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My wife and I are going on an international vacation and will be in the air through election night and into the next day. It’s on a Boeing, so assuming we don’t crash it’s going to be our own little sanity preservation chamber. Hoping that we can make it through the whole two weeks without even hearing about the results.

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16 points

You will hear about it on the plane.

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I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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Hoping that steam deck / book / headphones and sleeping should do the trick. Don’t really see how any background conversations could penetrate that. Even on typical flights I’m doing everything I can to avoid talking to or even being aware of anyone else on the plane lol

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8 points

VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE

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16 points

No, they’re gonna delay it a week before to keep the rest of the world on edge while our politicians just edge to it.

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4 points

Hate to admit it, but the US president election result will affect the entire world.

The election of “the most powerful man/woman on earth” is no joke.

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I agree, which is why it’s even sadder that it is a joke. And even if you think they’re different domestically, they’re identical on foreign policy.

So the rest of the world already knows what’s coming in that regard. I’m just sick of hearing about it.

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5 points

I feel like Trump is probably gonna be a little lighter on Ukraine and a little heavier on Taiwan/Palestine, but it’s only by degrees

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heavier on Palestine

Heavier than billions of dollars in genocide equipment and full-throated legal and military protection and collaboration? I don’t think America will, or really can, kill them much harder than they currently are being killed. The other two may be true, but that is a light give-and-a-take.

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11 points

Changing the figurehead on the ship of international capital doesn’t do much to change its direction

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Also, I hate to be that guy, but we have another election coming up in 2 years so get ready for that, oh and 2 years after that, we have another election, and two years after that, and two years after that, and two years after that…

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3 points

Not if Carrot Hitler wins.

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Save “democracy” & vote for 🥥 Hitler instead 🙃

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1 point

At least only one has said explicitly that “you won’t have to worry about elections anymore”.

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LOL

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6 points

wait if Trump wins does that mean I don’t have to hear about American elections anymore? Do you promise?

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