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[–] tdawg 16 points 1 year ago (8 children)

damn when did everyone go full doomer?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

They must have walked out their front doors.

[–] Ryantific_theory 13 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I remember back when depressive humor was funny because it was sad. Then, a few things happened in the last decade and now it's funny because it's true.

[–] hOrni 9 points 1 year ago

It was either 2016 or 2019. It was either making a politician out of Trump or COVID. That's when I started to realise how fucked I am and stared anticipating death.

[–] kttnpunk 5 points 1 year ago

Have you been living under a rock? Everything is bad, at least here in the US.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think Gul Madred has Picard seeing exactly five lights right now

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

He promised me a life of luxury if I said it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

According to this theory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory (see the timings section)

We are at the end of the crisis cycle. The last crisis cycle was WW2.

So shit is about to get really fucking real in a hot minute, but we should then move to a better time - an awakening.

[–] tdawg 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea sorry bud

while others have criticized the theory as being overly deterministic, unfalsifiable,

This is where I stand on this. If you can't provide evidence against something then it's not science

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Agree it's probably bullshit, just a pattern. It only resonated with me because it seems to track with my sentiment, but I have little hope that it's about to get shit and get better.

I do expect it to get more shit.

[–] volodymyr 0 points 1 year ago

There are plenty of people who are still into future building. But, indeed, a lot of the west is falling into decadence.

But I still see enough spark to hope it will reignite. With a better experience.