Damaged vending machines. "No change" messages on broken ATMs. Pepsi ads sponsoring diabetes research. These images may have little in common, but transmit a widely shared yet subtle sensation — they’re the unsettling reminders of a dark and strange twist in the reality we find ourselves in today. And unfortunately folks, it’s also a pretty bleak one.
Let me present to you the 'Boring Dystopia' subreddit, an online community dedicated to "chronicling how Advanced Capitalist Society is not only dystopic, but also incredibly boring." In case you've never heard of this term, it was coined by the late British academic and cultural theorist Mark Fisher. It refers to the feeling of unease in the form of mildly coercive signs that flourish in a late-stage capitalist society.
We at Bored Panda scoured the online group and handpicked some of the most vivid examples that illustrate there's something not quite right with this world. Continue scrolling and be sure to share your thoughts with us in the comment section below. And after you’re done reading this piece, take a look at our earlier compilations full of dystopian madness right here, here, and here.
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We're All Just Profit Potential
It's so well-written as well, sounds like a passage from a dystopian novel, but the dystopia is our reality.
From A 7-11 In Allen, Tx
Real Nice System We Have Here
I was prescribed an inhaler, Spuriva, but I didn't have insurance. $565. I did not get it.
As someone from the UK I can’t imagine how awful this must be, and it scares me because some people here want to privatise our NHS. And that would be a really really bad idea.
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I really don't understand how healthcare is linked to so many different aspects of life in the US, be it work or housing or marital status. What they call benefits in the US are called "rights" in every other developed country ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It's generally tied to employment (full-time only, natch) unless you fall within some very very specific guidelines.
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Many elderly people have commitment ceremonies too because they would lose all kinds of benefits. We expected spouses of WW2 vets to never remarry after their spouse's death, or they would forfeit tons of benefits.
I don't understand why people were so stupid when it came to him wanting to make health care for all and reduce prices. I am embarrassed to be a US citizen and our country is becoming more stupid by the minute.
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we do not have health care system. We have a health profit system. Any health care is completely coincidental
yes this exact thing happened to my cousin. she had to divorce her husband in order to keep her insulin coverage. sick!
What a world we live in. I can only hope it gets better, but at the back of my mind I can’t help but feeling it’s gonna get worse:(
Our healthcare is so overpriced. Even having insurance, for things like x-rays Im charged more in my 20% than what the insurance companies pays with their "negotiated" rates. Your charge is based on full amount, not the negotiated insurance rate. And why they heck could i be denied physical therapy for a broken arm?
My diabetes prescription is free. My hypercholesterolaemia precription is free. My asthma prescription is free. All of my bloodtests are free. My dental is free. My opticians' appointments are free. I am glad I don't live in the US! My wife has Crohns, her prescriptions are free.
My son's ADD medication is $300/mo. Thank goodness we have prescription insurance that brings it down to $40. If he didn't have that he'd be failing grade after grade. Every time I get it I think of the poor people who have kids with this condition who can't even afford $40 let alone $300. Their kids can't even make it through the most basic school, no matter how hard they work, due to our medical system. Probably doomed to a life of poverty too.
That's so true and so sad. My husband is ADHD, his parents knew he had a issue as a kid, but couldn't afford to get him tested or meds, so he just struggled through it and wasn't treated until he was an adult. Our daught is also ADHD, it cost almost $3K out of pocket to have her tested and that was the least expensive testing in our area. Her meds are $550 per bottle/month. Thankfully, we have good insurance, but it's still $50 a month out of pocket.
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I'm amazed people allow it, I would expect people to protest the hell out of this system. Insulin, inhalers, heart medications should all be free of charge or very heavily subsidised. In my family nobody pays for those things. They are cheaper than treating the consequences of no medication for the government. Prevention is cheaper than treatment.
We have too many people afraid of "socialism" here. Which they equate to communism.
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How did you got this f***ed up system? In my country the medical system is close to ground, but it seems that in US is below this.
Prescriptions in UK are £9.35 each or we can get a prepaid certificate for £10.70 for unlimited prescriptions. I dont understand how US med companies are charging so damn much!!
Our country is horrific when it comes to healthcare. So many people are dying before their time because the US just cares about money. My health is rapidly failing because I can't afford health insurance much less any care. My time is coming up soon but if I had lived in another country I could have taken care of things and been healthier than I am now.
I'm in the same boat. Im sorry for your issues.
