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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy 10 point Donald Trump survival guide. Hope it helps.
1. Stop watching cable news. If you watch trump on tv for 4 years you will develop mental problems.
2. Start a emergency fund in case you get laid off for flawed, false, idealogical beliefs, trade war, or economic collapse. (Highly recommended for federal workers)
3. If you own a home put more money down every month. Pay it off as fast as you can.
4. If you have a 401k. Move your money to the low risk funds. Be prepared for the stock market boom and then bust.
5. If you drink, drink more. If you don't drink, start.
6. Call your doctor and have him recommend a good psychologist. They can help you deal with the stress and madness we are about to go through.
7. Never argue with a trump voter. Tell them this quote from Thomas Paine and walk away. "To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead".
8. Fight back any way you can. Join a protest. Call your congressmen, etc.
9. Remove all trump voters from your life if possible. People who destroy themselves will take you down with them.
10. Remember to laugh. Sometimes thats all you can do.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)and other gear for holding off the hordes of non-white takers who will surely resent your preparedness.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Just kidding.
10 is where its at... and laugher is a powerful force for good.
GP6971
(31,161 posts)stock up. The DOJ will be enforcing federal law.
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)Some many assholes come to mind with that one!
PatSeg
(47,465 posts)It sent me looking for a meme to use the next time a Trump supporter tries to argue with facts and reason.
I am quite certain, I will get a lot of use out of this one!
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)"It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."
PatSeg
(47,465 posts)Thanks!
kimbutgar
(21,153 posts)Don't need to see or hear him.
I was in my sisters car the other day and she had on and he came on and she turned off the radio.
She told me it is the best way to deal with it plus every magazine she gets she blacks out his face!
still_one
(92,194 posts)catbyte
(34,393 posts)It immediately switches pictures of him to a picture of a kitten or kittens. It works on most websites and removes about 75% of the pictures, replacing them with cute kittens, lol.
Generator
(7,770 posts)But I should switch now to kittens. It has helped a lot actually. If reality is this absurd, I am controlling it and it's not controlling me.
manicraven
(901 posts)including a maternal great-aunt who choked to death on her own vomit and all 5 of her siblings who died from cirrhosis and other problems related to alcohol, my grandfather who died at age 42, a paternal great-uncle who died from cirrhosis, a much younger female cousin who was fired as a result of her alcoholism and is barely managing to keep going, and her brother who ended up in prison due to things he did that were related to alcoholism.
Don't let tRump and the GOP drive you to alcoholism and destroy your health. They're not worth it.
manicraven
(901 posts)Had the all tv off on the 20th. Went to a protest. But before that had some quiet and notice-the world is still spinning on it's axis, the sun is still shinning, the birds are still here. Nature is reality. Always my number one go to for happiness and peace.
shockey80
(4,379 posts)Read #10.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)way off before retirement I think I would still leave it in the market...
Turbineguy
(37,332 posts)There's an old guy with a sign. He was "...in construction, built a bunch of houses now has medical problems need money please help..." He has a comfy chair. When a bunch of cars line up at the red light, he walks along the line, with his sign, with a limp. When he walks back to his chair he doesn't limp.
Two points: He's obviously old enough for Medicare. His sign is on the back of a Trump for prez sign.
There but for the Grace of God. On a number of levels.
treestar
(82,383 posts)And say who you are quoting. Bound to intimidate them as they know in any battle of wits, they are unarmed.
shockey80
(4,379 posts)Cafepress.com is a great website to get t-shirts with great quotes like this. Millions of choices.
shockey80
(4,379 posts)Love that quote from emerson. Very true. Conservatism by its very nature is flawed. You stand still as life moves forward. Wow , i came up with a new quote. Conservatism makes you stand still as life moves forward.