As of yesterday evening, the thing that nobody thought could happen, happened. Donald Trump officially became the Republican nominee for president. For the last year and a half, there had been a quiet assumption (or in some cases, a very loud assumption) that at some point, the party would step in and put a stop to all this. In fact, as recently as yesterday, there was a group of delegates hoping they could use the convention rules to get the party to reconsider. As if everyone involved would suddenly stop, blink, and say, "Whoa, what the fuck are we doing? Haha, everybody put your pants back on, we have to do the real primary now."

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Their attempt failed without so much as a vote. Quashing their plan appears to have involved cornering delegates in bathrooms to threaten them and publicly announcing that if any delegates didn't fall in line, their names and hotel rooms would be announced in public so that Trump supporters could "visit their hotel and find them."

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This is what it looks like when the most powerful civilization in the history of the world picks who it wants to become the most powerful person on the planet. Look at it!

The thing is, lots of you are cynical about politics, particularly those who watch House Of Cards or Veep and assume there are elements of truth at play there. But at least you expect complex behind-the-scenes deal-making or Kevin Spacey throwing a journalist in front of a goddamn train. The reality is so, so much stupider.