• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Can we just say the same thing to ALL the years since 2001? The 90s were cool. 2000 was…at least interesting.

    2001 was alright…right through sept 10th. And then? And then everything became ass. And it’s been ass ever since.

    Now, I realize some of you are younger. Maybe you’re born AFTER sept 11th, and you’re still optimistic enough to think the world is a cool place.

    I’m sorry, but no. You should probably go yell at your parents for having sex. They just HAD to drag YOU into this shitshow! The world sucks, it’s the only option, and fuck you just because you live here.

    Yep. This place sucks. This time period sucks. It’s going to suck in the future.

    …I’m going to go eat some ham.

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      5 days ago

      b/c life’s rough, bringing some… not exactly cheer but -

      Like a billion lifted outta poverty in this graph

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        That is good, although I notice only Latin America got included out of the western hemisphere. (US is 11. 1.

        The 21st century seems like a repeat of the 20th. A terrorist attack sets off a world wide war, a global pandemic, an economic boom resulting in major crash, sufferage given to repressed minority groups, and the rise/popularity of far-right movements. But we are only up to the 20s, so expect in the future: -A long lasting economic depression due to deregulation and over-valuation of companies in the 20s, -Isolationism in the US -Economic issues in Russia due to war -Election and control of counties given to far right movements/dictators. Cap it off with a world wide war starting next decade where nuclear weapons will be used. (quarter to half billion dead).

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          Economic issues in Russia due to war

          Now you say this as a prediction, buuuuuuut…you just described Russia’s whole existance for like…the past 1200 years.

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        5 days ago

        Don’t tell the people of Lemmy that capitalism and global trade are a large reason for the decline in overall poverty though.

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      6 days ago

      I’m thinking I will go find a cryopod and come back after climate change has fucked everything up and humanity has evolved into Morlocks and Eloi. Can’t be worse than this.