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"you need to bring me this exact paper before the ceremony. If you don't bring it to me, even though we have the ceremony for God and people, then it will not be written in the book." Do the ceremony, leave the paper work out. If the minister is a human being, then this is possible. I am a human being.
You know what stains my knickers? Our 1st responders from 911 have many breathing problems from the dust and soot they were working in. Some of them have to go to Cuba to get their inhalers because the ones they really need are not covered by any insurance plan. Personally, I went to a doctor to look at my shoulders, as I was in constant pain. They informed me I needed operations on both, but I had not contributed enough the year before, so sorry. It took another three years to get everything lined up with state and feds. When they did my operations, they literally had to cut what was left of my tendons off of my bones, drill holes in the bones and tie the tendons in the holes. 5months later I could start therapy. Total of over 2 years. I worked for every day of my life, over 50 years, and had to wait over 5 years before they would even start my operations. It just isn't right. And they pay 250$ to bury you. The real cost is 2k.its just wrong
Damn. Andthen they make you jump through hoops and “prove you need the meds” um, the dr., the one with a medical degree (not in business?) prescribed it for me… cause I’m a medical MESS !
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Twice now I've gone to Germany (from the US) and bought a couple of years' worth of inhalers for my son, who has asthma. Because I got the cheapest plane tickets that I could find and was able to stay with a friend while I was there, the cost savings for the inhalers more than covered the cost of the trip. I bought 10 each of Albuterol and Flovent. In the US each inhaler was about $225 (my last trip was a couple of years ago; the price has probably increased substantially since then). In Germany I paid about $13 each.
I married my husband in 2011. I didn't lose Medicare, but I lost Medicaid. In 2007, I went bankrupt due to the cost of my medications that I take for seizures. $900 and I got just under that for a monthly income at the time. Marrying my husband let me be on his good insurance that covers my medications and still lets me use Medicare as a secondary insurance for doctors and hospitals. Marriage was worth it for me.
It's artificial and constitutes price gouging. One of my meds costs $3000/month at the local pharmacy (for the brand name). The generic is $1200/month. Those prices are WITH insurance. And I get a 3-month supply via mail order pharmacy for $3.34/month, which proves that the prices do not need to be high for companies to make a profit.
I get a ton of medication, so I have a special approval. So I pay around 40usd per month for all of the prescribed medication I need (regardless of how much I need). I get medication for at least 3000 USD per year. Btw. what I pay each month, I get back.
"Millenials are killing marriage!" UH NO... the boomer hellscape is literally killing every generation after it to the point that marriage is death.
One of my husband's prescriptions, a once a month auto-injectable, is around $20,000 per year. He's on Medicaid through the state so the government covers it. But if he makes 'too much', which is below the poverty level, they take it all away. We ate living in a collapsing society.
My sister, with 3 kids, lost her Medicaid last year because they said her $35,000 annual salary was too high. What the actual hell.
As a Brit I genuinely don't understand this.Can someone explain why getting married would mean this? I supposed I don't even know what Medicaid is exactly?
Forgot to add if a person gets legally married and resides in the same household, the two parties income would be used against them by the COMBINED reported income as a household. There are strict requirements for amount one can earn to actually receive public insurance. So that's why the post said they cannot legally marry. It'll affect the guidelines and their public insurance would be automatically terminated.
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Sadly, this is the norm among older adults as well. Social Security benefits get snafu'd big time when people legally wed.
I think without healthcare (or is it even WITH healthcare this expensive?) it'd be cheaper for US people to once a month by a flight to come here to Europe, buy the insulin here and than take a flight back to US. And you still have money left.
A person i know has recently come out of hospital. She was taken there by ambulance, was in intensive care for 3 days, and her total time in hospital was 3 weeks. Her bill? Nothing. Heathcare is free at point of need.
Where was this? Definitely not the USA. They have to treat you at the ER but you are still billed
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There is such a huge fight for equal marriage rights.. that is not equal at all.
I just wish Americans would wake up and vote universal heath care in. Fancy not having access to life saving meds because of financial circumstances!!!!!!!
Isn't Medicaid tied to household income? And wouldn't you be able to just file separate taxes to keep incomes separate? Genuinely don't know, just asking
When my daughter was born she has major medical problems. We couldn't get an insurance company to cover her due to "pre-existing conditions". We applied for Medicaid for her only too be denied because we made $28 a month too much. We were told neither of us could quit our jobs but if we weren't married only my income would count. In order to keep our daughter healthy we got legally divorced. In a country where we espouse "family values", this should be shocking, but it's not.
