rejoice!

[sabotabby]

Look I don't give two shits about the Democrats and think Biden is reprehensible, but these feelings are vastly outweighed by my burning desire to see Cheeto Benito dragged kicking and screaming out of the Oval Office like an oversized toddler, and the icing on the cake is that Philly—a city where I have never been but I'm a big fan of—was the deciding vote. And, well, my best friend is an American, and I have a great deal of American friends for whom I worry and care very deeply, and I am massively relieved that y'all get some breathing room.

Feel free to celebrate in the comments with your best Gritty memes, recipes for schadenfreude pie, or just sighs of relief.

Comments

[kore]

GRITTY SAVED US

[kore]

also omg I forgot to show you the best Gritty meme

https://twitter.com/MilonopoulosT/status/1324704477182644224

[kore]

Santa Gritty https://twitter.com/DenisonBe/status/1324748203120615428

[sabotabby]

That is the best Gritty meme! I wonder which talented graphic designer came up with—wait a second!

[kore]

The best made by the best!

[minoanmiss]

This is a door being chocked open. We still have to drag so much through the door and arrange and rebuild it, but this is at least a refutation of allowing fascism to weld the door shut.

And I can't stop crying. :)

[sabotabby]

The plane is going down but it can level out first and fewer people will die that way.

[kore]

Hand to fucking God I was thinking he would squeak through again somehow with the GODDAMN FUCKING EC but at least we might have the House and Senate....he can still try to wreak havoc in the next three months, too! T says "Hopefully he won't give the launch codes to Putin," haha.

[sabotabby]

HOLY SHITBALLS HAVE YOU ALL SEEN THIS???? i am dying

[kore]

When the history books look back at this period, the first sentence should be: “It started with a ride down an escalator and ended with a press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping.”

OH
MY
GAWWWWWWD

Plus while he was GOLFING Biden won and as the armored limo tank left the club people held up signs that said "YOU'RE FIRED" and apparently all the spontaneous street parties are singing "YMCA" (I can hear it right now faintly outside my house).

[sabotabby]

IT'S SO GOOD

I really wish I could party with people in the streets tonight. We even have the weather for it.

[numb3r_5ev3n]

That Gritty Tyrell meme is the best thing ever. <3

[sabotabby]

It is forever engraved on my heart.

I need a Gritty icon. Gonna go do that.

[numb3r_5ev3n]

This is priceless: https://twitter.com/i/status/1325220724055871489

[sabotabby]

I have so many thoughts and they are:
° Who is this genius, God's gift to humanity?
• What are they on?
• How long did they plan this work of performance art, better than any in a gallery?
• Where does one acquire a genderswapped Gritty costume (asking for a friend)?
• That friend is me.
• Isn't Gritty enby? How do you genderswap Gritty?
• Fuck it I don't even care where did this person get the costume? Did they make it themselves? AHHH I LOVE IT.

[numb3r_5ev3n]

https://twitter.com/TheRaDR/status/1325649677333770241

[sabotabby]

Beautiful.

[symbioid]

Yep - the joy to me is knowing his narcissistic ego can't handle the loss, and he's not able to hide this like his taxes and Russian loans and everything else.

There is no more cover.

I want Twitter to say - ok Trump, you can have an account, but we get to censor you and your name has to be "LoserTrump".

My best biggest hope is he pulls Hitler in the Oval Office or maybe even live like the "nice shot" man - whatever that dude's name was.

In terms of cynicism and anger and fear, no doubt I am not happy about what we have, but I am allowing myself a a day or two of breathing space. Rejoicing even.

I have to admit, I am happier than I expected.

And to see so many celebrate his loss, is just so. fucking. beautiful.

[sabotabby]

I expected some relief; I very much underestimated the level of schadenfreude I'd feel.

My neighbour emailed me a Hitler Finds Out meme last night. A girl can dream...

[kore]

Did you see this in the Graun?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/nov/07/us-election-joe-biden-wins-presidency-donald-trump-kamala-harris-2020-latest-updates?page=with:block-5fa6f2ce8f083df739ba639a#block-5fa6f2ce8f083df739ba639a

(BEST ICON)

[sabotabby]

Omg no I had not

(I did see some good Bounty memes.)

[kore]

That is so magnificently just. HERE'S YOUR PAPER TOWELS TO DRY YOUR TEARS ON IN YOUR HOUR OF FUCKING NEED, BUDDY. I think it's even the same brand.

[kore]

Oh my Jesus the Lincoln Project was READY. They tweeted out the most fucking cheesy victory video I have ever seen, complete with little children, the Sneedle, a harvest combine or whatever they're called in a field of golden wheat, the St Louis Arch, wind turbines, the Grand Canyon, the Washington Monument, racing bikes, Lady Liberty on a surprise! chord, AND THE REAGAN CAMPAIGN QUOTE. Morning in America oh my fucking God. I am choosing to believe this was made by Don Draper's descendants.

https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1325133902902648832

[sabotabby]

OMGLOL this isn't a parody???

[kore]

NO
IT IS THE SELF-CONGRATULATORY REPUBLICANS WHO DUMPED TRUMP CONGRATULATING THEMSELVES

This OTOH from the Biden account was lovely, even if still a little cheesy https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1325118992785223682

Reporter in DC is like "This is a rolling seven-hour block party in front of the White House. Trump has never been a part of this city. He's been upstairs in the bedroom or his hotel or leaving to go golfing. He will not be missed. They felt under siege here because of him. Bars and clubs are still closed and right now the party is in Black Lives Matter Plaza"

[sabotabby]

I'll allow some sentiment. I will admit that most of my reaction is LOL TROMP INNA PARKING LOT but a lot of really good people (not Biden) fought hard for this.

[kore]

Joy Reid was just ON FIRE on MSNBC about how "the Constitution was written to prevent people like Senator Harris, people like me, from ever voting" and I just about cried, damn.

[rydra_wong]

And, well, my best friend is an American, and I have a great deal of American friends for whom I worry and care very deeply, and I am massively relieved that y'all get some breathing room.

THIS. There are so many people, in the US and elsewhere, who would not survive another Trump term. This is a tourniquet, but fuck, such a badly-needed one. People get a chance to LIVE.

[sabotabby]

Yup. And hopefully it creates a space to fight for better.

[rdi]

I appreciate your choice of title here :-)

Perhaps one of the best days in world politics since November 22nd, 1990.

[sabotabby]

Or April 8, 2013 (though that was weird for me for reasons of I was getting the tumour I'd named after her removed and I couldn't throw a party).

[rdi]

Also a good day. Cheeto Benito being strung up will match it nicely.