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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I realized that while I prepared him for Vice President Harris winning, I did not prepare him for her losing. I’m not sure I even prepared myself. It’s like having a doctor telling you to prepare for the death of a loved one. What does that even mean or entail?

I mean, that's on you, in all brutal honesty. Even the death of a loved one is something you can plan for, despite how difficult it may be.

Sometimes, you can tell when people haven't faced real hardship, because they've made almost no effort to accept that hardship is a thing that is possible to have happen.

The Republicans have been trying to gut Social Security for my entire life, and so I always told my disabled partner she needed to be pursuing education while being on disability to ensure that when they finally succeeded she would have a plan to fall back on, and if in the best case scenario where she kept her disability, she got the bonus of an education. Looks like getting those degrees was the right idea, because there's a high likelihood of that cut to her disability is coming.

Always hope the best but prepare for the worst. Because "hope" isn't enough. It's out there with "thoughts and prayers" in terms of usefulness. Hope is important, but hanging your future on it is a gamble.

[–] whithom@discuss.online 13 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Well that’s just bad fucking parenting.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 hour ago

That's my takeaway as well: this whole article seems to be insinuating the underlying trope of "Democrat" as an optimistic, shortsighted believer in meritocratic head-pats, and largely unprepared for reality outside rosy-lensed mental simulations & shower arguments cheered by stadiums of grateful citizens. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Humanity's fucked. Thanks for all the fish!

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io -1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You're right. Making a mistake is bad parenting.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 hour ago

Your parents must've really sucked at it, then? 😱

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world -2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] droporain@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Black men look at how working class straight white men are treated. Surprised Pikachu face when they vote against it.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Correction, they voted for it.