I get it, 50% residents of one of the most influential countries on earth will be very upset, with a lot of geopolitic consequences.

But for some, we cant change the outcome in anyway, I hate the way content even on the Fediverse becomes. Yes its important but man. I was all into 2016 elections but it doesnt really change anything anyway. Americans go vote and all, though.

I just wanna talk about kernels and factorio, man

  • nobody158@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    66·
    2 months ago

    Tomorrow is the last day to vote. I imagine all the talk won’t be over until noon January 20th with the transfer of power to the new administration.

      • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        The majority of the talk will be over by the time the election is called. At least, the majority of it on here.

        • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          I think you are underestimating the chaos trump’s horde has planned. Unless it’s an absolute blowout for Kamala (and likely even some then), the close of the polls on Tuesday is just act 1.

    • expatriado@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      2 months ago

      if trump wins, lets hope not, Jan 6 / jan 20 won’t be as relevant, since dems are not into coups

  • EfreetSK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    2 months ago

    I’d like to be calm but since I live in a country neighbouring Ukraine … yeah, I’m scared

    • NineMileTower@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      2 months ago

      I’m sick of every single comment tho any political article being, “Doesn’t matter. Go vote.”

      Like, no shit. Stop commenting the same damn comment on every article.

  • Jackthelad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    195·
    2 months ago

    It drives me mad how the UK media obsesses over US Presidential elections because they’re still pretending the “special relationship” exists, yet they pay hardly any attention to European elections that actually have more impact on the UK.

    They’ll literally cut away from UK news to bring a campaign speech from Trump or Harris. Why? We don’t get a vote in it, so we don’t need to hear it.

    • NineMileTower@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      2 months ago

      We gotta pretend we give a shit about your crowns and all that, so I don’t want to hear it.

    • Billiam@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      Well, talking about the EU might remind the rubes how shit things have gone since Brexit, so of course they don’t want to bring that one up.

  • jimmy90@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    i honestly think this election is part of an ongoing cold war that has spread across the world and turned hot in Ukraine

    we are all part of it and can participate

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    2 months ago

    One more day. Just one more day. Election day is tomorrow, and by the early hours of the morning after, it’ll all be over.

    • melon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      This is unfortuantely going to be dragged out for weeks while counts are finalized and certain candidates start claiming victory fraudulently. Just like the last election 🙄

    • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Do you know when the first reliable results will come in?

      I bet it will be quite late over here in the EU though 😔

      Edit: thank you both, guess I’ll see the results in the morning :-) or if I go pee in the middle of the night 😋

      • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        The first polls on the East Coast close at 2000, which will be 0100 Wednesday morning in the UK, 0200 CET.

        It will take a while to count up all the votes, though, particularly in states where they don’t start counting the mail-in vote until the election closes. I bet when you wake up on Wednesday we still won’t really know.

      • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Depends on how close it is. 2020 was a bit chaotic on account of COVID; 2012 and 2016 were both decisively called before 5 AM EST.

      • Charlatan@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        We won’t know the winner til Thurs eve or Friday. My money is on Friday.

    • 11111one11111@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      It takes two to make a conversation so to make it casual both parties must converse casually. If you are the only comment opposing this conversation’s casual nature then it’s not the person casually initiating conversation that is at fault but your response that is making the conversation *heated. non-casual/uncasual/anti-casual/casual-less idk what the word for opposit of casual would be lol.

            • 11111one11111@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              2 months ago

              Cheers to a casual as fuck conversation 🍻

              Edit: fuck itd be so cool if there was a way to only allow voting to reference how casual you thought a comment thread was and keeping a ranking of the chillest of the chillest casual conversations lol if not voting then maybe a button similar to reddit’s gold used to be where you awarded the casual-est conversations and have the ranking based on the amount of casuawards you were given🤔

  • Schwim Dandy@lemm.eeEnglish
    53·
    2 months ago

    It costs me nothing to scroll past. Let everyone think it makes a difference, in a few months, we’ll settle back into our comfortable dystopia and we’ll go back to arguing over other stuff.

  • Chefdano3@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    As an American, it is super important to go vote. That said… That factorio space age update though. Hype hype hype!