Hahaha wow. I guess millions of Covid deaths weren’t enough.

On the other hand, people will have less trouble finding jobs if a quarter or more of the workforce simply fucking dies from the next pandemic. Maybe that was the plan all along? /s

As opposed to the ones we’re fighting, we have to spend the grand majority of our time just trying to stay alive.

These people have servants to wait on their every need. They have seas of time (and capital) while we run ourselves ragged just to stay afloat.

Ahh, if it isn’t like that.

No, we wanted a true base game first and foremost.

There could be (rare) upsides. If they go through with 50% or higher tarrifs, electronics prices in EU might come down due to dumping.

The only interaction I’ve ever had with authors of mods and such was sending them thanks for their hard work. Sad.

While horrendous, a great many of them (or their families) are completely complicit, so my empathy for them is a lot lower than it probably should be.

Of course, my heart does go out to those who had no hand in this monstrosity, although they will still equally be affected by it.

Whoever wrote that was spot on though. Source: not a rooster but I have been called a cock before.

Of course, they’ll be able to do tremendous amounts of irreparable damage to society.

Gaza has already been flattened and its people have been psychologically tortured into being unable to fight back.

This genocide is already well underway, not “about to start”.

The amounts of copium in this thread are extinction-level.

Everything you just said is 100% valid and you are simply correct.

The thing is, it’s not a measure of a healthy mind to thrive in a profoundly sick society where the worst of the worst have won long ago.

There’s this thing called depressive realism which posits that depressed people, by and large, perceive reality much closer to how it really is than neurotypical people.

Essentially, “normal” people have an (innate or learned) positivity bias. Which is usually a good thing. People like us are the outliers.

But positivity bias in a world where it’s actually harmful is another thing. The majority of people are walking headlong into their own extinction while going “Ehh, it’s not so bad”, while we should ALL be positively irate and picketing the homes (not companies) of our owner class 24/7.

But it hasn’t happened yet and at this point I don’t know how bad things need to get before people realize what’s going on.

The early life of dr. Pol.

Ukraine is facing an existential threat. If they have the in-house knowledge and capability to do this, they absolutely should.

If Russia gives up tomorrow, the war will be over. If Ukraine gives up tomorrow Ukraine will be over.

Well, guess I’m fucked.

Quantum awkwardness. I for one am in a permanent state of possibly awkward.

A “good” thing from a bad thing: my 6 year old computer monitor decided to croak today. As it’s currently black friday deals, I managed to order a new one fairly cheap-o.

Oh I don’t even expect to survive. No need for long term planning. I never fancied living in the world of The Walking Dead sans zombies.

Yeah, most of us had societal collapse pegged for ~2050 but it’ll happen before 2030 at this rate.

Might not be a bad thing. We’ll have to rip the bandaid off at some point. Might as well be sooner than later.

I’m firmly in your boat, except I was never rich to begin with or had any kind of financial success. My son loathes me because I can’t afford the things he wants. As a family we try to focus on things that don’t have to cost a lot of money, but it falls on deaf ears for him.

I can only hope it’s puberty wreaking havoc, but so far he’s making it clear that we’ve failed him as parents because his material needs aren’t met to his standard.

“Yes human, you may gaze upon my eternal glory.”