• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      15 days ago

      Never trust the news, never trust the government,

      Actually, I’ve been okay with our government this last half-decade. It’s not been awesome, but it’s been nowhere near as bad as, say, America’s last 90 days. We avoid the foreign-owned press a bit more, now that they’ve self-identified themselves, but our leader has been … I’m gonna say ‘okay’ … and the health advice and status from our head health honcho was … adequate.

      A deranged flatlander, though? Never trusting one of those whackadoos again.

  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    It’s impossible to say since no one has actually lived through the 2020s. It’s 2025 dude, we’re all right in the middle of the 2020s.

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        Every decade had it’s pile of shit, and for the moment, the 2020’s have been a walk in the Park compared to 2010’s.

        Sure covid was a wild-ride, where we had to mostly stay at home when no valid reason to go-out, and when out the city was quiet. and then proceeding to normal life with some accommodation is weird,

        Remember the 2010’s with the long-tail of the 2008 economic crisis, the terrorist attacks (and all the security measure impact on day to day life), The start of the Ukraine war, The Syrian civil-war, the politicians not listening to kids protesting climate change, the Brexit, and tons of other crazy problems ?

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        People in power are actively dreaming up new unspeakable horrors to release upon the American public as we speak.

        I’m sure there’s plenty more trauma to come

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      I got fixed a couple months ago. Best decision ever.

      For nearly 40 years, I’ve been told the horrors of climate change. For nearly 40 years, I’ve watched climate change unravel. And now at nearly 40 years on this planet, I’ve reached a point where I am more concerned about immediate human activity affecting my life rather than the breakdown and collapse of our planet’s environment.

      At no point in my life has there ever been a desire to bring a new life into this horrifying existence.

      Now if only those weird and miserable old men would stop calling me selfish for not having children. Their obsession with my genitals makes me uncomfortable.

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        oh i’m not sure if it means anything to you if i say it, but:

        i think you’re doing good for the environment. I’m not saying there’s too many people already (because there aren’t), but still, if there are fewer children being born, that will take off a significant pressure from the environment and that will affect everything positively. :)

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        Now if only those weird and miserable old men would stop calling me selfish for not having children.

        I’ve found it works pretty well to just beat em to it. “Man, I’d love to have a kid, but bringing a child into this dumpster fire on purpose just so I can have a ‘little bundle of joy’ would be so selfish. It’s just not fair to the kid, ya know?!”

        Worked on my parents at least, lol.

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    COVID plus PhD really messed with me, luckily I somewhat snapped out of it when my child was born. So I’d like to think I’d only pass on the ability to get better

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    The value of working in my home office. Since the start of covid, and ongoing. Maybe I am overvaluing it now. But maybe not?

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    Don’t assume your tax dollars are put to good use. If your neighbors are gullible enough, your money will literally be siphoned towards repressing you.

    Invest globally.