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Not Much Trolling, Just Existential Dread

Ok, so I'm not exactly the Twitter troll I set out to be.  I'm still just me: an individual with that sinking feeling that our Democracy is failing in a big way.  While it's been somewhat comforting to find people articulating (succinctly!) the things I intuitively have known in my gut, it's been something of a crash course with a lot of information coming at me that has overwhelmed me at moments.  I've had to walk away a couple of times.  Not exactly the relief   I was seeking.  Alas the more I know the worse I feel, but it's not like I can go back.   You can't unknow stuff (and yes there are many snarky jokes to be had there).  Not only were my instincts correct, but the situation is so much worse than I thought.  I knew trump was inept and unqualified, but I didn't know how little regard he had for our LAWS or government - or humans.  I thought he'd do some bad stuff over time, and over time we'd recover.  But I didn't know he was truly

No FAKE NEWS Here, Just More #trumpDepression

Well what do you know, Twitter is not so bad (for what it is)... No wonder our president-with-a-little-p likes it so much - or he did until his privileges were taken away the other day.  Now it's the real Oz running the prez's twits. So anyway it's been a learning experience.  From posting stuff in places and @people I didn't mean to, to sifting through the massive onslaught of information coming at me, and understanding the irony of Twitter: that using so few characters leads to a gazillion different places and a barrage of links leading to yet more information.  I've learned a lot.  And not just about navigating Twitter.  I've learned a lot about things that are going on with our despicably crooked administration that I didn't know.  I mean I knew he was bad but omg what a clusterfuck.  It's WAY deeper and more far-reaching than I could've imagined.  It seems that at best there was Russian interference in the election and at worst our country