like you can just tell from the vibe of things that next year's ssk pre-season is gonna feel torturous, and by d-day we really just want it to be over. far cry from like 2023's, 2019's...etc. it's like 2020's but worse because you can't even blame it on covid. this feels like the actual decline/end-times election, and i don't want to burn cash to witness that anymore.