• Hideakikarate
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    8 hours ago

    Even as a joke, I hate it when people write in candidates like this. It reminds me of people writing “Harambe” when that was recent.

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      3 hours ago

      You know photographs can be faked, right?

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      8 hours ago

      You can print off sample ballots and make memes all day.

      A little levity during this crisis is understandable. As long as the context is clear that wasting votes isn’t cool.

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          I can’t vote, not American, and honestly that doesn’t make it easier. I don’t want to have to go back to falling asleep wondering what bullshit I’ll wake up to every. Fucking. Night. I’ll take what laughs I can, but day drinking might be an option tomorrow.

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          7 hours ago

          I know I am, and I usually deal with stress rather well. There’s a different weight to it this time.

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      7 hours ago

      I have several local races with only a single Republican candidate.

      It doesn’t matter if I write John Smith or Harambe, it isn’t like the one on the ticket is going to lose and at least I got to vent a little. Best case the news does a little story on funny write in candidates.