it's really annoying that any time something else terrible happens in the US due to our government/whatever, there are people who are in a rush to be like "why are you surprised???" as though it's a contest to be the most jaded possible person about how terrible all of our lives are. don't do this - ThreadSky

midimyers.com • 245 days ago

it's really annoying that any time something else terrible happens in the US due to our government/whatever, there are people who are in a rush to be like "why are you surprised???" as though it's a contest to be the most jaded possible person about how terrible all of our lives are. don't do this

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lexizone.bsky.social•245 days ago

I'm sorry you're really annoyed. I'm sure continuing to ignoring the people who were right all along because they're "annoying" will make things better for everyone in the future.

midimyers.com•245 days ago

it is in fact okay to openly grieve how fucking terrible our government is. i am officially giving you permission to do this

magicswordk.ing•245 days ago

I wish these people would learn that there's a difference between being surprised and disappointed.

Am I surprised the Supreme Court says "oh republican presidents are basically kings"? No! I am in fact unsurprised and was expecting this! Am I disappointed? Yes, about this and MANY OTHER THINGS.

brennanx.bsky.social•245 days ago

Yeah, this sort of shit falls into the category of “shocked but not surprised”. Like, yes, I’m not caught totally unawares but it’s still fucking awful and a blow to the remaining good in the world.

navigatorbr.bsky.social•245 days ago

Yeah, it is the fucking thing I hate about the left, as someone who's on the left, is that fucking attitude.

Like thanks assholes, and what the actual fuck is your plan? Wait for it to collapse?

Gee solid plan can't see that going sideways for us, at all.

hazelthewitch.bsky.social•245 days ago

Tbh I've kinda just been struggling with the fact that I'm probably not even gonna have a genuine, honest future for myself for the past 5 years or so, so I've kinda just given up trying to be surprised at all...

wetasspword.bsky.social•245 days ago

Do you mean people who haven't been yelling and screaming about how this was going to happen for years or those people should be quiet after the things they were screaming about happen?

atariarchive.org•245 days ago

I just want people to doomerpost less, like. Bad shit happens so what’s next to try and mitigate that as much as possible

32mbit.bsky.social•245 days ago

Plus, I AM surprised. I don't think anyone really thought they'd do it!

dashwallkick.bsky.social•245 days ago

there's an overlap between this and the people who see someone getting cancelled and go "I NEVER liked him"

...okay. that's uh. great. for you.

mattheww1991.bsky.social•245 days ago

There's a certain type of person for whom the worst thing you can do is care about anything.

willarther.bsky.social•245 days ago

I wouldn’t say I’m surprised by the occurrence, but the depths to which it sinks, whew… I’m always pretty sure there’s a bottom, and I’ll always pretty fuckin’ wrong.

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