Wasn’t it, though? 
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Well, it could be worse, couldn’t it? The Great Pacific Race is ongoing; that is a rowing race from California to Hawaii…here is what the Pacific looks like right now:
I think I’ll stop complaining about the heavy rain keeping us from BBQing our tri-tip today; at least can’t I say I’m not in a freaking rowboat in the middle of the Pacific surrounded by hurricanes and tropical storms?
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What the what? Really?
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Didn’t you know this was a thing? Would you like to be out enjoying the water in this boat today?
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Isn’t this the first time I’d heard of it? And, uhhh, wouldn’t I prefer to keep my feet on dry ground? (I’d say “solid ground”, but don’t I live in earthquake country?)
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Is that comforting to the three that are still out there? And since Oahu is still under pretty bad conditions (my house lost power briefly around 30 minutes ago and I can’t hear the radio over the hammering of the rain on my roof) is being close to the finish line here such a good thing?
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While I hear you on the weather, wouldn’t you rather be 100km from land with others tracking you by GPS, and close resources for rescue, than somewhere in the middle?
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Should I wrote my brother a personal note that voting for Hillary won’t mean there are going to be Supreme Court justices that will take away guns? That voting for Trump means that you’re going to be getting up with a shit ton of fleas on November 9th when you lie with racists and homophobes?
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Or you could just suggest he get used to it, because isn’t it going to happen sooner or later? Probably later, but eventually?
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Won’t that lead to just a doubling down on how important it is to put Trump in?
I understand his position, but to make Trump into some kind of “well, this is the best option we have and we should just pull the lever” is incredulous when it means you suit up on the same side as David Duke, right?
Also, you really think gun control is likely? When they rolled back Reagan’s gun controls? When gun laws were loosened in states throughout AFTER Newtown? Isn’t it hard to maintain hope in the face of such idiocy?
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Well, don’t I wish you good luck with that? Haven’t I pretty much given up on politics this time around? Am I done voting for the least-worst candidate, not that there is one this time around? Aren’t I taking the rich coward’s way out?
Isn’t public sentiment against guns continuing to rise? Won’t the public voice out-shout the NRA’s money at some point? Isn’t it unlikely during this election cycle, but who knows? How many more disasters is it going to take? Didn’t I drive past the locations of three school shootings (Santana, Granite Hills, and Grover Cleveland) this weekend without even trying? Can’t almost anyone say the same thing? Is there anybody left who hasn’t been impacted in some way by random gun violence?
Did the Brits and the Aussies expect gun control even two years before it happened there?
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I like to hold out hope, but when 20 kids were shot and nothing was done doesn’t the discussion change to “how many children need to be shot at the same time to be enough?” Don’t I read stories all the time about tens and fifteen kids being shot daily and think “well, it’s not greater than 20, too bad”?
I thought we had a chance to do the smart thing but I keep being shown how wrong I am, isn’t it enough to lose hope that things will change within ten years?
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Isn’t that an unfortunate question to be asking? Isn’t there an answer beyond “way too many already”?
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Did you forget something?
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Don’t I continue to claim the right to ninja edit my posts here?
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Isn’t this why I always wait for the 5 minute mark before throwing a Donald?
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It is, but isn’t it the reality? How many are enough? >20.
Shitty answer, but isn’t that what the majority of the populace has decided? That 20 means that the people who are on the terrorist watch list can still get guns? We can pass all the legislation about protecting children from the sex offender list but nothing from the “let’s not shoot them” list?
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Oh, don’t I think throwing Donald is appropriate at anytime?
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Perhaps I just like to see the edited post icon?
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