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this post was submitted on 04 Jan 2025
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Right now, climate change. This planet was a paradise and we ruined it for ourselves. I don't think we have very long before ecosystems just start breaking down in massive ways.
This planet was a paradise
idk man, the "kill or be killed" nature of existence is kinda not really "paradise"
Well, considering on all the other planets we know about its "die or be dead", I'd classify that as "paradise"
Ending up in a labor camp within the next 4 years
Have you considered moving to some civilized place?
Most of us are far too broke.
It takes a one way ticket and ask for political asylum. Or something. If you have proof of ancestry somewhere in Europe you can get citizenship.
Lol. Most of the world still officially considers the US a democracy, so nope, no asylum. They'll tell you to relocate within your country (aka, move to a blue state, blue city).
Good luck, and bye! you get deported back to the US
Yeah, weβll have to wait for open civil war to break out before theyβre liable to accept any meaningful quantity of Americans who arenβt in VERY special circumstances. And weβd also have to piss off enough countries such that theyβd refuse to extradite (or just go to France (but good luck if the French fascist party wins)).
Not the person you replied to, but:
My Options are:
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Remain in US
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Go back to China, an actual dictatorship. Hopefully Xi doesn't find all the anti-CCP stuff I said while in the US? China tends to label people who have moved oveeseas as "ζ±ε₯Έ" (Han Traitor). I could potentially end up in prison. Also job market has like 10 times more people competing than the US. Also ζ·ε£ (Hukou) issues, my Hukou was in some rural village, very shitty place. If I go to a city (where the actual jobs are), I'm essentially treated as a foreigner in my own country. (Also, China revoked my Chinese citizenship already. So I'd technically be an actual foreigner lmao)
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Become... stateless and get stuck in an airport?
Or secret option number 4:
4. Hope an advanced alien civilization abducts me? π /jk, but that's be fun tho
- French foreign legion
Job, lack of relationship/connection, climate, existing in a semi burnout state.
I worry about money.
My cancer returning.
My lovely anxiety keeps it ever changing.
Not finding anyone to replace my ex in my heart. Someone not finding her and giving her the life we dreamed about.
The Internet or the power grid just shuts down one day when I wake up.
Like, yes I know there are the typical fear of nuclear war, or plague and stuff.
But those things, you typically just die.
But imagine you are alive, but have zero access to the internet. Zero entertainment.
I'll be so bored to death, while also not have the courage to end it (because of survival instincts would probably overrule my desire to die). Its just torture.
A modern day Carrington Event would probably fuck us up pretty bad, so in a way, I'm right there with you
And we're seriously unprepared, despite knowing it's a game of chance while we wait!
If the entire Internet/power grid just shut down permanently, it probably wouldn't take very long until you (and everyone around you) died. It's not just your entertainment anymore.
Electricity obviously keeps your electric appliances going, including HVAC. Even if it's gas, it probably needs electricity to work (e.g. fans on the furnace).
Electricity at a grid level keeps the natural gas flowing. Any backup options would quickly deplete.
It's also necessary for gasoline, since it all stops flowing if it can't be billed. Remember the gas shortage because of a ransomware attack? Those systems won't have power very long.
You won't have tap water, nor would there be clean/treated water at the source.
Now, what if you had electricity, but there was no longer any Internet? Well, that's a little better. It's possible that emergency operations could be implemented (using the military) to keep you barely alive, until things could be fixed. But let's just assume the Internet is completely gone. Then what happens?
Remember when I mentioned the ransomware attack? Those systems probably don't have an offline mode. If they can't bill for it, the gas stops flowing.
No credit cards, no bank transfers, no phones. The public Internet is now the medium for nearly all communication outside of an org.
You can't buy food at the grocery store, but it won't matter for long because they can't order anything more, and the trucks can't deliver it.
Most people would be dead in about a week, maybe 2.
Start buying books and physical video games and download stuff xd
All my mechanical keyboards would be useless
Very useful. Pretty sure could be used to beat people to death.
My job ends up eradicated in this grand shutdown, we could meet up at the forest and foot race the deer?
Being unceremoniously fired and homeless.
Death.
Not mine, but my parents are aging, and my chickens have a short life span compared to some animals. So I know damn good and well I'm losing someone or something I care a great deal about, and almost certainly in the next decade if not sooner.
Also have a damn chipped tooth and my damn dentist has been on vacation since before Christmas. Wouldn't be a worry, but the damn thing irritates my tongue.
Not having enough money when I'm old. I don't have children or close family so I worry about what's going to happen to me when I'm older.
If you're in the US and is a Citizen, run for Congress.
I wouldn't be elected, politicians usually have families and resources.
Overpopulation and regression of social advances.
Climate change and all of the bullshit it will bring before it kills enough humans to start fixing the issue.
I worry that we'll only get it fixed once the human population falls to some horrifically low number.
That's the only way climate change will ever be addressed in any way that matters
That is the fix
Mum. Since dad passed away early on 2024 I've been doing my best to care for her, but there's only so much I can do.
There's no simple explanation, no simple solution. I do what I can, putting both love and logic into every decision, but I am still worried about the future she has.
I often get stuck in a frustrating loop of thought when I ponder the point of all of this.
Im really mad and worried about the world my kids are inheriting.
Climate, not being able to retire on time
Probably about my pets
Me too. Just tonight I lost my cat, and found her hours later, with a tomcat on top... Doctor said she's too young to be spayed, he was wrong...