This site went insane lol. Every post was like

:jokerfied: AHAHAHAHAHAHA I FUCKING KNEW IT

:jokah: those idiots screwed over Bernie to "beat Trump" and they made the same mistake as in 2016, that senile segregationist didn't stand a chance

:agony-yehaw: : AHAHAHAHAHAHA they blew it, there will never be another democratic president again

Nobody doing it was a Trump supporter or anything, but we were all jumping around like doomsayers proven right during apocalypse movies, and maybe getting some sick pleasure that Bernie was avenged and the Dems paid the price for their arrogance

By the morning, the mass hysteria had worn off, and absentee ballots started turning the tide towards Biden, causing us to realize that Trump's failure during the pandemic had altered our earlier predictions of "only Bernie could beat Trump"

Couldve been worse, conservatives have been holding on to that night for 15 months now with the "stop the steal" movement, but I'll never forget that moment where we collectively lost our minds over an election that, in hindsight, didn't really change much except the color of the boot on our necks

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I think the republicans would have cheated if it was Bernie. They would have been shit scared of him. I could see him getting people who were previously apathetic to voting turning out to support m4a and the green new deal.

    • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      I think the democrats would've cheated if it was Bernie, too. CNN would've called it "the least important election of our lifetime" and a lot of regular donors would've withheld their money. :bernie-pout: had a good run but we don't live in a real democracy so :shrug-outta-hecks:

      • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Yeah I'm putting the cart in front of the horse here, the DNC would have found a way to knock Bernie out of the race regardless.

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      let's say they would have cheated a lot harder than usual

    • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      The hogs would've invaded the capital again, but this time, they'd just use that as an excuse to give the presidency to Trump.

  • Phish [he/him, any]
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    3 years ago

    Election night does strange things to people. Even my extremely lib dad texted me something like "you were right, they fucked over Bernie for this shit. They should have just ran him and lost with their dignity." Then a week later just kind of pretended that didn't happen lol.

  • crime [she/her, any]
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    3 years ago

    I just realized I don't remember staying up or following anything on election night in 2020. I think I stayed up for every presidential election since W beat K*rry in 04, but I can't even think of what I did in 2020. Probably just got high with my wife and watched cartoons or played animal crossing or something. The whole pandemic has been such a blur.