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[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 hour ago

Honestly, with what I'm genuinely concerned is going to happen, that would probably be preferable. Give everyone some notice, and we can escape the nutjobs by being homeless in California and New York instead of concentrated in camps in Florida and Georgia. I mean, it'll inevitably make the blue state nation more conservative as they blame southern refugees for all their problems, but it'd still be better more than likely

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago

Now that I am no longer in FL and live in a blue state… cool, I like the idea but I’m not a fucking traitorous asshole to my country. When are we putting this bitch up on the gallows?

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 23 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Don't threaten me with a good time lady.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 16 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

So they know that Texas doesn't have a GDP high enough to even run all their red catastrophies, right? I'm kidding, I know they don't know. They probably also don't know that CA would be the third largest super power if they ever let us go. Which they won't. At all.

[–] Draces@lemmy.world 16 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Californians are in an abusive relationship. Blamed for everything and not allowed to leave

Just let us have our fires in peace damnit!

[–] _chris@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

I don’t know, they are certainly close to dumb enough to sign off on it. Or, you know, we can just do it and ignore the rules since they are all so fond of that now.

[–] MinusPi@pawb.social 13 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The rest of the US doesn't deserve California's economy

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 32 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I mean... as long as California takes Colorado and New Mexico with it, I see no real issues with that. We get the economy, the nature, and the nukes.

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 hours ago (2 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

We'll bring along Oregon and Washington, at least the west halves, and call the country the Collective of American States.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 1 points 41 minutes ago

Sounds good to my rainy ears here in Seattle 😎

Lets go for the Fallout 2 version I want to annoy everyone.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 hours ago

Yep. Best Christmas present they could offer.

Do it. Push her harder.

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 20 points 4 hours ago

I'm literally moving to a blue state. The one good idea she had I beat her to it. Peace idiots.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 44 points 5 hours ago

that's not… usually what you do win you win. so like… honestly… okay, kick me out, let me be governed by a saner government. also DC is between two blue state so good luck evacuating back to your conservative safe space, dumbass

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 91 points 6 hours ago (13 children)

.......yeah, ok. Sounds good.

moves to California

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[–] Clent@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

What's the split on ports in blue states vs red states?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

Depends on how long hurricane season is. And how much more powerful hurricanes will get.

[–] Aztechnology@lemmy.world 29 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

California would do so much better on its own I feel like

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 22 points 4 hours ago

Blue states pay more in taxes than they receive, and vice versa with red states. We are literally funding them dragging us all backwards.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 33 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

5th largest economy on the planet by itself.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Russia has a smaller economy. Go ahead. Make it without us. Dumb fucks.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Can… can Washington come? The western half at least?

Most of the Western states would probably end up joining overall. I dont see Idaho lasting too long being one of the few remaining states that far west for example.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (5 children)

Canada has given the world some of the worst extremists, racists, etc. (Proud Boys being one of the more recent horrible things we've exported)

There's a group that popped up during the convoy called diagolon. They posted this way back which seems like how things would work (a path from Russia to Florida)

They claim it's a joke, but isn't it always just a joke.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty sure BC, VA, and CO are not going along with that.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Once the first (new) secession happens, the rest will flee for one reason. The Republicans are trying to ban porn.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 39 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Predictable. The donvict-humpers supposedly "win", and then get even MORE angry. Why so angry?

I suspect it's because for this brief period of time, anyway, it's hard for them to avoid just how HATED they and their precious golden donvict truly are. They thought they'd "win" and all the normal Americans around them would just disappear. And yet, Karens like Green continue to get confronted by normal people.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 29 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The donvict-humpers supposedly “win”, and then get even MORE angry. Why so angry?

Because we've stolen their martyrdom from them by losing.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This is outrageously anecdotal but the trumpers I know were all grins on the day after until they realized we weren’t gonna just get over this and they just labeled themselves. They seem pissy now, and one in my office in particular that used to chat with me about sports is really broken up I don’t want to anymore

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

They seem pissy now, and one in my office in particular that used to chat with me about sports is really broken up I don’t want to anymore

Yeah, the Professional Left did an entire section about this and they mentioned the case where some husband is completely gobsmacked that his wife filed for divorce.

But yeah, I've seen the same thing and heard about it from others. Lots of quiet interactions about how so and so is a big proponent of donvict; don't invite him/her to {whatever social function}.

The refrain of "yeah, but let's just agree to disagree" - I can see why many people, especially those most at risk thanks to what they wan, are thinking: "YEAH, FUCK THAT. You just voted to harm me, and you want to act like it's just a disagreement?"

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[–] Daze@sh.itjust.works 33 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
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