Thread by @ominousrabbit

Has anyone done the post-mortem thread "How my life is different after Trump was kicked to the curb"?

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I sleep moderately better.

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But all of the things that sat on the backburner for four years in my personal life--

They're here now.

Everyone's life is so utterly and completely different.

So you might be under greater stress now.

I'm just under different stress now. #Howmylifeisdifferent

I think that we can't underestimate the horror and shock and misery we're going to be unearthing in this post-awful period. #Howmylifeisdifferent

Me personally: all the private family issues are now in full flower. #Howmylifeisdifferent

They aren't bad, they're just... not postponed anymore. #Howmylifeisdifferent

So we're still dealing with the enormity of an insurrection, that a full third of Americans are giving their blessing for. Overt and unacceptable antidemocratic people in the seats of government--while we try to pick up where we left off four+ years ago.

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on us, in every way imaginable. #Howmylifeisdifferent

Women specifically are just falling apart.

And women are the fabric that keep us from eating each other. #Howmylifeisdifferent

This article is one of many that have been written in the last few months, but I don't think that the Male Contingent is paying attention.

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We're losing.

Women are losing. And when we lose, so goes the nation/community/town/ #Howmylifeisdifferent

I'm pretty sure my family doesn't know how bad it is for women. #Howmylifeisdifferent

And they're a very, very sympathetic audience. #Howmylifeisdifferent

I've been saying that the entire nation post-Cheetolini would need PTSD treatment.

That was not hyperbole. And the bill is due. #Howmylifeisdifferent

People are excited about re-entering society--but I think that we're also not prepared for that reality. #Howmylifeisdifferent

My life is different in this way specifically:

I don't spend every waking minute thinking about American democracy failing. #Howmylifeisdifferent

But I've only postponed it. #Howmylifeisdifferent

So now I'm dealing with my life, which is probably as broken as yours. #Howmylifeisdifferent

But I haven't stopped thinking about how bad it *might* be in 2022.

And I definitely have my eye on 2024, which in and of itself is an admission that the battle was won but the war isn't over. #Howmylifeisdifferent

And everything is a fucking mess.

Personally, I mean. It is all a giant mess. So I want you all to just be kind.

Kind to me, because I'm a mess. #Howmylifeisdifferent

But more importantly, kind to everyone you know, because even if they're not showing signs of profound messiness--they're probably a mess too. #Howmylifeisdifferent