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Is anybody here gonna watch the inauguration? (Original Post) CTyankee Jan 13 OP
#@!! NO Rver Jan 13 #1
I'd rather eat a bag of bees. Ocelot II Jan 13 #2
Not. A. Chance! True Dough Jan 13 #3
No. H2O Man Jan 13 #4
Who will hold the Bible Elon Musk or Melania Trump Oneear Jan 13 #5
I will only if hail, fire and brimstone are in the forecast. GreenWave Jan 13 #6
No SocialDemocrat61 Jan 13 #7
No. I'll be busy... FeelingBlue Jan 13 #8
I have an appointment montanacowboy Jan 13 #9
"The flags won't lie, Trump's inauguration will be a day of mourning." sop Jan 13 #10
abbott has already ordered flags raised in texas rampartd Jan 13 #21
DeSantis will match Abbott flag for flag. sop Jan 13 #51
Confederate flags? Or Nazi? Jack Valentino Jan 13 #125
i'm sure that would be their preference rampartd Jan 14 #130
And have my TV spontaneous combust? aeromanKC Jan 13 #11
I don't even want to watch it involuntarily. Initech Jan 13 #12
maybe 70 mph winds so that combover will be flopping around on top of his head during the swearing in portion chicoescuela Jan 13 #59
Yeah, the comb over poking him in the eye. Conjuay Jan 13 #117
Oh, fuck no. GoCubsGo Jan 13 #13
No. Hell no. Fuck Trump. Celerity Jan 13 #14
Not anybody here Jilly_in_VA Jan 13 #15
Hell to the Fuck NO! Traildogbob Jan 13 #16
I have an appointment UpInArms Jan 13 #17
I've never watched any of them. Rituals don't interest me. Bonx Jan 13 #18
Agreed. The only one I've seen was Obama in 2008 EdmondDantes_ Jan 13 #24
I'd rather eat a bowl of fish assholes. NT Happy Hoosier Jan 13 #19
I don't know what those actually are, but DUzy!!! LearnedHand Jan 13 #79
Not me! He is not my president! Emile Jan 13 #20
I'll be out doing something more worthwhile, scooping my dog's poop. Diamond_Dog Jan 13 #22
Why? DBoon Jan 13 #23
No ProfessorGAC Jan 13 #25
What Inauguration? ItsjustMe Jan 13 #26
No hell no ! kimbutgar Jan 13 #27
No. I'm working that day. PennRalphie Jan 13 #28
I'm with you. Frying ice. Vinca Jan 13 #29
Nope Basso8vb Jan 13 #30
I scheduled minor surgery to avoid it. n/t rzemanfl Jan 13 #31
Musk Inauguration... (MUMP), Musk and Trump team keithbvadu2 Jan 13 #32
Replace Musk with Putin and you've got 2016. nt LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 13 #36
Mo way. nt Susan Calvin Jan 13 #33
No. My toilet needs to be cleaned. nt LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 13 #34
Nope NewHendoLib Jan 13 #35
Only if Lulu KC Jan 13 #37
There is an inauguration? OldBaldy1701E Jan 13 #38
HELL NO! SheltieLover Jan 13 #39
Not me malaise Jan 13 #40
No. lees1975 Jan 13 #41
No. No. No. Polly Hennessey Jan 13 #42
Not a chance in hell. virgdem Jan 13 #43
That was some weird shit Johonny Jan 13 #44
Nope! ProudMNDemocrat Jan 13 #45
nope. all news channels are dead to me. CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, all of them. Quislings all. ZonkerHarris Jan 13 #46
Football game to watch. Irish_Dem Jan 13 #47
Nope. Not a second of it. Let history show it as the least watched one of all time. FSogol Jan 13 #48
I'll catch the highlights on DU. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 13 #49
There's not enough bourbon in the world! MIButterfly Jan 13 #70
nope. KarenS Jan 13 #50
Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine keithbvadu2 Jan 13 #52
Hell No!! ArnoldLayne Jan 13 #53
I will watch no news that day. Maybe not the next day either. City Lights Jan 13 #54
news blackout for the whole weekend for me and that will be very difficult yellowdogintexas Jan 14 #133
Nope orangecrush Jan 13 #55
January 20 is Martin Luther King Day in 2025 usonian Jan 13 #56
