(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Saturday Top Comments: So...Yeah. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-11-09 So I cried myself to sleep Tuesday night. And then I woke up and had thoughts and feelings. Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well as brand new Daily Kos readers to join us at 10pm Eastern. We strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd & most informative commentary, and we depend on your help!! If you see a comment by another Kossack that deserves wider recognition, please send it either to topcomments at gmail or to the Top Comments group mailbox by 9:30pm Eastern. Please please please include a few words about why you sent it in as well as your user name (even if you think we know it already :-)), so we can credit you with the find! Lots of thoughts and feelings. Rant incoming. I went to sleep with deep deep despair and dread. But I woke up and got out of bed the next day. As the song goes, “The sun comes up and the world still spins”. Then worry. Worry and anxiety. For someone who has an anxiety disorder, that’s not good. Will I be able to afford insurance? How much will my salary be cut? Will I even have a teaching job anymore? Will I be able to afford a roof over my head? Health care? I’ve met my deductible by June for two years in a row. Food in my belly? Transportation? Then came the bigger fears and apprehensions. Will I watch my kids getting rounded up, even though they are citizens? I ache for the women in my life, both family and friends. I want to be able to shield all my LGBT+ family (As an asexual, even though I identify as cis and hetero, I’m still queer by definition) and keep them safe. I ache for Palestine and Ukraine. I weep for our country. Then the anger comes in. It manifests itself mostly through vindictive fantasies, at least it’s better than going all “Falling Down” on those who voted for him. Although let me hear someone telling a woman “your body my choice” or any of that garbage and I’ll be seriously throwing hands. No, my anger is going to manifest itself through my cruel streak. And I have one. It’s kept at bay because of its darkness. It’s the cruelty of utter apathy. I will laugh my head off at his voters when the leopards eat their faces. I will have NO sympathy or empathy when inevitable tragedy strikes them as a result of these next few years. I will simply say “You voted for this. Suck it up and love it like you love him”. My friends are always shocked when this part of me comes out. I cannot tell you how many remonstrations I’ve had the times I’ve let it slip in public. But all this might just be big talk. I know I could never be that cruel to a former student who voted for him and to whom such tragedies occurred. Same with any of my extended family. So thanks for letting me vent. I don’t know what I would do if the moment arrives. What will happen when push comes to shove, as it were? We can only do the best we can and survive through this. And on that note, on to Tops! TOP COMMENTS Brillig's ObDisclaimer: The decision to publish each nomination lies with the evening's Diarist and/or Comment Formatter. My evenings at the helm, I try reeeeallllyy hard to publish everything without regard to content. I really do, even when I disagree personally with any given nomination. "TopCommentness" lies in the eyes of the nominator and of you, the reader - I leave the decision to you. I do not publish self-nominations (ie your own comments) and if I ruled the world, we'd all build community, supporting and uplifting instead of tearing our fellow Kossacks down. Please remember that comment inclusion in Top Comments does not constitute support or endorsement by diarist, formatter, Top Comments writers or DailyKos. Questions, complaints or comments? Contact brillig. No submissions this evening TOP MOJO Top Mojo for yesterday October 8, first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you mik for the mojo magic! For those of you interested in How Top Mojo Works, please see his diary on FAQing Top Mojo. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/9/2284825/-Saturday-Top-Comments-So-Yeah?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/