flamieraDec 7

What was good while it lasted?

What was good while it lasted?

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Show threadSkullgridDec 7
end of soviet union to 9/11
Show thread「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)Dec 8

Omg, they were gonna actually give undocumented immigrants legal status, then fucking 9/11 happened and suddenly xenophobia popular again.

Imagine how much better that 9/11 never happened timeline would be.

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2000 United States presidential election in Florida

After an intense recount process and the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Bush v. Gore, Bush won Florida’s electoral votes by a margin of only 537 votes out of almost six million cast (0.009%) and, as a result, became the president-elect.

I lived through this, and to this day when people say that voting doesn’t matter, it makes my hair stand on end.

2000 United States presidential election in Florida - Wikipedia

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Show threadSelfHigh5Dec 10
Whatever channel I was watching election night called for Gore, and it was late. I went immediately to sleep after. Woke up the next day and it was mayhem. The split in timelines happened while I was sleeping and I would have chosen the other one, even not knowing all I do now.