Forum becoming monotonous

[fiby41]

I participate in the forum more during the preparatory leaves (PLs) before exams. That is the most I get in free time and holidays.

This time I've noticed election threads have overshadowed rest of the forum. There are 4-5 election topics going on which are more or less saying the same things/grinding the same axe.

The energy members usually put into their journals, people are putting in getting in arguments over the election results. Largely ignoring updating their journals.

This is a bummer for me as I use this time to catch up on what y'all have been upto in the past 3-5 months (even semesters are shorter).

Unless I've missed those posts, I haven't seen whats going on with the book club either. I may not be able to read all the books and keep up with the rest of you, but I like reading those threads. Especially how y'all go about approaching a book and how different members gain such varied insights from the same book.

Cheer up peeps! The elections may have not gone your way...

or you wanted Clinton to lose,
but didn't want Trump to win either

but the outcome is out of your control.

You did your part by walking up to the ballot and casting your vote. Your responsibility ends there, so don't worry!

Isn't that what the idea of ERE is all about?

Having a sense of agency, controlling variables in your control, and isolating yourself from the unwanted effects of your or other's actions?

Here are some contextual clever jokes to cheer you up. Let's see how many of the references do you get:

I'm fucked worse than Donald Trump
On Lexapro in Mexico across from a Texaco in McDonald's drunk
Broke and out of gas, busted water pump
Getting fondled up by Ronald, feeling him on his rump

Hope this don't get taken out of text
But Hillary, I promise to wipe my server clean if you face subpoenas

Consider me a dangerous man
But you should be afraid of this dang candidate
You say Trump don't kiss ass like a puppet
'Cause he runs his campaign with his own cash for the fundin'
And that's what you wanted
A fuckin' loose cannon who's blunt with his hand on the button
Who doesn't have to answer to no one—great idea!

If I was president
Gettin' off is the first order of business
Once I get in office
Second thing that'll make me happy's walkin' up to Uncle Sam
Naked, laughin', dick cupped in hand
Screamin', "Fuck safe sex!"
Throw a latex and an AIDS test at him
Tell Congress I run this land
And I want the rubber banned, and make it snappy

I got a laptop in my back pocket
My pen'll go off when I half-cock it
Got a fat knot from that rap profit
Made a living and a killing off it
Ever since Bill Clinton was still in office
With Monica Lewinski feeling on his nutsack
I'm an MC still as honest
But as rude and as indecent as all hell

Maybe we can reach alqueda through my speech
Let the president answer a higher anarchy
Strap him with an Ak-47, let him go, fight his own war
Let him impress daddy that way

Eminem- Campaign Speech

[Did]

I ignore the election stuff. But I agree I wonder sometimes if I get anything out of being here any longer. It's for like minded people I guess, although it is the same few who jump in most of the time. The message has already been received so I'm not really learning anything. I guess that's why people come and go.

[cmonkey]

+1 on the election threads. Seems the entire internet is squabbling and we are no exception.

My journal updates (financial/garden) have been sparse as I finish up my renovation, but I'll be getting back to it in a few weeks.

[halfmoon]

@Did, Fiby41, cmonkey --

Don't leave the room yet! I'm going to start a journal any minute, and my Ode to Self will singlehandedly cure the monotony! (There doesn't seem to be a smilie for rolling around on the floor laughing while wearing a sparkly crown. Just imagine it.)

The political discourse can drag on, but it's an interesting way for newbies like me to learn more about what makes forum members tick and also to get a variety of views that weren't written by robots for either party.