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  9. Posted

    At least the American people can vote again 4 years time, with Trump potentially going down as the most (un)?popular president in history 

     

    edit: (Taking this from a friend of mine who posted this online - his views, but thought it was worth sharing)

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    So that would be that then.

    I'd love to join this mornings trend of incredulous shock at those bloody yanks but in all honesty, I can't really get mad at people not voting for Hillary Clinton.

    Americans aren't stupid. It's pretty obvious to most everyone that Trump will never be able to build his wall, or deport the Muslims, or whatever else he promised to do this week. Half his controversial promises are unconstitutional anyway and the other half are so unpopular congressmen will have to wait in line to filibuster them. We across the pond have the luxury of thinking about this on principle but citizens should vote practically and practically speaking, voting for Trump is not half as dangerous as it is in principle.

    On the other hand, I can totally understand that the American voter might have real fears about Hillary as president. She's already criminally mishandled emails and she comes from one of the most nepotistic, corrupt political dynasties in the US. Even though I'm less than happy about the result honestly I'm a little relieved Hillary didn't get in.

    Like I said, Americans aren't stupid and I can definitely see the logic behind seeing Trump as the lesser of two evils. A worse person, maybe, and absolutely horrifying if he was a dictator, but ultimately so extreme as to be effectively harmless.

    Which brings me to the real failure in this election- the candidate pool itself. Trump is bad, sure, but Ted Cruz was fucking scary. There was no abundance of talent in the Dem primaries, either. What happened to the basic sort of smart, charismatic career politician, the Romneys and McCains, you used to be able to rely on? Why isn't either party producing these people anymore? Where's the next Obama? When did US politics stop being about who is the best and become about who is the least awful? Why is popularity at an all time low and lying a record high?

    It is a grim period in American politics, but not just because the scary orange man got elected. America had a fucking tough choice to make last night and I can't sit here and tell them they made the wrong one. I just hope whoever's running Trump's presidency behind the scenes knows what they're doing.

     
     
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  11. Posted

    57 minutes ago, Brawler said:

    i'm uninstalling everything that isn't necessary on my PC.

    That includes all my games and TS

    I am doing this to get rid of my addiction

    I'll be back in like 1 and a half month, hopefully not addicted to my computer.

    Bye ;(

     

     

    I was just starting to like you and all. 

  13. Posted

    Hi Pesky,

    You were banned by Moderator Brand0n for 1 week for freekilling (as stated in our records). 

    However, thank you for taking the time to write us a statement and perhaps there may have been some misunderstanding. Brandon will hopefully see this thread tonight, or tomorrow morning, and we will be able to reach a conclusion for you.

     

    Regards, 

  17. Posted

    6 to 12 hours a day? I'm 3rd year at university and I don't do that (I put enough consistent enough hours sure, but damn)

     

    @Mintlou as you probably know employers are quite keen to know GCSEs also. Since some might be interested to know whether their applicants can add, read and write. 

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