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"I'm gonna prove to this random guy on the Internet how not obsessed I am with Trump by carefully listing out all the things I despise about him in one big paragraph. That'll teach him".
Man you really showed me.
All of you would feel much better on a daily basis if you stop obsessing over a guy you can't do a single thing about. You voted. That's about all you can do these days unless you are extremely wealthy.
Constantly making posts about him and getting into a negative circle jerk does nothing for your own sanity. It's legitimately unhealthy behavior.
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This joke is relevant to what you just said, but you have to read the whole thing. https://longestjokeintheworld.com/
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The felon's hands are too big.
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Oh yeah it's not like he has any political power over people's lives and well being. Oh wait.
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*asshole drives a truck into a crowd of 330 million people*
"My foot was cut off. My grandmother is dead. My favorite YouTuber is still bed-ridden 4 years later due to her injuries."
*asshole is getting into another truck, aimed at the people, again*
Dumbasses: "you guys are so obsessed with the truck driver! Lol, get a life losers."
Fuck right off.
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The opposite of love is hate.
The absence of love is indifference.
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If he's still alive in 2029, there's a good chance he'll still be President then. And I mean after January.
The rules that say he can't will all be thrown out over the next four years.
Remember in 2017 when he called Xi "king" of China? Xi apparently liked that. It doesn't matter whether Donnie only thought Xi liked it or if he actually liked it, it showed what's been going on in Donnie's head.
He wants to be king, and kings only step aside when they die.
I say all this in the hope that I'm wrong. But I think the US will have more than an election to contest in four years' time.
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There is definitely a hyperfixation focused on Trump that he both adores and needs, and there definitely needs to be more focus on his cohorts (the ones that actually wield power, not pseudo influencers like Musk)... but ignoring him for four years won't do anything better. And trying to call people out like you're trying to do is not helping. It just helps further the divide between those on the left (or at least further left than the fence-sitters and "centrists"), which is exactly what Trump and his ilk desire most. Discord between the people who can hurt them most.
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I never said he doesn't have power over peoples lives. I simply pointed out that obsessing over him and making multiple posts about him every day all over the place does absolutely nothing but keep all of you angry for the rest of your existence.
In no way am I excusing his behavior, but I am calling you out for keeping all your own lives way more miserable than they need to be.
Y'all can keep your negativity circle jerk. I'll worry about the things in my life I can actually control instead of constantly wasting my time and energy bitching on the Internet about a guy that I will never be able to influence on any way whatsoever.
I genuinely feel bad for all of you. So full of hate for a man you can't do anything about you're letting him have more effect over your life and mental health than he ever should.
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I'll place a gentlemans bet with you right now that he doesn't touch the 22nd amendment in any way.
Check back in with me in 4 years to collect your dollar if you're right. Or you owe me a dollar when he steps down like he is supposed to in January of 2029.
If he's assassinated or anything else external happens to him the bet is neutralized.
Deal?
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I'm not saying to completely ignore the President of the United states. I'm saying that obsessing over him for every waking moment of your existence is doing way more harm to most of these peoples daily happiness than they should be.
Like most things. The extreme ends of "I'm gonna complain about him as much as I possibly can at all times" and "I'm gonna unplug from reality and pretend he doesn't exist" are both terrible.
Probably better to be somewhere in the middle. Be aware of what's going on. Hold firm on your beliefs but be open to being wrong. Don't let it effect your daily existence.
At the end of the day we only have full control over how we choose to spend our energy. These people are choosing to give so much of their time and energy to this situation they really can't do much of anything about. Kinda like I spent too much time on social media arguing with people who are clearly never going to change their minds on anything.
It is what it is I guess.
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Posting and looking at a comic about him is not "obsessing over him for every waking moment of your existence." That's quite a leap you made there.
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Y'all can keep your negativity circle jerk. I'll worry about the things in my life I can actually control instead of constantly wasting my time and energy bitching on the Internet about a guy that I will never be able to influence on any way whatsoever.
Is that why you keep responding with vitriol, repeatedly, to people on the internet whose minds you cannot change?
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I never said you said that he doesn't have power over people's lives.
That is the why people pay attention. You're talking as if this is the crazy neighbor that can just be ignored. After that, that's some crazy stuff you just assigned to me. Me thinks it's projection. Ciao. (See I can ignore you because you have no power.)
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As best as I can tell, the 22nd amendment talks about how no-one can serve more than two terms. It does not, however, give a limit on how long a second term can be.
As such he wouldn't need to touch that particular amendment to retain power, and so I can't accept the bet.
It took a minute to find the right place, but the four-year maximum term length is actually set in Article II section 1 of the Constitution proper.
And now bear in mind that Donnie is quoted as being in favour of "termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution." should the circumstances require it.
He's going to try it. And since he's immune from prosecution, what's going to be done about it if he doesn't leave?
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The problem is you're going about advocating moderation in such an extreme way. It's kind of hypocritical. You're not going to shout people into agreeing with you, at least not for any reasonable positions.
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This is it.
Either that, or instate emergency powers using the rules already in place. He's already tested the fence enough to see that the "checks and balances" don't actually affect what he does.
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That is indeed a considerably worse option.
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This is true. I don't know how often everyone individually posts and looks at these things. I'm just going off my scroll through the "r/all" (is it just called Lemmy everything or something?) of this site. It's like every other post and in the comments of each post are similar comments all saying variations of the same things.
Considering how Lemmy appears to have a HEAVY left wing bias I feel fairly confident saying that most of the people on this site spend too much time thinking about Trump and interacting with content around how much they hate Trump. However that is a generalization and I shouldn't be doing that.
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Like most things. The extreme ends of “I’m gonna complain about him as much as I possibly can at all times”
I would agree with this if it was one person. But this is the Internet so it's a collection of everyone posting stuff. It really could be that one individual posts something about trump twice a month, but with everyone else posting at a similar rate it is "constant," but not the same person. At that point we'd need to have a Trump meeting and decide who gets to post what and when so we don't pile up too much Trump content lol
