It's partly gotta be my FILs fault. This guy, proudly apolitical ("they're all crooks so i stay out of it"), voted for the first time in 2020. Now that he's become "engaged" (watching MSNBC) he's become absolutely insufferable. It's the absolute worst having the world explained to me by someone like him, who knows i've at least been paying attention for decades. What is MSNBC's secret sauce? How do the talking heads make him and others like him so confident that they know better?

I don't wanna shit on my poor FIL too much tho... Even though he's definitely a dipshit, he's mostly alright, and now that trump won he's on the bottle. He and MIL are killing a bottle a day. Never has that man had a drink outside typical socialization. Wild i tell ya, you'd have to know him to know how wild that is. MSNBC et al are killing him, killing both of them... and it's awful to see. And. AND. What could i even tell them to make it better? That FIL had it closer to correct before he ever cast a ballot?

[–] Yllych@hexbear.net 13 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

If he is becoming an alcoholic you may need to consider cutting this poor man's cable line

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 13 points 18 hours ago

Oh believe me i have tried. He's amenable but those two are even more stubborn than I am and unfortunately it's off the table. MIL loves her cable news. Loves the cable experience. Yes i know that sounds nuts but it's the only way i can describe how she is with it... She'll browse that slow loading list of mostly bullshit channels like she's digging for gold. She told me once watching the news with her father is a cherished childhood memory. It's bonkers man, but i dunno how to extract worms so deeply buried.