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22 Things Less Painful Than The 2016 Presidential Election

Can't wait to not have to see a single commercial, debate, meme, tweet and everything election related after Tuesday?

Mary Ryznar

Nov 07, 2016

Ohio University

22 Things Less Painful Than The 2016 Presidential Election

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This year thousands of young Americans, including myself, will vote for the first time in this year's 2016 Presidential Election, and this year thousands of Americans have come to look at the presidential race as a joke, rightfully so.

From the routine accusations and arguments about Hillary and the emails to the two to three ridiculous comments made by Trump, anything and everything in this election has turned into a viral icon on social media and none of us really know whether to laugh or cry in accepting the fact that we are accountable in voting in an election that more people are looking forward to vote just to get it over with rather than actually voting with a purpose.

Can't wait to not have to see a single commercial, debate, meme, tweet and everything election related after Tuesday? Here are 22 things less painful than this election:

1. Stepping on a Lego

2. Having to watch the full two minute advertisement before watching a video online

3. Hitting your side on a counter top corner

4. Getting a charley horse while driving

5. Only having 3G for hours

6. Being at the hospital and having a new nurse screw up putting in your IV 3-plus times

7. Getting a charley horse while sleeping

8. Being a Browns fan

9. Pouring Hydrogen Peroxide on an open wound

10. Hitting your funny bone

11. Listening to "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" by Tiny Tim (the "Insidious" theme song) on repeat

12. Putting in a piece of 5 winter mint gum and then drinking a cup of cold ice water

13. Watching the Warriors blow a 3-1 lead as a Golden State fan

14. Watching the Indians blow a 3-1 lead as a Cleveland fan

15. Wearing two left shoes that are also two sizes too small

16. Getting into a political argument with a die-hard Trump supporter

17. Getting into a political argument with a die-hard Hillary supporter

18. Getting a Charley Horse in general

19. Burning your knuckles on the roof of your toaster oven while checking to see if your food is done

20. Having to keep your pants buttoned while you have a food baby

21. Slamming your hand in a car door

22. Checking your bank account after a night out

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22 Things Less Painful Than The 2016 Presidential Election

Can't wait to not have to see a single commercial, debate, meme, tweet and everything election related after Tuesday?

1. Stepping on a Lego

2. Having to watch the full two minute advertisement before watching a video online

3. Hitting your side on a counter top corner

4. Getting a charley horse while driving

5. Only having 3G for hours

6. Being at the hospital and having a new nurse screw up putting in your IV 3-plus times

7. Getting a charley horse while sleeping

8. Being a Browns fan

9. Pouring Hydrogen Peroxide on an open wound

10. Hitting your funny bone

11. Listening to "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" by Tiny Tim (the "Insidious" theme song) on repeat

12. Putting in a piece of 5 winter mint gum and then drinking a cup of cold ice water

13. Watching the Warriors blow a 3-1 lead as a Golden State fan

14. Watching the Indians blow a 3-1 lead as a Cleveland fan

15. Wearing two left shoes that are also two sizes too small

16. Getting into a political argument with a die-hard Trump supporter

17. Getting into a political argument with a die-hard Hillary supporter

18. Getting a Charley Horse in general

19. Burning your knuckles on the roof of your toaster oven while checking to see if your food is done

20. Having to keep your pants buttoned while you have a food baby

21. Slamming your hand in a car door

22. Checking your bank account after a night out

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

When your capability of "adulting" is put to the test

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"Nobody living in one of the most influential nations in the world should be worried about making ends meet."

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Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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