Little LJ things ... bigger election thing

[thistlechaser]

I hate it how easy it is to click the like button on posts. It's so easy to be lazy and not comment! I always feel guilty if I just like something, but I suspect that guilt won't last.

Related: I'm still struggling to make LJ usable for me again. I can't find a style that makes my friends list clear and easy to read. Grumpy.

I'm so pissed at political stuff. There was a news story yesterday. If Hillary gets elected, the very first thing the Republicans have said they're going to do is try to impeach her. I swear to god, it's like dealing with children. They worry about the election being stolen from them? Yet they're the ones trying to do that (like telling people they can text their vote if they want to vote for Hillary...). They're worried about voter fraud, yet it was a TRUMP voter who tried to vote multiple times.

Sigh.

I also strongly suspect the news media is trying to make the race seem closer than it really is. The more afraid people are, the more they'll watch the news, so the news has a vested interest in making people afraid.

Stop the world, I want to get off.

Comments

[voidmagus.livejournal.com]

Worrying indeed. Trump doing unexpectedly well has the S&P down 86 points premarket. Which would be the 3rd largest single day point loss since the 1960s, trailing only the 2008 financial meltdown.

I'm wondering what it means that the election of a Republican candidate results in a meltdown of the US markets.

Correction -- -94.25. Moved up to 2nd.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Looks like we should know within an hour.

I think the market meltdown will only be the tip of the iceberg if he wins.

[voidmagus.livejournal.com]

Just to follow up -- market meltdown reversed itself completely by open, and is currently up > 1%. I gambled, I got lucky.

I think people & markets are just thankful the election season is over.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the gamble!

And I'd suspect so, yeah.