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Oct 29, 2022 6:39 PM
BookwormSkates
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Ghost0fDawn
Crazy how the older people who had everything and robbed their children of the future are not stressed at all. Honestly. Shocking. /s
VaultGirl69
Was just saying this to my husband 5 minutes ago. Literally, we are too depressed and struggling to organize.
EddieMandino
i see myself in this picture and i dont like it
TickTockDeadMan
Watching a country spiral out of control with no sign of stopping and everything you hold dear slowly collapses around you, tends to do that
godwithashotgun
Im at the point where I get nothing done at home anymore. I can barely handle the stress of work, let alone having energy to clean the house
godwithashotgun
and I actually make good money. I can't imagine those folks that have that burden as well
dobroweigh
thevortexmaster
I owned a restaurant in my 20s. It was killing me. I was vomiting everyday, alcoholic, and looked anorexic. I quit and everything changed
JonWallace1985
Money, free time, and healthcare please
Reorder
man discovers blade runner memes
Brockvegas
I’m in this and I don’t like it. I’m Canadian. I feel bad for even feeling like this ?? I tell my 18 yr old son to never have kids. Bad mom
WitchIrkalla
And this is why my favorite coffee cup looks like this
LylaLexie
My friend doesn’t know what this is.
WitchIrkalla
There is a little bowl for weed under the teacup image, and a pipe in the handle. You can use it to wake and bake with a drink.
LylaLexie
My friend thanks you!
AllAnusMorissette
SpammyV
Oh look, it's me.
stevelite
Mario?
SuperSaiyanSasquatch
Yeah, I was like "ah, so that's what I'm going through"
DaDudeAbides
Are you me?
Bcary461
Fuck, it's all of us on here.
WoodyGoodman
Well, I mean...
CarlottaVonSprockett
I just want to get it over with. Let a meteor wipe us out. It’s the slow decline that’s hard to deal with - let’s do this thing NOW.
WoodyGoodman
Yep, as "entertaining" as watching capitalism eat itself & human entropy's sludgey slog into oblivion is...
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The701
About 75% of global insect biomass has disappeared in the last 30 years. When insects go, the food web catastrophically disintegrates.
Whatwhatsomethingbutt
Can't read this lest I have a panic attack.
Hured
Turn off your TV; sleep more; stop eating processed food; exercise; walk in the countryside; spend time with dogs.
GreatOdinsTaint
Sociopathic Capitalism is antithetical to how humans have evolved since we left the savannah. It's no wonder it's destroying us...
GreatOdinsTaint
We evolved to live in tight pro-social communities based on sharing and social cooperation.
BaddyOneShoe
In elementary school I remember teachers telling me computers would make us so productive, we would have more weekend days by the time I was
BaddyOneShoe
an adult. All I got was a bunch of shitty billionaires.
Rodenbeard
I feel like Im teetering on the edge of being the 1 of 4 most days tbh
darkstarmc
I wonder how much of this "white rage movement" is those people experiencing this kind of life for the first time.
thatlazylizard
This is why i refuse to have childeren. I dont think i can provide the world i want them to have and doom them to a life of sufferage
InVolsDeep
The world has been doomed since the beginning. Have a kid. They'll be just fine.
Hyndisfox
I'm a nearly 40 year old millennial. I can barely support myself. The idea of supporting children is outlandish.
Clymenus000
Same. I'm 36 and could NOT do it solo... I'm lucky to be married, both me and my wife working full time! Couldn't afford it otherwise.
WoodyGoodman
PosthumousExile
It's responsible. A parent must protect their children. And sometimes that means ensuring they are never born into chaos and pain.
MassiveKy
I'm in this article and I don't like it
Morganelefay
There's also the overstimulation from news, impulses and everything else, spurred on by the rise of social media.
Friendlyhedgehog
I see studies like this, and I wonder how our ancestors coped with a lifetime of backbreaking manual labor, child death, and oppression.
LateNightBunnyParty
Oh, good. It's not just me. I'm not insane.
dogVoter
Someone add some links on how to deal with all this..
DickMercenary
You won't find them. Umair Hauqe has an entire site devoted to "We're doomed and you are a fool if you haven't given up yet" articles.
Couchwarrior1337
Don't worry some children's entertainment will cheer you up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOcM5degIRw
Couchwarrior1337
(Link is Amazing World of Gumball, one of their best songs)
Shaodyn
And the news doesn't help. "Musk finally bought Twitter. Does that mean he's going to un-ban Trump? Will there be another January 6th?"
Shaodyn
Or are we going to be stuck with Trump announcing every thought that enters his tiny little brain again?
eightyearplan
If there were good news out there, a lot of our twitter feeds, and reddit groups, & favorite youtubers, & imgurs.. would be the last to know
Faira
For sure. Because the likes of Elon, Kanye, etc...love these crazy characters. I would bet that in 2024 the Turd wins because of twitter.
Shaodyn
I highly doubt that the country will survive another four years with the Narcissist Cheeto in the Oval Office.
Faira
I highly doubt it will survive the next 10 years, with or without the Chetollini. It tipped the point-of-no-return some months ago.
neutronfish
I don’t think it’s “the future died” bereavement. It’s that the world keeps demanding more than we can give and gives us less and less back.
