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Are we all fucked? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm worried for the world. All I've been thinking about is WW3 and this shit makes me want to vomit. I can't even smoke weed anymore without having a near panic attack. I feel unmotivated. I wake up and immediately just want to go back to bed. I'm not trying to spread fear but the Doomsday clock is 90 seconds till midnight, during the Cuban missile crisis, it was 7 minutes before midnight. Can we just have one day of fucking peace? Can everyone just stop for one day and enjoy one day of peace?

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[–] Zippy 10 points 3 months ago

Honestly it was far more intense in the 70s and 80s. Ya I am not happy with Russia. But compared to the risk then, we are not there.

BTW, statistically speaking, there are far fewer wars, both nationally and domestic, less overall crime worldwide and least likely to die of poverty that at any time in recent history. We are actually living in one of the safest periods in human history.