I didn’t watch it. I’ve been creeped on and assaulted and would like to avoid triggering traumatic memories.

That sense of “shared fate,” as the scholars put it, arises in part because rich and poor tend to cross paths often, which Mr. Jacobs has noticed even in his own rural community, Vassalboro, Maine, population 4,520.

“If you go down my street in Vassalboro, the nicest house on the street is right across from the least nice house on the street,” Mr. Jacobs said. “Their kids go to the same school because there’s only one school.”

This was also my experience growing up near a town of ~5k in Ohio.

As millions left rural areas seeking economic opportunity, an appreciation formed for the businesspeople who stayed and tried to create jobs. That led to an outsize influence by local business leaders in the political realm, driving support for anti-union laws and tax policies generous to businesses.

This rings very true to me.

I read the post title and thought, “Man, there have been a few threads this week about men being creeps!” and then your username looked familiar, and I realized the other creep posts were both from you.

It seems like this is heavy on your mind lately. What’s going on?

One of them linked the Wikipedia article about Perot’s campaign and I learned something new:

Exit polls revealed that 35% of voters would have voted for Perot if they believed he could win. Contemporary analysis reveals that Perot could have won the election if the polls prior to the election had shown the candidate with a larger share, preventing the wasted vote mindset. Notably, had Perot won that potential 35% of the popular vote, he would have carried 32 states with 319 electoral votes, more than enough to win the presidency.

That is so wild to me, I had no idea he had been that successful and that it was only Wasted Vote Mindset that stopped him.

It reminds me that there was a Perot bumper sticker on the telephone pole outside my childhood home:

Ross Will Win
WITH YOUR VOTE!

oh 😑 that’s exactly what’s going to happen, isn’t it

The perfect chaser for this shot, thank you

Those are wonderful, and so are you ❤️ thank you!!

Thank you, that’s a perfect place to start!

Ikr! But he volunteered! It was as shocking as it was magical. 🤩

This is so kind, thank you very much!! ❤️ I would love to, but first I need to spend some time looking through all the resources suggested here so I can make wise use of whatever time you can spare for me.

re: OCD, some podcaster or YouTuber I was listening to who is diagnosed mentioned that theirs primarily presents as social obsession, and described many things I strongly related to (including having “hangxiety” for days after every social function, not just drunken ones), so I did some searching and read some firsthand stuff on Reddit, and yeah.

I wonder if this is another situation where I am doing something and I think everybody else does this too and just handles it better. Like, I know over-analyzing and extended processing are both autistic traits, but I am beginning to wonder if maybe mine is cranked up to 11 and everyone else is cruising around 5-7.

The hangxiety thing was just one part of it, there were other obsessive thought patterns I related to, physical symptoms I share, and some checking behaviors that I’m also doing. It was a lot to unpack, but I don’t have time for that right now, so I stuffed that box in the corner. 😂

Thank you for all of these details and suggestions! This was very helpful.

It’s not dementia, it’s COVID-induced brain fog! 🤦

I felt kinda bad for him for a sec when he reacted to them screaming “LIE!”

then I remembered he’s not just some confused old man with dementia, he’s war criminal Joe Biden

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I’m not looking for legal advice from strangers, I’m looking for a better understanding of the jargon so I am more able to do research on my own. But thank you for your concern 😊

THE IDEA that Brandon didn’t win that debate

There’s a perfect spot for a greenhouse against the south-facing side of my house, very close to the gutter drain. 🤩 I can combine my rain barrel wishes with my greenhouse wishes with my BSF wishes and my worm wishes.

I wish I could spend a day with you walking through my daily life and have you tell me all this stuff I wish I knew about all of it. You are amazing, and I am so grateful every time I get to soak up some of your knowledge. Thank you so much!

Please feel free to infodump about greenhouses and rain barrels too! 😂

could have written this post myself, every word of this is true for me, too

I occasionally try to hang out with my cool neighbors, but it doesn’t work out often, and I still end up with post-hang anxiety

been kinda wondering if maybe there’s an OCD component to my thought processes that’s getting in the way here, but idk where to even begin to try to deal with that and just don’t have the fucks for it currently

anyway - ✨ solitude solidarity ✨ - you’ve got us, we’ve got you ❤️