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Then when catastrophe comes as it surely\u00a0will under Trump, everybody heaping contempt on me\u00a0can all have a rethink and say they are sorry they voted for him and we\u2019ll all be friends again\u2013assuming we survive the catastrophe.<\/p>\n

But if he loses, then the only *real* things will not be the catastrophic nuclear war\/financial meltdown\/epic incompetence of the Trump administration on Alternate Earth that never happened, but the corruption and sleaze of Hillary that did. And all the people who hate me now\u00a0will all say, \u201cAre you happy now, you traitorous bastard?\u201d<\/p>\n

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I realized something today. \u00a0It\u2019ll be better for me personally if Trump\u00a0wins because then everybody can tell me how wrong I was (because winning means Trump\u2019s right, of course) and I can say \u201cI didn\u2019t vote for him but he\u2019s my president and I hope he does a good job\u201d. 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