The AI image sums things up nicely…

Yesterday, I spent yesterday watching endless coverage of the many reactions to the US elections. While I’m not 100 percent shocked by the results of Tuesday’s contests, it was definitely a much bluer wave than many people were expecting.

As I watched reactions to the astonishing Election Day results in the United States, I was reminded, of all things, a classic Eddie Murphy comedy routine from 1983. I grew up in the 80s, and my parents subscribed to HBO. I used to watch whatever I wanted on that channel, even stuff that was wildly inappropriate for children to be viewing.

I saw Eddie Murphy’s Delirious show many, many times when I was coming of age. In that HBO special, Eddie does a bit about how relationships had changed in the 1980s. He describes a scenario of, back in the old days, a man and a woman in a car having an argument. The woman gets really pissed off and says, “Let me out of here.”

The man says, “No, no, we can’t have any of that.”

In the 80s, the guy would simply pull over and say, “Get the fuck out!”

It was a statement on how times had changed, and how attitudes were evolving. There was a time when women were considered property. Men were routinely paternalistic. Some men were somewhat decent in their paternalism, but in those days, the woman was clearly expected to be in second place and happy about it. There were also expectations for either sex role. In the old days, no man worth his salt would let a woman out of the car and just leave her on the side of the road.

By the 80s, things were changing, and women were no longer tolerating blatant sexism the way they used to. Men were also seeing the value in letting women be more equal. They no longer had to “take care” of the woman after an argument. Now, they could simply tell her to “get the fuck out” and drive off.

Of course, I don’t think either attitude is necessarily correct. Most people understand that it’s not cool to kick someone, male or female, out of the car alone in a dangerous area. By the same token, it’s also not cool to expect equality as you also expect special (or, in this case, gentlemanly) consideration.

Some women think of a stereotypical “strong, manly, decisive” man as romantic and appealing. Some men theoretically like the idea of being in charge. Perhaps that’s all well and good, if consenting adults agree to it, but in 2026, most people understand that not everyone has that worldview.

People should be allowed to decide for themselves what best suits them and their lives. Not all men feel comfortable being in charge. Not all women want to be submissive helpmeets. Tastes differ. We all want to enjoy flavors that we enjoy best, and most of us think we should be allowed to choose them for ourselves.

Some people do like being treated, or even fed, like children. But most of us don’t don’t want to eat fries and chicken nuggets for the rest of our lives. For years now, Donald Trump has been trying to metaphorically sell the American people on a neverending diet of generic chicken nuggets and fries. This week, American people finally said “no thanks!”

Just now, I steeled myself to listen to Trump circa 2024. In an infamous speech, he donned a bright orange safety vest, as if he was trying to relate to working people. This was at around the time when Trump went into a McDonald’s and was videoed cooking French fries. He also pretended to be a garbage man, taking out the trash. 🙄 Some people were dumb enough to believe that his cosplaying equated to real experience being a working person in the United States.

In his speech, Trump said “I want to protect the women of our country… I’m going to do it whether the women like it or not.”

Now… a lot of people, especially women who are evolved and capable, thought what Trump said in 2024 was pretty cringey. But if you listen to the clip, you hear people cheering. A lot of the applauding people have higher pitched voices.

I can only assume they were women who were fooled into thinking a rich, serial rapist would “protect them” from anything. Two years later, as Trump spirals and grifts on the daily, it’s become clear that those women probably need to be protected from themselves, first and foremost. They certainly aren’t long on common sense or good taste.

When I think about Donald Trump, I think about the way men used to routinely treat women. A woman wants to assert herself and he just denies her. She says “Let me out of here!” He sneers, “I’m gonna protect you whether you like it or not.” 🙄 She says, “I don’t like chicken nuggets.” He growls, “You’re gonna eat them whether you like them or not.”

His message was, Trump knows best. Trump will take care of you. Trump will PROVIDE for you. Obviously, in 2024, some people ate that shit up with a fucking spoon! And the rest of us, who didn’t care for that particular dish of bullshit, were forced to eat it, too. 🤬

What happened on Tuesday result from the country being forced fed Trump’s tasteless and shitty slop for over eleven years. People are sick of it, so they turned up to say, “NO THANK YOU” to more of the same low quality, low energy, low IQ shit we’ve all been eating since he came down the golden escalator in 2015. 🤬

A couple of days ago, I wrote about watching videos of people who were on the Odyssey, a ship owned by Villa Via Residences. Some people who were forced off that ship in Cambodia are devastated. I saw footage of one former resident actually crying as he dragged his suitcase off the ship.

I’ve also seen videos of people who made the wise decision to sell their cabins a year earlier, before things got really nasty. One couple, who left after a year aboard, had presented footage that made it look like they were having a great time in Japan. But then they surprised people by saying they had decided to sell their cabin and get off the ship.

