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How do you guys cope with the fact that the world isn't getting any better? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm really worried about the state of the US despite being a white male who was I'll coast right through it. I'll also accept "I don't" and "very poorly" as answers

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I am also old as fuck. We’re in a proxy war with one nuclear power and a new cold war with another. Just because the government and the media aren’t scaremongering us about these facts doesn’t change them.

CNN, Jan. 24, 2023: The Doomsday Clock moves to 90 seconds to midnight, signaling more peril than ever

Also, climate change.

The world is better than it ever has been since the 1970s MY ASS.

The boomers & gen-xers are gaslighting you, folks.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago

I mean, in the ’70s you could pay for your college classes with a summer job, and people with minimum wage jobs could afford housing. Stop. Gaslighting. These. People. With. Toxic. Positivity.

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Gen X / Xennial cusp here. I'm as dismal as everyone else. We're fucked. I'm fucked. I've worked my ass off to get nothing. I have no hope and can't figure out why I keep trying.

My future is uncertain, I have no end of life care, no insurance, no retirement, and no prospects.

Gaslighting? No. I do wish someone would leave the gas on in my apartment though.