This reminds me Sir Elton John's song: "It's sad, so sad, such a sad sad situation"...Such a great country, with such a c**p of a healthcare
My mom has just been hospitalized for two days and gotten 2 insulin pens, all for free, at our local hospital. I live in a third-world country.
I am fron cuechbrepublic and those problems are a lot lesser here with mandatory insurance.
I ran out of insulin before reaching my Medicare "limit". $350 for ONE VIAL at Walgreen's in MT.
I’m 51, and had to apply for disability and Medicaid after having lumbar fusion, and extremely dangerous complications. Fusion was anterior and posterior. I had approx. 30 emergency abdominal surgeries. At times my family was told say goodbye she will never wake up. I married in 2019. I had been declared Disabled by a federal judge. I was given less than $1000 a month cash. I was also given Medicare and Medicaid, and thankfully my monthly Medicare premium was paid by Medicaid. Shortly after we got married & by shortly after I mean 2 months after getting married. I received a letter stating that since I married I would lose by Medicaid. This also meant I’d lose dental and vision insurance. My next Letter informed me since I was no longer eligible for Medicaid they would no longer pay my monthly premium.. Many don’t realize that being honest makes things hadfeeuuuuyyg
I haven't been able to afford my spurivs for over 10 years and I have Medicaid!
I am retired and lost my lost my insurance when I left. Now all I have is medicare which frankly is a joke. My medication that I take monthly went from $10 to $110. Needless to say I can no longer afford it. But all of our politicians have excellent health care even after they retire. I don't know about you but I seriously think there's something wrong with that system. As far as I'm concerned they are the reason that things are the way they are. Every one of them is in either an insurance company or a drug company's pocket. They are nothing but a bunch of crooks and we just let them get away with it.
Walmart pharmacy. I tell everybody when I see stuff about people not affording their insulin.
This is what me and my fiance have to do due to my medical conditions.if we marry I lose coverage and I have a bone disease and am in a wheelchair
Man! As a kiwi, a nz citizen, I have never known anything but professional, courteous, loving and funny, health professionals..all for FREE, whenever we need to be fixed.. I spent 3 months, unable to take my drip machine to a squat with no power, so, all free, as always..I stayed their, I seemed like I was their guest.. we are so lucky!
Manufacturers discount cards, most drug makers have them...google it, use it, save$$$
Sad that so MANY people have to STILL come to my country of Canada for something so life dependent as insulin. 😠 Do better USA!
Im going through the same, i can't marry my bf of 10 years because theyll take my 12$/hr income off of his disability check and he'll lose his insurance. He's in end stage liver cancer, can't lose insurance. So we won't marry.
This is the reason that many older folks forego marriage. They may be on a fixed income and/or can't afford to lose the benefits that they already have. People would revolt if their taxes were to increase in order to provide health care and medicine for those in need. It's despicable and shameful.
My son is 25yro and unemployed. He has autism and extreme anxiety, but still plugs away at filing job applications. I am terrified he will have no health care when his June 24th birthday comes up next month. He has hypertension, Pre- diabetes, and is overweight. I have been addressing this since he was small but it's really hard to get him to stop using food for comfort. Working negates Medicare eligibility, I have to prove his disability to have our insurance continued. When he gets hired for part-time work they let him go before health insurance kicks in. Right now I am trying to attack the problems simultaneously. He's on an interview right now at a major hospital for kitchen staff. I am praying as hard as I can that this turns into a permanent job
I feel like when I was trying to get the kids to eat their vegetables… Come on USA, try just a teeny bit of socialism. You might like it.
US health system is insane. As a European I just don't get it, why doesn't the government put regulations on prices??? Here an inhaler is about 6€.... (Yeo we do have prices regulations)
But that's it, we don't have a healthcare system at all, we do have a health insurance industry system instead..........
Must be a third world shithole country without national health/single payer.
I get a discount for a dif med directly through the manufacturer. It looks like Spiriva has something similar. https://www.spiriva.com/asthma/savings-and-support/sign-up-for-savings
I'm on eliquis it cost 750 a month with a discount. Needless to say I don't get it
This is the one I'm on, although I have insurance plus the manufacturer discount. Is that the discount you're using? https://www.eliquis.bmscustomerconnect.com/eliquis-agnostic-savings-support
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Americans ... remember, this sounds strange to those of us living in the rest of the world
I moved away from Texas to help my partner be able to relieve pain from a brain tumor. We had been together for over 18 years when he died. I don't get social security from him in the state that we moved too, even though Texas is a common law state. Our daughter only received social security the last year of High School. This was all done, because if we were married, we couldn't afford the extra 5,000 to add him too my health insurance.
