Is there ANYTHING not getting worse?
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I'd argue the AI bubble is still getting worse, just more slowly
It's starting to show its cracks (see Facebook), I'll count that as getting better.
Why do you think Linux and FOSS are getting worse? It's an enormous ecosystem.. hard to say one way or the other, but there are a lot of really good mature products right now.
No no, these things are getting better in my opinion, in Germany/EU at least!
Yes, I agree
I think they're responding to the original image which states "Is there anything that isn't getting worse?"
I agree. Things are NUTS right now but there's some truly incredible stuff going on in the open source anything space, and I'm happy to be here for it. :)
Ok, yeah, I was just being dumb haha
I just want to know why Jack Napier from Batman's 1980s flashbacks has a podcast?
That is what people have been saying since ancient Greek times
Well, if the Greeks had had climate change they might’ve been right.
Don't be silly, the fentanyl market is booming, and military spending is through the roof!
On a side note, I don't know who this guy in the suit is, but check his hard drive.
Pretty sure this is that dude known as ReviewBro, who reviews fast food and stuff. Or used to, idk.
He was in a rather popular meme that goes "My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined." Lol
Negativity bias is real and I’m quite sure that it’s amplified by social media platforms on purpose.
Optimistic people are problematic to the ruling elite because they bring their progressive endeavours to fruition, while the pessimistic ones complain that the world is getting worse.
What an odd view. Pessimistic people can and do much in the way of "endeavors". Just like optimistic people can and do sit on their asses just assuming everything will work out or "everything happens for a reason".
How has anyone living today not seen that both outlooks can have people who do things and also people who don't.
It will continue to get worse because humanity has failed. God stays in heaven because the devil has won.
I recently heard a take of "what boomers don't understand about millennials and younger generations is that we don't expect anything good to happen ever again." I've talked to a lot of friends about this and the general consensus is "...yeah" not a single person has disputed it, even a little. When I mentioned this to my dad, he complained that his social security might be reduced in the next few years.
I saw a debate where someone said "All of my friends are in their 30s. None of them have kids. None. Do you know how hard you have to abuse a mammal to make it stop having kids?"
And now I think we have an answer to that question.
I don't expect it, but I'm also not going to be complicit in them getting worse. Lethargy and cynicism means you've already lost, which is what the assholes at the top want.
We will not go quietly into that good night.
When I mentioned this to my dad, he complained that his social security might be reduced in the next few years
Oh, that thing we probably aren't even going to get? Sounds rough.
I'll have fun paying for his before then, though
i mean... i hope good things will happen, but yeah i don't expect them to. especially when we look at the climate crisis, we're probably one of the last generations that'll remember the world when it was relatively normal
i just hope i die before the whole planet is forced to ration drinking water
Taco Bell is still pretty good…. Oh.. wait
... people are still blaming taco bell for taylor farms' latest fuckup? even after taylor farms has fucked this up multiple times in the past and taco bell was the first to pull stuff that wasn't safe to sell?
Idk I heard there were fourish cases for that food poisoning linked to Taco Bell. But I still eat there twice a week
Yes, linked to Taco Bell because Taco Bell sources their produce from Taylor Farms ....
Like the Spanish flu, they are taking the blame for adressing the issues. There where many places giving people the shits, but only really taco bell was adressing the issue by pulling the lettuce and informing people.
If you want some good news: the earth is greener than it was 20 years ago. About 5% greener, mostly due to big tree planting projects in India and China, but also due to de-desertification efforts on the edges of the Saha, Forrest restoration in the Americas rewilding efforts in Europe (which are also introducing native wildlife back to Europe like wolves, bison and beavers) and even the redesigning of urban centres to include more green space.
Is it green enough to offset the amount of people & pollution from billionaires that we have now vs 20 years ago?
We're actually getting close to that
We have far less fears to see our civilzations collapse than we had at that time… Isn't it kind of positive to have some hopes?
we must be living in different civilisations then. all i'm hearing is "climate crisis faster than expected"
Do you feel like the civilization you live in as a positive effect to prevent this crisis?
If the civilization I live in collapse, that would be an harsh chaos for us, but for climate and therefore future generations I really think it would be a positive event…
Fun part is we have a global civilization.
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