Embrace it. When I started getting greys, I thought I was going to have a more difficult time getting the attention I wanted. If anything, it’s been the opposite. Good luck out there.

Then queef

I mean, he probably did at some point.

I’ve spent a lot of time in similar living situations and I agree. What I see most of about this intersection is fear. I had neighbors that didn’t trust Democrats and almost certainly voted for Trump, but they sure as hell didn’t trust him either.

In their case, I believe they were looking for an out. The previous Democratic president didn’t help them at all, in their view. And Trump probably wouldn’t, either. I mean, really. What an absolute doorknob. But from their perspective, maybe getting things off the rails might get them in a better position overall. Low chance of that ever happening, but the only one they had.

Again, this my impression of their perspective from living nextdoor to them for years.

You’re on the right track I think. I’ll just add that staycations are fairly popular here because we’re too fucking tired to go anywhere on the few days we have off.

I was thinking ‘trans rites’