Next Monday is Moviethon day! JohnQFunk Jan 13 #57
I'll be busy attending a FUNERAL Nictuku Jan 13 #58
No. Self Esteem Jan 13 #60
Ow why Rebl2 Jan 13 #61
No StarryNite Jan 13 #62
I'd rather go watch the swamp stagnate. Dorothy V Jan 13 #63
Pretty much the same thing. Conjuay Jan 13 #121
I'd rather have my fractured ankle set again without anesthesia. greatauntoftriplets Jan 13 #64
Ouch. William769 Jan 13 #105
It was quite painful. greatauntoftriplets Jan 13 #119
No. Blue Dawn Jan 13 #65
out of sight, out of mind stillcool Jan 13 #66
Fuck no! William769 Jan 13 #67
Lol sheshe2 Jan 13 #94
No MustLoveBeagles Jan 13 #68
I am going to watch the snow melt. nt doc03 Jan 13 #69
It's Martin Luther King Day, which supercedes rump's inauguration. madinmaryland Jan 13 #71
Ew, No! I'll find something Dr King related to watch at Noon. electric_blue68 Jan 13 #72
No! NYFlip Jan 13 #73
Day of mourning for me. badhair77 Jan 13 #74
Will Mika and Joe be on their knees during the broadcast? dem4decades Jan 13 #75
Nope Aviation Pro Jan 13 #76
No! OLDMDDEM Jan 13 #77
Jan. 20 is National Turn Your TV Off Day LetMyPeopleVote Jan 13 #78
No! mommymarine2003 Jan 13 #80
No Klarkashton Jan 13 #81
Nope BigMin28 Jan 13 #82
Nope. I'm going fishing... EarthFirst Jan 13 #83
Nope, bad case of belly button lint...must take care of it... wcmagumba Jan 13 #84
geezuz dear gawd NO samnsara Jan 13 #85
And just wait, tRUMP will proudly present fake evidence or falsely claim that his crowds were the biggest ever! SWBTATTReg Jan 13 #86
Going to find an MLK activity I can do with my 14yo son JCMach1 Jan 13 #87
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 13 #88
Welcome to DU leftieNanner Jan 13 #91
OK...I guess. GP6971 Jan 13 #92
Did you forget the... sheshe2 Jan 13 #96
Nope, going to watch Bullwinkle cartoons on DVD. redstatebluegirl Jan 13 #89
No. I will be celebrating a real American hero: Martin Luther King Jr Clouds Passing Jan 13 #90
I might piddyprints Jan 13 #93
Oh, I hear ya! A bit more anxiety just begining surface... electric_blue68 Jan 13 #118
no BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 13 #95
HELL to the NO! IzzaNuDay Jan 13 #97
🤬No Hekate Jan 13 #98
Only if there is a kacekwl Jan 13 #99
I have to reorganize my sock drawer. LoisB Jan 13 #100
No, I don't like true horror shows. Too creepy. FullySupportDems Jan 13 #101
No. skylucy Jan 13 #102
I'm off, so maybe Polybius Jan 13 #103
Since November 5 I no longer watch the MSM, so NO. JohnSJ Jan 13 #104
No claudette Jan 13 #106
Is this a trick question? JustAnotherGen Jan 13 #107
Nope. I was just wondering...if it is warm enough I might bundle up and go sit on a park bench near my house. CTyankee Jan 13 #109
No I think I may watch thinkingagain Jan 13 #108
Yes i always watch the Inaugurals no matter who's getting inaugurated Raine Jan 13 #110
No, no and NO! Fla Dem Jan 13 #111
Not a chance in hell Bettie Jan 13 #112
Like someone else upthread, I have cat boxes... 3catwoman3 Jan 13 #113
NO! MiKenMi33 Jan 13 #114
Hell no! PortTack Jan 13 #115
Nope. sakabatou Jan 13 #116
Not a prayer... PCIntern Jan 13 #120
I'd rather have my fingernails pulled out. choie Jan 13 #122
I think I can handle it without turning MAGA. JohnnyRingo Jan 13 #123
Not a Chance in Hell, are you effing kidding? msfiddlestix Jan 13 #124
The Joe Biden Inauguration? Yeah, I think I'll watch THAT.... Jack Valentino Jan 13 #126
i don't have much, but it needs a thorough cleaning. Prairie_Seagull Jan 13 #127
No, not live. Hope no one shows. Joinfortmill Jan 13 #128
Pas moi! Mme. Defarge Jan 14 #129
I might replay Barack's second inauguration LuvLoogie Jan 14 #131
No. Bloody.Way. yellowdogintexas Jan 14 #132

Ocelot II

(122,712 posts)
2. I'd rather eat a bag of bees.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 03:22 PM
Jan 13

And I'm sure I'll have a litter box that needs scooping and cleaning, which is about as much shit as I can handle in one day.

Traildogbob

(10,517 posts)
16. Hell to the Fuck NO!
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 03:31 PM
Jan 13

I would rather watch a week of 24/7 Kardashians on an intravenous drip of acid, with blaring disco music.
Nothing to drink but endless shots of expresso.
I would end up so much calmer than 10 minutes of that shit stain and his oaths with his China Bible.
With Moses Mike smirking in the back, and Elooon holding his raised hand with the same smirk.

EdmondDantes_

(248 posts)
24. Agreed. The only one I've seen was Obama in 2008
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 03:44 PM
Jan 13

It was on the TV in the lunch room at work, so even then I didn't turn it on. I don't see the appeal.

ProfessorGAC

(71,429 posts)
25. No
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 03:45 PM
Jan 13

But to be fair, I've only watched one. Obama's first.
Even if I regularly watched them, I would have skipped this one & '17.

Johonny

(22,649 posts)
44. That was some weird shit
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 04:22 PM
Jan 13

Quote from Bush in 2017.

Almost certainly I will watch the highlights of what should be a comically surreal hate speech by Trump, distilled by Bulwark or Seth Meyers. I should be frightening comic gold. He can't act normal so it should be spectacularly creepy weird ass shit.

FSogol

(47,126 posts)
48. Nope. Not a second of it. Let history show it as the least watched one of all time.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 04:25 PM
Jan 13

I also don't need to see the media's faux outrage, clickbaits, or gas lighting about the debacle.

City Lights

(25,510 posts)
54. I will watch no news that day. Maybe not the next day either.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 04:37 PM
Jan 13

I do not want to see or hear anything about that dreadful day.

yellowdogintexas

(22,988 posts)
133. news blackout for the whole weekend for me and that will be very difficult
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 01:04 AM
Jan 14

since I am a stone cold news junkie

Doing my part to produce the lowest viewership numbers for an inauguration in the history of televised inaugurations

badhair77

(4,733 posts)
74. Day of mourning for me.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 06:20 PM
Jan 13

I’ll be dressed in black. If something I need to see happens, like if he rolls down the steps, it will be covered elsewhere.

dem4decades

(12,246 posts)
75. Will Mika and Joe be on their knees during the broadcast?
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 06:28 PM
Jan 13

No, I think I'll just scratch my balls and watch reruns of classic TV shows.

BigMin28

(1,572 posts)
82. Nope
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 06:36 PM
Jan 13

I refuse to watch him. That's been my policy since the first time he took the oath of office and lied through his teeth.

SWBTATTReg

(24,724 posts)
86. And just wait, tRUMP will proudly present fake evidence or falsely claim that his crowds were the biggest ever!
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 06:40 PM
Jan 13

Hope someone is actually watching the size of the crowds and can vouch for the actual true numbers of the crowds.

IMHO, they won't be nothing like near what tRUMP claims.

Response to CTyankee (Original post)

piddyprints

(14,877 posts)
93. I might
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 07:01 PM
Jan 13

walk 10 miles barefoot in the snow, uphill both ways instead.

I'm still gobsmacked that we're gong to inaugurate a criminal, rapist, all around worst example of a human being.

Trying to enjoy the last week of having an honorable president, but it's hard, knowing what's coming.

kacekwl

(7,839 posts)
99. Only if there is a
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 07:29 PM
Jan 13

massive winter snow, sleet, lighting, hurricane force winds with freezing rain and sub zero temperatures storm. Then I'll tune in and laugh my ass off.

CTyankee

(65,560 posts)
109. Nope. I was just wondering...if it is warm enough I might bundle up and go sit on a park bench near my house.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 08:28 PM
Jan 13

Or maybe there will be a counter demonstration somewhere to watch. Or maybe an old movie on one of the movie channels.

thinkingagain

(1,206 posts)
108. No I think I may watch
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 08:24 PM
Jan 13

Gilligan’s Island reruns.

Or maybe try to figure out if me and someone else on DU can get into a rousing game of tic tac toe.

Bettie

(17,656 posts)
112. Not a chance in hell
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 08:37 PM
Jan 13

that I would watch that travesty.

A man swearing an oath that he will not even pay lip service to keeping.

JohnnyRingo

(19,588 posts)
123. I think I can handle it without turning MAGA.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 09:50 PM
Jan 13

It's not like I'm worshipping him, just watching to see what happens.
No doubt I'll be doing some "swearing" in myself.

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