Went out to lunch with my wife today. I have had pretty bad social anxiety lately so going out to lunch is kind of a big deal for me. Even more than that I decided we should go out to the local pizza chain instead of pubs like we've been going to lately. Signs I'm not cut out to be an alcoholic: I get sick of beer the way some people get sick of salad. "Ugh, more beer? I've had beer four nights this week!"
A little more scary than usual for me, though, because this is the same place a couple months back I went to and got seated next to a couple Republicans loudly spewing out all sorts of awful lies. I had to ask for the server to move me to another table. Felt awful about it at the time. Wouldn't faze me a bit now.
Anyway everybody was talking politics which is to be expected but I was able to tune most of it out and my wife and I just talked about silly pop culture ephemera. The server complimented me on my shirt, but I don't know if he was talking about the safety pin or he was just a Doctor Who fan.
"I watched Bill Maher's show this week. He suggested that people upset about the outcome should move to swing states that went red in this election. What do you think about that?"
"I don't have a problem with Bill Maher moving to Ohio."
"I don't think he's going to move to Ohio."
"Gee."
"But do you think it's a good idea?"
"I'm not going to judge people for doing whatever they feel they need to do."
"That's not what I asked."
"This isn't a math equation for me. This is about values. I think it's perhaps easy for Bill to say that from where he sits, that he perhaps underestimates how hard it is for us to live and for us to hold on to our values under red state conditions."
