I wish but sadly I think it’s already way past the stage of turning the page from kidlit cause its turning out to be one of the really really sad Dickens…
I turned 80 in December I feel the same way I don't even know what kind of world in which I'm living why we're allowing the devil to control our lives & govt are the people elected into office so weak they can't stand up to domestic terrorists insurrectionists & traitors in our own country oh my God
Trump canceled air defense shipments that had already been approved. So yeah, I’m pretty stressed about how I’m going to get through this summer, considering my city is under constant shelling. But all jokes aside, my sympathies to all the sane Americans out there.
“Hattie wore her best gingham pinafore for her first day on the job, and packed a thermos of raw milk to drink on her three-minute break between shifts.”
I remember during the pandemic one woman deciding that the COVID American Girl doll would have a loaf of bread she just learned to make on YouTube and a tiny packet of Clorox wipes.
I’ve been prepared to answer this question for years. My cats, seeds for a garden, and all my anti-anxiety meds because I’m a millennial so obviously 💁🏽♀️
The tariff war is overblown. Canada and Mexico cannot win a trade war with the US when their exports to us are 19% of GDP (CA) and 37% of GDP (MX) while the US is 2.7% comparitively. Americans also have a ton more buying options. They will cave quickly.
What are you talking about? Even if Canada got rid of their retaliatory tariffs, we’re still screwed with Trump’s 25% auto tariffs because of the way our cars are made. Parts go back and forth across the border. We will lose jobs & cars will be crazy expensive. There’s nothing for CA to cave on.
The parts are made in Mex, CA and US and the Big 3 who make them have footprints in all 3 so there’s no isolating impacts. Source: I’m from an auto state, led on trade policy in former role during Trump’s first reign of terror, and my other half worked for Ford corporate for almost a decade.
One of the benefits of the tariff situation is that it will encourage manufacturing and distribution within the US. Given your employment in the auto industry, this should be good news. Will there be bumps in the road? Most likely but the long term effects will be hugely beneficial.
Our current agreement that Trump ushered in (USMCA), enables suppliers of all sizes to exist. Trump’s tariffs will drive them out of biz. There’s no need for any of this. US manufacturing was up for 1st time finally. No one says this is needed. It is short & long term pain for no forecasted gain.
In 1963, I survived a severe measles case.
Diagnosed at a distance & isolated in a dark room for ~ month. The youngest of a large family in Appalachians, we had no car, did no traveling - highly contagious & it spread. My kids got their MMRs for them & others. You?
I hope we get through this so that in like 5 years you really can be.
Signed,
Person bitter that historical American Girl dolls with stories from the time of my childhood have already been around for almost 20 years
Just in case you missed it 51 Republican senators voted for genital checks on girls and women for sports. It didn’t pass. It needed 60. Yes the Christian Taliban is knocking on your door.
Annnddd a tin cup! When my sister watched that episode as a small child she started crying. We thought she was crying for the girls but she said she was crying because she realized how ungrateful she woulda have been to receive that for Christmas.
My 13 year daughter said to me yesterday “I always wondered what it would be like to live in those times, like the Civil War, the Revolution , the Great Depression. Now I am afraid I might find out”
Trump was a soviet agent (codename: Krasnov) and Putin was his boss; I'd say that his extremely USA-damaging actions are in line with Putin ordering Trump "now shatter that country, shatter it for good. I'll tell you how"
Although I'd be okay with a boycott tonight, I asked my reps to please attend and then stand and turn their backs/leave/yell when he inevitably starts lying. Bonus points for wearing casual yellow and blue outfits in support of Ukraine.
But will they do that? I have a feeling we're going to have 200 plus Democrats sitting there with their arms crossed doing nothing That looks like resistance.
Republicans ALWAYS make us go backwards! Undoing all the good that was done!!
Soon he’ll tear up the constitution and create a new one. Oh yeah they did that project 2025
in the year of our lord, 2025, there’s people dying of fucking dysentery??? i thought we like eradicated it with the invention of basic hygiene and food practices?
