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electric_blue68

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82. Well, you did the job you were supposed to, and good riddance to her.

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Sat Jan 7, 2023, 01:53 AM

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So How Did You Hear about Jan 6 if you were at an office job, working from home, retired (@ home)?.. [View all] electric_blue68 Jan 2023 OP

I woke up after third shift sleeping doing day. Duncanpup Jan 2023 #1

Woah. Assyming she was shocked about it? electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #64

She was crying and pissed off. Duncanpup Jan 2023 #67

I hope you gave her a big hug if she's the huggy type. Then your turn to be upset. Gah electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #69

Affectionate Always Duncanpup Jan 2023 #70

,good! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #71

Facebook Deep State Witch Jan 2023 #2

I never made to FB till hours later! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #65

I was at work, and listening to NPR when it happened. I knew of the drumpf rally of course. liberalla Jan 2023 #3

Woah, yeah, for sure! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #4

Watching MSNBC on my tablet while at work. AngryOldDem Jan 2023 #5

Very true! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #18

I was watching MSNBC on television. Saw it live as it was happening. scarletlib Jan 2023 #90

MSNBC - Do work on the work computer and listen on my home computer Kennah Jan 2023 #6

Did it slow down your work routine? electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #7

Yes, it did. AngryOldDem Jan 2023 #14

I was working in my painting studio. FalloutShelter Jan 2023 #8

Talk about getting a visual "smack in the face" when you first turned around! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #19

I DID have a studio. FalloutShelter Jan 2023 #40

Maybe you could paint small? I love pastels but too dusty for me! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #66

I was painting, too bigtree Jan 2023 #25

Wow... And as someone who loves visiting DC... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #29

he was an anti-nuke activist bigtree Jan 2023 #72

It was being talked about in our Teams meeting. woodsprite Jan 2023 #9

At least good you had people to express yourself to. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #20

I consider myself very lucky. woodsprite Jan 2023 #28

Oh definitely! Living in NYC where drumphf "enclaves" are rather fewer... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #63

We all check the news and our favorite sites on our phones during down time happybird Jan 2023 #10

Wow. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #21

None of us thought it would amount to anything... happybird Jan 2023 #34

With your circumstances that'd make sense. It was unthinkable. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #52

I was watching it live on CNN and I yelled to my mom something was going down. joshcryer Jan 2023 #42

Woah, that's a personally serious circumstance! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #53

Settling in on the couch,,,, KarenS Jan 2023 #11

"What channel?" "It doesn't matter". Wow, times like those! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #31

I was moving into my new house on 1/6/2021 mnhtnbb Jan 2023 #12

wow! That's pretty different! renate Jan 2023 #13

Odd is putting it mildly. mnhtnbb Jan 2023 #15

That definitely makes sense! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #54

Oh, never heard about that! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #32

Wow! Well, good in a way bc it would have put an emotional crimp on such extremely busy, challenging electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #22

I was a union steward xmas74 Jan 2023 #16

Woah! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #33

At least the idiot wasn't in the crowd pics on tv xmas74 Jan 2023 #80

Well, you did the job you were supposed to, and good riddance to her. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #82

Scrolling DU and Facebook in-between patients that day. Aristus Jan 2023 #17

I though about the peaceful transition part some months later... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #26

I work from home and had purposely tuned out the news CatWoman Jan 2023 #23

Wow! Oh, yeah about Georgia! I remember the GD subforum that had ... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #35

the email was sent out agency wide CatWoman Jan 2023 #46

Of course! Lots of shocked work-at-home colleagues. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #56

I had broken my hip on New Years Day and was stuck in bed with nothing but Raven Jan 2023 #24

Oh, man... Take about shock and negative emotions while trying to rest & recover.... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #36

Was here on DU malaise Jan 2023 #27

Absolutely! 😔 electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #37

DU was down. joshcryer Jan 2023 #41

Not for me and many others malaise Jan 2023 #44

Well archive.org doesn't have posts from that day. joshcryer Jan 2023 #49

I was on DU all day on Jan. 6th. Elessar Zappa Jan 2023 #58

I forget where I saw the news... CBHagman Jan 2023 #30

Wow. Restraint for not blurting it out! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #47

I was watching it unfold all day. Arthur_Frain Jan 2023 #38

Oh, boy...like "Spidey sense". electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #68

Was following DU and streaming sites during the day. Couldn't tune out as the attack progressed. Eugene Jan 2023 #39

Like passing a "Constitutional Car wreck"! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #50

Exactly! Eugene Jan 2023 #55

I was wfh and watching it live Catherine Vincent Jan 2023 #43

Since I only get The Net through my phone I didn't text, call anybody... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #51

Retired was putting xmas stuff away Tree Lady Jan 2023 #45

Wow, what a extra sad confluence. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #57

Retired, and I was sitting on my couch looking at DU, and people were raccoon Jan 2023 #48

Woah... that's kind of wild seeing seriously worrisome reactions to an event you'd yet to ... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #61

Retired and watched it live on TV. I was pissed Emile Jan 2023 #59

I was working from home. Xolodno Jan 2023 #60

Wow, that's some personal background! I hear you about the "definition" of "opposition". electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #75

It's that background that keeps me grounded. Xolodno Jan 2023 #89

I was on a lunchtime ZOOM call with a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a Pentagon staffer... brooklynite Jan 2023 #62

Woah, at least you watched together. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #76

We had been in the grocery store MissMillie Jan 2023 #73

Ohhh, boy. Yeah, really. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #77

I was braced for violence because of reporting here over weeks, & Trump finally Tweeting... Hekate Jan 2023 #74

Hoo, boy yeah.... I was too shocked to even think about the NG, and totally staring at my... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #78

I was up all night on J5 following the wnylib Jan 2023 #79

Not Sure I Remembered about the "it'll be wild" Rally when I woke up ... electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #81

I think DU iemanja Jan 2023 #83

Watching it would have been too distracting for you. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #85

I turned on the tv Meowmee Jan 2023 #84

I remember you talking about your father. : ( electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #86

I don't even remember anymore how I found out Genki Hikari Jan 2023 #87

I was watching a documentary on the French Revolution cagefreesoylentgreen Jan 2023 #88

My husband insisted on watching vote certification on C-span. shrike3 Jan 2023 #91

We put the T.V. on MSNBC in the morning and watched with horror Greybnk48 Jan 2023 #92