I'm in a similar situation. I'm a single mom, who is also an epileptic. I rely on Medicare and Medicaid for my meds. If I were to marry again, he cannot have a very large income because I'd (we'd) be responsible for the costs of my meds, thousands of dollars each month. We'd have to have *a lot* of money to afford them. People sometimes assume I want to marry for the money. God no. I do not want money. I want love, but I also want my meds. Your money could actually destroy my ability to function in this world. I need you to be "poor" too. It's effed up.
You do not have a fair health system in the States. Your health system only runs on screwing as much pain and suffering out of the American people as possible. A real healthcare system is one that doesn't charge you an arm and a kidney to pay for something that those with a country wide system should cover usually paid through our taxes.
I have several chronic illnesses and need 2 different inhalers but can only afford one because the second one which is actually the one I need the most cost over $300 and I don't have insurance anymore.. So yeah, I literally need my inhalers to be be able to breath but can't afford it... Thank America after working for 41 years and paying taxes into the system and as soon as I can't work anymore I get left out.. But by all means let the big corporations go and make billions without paying a single dime in taxes...
No reminder necessary...my daughter's insulin is very expensive and my medication costs are ridiculous.
I was signing up for state Medicaid and met a woman in line with her two kids. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer. She and her partner had gotten married. She was so happy and thankful that her partner had got a part-time job. I did the quick math in my head. With her being married and the new job, she was going to be over the maximum amount and would not qualify. I didn't say anything. I hope she's okay.
In the U.S. use Mark Cuban’s costplusdrugs dot com Live saving meds at affordable prices, inhalers, insulin, cancer drugs, etc.
RK, ask your doc if he's got samples. Just ask, they may give you a bag full.
I know several couples who have had "Medicaid/Medicare Divorces" since they could no longer afford healthcare as a married couple. The US is a dystopian reality.
Perhaps Elon Musk will buy us and keep us as pets. I'm sure his dog has excellent health care.
Not only the insurance companies but also big pharma CEOs!
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How long before enough people realize government involvement leads to the increases in costs you see in healthcare, housing, etc that they'll fight against it rather than cheer it on?
Control-Alt-Delete, Planet Earth. Let's start again and try to get it a little better this time.
I get paid over 190$ per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I'd be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Heres what I've been doing.. :) AND GOOD LUCK.:) HERE====)> https://www.hmjobz.com
So how else were we supposed to fight covid, genius?
Load More Replies...To learn more about boring dystopia, we reached out to Macon Holt, Ph.D., a researcher at Copenhagen Business School and author of Pop Music and Hip Ennui: A Sonic Fiction of Capitalist Realism. He told Bored Panda this phrase is related to Mark Fisher’s critical term capitalist realism, "which he used to describe the pervasive belief that capitalism is the only viable form of the political, social and cultural organization following the end of the cold war."
It may be difficult to wrap your head around the term "boring dystopia" but once you get the hang of it, chances are, you’ll start seeing it everywhere. "[It] is more about the aesthetic experience of living in capitalist realism at a point in time when the system appears ever more unsustainable (ecologically, [politically], and in terms of increasing inequality and decreasing standards of living) but in which no other way to organize society has emerged," Holt explained.
“If I Had A Super Power, It Would Be To Fly. I Would Tell Other Children From Around The World To Come And Play With Me And My Sisters, And To Drink Tea Together!” – Mohamad, A Syrian Refugee In Lebanon
Sadly, This Situation Is Only Gonna Get Worse
It's sickening how screwed up the economy is. All we can do is hope it gets better in time, but unfortunately, that seems like wishful thinking. I'm so used to living in apartments (and now a trailer in a trailer park because rents for apartments are ridiculously high) that I have no idea what it's like to live in a house. Maybe one day I'll be lucky enough. But only maybe.
