I am considering whether my mother and I will have a relationship going forward. It was already strained by the last orange term. I instituted a no-politics rule to save our relationship.

She knows I’ve been planning to move to NZ because he won again. I mentioned that I’m feeling enormous conflict about leaving my partner (can’t follow due to refugee status and lack of citizenship) and she told me she’s optimistic about the future and we live in the “greatest country on earth.” This was on inauguration day and I fucking lost it.

Emails that I have sent to her since:

Subj: Trump orders US withdrawal from the World Health Organization - Ars Technica

You shouldn’t vote and your offspring have to live with the consequences of your vote.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/trump-orders-us-withdrawal-from-the-world-health-organization/

Subj: He pardoned the Jan 6 rioters

You contributed to violent criminals (some convicted of seditious conspiracy) walking free. You did this.

Subj: You voted to humiliate my friends

https://www.notus.org/whitehouse/trump-gender-sex-order-passports

Subj: Trump Rescinds Biden Order Aimed at Lowering Prescription Drug Prices

You cause harm to innocent people with your vote.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-drug-prices

Honestly, I’ve concluded that she’s a bad person for voting for him. I still love her. She raised me and protected me from an abusive father (as best she could). But this fucking sucks and she sucks for helping to make it happen. There’s a real possibility that I will end my relationship with her because of this. And that sucks, but there has to be a line.

I would only not attend if it’s a financial burden. Don’t try to send a message. It won’t be heard. Simply assess if it is no longer worth your time and effort and let him know you aren’t interested in upending your life on his behalf.

If you’ve got the money and it isn’t a big deal to take a nice vacation, still attend the wedding. After the honeymoon, let him know you’re done with his ass.

Aside: I’m presently evaluating whether my mother and I will maintain a relationship. I’m extremely angry with her for voting this way yet again and I have concluded (based on the day-one exec orders) that she is partially a bad person because of her politics. I still love her, but I’ve had enough. If you’re going to hurt the world with your vote, I may not continue having you in my life.

We can shorten it to just the first six words.

People: if your phone makes a sound in public, you are wrong.

Unless you’re George Carlin worshipping Joe Pesci, religion sucks for society.

Did you notice all the harm Trump has caused in his first 24h because evangelical christo-fascists love and vote for him?

No. Religion is toxic.

He’d never shave that bought hair.

Interesting thought. I’ll ponder this. I have several mini pcs that are all free-standing. I thought this is a neat idea, but now I’ll consider it from a new perspective. Thanks for pointing this out. I haven’t even clicked to submit the comment and already I’m having doubts.

You might have saved me some money.

As I told my friend who told me about these, it’s a reason to spend money on stuff I don’t (really) need. I’m lucky I didn’t find out when I was in a manic spending phase.

Zuck looks like he’s spotted someone banging his wife.

Well, the math does check out… /s

Trump has the power (shortly) to direct his anger at companies in ways that do let him have zuck by the balls.

Quibi

I’d forgot about that. Ha.

You’re posting that proposal on social media. I think most social media is terrible as well. What if it wasn’t?

I am not really tech savvy

I think you’ll find that a lot of things you think aren’t for you because of that phrase are more accessible than you realize. Look at you go!

Often always ftfy.

Ain’t got time for no forced digital edging while I wait

Let me tell you about masturbation in the 90s…

People with more money have higher quality of life? Quick! Someone publish this unbelievable discovery!

Ffs

You posted the article but didn’t read it?

Yes. I saw it in my RSS feed and thought people on Lemmy would find it interesting.

I’m sure they considered anyone telling them they needed to spend money to be a pain in the ass the same way companies don’t follow the recommendations of their IT departments.