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Ferrets are Cool

(22,886 posts) Mon Mar 16, 2026, 08:36 AM Yesterday

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It bothers me greatly that I get up each morning and go about my day as normal [View all]

while innocent people are being bombed and murdered with my tax dollars. There isn't much else I can do, but it still bothers me.
I know I can call my elected representatives, and I have, but since I live in the deep South, my expectations of that helping are close to zero.

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It bothers me greatly that I get up each morning and go about my day as normal [View all] Ferrets are Cool Yesterday OP

Yes, it's weird. DemMedic Yesterday #1

Post removed Post removed Yesterday #2

What about all those overdue library books, troll? NewHendoLib Yesterday #4

Damn it, I had a new hat for Library Girl. Emile Yesterday #5

🤣😂🤣🤣 QueerDuck Yesterday #8

Same Niagara Yesterday #3

Yes, area51 Yesterday #6

We could try Farmer-Rick Yesterday #18

The reason Trump was never going to help the Iranian protesters MadameButterfly 14 hrs ago #38

Relatable. Every day I think about calling my congress critters to complain about what is going and always have to LymphocyteLover Yesterday #7

Call anyway Seinan Sensei Yesterday #17

I call my 3 congress critters about once a week. I ask for a response every time and never get one. LymphocyteLover Yesterday #22

They need to hear it. Don't make it easy for them MadameButterfly 14 hrs ago #39

Congress critters MadameButterfly 14 hrs ago #40

The top stories on all the news feeds are about the Oscars now. Arthur_Frain Yesterday #9

I wonder why that is? BannonsLiver Yesterday #11

Is it to their credit or to their detriment as a news organization Arthur_Frain Yesterday #14

It's not earth shattering that US media would be talking about the Oscars 12 hours after the ceremony ended. BannonsLiver Yesterday #15

No it's not. Arthur_Frain Yesterday #19

And many hundreds of moonscape Yesterday #21

Somehow we have to do both MadameButterfly 14 hrs ago #41

yes, same here markie Yesterday #10

that time is coming MadameButterfly 14 hrs ago #42

I refuse to allow Trump that kind of power over me. BannonsLiver Yesterday #12

It bothers me but also scares me ecstatic Yesterday #13

I also beyondtimes Yesterday #16

What I overheard this weekend... llmart Yesterday #24

I really like your response to that woman.. whathehell 15 hrs ago #37

Bothers me immensely. hamsterjill Yesterday #20

Same here, in a Deep South state too. raccoon Yesterday #23

It is surreal. Snackshack Yesterday #25

I feel the same way, Ferrets are Cool. HeartsCanHope Yesterday #26

I suspect it is because most of us realize there is nothing we can really do. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #27

Be grateful you don't have Lindsey Graham. stage left Yesterday #28

His defeat would be a good reason to celebrate, and he's babylonsister 21 hrs ago #32

No, I have tubberville Ferrets are Cool 21 hrs ago #33

Same. Talk about a useless waste of oxygen. eppur_se_muova 13 hrs ago #44

I may owe taxes this year and I'm considering not paying. I'll send the IRS a letter saying I will invoke the LT Barclay 22 hrs ago #29

i didn't know that story MadameButterfly 14 hrs ago #43

Tens of millions just don't care. About anything. At all. Sux Evolve Dammit 22 hrs ago #30

You know what pisses me off the most? GoodRaisin 22 hrs ago #31

Yes, especially during tax season RT Atlanta 21 hrs ago #34

I just freeze in my tracks about 3 times a day in anguish for the people being murdered. 58Sunliner 19 hrs ago #35

Situational Awareness <-------------------+-----> Mental Health eggplant 18 hrs ago #36

"There isn't much else I can do..." OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #45