Try chatting about pumpkin spiced lattes and fantasy football if youve had enough of the presidential candidates
There are only 36 days left until the US election,and already America is tired. According to a Pew Research middle survey, 59% of Americans were already exhausted by the amount of election coverage in June, or when D-day was four months absent. As the election draws nearer and the media hysteria mounts,levels of fatigue are hovering around the “please induce a coma and wake me up when this is all over” mark.Here’s the thing, though nobody is forcing us to keep talking about the elections. We don’t live in Trumpenistan yet; we are not all legally obliged to mention Donald Trump’s name in every moment sentence. The democratic process does not hinge on us spending hours writing long Facebook posts explaining our views on the candidates in block capitals to echo chambers of our own opinion. We are allowed to talk about other things. In fact, and ’tis the season to talk about other things: there are some autumn conversations that are compulsory. Here are five to come by you started and come by your mind off the election.
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Source: theguardian.com