Wait? Am European Lol
While freedom is still a glorified statement against healthcare or weapon laws- my mind humming some lines of Bobby McGhee. and it 's gettin louder everyday
Although most of us grew up imagining a dystopian future full of terrifying end-times scenes, brutal police states, and decadent rulers, it is more likely to consist of mundane and unappealing scenarios. Holt mentioned exciting movies like Blade Runner or The Matrix from the '80s and '90s that offered depictions of going out with a bang, "But as the years in which those images came around, none of the dreams or nightmares came true," he said.
"Instead, space travel is becoming the hobby of billionaires while they ignore the ecological crises they could perhaps help with, AI and robots seem either to be surveilling us while they vacuum or when we click on a link, and the VR worlds of the metaverse are just ways to charge us more rent for spaces that we can't actually occupy."
"Letting The Cat Out Of The Bag", From United Auto Worker, October 1937
This one made me kinda smile, but it is sadly true. 1937 authors knew what was up!
Normal Country
Cool Era We're Living In
The media needs a dose of reality. (also, yes we should allow trans bathrooms)
Typically, the most evident samples of boring dystopia are senseless ads and ordinary images of broken machinery. When asked about other examples of this experience, Holt mentioned we can find it in bureaucracy, "like the terms of a rental contract that forbid tenants to use cooking oil on the stove, so a landlord can keep the deposit if a single drop is found on the extractor fan hood."
"NFTs are perhaps a good example of boring dystopia,” he continued. "If a sci-fi writer were to dream up a situation in which people paid the money they had earned doing actual work for a certificate of verification that they own a .jpeg of a bored ape, their editor would probably say the world the story depicted would be too depressing to publish."
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One Day The Masses Might Cotton On
You’re Not Wrong
He also noted that outlets such as Bored Panda draw attention to the conditions of contemporary boring dystopia in its name and try to break up the monotony of the everyday. "In boring dystopia, people are often anxious about work, housing and the future of the planet, and there's very little to alleviate this. As Mark Fisher put it 'No one is bored, everything is boring.'"
Unions Are Needed!
The American Dream: Move Out
Don't assume it's all peaches and daises in Europe, people are broke here too, with the same ridiculous housing costs and everything else, In the U.K. for example we just have universal healthcare, no guns and nowhere near as much racism but it isn't perfect by any means.
2% Of Musk's Wealth Could Help 42m People
Boring dystopia tells us that while capitalism is often labeled as the most efficient economic system out there, it is not necessarily geared toward human flourishing. "Depending on who you ask, it can be argued that in some particular corners of the world at a certain point in history when there was a relatively strong welfare state and high tax regime, capitalism was part of what brought a good number of people out of poverty."
Siri To Stop Bad Cops
Back To School
Honestly heartbreaking that they have to take precautions like that.
Validating Your Employees By A Pointing System
If my boss tried any of that s**t (not that she would), I would sue the company to the ground, holy s**t!
However, other people will point to the historical and contemporary violence, the destruction of the environment, and the inequality and exploitation required to make such "market dynamism" possible. According to Holt, capitalism has only ever been efficient at producing more capital. But "capital doesn't care who holds it. How it is made, what it is spent on or invested in and who gets to decide these things have always been political questions. And the answers to these questions have been, largely, deferred to the market for a long time, which has produced a world of increasing inequality, anti-democratic power structures, ecological ruin and boredom," he told us.
Glad Critical Medical Care Is Being Taken Care Of By Private Companies That Definitely Give A S**t
American Healthcare In A Nutshell
After The Government Let Companies Influence School Curriculums, My Exams Now Look Like This
For some, pictures pointing out our dull dystopian reality could be a source of entertainment. For others, they may create a daunting sense of a lost future. Speaking of the latter one, Holt said that the material things that make people feel that way (skyrocketing housing prices, student-loan debts, insane medical bills — the list goes on) stem from actions at various levels of society. "It is just what happens when the interests of people with power align," he added. "Boring dystopia is the experience of our faith in the future having been betrayed. There is not a quick fix. Instead, to quote Donna Haraway, we have to "stay with the trouble" if we want to commit to a future we can flourish in."
Epstein's Homie
Capitalism At Its Finest. Smh
the $150 is a fair price, giving that they need to do a mass amount of tests (aids on of them) and store the blood. They also do a lot of non-profit support. But charging thousands for a blood transfusion is criminal
Found On Linkedin. Fantastic
"One piece of advice that is really easy for coming to terms with and starting to imagine a way out of boring dystopia would be to read Fisher's Capitalist Realism: Is there no Alternative? It is an incredibly accessible piece of critical theory and is only about 86 pages long. It is a great jumping-off point for finding out more. Read it with friends and talk about it after. It is a great way to feel less alone in a world that seems to be ever more isolating," Holt concluded.
