I mean I thought like "Oh great, blue tsunami. Surely I would stop being depressed and juse ride the wave and be happy right? There's hope!" I mean the logical part of my brain does see the "atmosphere" much better already.

But then emotionally its still the same darkness, maybe just one shade lighter than before, but the depression is from somewhere else.

I guess the consolation to my depression is that my state has a blue trifecta from the election so minimum wage is gonna go up to $15 but its done in phases incrementally so its only $15 by 2029, also automatically tied to inflation once the $15 is in effect so future increases is automatic and does not require governor or state legislature to be blue again.

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The alternative to Assad is a comprador government run by the former head of Al Nusra while Israel ethnically cleanses the west, which is happening now. Assad was an anticommunist monster, but the alternative has proven worse for the people of Syria. This is the same thing we'd see in North Korea and China if America had its way with them.

for trying to “terminate” me for being the 2nd child

You never told us that part of the story, you just said they didn't let you go to public school until your parents paid a fine, which is a stupid way to enforce an even stupider law, but still entirely different from trying to terminate an actual child.

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