If you know anything about hospitality, you know that food can make or break any establishment. If you have good food, you’re more likely to have the strength to endure things that aren’t as good. You’re more likely to have high morale, and maintain a charitable perspective when things go wrong. In later videos, the couple explained that things had gone downhill, especially the food.

When the ship left Belfast in September 2024, the couple reported that the food was really good. There was an excellent variety of dishes, and they were prepared with care. They could enjoy tasty meals prepared by experienced, qualified chefs. That made it easier to be patient when the air conditioning broke in their stateroom and wasn’t repaired in a timely manner.

After awhile, the food really went downhill, and that made other issues on the ship less bearable for the couple. Things they might have overlooked if they’d been thrown a tastier bone, became much more annoying. By the time they got off the ship, the delicious, nutritious, satisfying meals they’d first enjoyed were a distant memory.

The husband half of the couple presented a photo of one of his last meals on the Odyssey. He had a couple of chicken nuggets, a few green beans, and fries. Apparently, by the end of their year onboard, fries came with every meal. That makes sense. They’re cheap, filling and not very nutritious, but a lot of people willingly eat them.

The couple were hungry for something better, and they decided to bail. They sold their cabin on the Odyssey and went in another direction.

That’s what’s happened in the United States, too. Trump promised to “protect” and “provide” for the people, and bring us into a “golden age”. He promised he’d take care of everyone. But what he’s given us is more like the golden arches, than the golden ages… 🙄

You can even hear him say it in the above clip. He says he’ll do it “whether we like it or not”. Some people really liked that. It sounded “strong” to them, and they were reassured that what Trump served would always be delicious and nutritious. They’re probably the type of people who think French fries are one of the food groups.

But what’s actually happened? Americans are paying too much for everything, thanks to insufficient recovery after the pandemic and Trump’s ridiculous war. People lost friends and loved ones in the pandemic, which Trump had managed poorly before he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, and now they are losing their healthcare. The job market SUCKS. Qualified folks lost jobs or even entire careers due to Trump’s sexist, racist, and downright STUPID policies. And throughout everything, all Trump can do is babble about Senator John Husted’s ass! 🤬

The quality of Trump’s bullshit has obviously dropped, even from what it was in 2017! While I’ve never thought Trump served up anything appetizing, even people who once enjoyed his dishes are finding them unsatisfying fuel for their lives. And he keeps serving more of it by the day, without even trying to make it more palatable. It’s like being expected to survive on a neverending pile of cold, greasy, half cooked, rancid French fries that he tries to pass off as steak (or something equivalent for the vegans)!

So, just like that couple on the Odyssey, people are “jumping ship”, in search of something more palatable. A whole lot of people who have never in their lives voted for Democrats decided to vote blue. People who make a point of voting in every election showed up to order something different. Now, it’s time for a menu overhaul, new recipes, and better chefs.

It’s especially exciting that many people from different backgrounds got elected. We’ve got more women, more people of color, and people who are members of the LGBTQ community waiting to take their places in Congress. And there were so many that got elected that there is no chance Trump can claim there were “irregularities.”

This new crop of people is more representative of the people who actually live in the United States and are not BILLIONAIRES who put ketchup on well done steaks. And they all have interesting flavors and spices to add to our melting pot.

I’ve been around awhile, and in my lifetime, it seems like most elections are pretty much close to 50/50. Not this year. This year, there was a decisive lean toward Democrats. And now we’re seeing the obvious idiots who enjoy eating shit coming out to show everyone that they’ll never step up beyond the rancid pile of metaphorical “junk food” that Trump has been feeding us for so long.

One of my friends– a guy who writes eloquently, and has more liberal leanings– wrote a caution to his Facebook friends. He warned us not to get complacent after the “Blunami”. And one of his friends wrote this:

Did you have on your dress or was you changing your tampon when you voted

In just fifteen words, I know all I need to about my friend’s “friend”. Clearly, he hates women. He’s forgotten that he owes his life to a woman, and we make up half the population. Maybe he’s a miserable person who was born early in the 20th century and wishes he wasn’t still alive. But he’s put his poor taste on naked display, and the rest of us are tired of being forced to eat what such an obvious idiot finds tasty.

That guy would rather continue to eat Trump’s putrid, nutritionless, unsatisfying, poisonous shit, than taste something spicier, more nourishing, and more complex. Yes, perhaps it might cost us more in terms of taxes, and it might not be to his personal tastes, but it will be richer and better for him, and the rest of us, in all ways. I guess he’d rather subsist on Big Macs, like his hero. What a pity.

Well… we have two more months to go before these new folks come in and season the melting pot. I’m sure there will be some weird stuff that happens before and after they take their places. But I, for one, am glad the American people finally said “No, no, we can’t have any of that.”

And I’m also glad a lot of us stopped the car and said, “Get the fuck out.”

Time to “dig in” to a tastier feast. 😋 Bon appetit!