Alaaraaf
https://assets.amuniversal.com/4d6dad80a03b012f2fe600163e41dd5b
neutronfish
A lot of people aren’t wondering about “the journey” or “what’s next,” but waking up going “no one gives a shit if I’ll make it, do they?”
neutronfish
The question of what fresh hell awaits is more like “how are the morons in charge going to fuck me today?” and it’s just plain exhausting.
brainmydamage
I think that's the same thing as what's being said. The future that died wasn't SciFi, it's that tomorrow will be better or even tolerable.
brainmydamage
The system is so broken that it's not even pretending anymore. It's crystal clear that the only goal of everything is to completely fuck 1/
brainmydamage
over everyone who isn't already fabulously wealthy or powerful, and half of the people you know are happy about this and are actively 2/
skincancerisfun
It's possible to be both. Don't discount the impact of context: its the difference between dieting and being starved to death.
Alaaraaf
Information i gushing at your brain like a firehose aimed at a teacup!
Tyaldan
Replace the world with rich people and get angry about it.
sneakypoo
Define "not able to function". Because if taken literally that would mean society would have already completely collapsed.
billyrayvirus
living on autopilot I guess
WoodyGoodman
One might suggest society isn't functioning in a healthy way. It's just 3 Corporations in a trenchcoat.
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ragekritz
some days I lay in bed unable to do anything but barely feed myself, and other days I work. I used to feel I had days off to do things.
chromed
I think a third of people couple probably do nothing most days without impacting society overmuch.
somerandomusernamebecauseididntlikemyoldone
Society is collapsing, but people need to eat so many still find a way to work enough to get by, with remote/gigs/multiple part time etc.
somerandomusernamebecauseididntlikemyoldone
The part that is suffering most is the non-work part that matters more for everything outside of the economy directly
Illendor
Hi. I've got complex PTSD, agoraphobia, and was crippled in school by classmates.. Literally.. For being different. Turns out... ->
Illendor
I'm on the spectrum (They found that out in my mid 30's) and I've probably got ADD/ADHD. I can't function in society and am on disability.
aifeloadawildmoss
Are you me?
Illendor
As far as I know, I am me, and you are you. No doubt that there's more like us out there..
sneakypoo
But I doubt your situation represents those 30% in this study.If 1/3 of society had your level of problems the world would be very different
Illendor
Possibly. But my problems mostly stem from a society that didn't care that I needed help. It's sink or swim. And it doesn't have to be.
williamoftheoak
I think its more than that. We've had "end of the future" spikes for millenia, and institutions have been far worse(even in living memory)1/
williamoftheoak
But we are certainly more aware of the problems than ever before, and a lot of previous unyfying institutions (religion, nation, etc.) 2/
williamoftheoak
have been shown as extremely corrupt/harmful. I dont think the world is worse; I think we just now finally know all the shit going on and 3/
williamoftheoak
frankly, its far more than the human mind can handle. Its the combo of "look at all these problems" and "its far above my capacity" thats4/
mindstorm8191
Yeah; it's like living in a filthy house but not being allowed to clean anything.
williamoftheoak
creating a reasonable sense of helplessness. I mean historically, none of us knew much beyond what happened in the next village, much less5/
williamoftheoak
the world. And its happened so quickly (arguably <10 generations) that culture hasnt been able to adapt.
SiriHowDoIAdult
I just cope by looking at this fucking app most of my free time. That and borderline alcoholism
johnskydiver
I’m going through a divorce, so borderline has turned into straight up alcoholism for me
Totallyscrewedinaustin
Oh, shit, you too?
DrRongleBringer
I’ll drink to that.
drw16
oooh, look at mr self control, keeping it borderline
TacoThePerson
Same dude. Same.
BirdAndBearAndHareAndFish
We should form a club. Or is this it?
AllAnusMorissette
keystotheairlock
Neither actually work very well. Trust me.
KarakLohr
One of us! One of us!
secretdpp
Dont forget weed
SkamanSam
I tried to be an alcoholic. Im from a long line of alcoholics. It just didnt work. Alcohol does nothing for me andbi cant afford the good.
Dontstopbelever2000ismyfavoritesoap
Same. There's a lot of us here, maybe we should form a club?
Deevanx
UnitConversionBotButTerrible
ThatOtherMacAvoyWoman
Same.
aegius94
Similar but with weed. So much weed
Navrodel
Same, but I had to give up the alcohol. It's been harder to get through it sober.
Lysergian
Seems like alcohol makes it easier when you're on the bottle but harder when you're off in the end it'll probably make it easier day2day
ChimeraGryph01
Too bad imgur's quality controls don't do shit and it devolves into doomscrolling within 2 rows
Megameatloaf
Literally sitting here doom scrolling Imgur with a glass of wine+cola at 6pm sunday evening, dreading Monday. I feel you my friend.
pomdor
Cheers.
GrogMetron
I'll smoke to that's
RandyRandalman
It's only 10 am and already I'm wanting to drink the other half of the bottle from last night
HeadJamistan
I justify saying I'm not an alcoholic by only drinking after 5pm. Hey, look at the time on the west coast!
madeejit
I'm not an alcoholic either. Alcoholics go to meetings. I'm a drunk.
HeadJamistan
I have a drinking problem; I have nothing left to drink.
SiriHowDoIAdult
I drink between like 12am-2:30am and it's exactly how I justify it
Megameatloaf
Shit I'll start at 10 am on the weekend sometimes, especially if I have to go see family at some point during the day