Gen Z And Millennials Are Ruining This Country! How Dare They
Capitalism Leads To Concentrated Wealth. Concentrated Wealth Means Concentrated Power. Therefore Capitalism Is Incompatible With Real Democracy, Which Requires Dispersed, Not Concentrated Power
A Grim Reality Sets In
I feel this. You just work and work everyday with the aim of life or economic status getting better. But it feels as though it never does.
The Way Most People Engage In Online Discussion Today Is On A Handful Of Centralized Platforms Owned And Operated By A Few Very Large For-Profit Tech Companies
Don't Solve The Problem, Just Spend Tons Of Money To Ignore It
Reality Is Often Disappointing
Supercops
Walmart Is Selling “Support Local” Shirts
In The Modern Dystopia, You Become The Ad
State Trooper Fired For Disloyalty Simply For Speaking Out And Telling The Truth
How Might This Have Happened
Reddit, I Just Discovered The Meaning Of Life
Arrested For Holding Up A Blank Sign
Facebooks Re-Brand Did Nothing
Anti-Ai Face Paint
There's an AI technique called universal perturbations which subtly changes pixel values which are entirely indistinguishable to humans but completely mess up classification algorithms. You can even train them to cause the algorithm to mistake you for something specific: like a panda! 🐼
Whoever Made This Billboard Can Shove It Up Their A**
Texas Lawmakers Posing As Human Beings, After Passing The New Abortion Ban
After Working From Home For Two Years, "Return To Work" Today
Nbc Is Turning Water Into Thousands Of Pounds Of Real Snow For Their 'Once In A Lifetime' Superbowl Coverage... In Southern California... During A Drought
Haha, There Was A Tussle At The Rich People's Gold-Statue Party
“I think I’ll just watch from here. From my balcony. In my million dollar mansion”
Yea... Let's Go Ahead And Bring Back Slavery
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If you are a bit too mad here is a cat to lower your bp. imagesqtbn...sqpCAU.png 
Im honestly scared for the future right now
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And sadly our govt might have a escape clause but if anyone decides that they wish to redo our govt people will be hurt
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I hate how in society, especially American society, everyone is just another cog in the machine, and people aren't treated like actual people.
Every time I read or watch a movie about an apocalyptic future, or those articles about "what would you do in a zombie apocalypse?" I'm like "Die. I would happily die. Hopefully fast enough. Why would I fight to live in a frickin' apocalyptic world plagued by creatures who kill everything that makes a sound?!" (A bit off-topic? Mmm, maybe... But that's what this article made me think of, soooooo... 🤔)
oh what the hell. I hate these articles because they make me feel so hopeless and useless but I always read them. I'm scared, so scared for the future. I'm really into sci-fi and dystopia right now, and those realities keep seeming a little more realistic :(
You live in the wealthiest and safest time in the universe.
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Don't have kids. Don't force them into this horrible world.
Load More Replies... If you made it to the end and haven't realized more government isn't the solution, go back and review the pics. And then your life...
This is not about distopia, it's mostly stupidity, and some of them are simply not understanding how the society works, or not understanding that people are living from money. I think mostly collected by r/antiwork, what i basically like, but there are some wild ideas connected to it :D
Today I was explaining a conspiracy theory to my husband (not supporting it just telling him) I found he had never heard of Q Anon, and he had missed the story about the White House invasion. I think I might change to his news source
I was feeling pretty bad today. Depression and anxiety really has its grip on me at the moment. And then I read this article. It reminds me how I can't treat my depression and anxiety issues properly. So I feel a lot worse. I shouldn't be here.
I'm in the same boat. This really makes me feel hopeless, like I'd be better off gone than living on this horrid world
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And only one or two was even about Ukraine. There's so much more that isn't on the list.
I realized today that most everything is "rant -able" nowadays. Except for cat videos, discussion of the real world leads directly to a rant. Every example above is rant -worthy. So, cat videos!
Is this the world we want to live in? Is this the world we want to leave for our grandchildren/grandpets?
Nope. So I'm not having kids. It's the kindest thing you can do. #antinatalism
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My appendix was in the process of bursting yet I had to sit waiting in a shi**y plastic chair in front of a woman to fill out forms on a messed-up computer before being eventually wheeled back for emergency surgery. Had to wait for her computer to go back online with the internal system before I could "complete the intake paperwork" - ie: deal with the financials. I didn't, and still don't, have insurance...