Tariffs and measles and wall street is crashing / Shortages, nazis and world leaders clashing / Friends all might emigrate to a new land / These are a few of the fears that I have
Layoffs and serfdom and reigning AI / Dysentery, handmaids, planes fall from the sky / Oligarchs, genocide, no bill of rights / These are a few of the fears that I fight
every American has always been a character in an American Girl book, and the Dear America books of which I was personally more fond. Whatever the thirteen year old girls of the US are writing in their diaries is the True History of this country and no one can tell me otherwise 😤
Oh I know what you mean. I'm old and I've already decided to go get the MMR vaccines. I've gotten everything else updated in recent years because so many people don't anymore.
American Girl has apparently been preparing the young generations for a moment like this for decades, huh? I know they have great books for navigating puberty, didn't realize they had books for navigating societal collapse...
At least you don’t have to worry about our country having a relationship with Canada, or Europe, or any other of our former allies. We won’t be part of whatever happens when we leave NATO.
Congrats again to the single-issue “muh burger too expensive” voters who were apparently critical to Trump winning and even bigger congrats to the business interests who figured that Trump winning again would just mean some tax cuts and a few trans girls kicked off of high school field hockey teams.
Have you seen Space Pants? That has become one of my faves. Peter Dinklage needs to be on sNL at least once a season until he retires, and then he must choose a deserving heir https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MwpmqMnngRk
don't worry about those things- worry about the coming recession, losing your job, not being able to find one, not having any benefits like unemployment and the economy that was great being second rate and the US turning into full banana republic.
The part of a trade war that people aren't mentioning - retaliatory tariffs will just mean nobody buys anything American.
You know, apart from the boycotts.
Notice how years ago the Democrats begged foreign car companies to jack up the price of imported cars to protect Union jobs for US car makers and equalize prices for all cars. Now those excess profits will be diverted by the tariffs. Of course, Liberal media will be confused if no one changes prices
I love it being like 1920 and also 1984 (book) at the same time and I can't even be a moonshine runner or something because cars have been turned into iphones.
Well it's perfect, because rfk Jr.'s approach to vaccine will also allow you to worry about polio pretty soon, not to mention maybe a repeat of the 1919 flu.
You will have some great adventures to write about. Or live. Survive. Something.
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How?
Tariff, Social Security cut, Job cut
You have fascism, greed & the stripping away of rights. Caging of all immigrants. Appeasement of our enemies, shunning of our allies
Welcome to America in The twilight zone
So, what accessories will your doll include?
*One finger on the monkey's paw retracts.*
Excess / high does #vitamins, are a bad idea.
Get vaccinated.
[ of course, anyone who is vitamin deficient, ought to have a supplement, as vitamins, by definition, are essential ]
Nazis & war
Potential food shortages
Diagnosed at a distance & isolated in a dark room for ~ month. The youngest of a large family in Appalachians, we had no car, did no traveling - highly contagious & it spread. My kids got their MMRs for them & others. You?
Signed,
Person bitter that historical American Girl dolls with stories from the time of my childhood have already been around for almost 20 years
it’s like I’m playing the Oregon Trail video game.. but it’s just.. America.. in 2025.
Hey, maybe Russia want Alaska back!
Soon he’ll tear up the constitution and create a new one. Oh yeah they did that project 2025
Maga my ass !
We want Trump to be a failure.
I'm not stressed at all.
Am loving it.
Have natural immunity and US manufacturing.
In all seriousness, let's join the EU.
I'm starting an official petition to the government to explore EU membership. However, I need 5 co-signers to start. Any takers?
in 1707
Grandfather : "In my day, we had measles, polio and Nazis to worry about"
Granddaughter : [I don't have the heart to tell him]
comes into vogue again.
Telsla manufactured ironlungs.
This sure is a timeline.
Is it zero? I bet it's zero.
If even half the people who cry on social media spent half of their social media time being civics-active we might not be where we are.
You know, apart from the boycotts.
Claudia Koerner, representing The American Downfall from 2016-????
Everything is grim, dark and cold.
You will have some great adventures to write about. Or live. Survive. Something.
Both were supposed to be a thing of the past
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