticed by the New Red Army once they come to power.

You are an excellent fighter for commander Grimes.

!!!!!!Hail Grimes!!!!!

 

I was hoping I was wrong, too, but the line at my polling place (7:15 a.m.) looked A LOT more like 2016 than 2020. That told me that the fact that signage looking more like 2020 than like 2016 had given me a false glimmer of hope on my Sunday walk around town.

I should really know better.

 

Hailing Grimes exempts one from ever having to say they're sorry.

HAIL GRIMES!!!

 

Trump is going to get the same turnout that he got in 2020.

Voters didn’t break for him. Voters who showed up in 2020 for Biden/against Trump couldn’t be bothered to show up in 2024 for Harris.

Over 10 million of them.

 

https://newrepublic.com/post/188127...al-hopeful-mike-davis-drag-bodies-street?s=34

I'm sure everyone will be fine.

 

These guys are all like Chet from Weird Science. Aggro, weirdo, the veins in their necks probably have veins in their necks. One hopes they are sufficiently repulsive not to have successfully reproduced.

 

I'm just depressed. I will be leaving the country for good in 8 weeks, but it's 2.5 years earlier than I was hoping for. This means I can't choose the retirement I was working toward and instead have to deal with a very limited choice with considerable drawbacks no matter which I go for. At least I can leave, which is better than most.

 

lol you are defeated

 

I'm of the opinion it was effectively an unwinnable election, given the circumstances. Maybe if they had seriously challenged Biden for the nomination it could have been different, but in reality I don't think it would have made a difference. Americans are not the brightest bunch on the planet.

 

So I’m guessing all of the savvy geniuses in this thread who are predicting an economic meltdown have big bets shorting the S&P 500?

 

I'm not going to waste time shorting stocks -- there are better ways to weather a market crash.

 

So tell us exactly what your smart money move is my friend. What important trades have you made or will you make now that Trump is here to tank the economy?

 

You should do the same, obviously. Unless you're scared.

 

I’ve seen a lot of “doom and gloom” about how Trump will tank the economy. I’m simply asking the experts whether they actually believe in their own predictions.