All of this was heartbreaking. This is our reality. What are we leaving for the next generations? Woke? Are we really?
" Holt mentioned exciting movies like Blade Runner or The Matrix from the '80s and '90s that offered depictions of going out with a bang". - - - - I think Holt has not watched Bladd Runner.
I'm about to head into the workforce 2 years... I REALLY don't want to rn
Hahaha, lies, propaganda and fear mongering, 1st world problems as usual. People rather complain then see how good they really have it. =XD
Whataboutism, "appeal to bigger problems" fallacy. Many of them are simply things that are expected in modern Western democracies. America just sucks too much to provide them.
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daniel280456: too ignorant to understand the current situation in society, too lazy to look into it, but self righteous enough to speculate societies problems.
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If you are a bit too mad here is a cat to lower your bp. imagesqtbn...sqpCAU.png
Im honestly scared for the future right now
Load More Replies... And sadly our govt might have a escape clause but if anyone decides that they wish to redo our govt people will be hurt
Load More Replies... I hate how in society, especially American society, everyone is just another cog in the machine, and people aren't treated like actual people.
Every time I read or watch a movie about an apocalyptic future, or those articles about "what would you do in a zombie apocalypse?" I'm like "Die. I would happily die. Hopefully fast enough. Why would I fight to live in a frickin' apocalyptic world plagued by creatures who kill everything that makes a sound?!" (A bit off-topic? Mmm, maybe... But that's what this article made me think of, soooooo... 🤔)
oh what the hell. I hate these articles because they make me feel so hopeless and useless but I always read them. I'm scared, so scared for the future. I'm really into sci-fi and dystopia right now, and those realities keep seeming a little more realistic :(
You live in the wealthiest and safest time in the universe.
Load More Replies... Don't have kids. Don't force them into this horrible world.
Load More Replies... If you made it to the end and haven't realized more government isn't the solution, go back and review the pics. And then your life...
This is not about distopia, it's mostly stupidity, and some of them are simply not understanding how the society works, or not understanding that people are living from money. I think mostly collected by r/antiwork, what i basically like, but there are some wild ideas connected to it :D
Today I was explaining a conspiracy theory to my husband (not supporting it just telling him) I found he had never heard of Q Anon, and he had missed the story about the White House invasion. I think I might change to his news source
I was feeling pretty bad today. Depression and anxiety really has its grip on me at the moment. And then I read this article. It reminds me how I can't treat my depression and anxiety issues properly. So I feel a lot worse. I shouldn't be here.
I'm in the same boat. This really makes me feel hopeless, like I'd be better off gone than living on this horrid world
Load More Replies... And only one or two was even about Ukraine. There's so much more that isn't on the list.
I realized today that most everything is "rant -able" nowadays. Except for cat videos, discussion of the real world leads directly to a rant. Every example above is rant -worthy. So, cat videos!
Is this the world we want to live in? Is this the world we want to leave for our grandchildren/grandpets?
Nope. So I'm not having kids. It's the kindest thing you can do. #antinatalism
Load More Replies... My appendix was in the process of bursting yet I had to sit waiting in a shi**y plastic chair in front of a woman to fill out forms on a messed-up computer before being eventually wheeled back for emergency surgery. Had to wait for her computer to go back online with the internal system before I could "complete the intake paperwork" - ie: deal with the financials. I didn't, and still don't, have insurance...
All of this was heartbreaking. This is our reality. What are we leaving for the next generations? Woke? Are we really?
" Holt mentioned exciting movies like Blade Runner or The Matrix from the '80s and '90s that offered depictions of going out with a bang". - - - - I think Holt has not watched Bladd Runner.
I'm about to head into the workforce 2 years... I REALLY don't want to rn
Hahaha, lies, propaganda and fear mongering, 1st world problems as usual. People rather complain then see how good they really have it. =XD
Whataboutism, "appeal to bigger problems" fallacy. Many of them are simply things that are expected in modern Western democracies. America just sucks too much to provide them.
Load More Replies... Left-wing Americans: too proud to learn a trade, too lazy to get a useful college degree, but stupid enough to think socialism/communism will work.
daniel280456: too ignorant to understand the current situation in society, too lazy to look into it, but self righteous enough to speculate societies problems.
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