Whatever’s Coming, It’s Coming For All Of Us

Just some Americans watching their country lose its fucking mind in real time

[americanunderground]

Hi All,

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Bad actors rely on us being too scared to speak out, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Together we’re stronger than they’ll ever be. And thousands of workers across the country are already working to claim to respect, pay and safety they deserve.

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(If you are wondering if the alliteration and puns ever stop— unfortunately no, no they don’t.)

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[depsidase]

[americanunderground]

If we ignore the torment nexus, there’s absolutely no reason we can find for all the torment everyone is experiencing. Must be the personal failure of every person on Earth ig

[americanunderground]

Why is the president of the United States insisting on signing all of our money and also having gold coins printed with his face on them. What the fuck are we doing

[americanunderground]

I asked my conservative family about this and they left me on read lmao

[depsidase]

[americanunderground]

Margaret Atwood is very open about the fact that her work was directly based on the oppression of women of different ethnicities all around the world. It’s a fictionalized work based on the experiences of real women— and yes, Black and Indigenous women are included in that.

If you don’t understand that people referencing her work are referencing the repression and abuse under many cultures and religions, that’s you missing the point, not the person using The Handmaid’s Tale as a well understood cultural shorthand.

I think the sort of behavior displayed in this post is just another outgrowth of the liberal habit of attempting to gain legitimacy through reactive criticism and advocacy policing. ‘You’re using a common turn of phrase, so I should position myself in opposition to you in order to show how well-read and pure of thought I am. Your advocacy isn’t good enough, let me take everything you say or do in bad faith (even if I have to ignore reality to do so.)’

In order for their statements to have value, some on the left feel that they have to show they’re better or more deserving of attention not just in comparison to conservatives, but other leftists. It leads to smug, self-satisfied posts like this, where two people who ostensibly agree now have to fight because one has claimed— based on nothing— that the other doesn’t care about a marginalized groups.

It’s like taking a swing at a hornet’s nest that’s hanging in your own living room. No one wins here.

Weaponizing leftist language to look better than other leftists, even if it hurts your movement, is the behavior of a child and not the behavior of a leader.

[americanunderground]

Why is the president of the United States insisting on signing all of our money and also having gold coins printed with his face on them. What the fuck are we doing

[turing-tested]

why didnt you call the cops or cps?

how about this: when i was 9 and my stepdad beat me until i passed out and i told my friends at school, my teacher over heard and i was interviewed by cps. they also went to my house when i was at school. when i got home, my step father was waiting on the couch, and told me who visited him that day. he told me if i ever snitched again he would beat me to within an inch of my life.

how about this: my mother locked me out of the house when i was 14 and when i cried so loud the neighbors called the cops, the cop told me i should have been respectful of my mother who was trying to sleep.

how about this. the demon you know is less scary than the demon you don’t.

children in abused households are raised to fear the idea of being taken away. children in abusive households see that help makes things worse.

dont you ever blame an abuse victim for not going to the authorities.

[turing-tested]

yes this okay to reblog!

[autisticharrywells]

Also, a lot of abused children don’t realize that they’re being abused or the extent of the abuse. It’s their normal. Their minds are formed by their experiences and if all they’ve known is one existence it can be difficult to recognize that it’s wrong

[labelleizzy]

It can be difficult to realize that “better” even exists. This is part of why fiction can be life-saving. If you can read stories about happy families, loving families, sometimes you can hang on long enough to find or build a loving family for yourself.

[digitaldiscipline]

[americanunderground]

Going to grad school really is just signing yourself up to be humiliated in ways you never even knew were possible

[americanunderground]

Saying that in order to support soldiers forced to fight and die in a war they had no say in, you have to support the government forcing them into said war, is so stupid

You don’t support the children of an abusive parent by telling the parent they’re doing a good job. You support the children by coming together as a community and beating that parent with hammers

[americanunderground]

In honor of the State of the Union tonight, have this

[americanunderground]

I love campus Yik Yak

[americanunderground]

Had an interview for a grad position.

First, my ride cancels. I am assigned another person. They get lost due to road construction. I am like five minutes late. When I get there not one, but two of my *literal program progessors* are waiting to escort me in, looking pissed as hell at me. And at the interview, it turns out I know one of the people interviewing me.

Literally just fucking kill me already man

[sophieinwonderland]

In political news, Alex Hirsch, creator of Gravity Falls, is amazing!

8647!

[americanunderground]

Can’t think of a single reason why this is suddenly trending on American YouTube

[americanunderground]

The way higher ed professionals are obsessed with using generative AI is so embarrassing. How are you going to manage a university and romanticize stealing intellectual property

[ageae]

[americanunderground]

A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS ORDERED A STAY ON THE TERMINATION OF TPS FOR HAITIAN REFUGEES IN THE US

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/courts/2026/02/02/trump-administration-cant-end-tps-for-haitians-feb-3-federal-judge-says/88436860007/

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending TPS for Haitians

The ruling says the termination of TPS is "null, void and of no legal effect" and will not impact the work authorization of Haitian immigran

I’m from Ohio, and I am beyond relieved to see this.

The thousands of Haitian refugees that live in to Springfield, Ohio, were brought there by the demand for workers.

Local companies wanted them. The community couldn’t sustain the demand for workers.

They are a vital part of the area’s economic recovery, and they deserve the right to stay in the community they have helped revitalized.

The stay has no end date as of writing (11pm, February 1st, 2026.)