• majster@lemmy.zip
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    Lol. The worst thing that can happen is war. I will be very grateful if I don’t have to endure it in my lifetime.

    But burgerstanis surrounded by two oceans are complaining about burgers and gas while sowing death and conflict around the world.

  • Kennystillalive@feddit.org
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    It’s 2 pandemies. People like to forget H1N1… & at least 4 recessions since the 90s… & the rise of Neo-Faschism should definetly be there as well.

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      27 minutes ago

      Not to mention BSE, we got that the head-end of that one as well. And of course the planet literally burning.

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    I was rippin’ Rust a few years ago, especially after reading Stephen Markley’s The Deluge and having a bit of a breakdown. Then I was

    Then the anxiety counter got to 999,999 and ticked back over to 000,000 and broke, so now I’m just sorta

    getting more weird and whimsy instead of more anxious.

    I don’t have any kids of my own. I feel sorry for the other people’s kids but I wish them all the best in the cannibal wars to come.

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    Yeah, as a fresh 44 year old, I’d really love to have a boring decade where nothing much happens. Just a bit of a breather before the inevitable climate wars. I’ve lived through so many ‘once in a lifetime’ events, it’s not even funny.

  • psx_crab@lemmy.zip
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    And super el ninos, multiple 21st century wars, and watching technology advanced so fast it devolved.

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    Gen X had Reagan and LA Riots and the .com bubble burst and Gulf War and Waco and Columbine in addition.

    We are ready to die, thank you I must be going. Sorry

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    I had a friend tell me - you don’t get to pick your place in history, but there’s always something worthwhile to observe. Most people don’t live through the end of an empire, social decay, and ultimately… well, we know this won’t end well. But there’s something deeply romantic about being part of the resistance - I mean hell look at how much art is made about that.

    Now obviously you have to ignore some things like how you can’t afford groceries and your life expectancy is going down (you’re already unable to afford rich people medical care, which is now diverging from the rest of us). But it’s really nothing compared to any historical turbulence like this. We aren’t in famine. Our life expectancy is way UP since then.

    I can’t change any of this (beyond the serious community organizing I’m doing anyway) so looking at different perspectives is the only way to stay sane.