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
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
Monsters, all of them. And hypocrites!!! "My body my choice" for masks but not for abortions. "Parents get to decide" for vaccination but not for all the books they've banned. Party of small government my A**E.
These same "Christians" also like to complain about having to pay for welfare for these families.
Load More Replies...oooh next can they adopt the 400,000 children in the foster system next? also if a fifteen year old girl can't adopt a child, why should she be forced to raise her own?
Well fifteen year old girls shouldn't be having sex, it's sinful! (/S sort of, because it's this sort of blinkered view that results from a lack of decent sex education leading to experimentation at any age when hormones kick in)
Load More Replies...Since you wanna ban abortions, change the maternity leave laws too!
That's just crazy talk right there! That would be infringing on the companies rights to choose! /s
Load More Replies...It's like all sorts of old men, most of them so old they start turning bald or grey, and a few Karens, which look like they were the old mens wives.
Load More Replies...If men were the ones that get pregnant, abortion would be legal until the last day and you could probably legally dump your newborn on the side of the street too.
Load More Replies...I've never been so ashamed to be a Texan as I was when they passed that bill.
I feel you. I live in the district if Madison Cawthorn
Load More Replies...Texas and Florida leading the way in the downfall of American society. These people should ALL be ashamed of themselves.
All the Democrats have to vote next time and every time.
Load More Replies...Solve the problem with mandatory vasectomies for everyone and have them reversed for whoever can prove they are responsible enough to have a child. Ohhh you don’t want others to regulate your body? Sucks to be you!
Look at all these males (and a few brainwashed femals) to whom a woman is just a host, a flesh packaging for their seed.
I would LOVE to see a group comprised of mostly women making laws to control a man's choices regarding his own body. It would never happen. This is 100% about controlling women.
These same men would be all for abortion if they got to use a gun to shoot the fetus out.
Load More Replies...Baffles me that women are smiling in this picture. Most Texans disagree with this "law." This is none of their business and they need to focus on fixing our damn roads that have been under construction for centuries instead of telling me what I can do with my own body.
Mostly old, white men. F****n disgusting, I was listening to a Fat Mike podcast earlier and he had Sunsara Taylor on as a guest, she is a major campaigner against all of this, once they pass this they will go after birth control next. Just wow, and of course they don't give a s**t about the kid once it's born, it's about control and the bible. What on earth is happening USA?
I bet if any of their daughters got pregnant through rape they would find a way to stop the pregnancy!
Wtf??? How did they ever think This was a good idea?? “We don’t want babies to be murdered”? Yeah well the person who wants it probably can’t A) can’t financial support a child B) not in a mental state to care for a child C) went through trauma and ended up being pregnant. D) any other possibility where an abortion is wanted.
So the problem is helping those people. Not murdering babies. You are saying we need better mental health clinics. I agree. Not funding abortion clinics. Their are programs set up to make giving for adoption easy and free. They need to be way better yes. Abortion is so common. Extremely common, and needs to be more regulated. A ton of women loose mental stability after getting an abortion. It is something internally that haunts them. Drugs are regulated. suicide is regulated. Why? Its their choice right? Because I care about them. Abortion is the answer for rape and health reasons, otherwords it is more hurtful to society and the women to have the abortion.
Load More Replies...Love how they pushed the women to the front to make it look like parity ❤️
Those women are traitors, and should be treated as such.
Load More Replies...racist. If they were all black would you say, the blackness is deafening?
Load More Replies...ngl i kind of want to shoot them all in the head, individually, with one of their favorite guns that they love so much
wow. you definitely should be in charge of making just laws XD
Load More Replies...Is this the one where abortion is banned after 5 weeks or something like that? It infuriates me so much. Hardly anyone knows they are pregnant that early unless they have been planning and have stocked up on tests waiting for the positive results. People with birth control can still get pregnant and not even realize until 3 months! Cycles can be irregular and some people really don't have early pregnancy symptoms. Is the state now going to deliver 30 pregnancy tests, free of charge, to every household every month? No. They'd rather it be a witch hunt. I'm not pro abortion but I've had one. It was the best choice at the time. It forever changed my life. But my baby didn't have to suffer this cruel world. You do what's best for you. But f**k politicians and lawmakers that make us criminals because we didn't test positive fast enough. Black market abortions will rise again and that means more deaths because of how dangerous they are.
Ya'll do notice it's 85% are old white guys, right? You know, the f*****s that have absolutely no clue about pregnancy, being poor & being forced to raise a child in poverty so that the rich can giddily check off that the kid will b one more poor person's back for them to make money off of.
And how many of those lawmakers are going to pass legislation to feed, house, educate and be responsible for their health?
Way too many men making these decisions. Not sure how to count the very few woman in the shot. Personally as a woman, i dont want them on my team. They dont even stand up for their own rights...
But I'm willing to bet a good majority of them have secretly paid for one.
Load More Replies...I'm shocked that the women in this group agreed to any of this! Shameful! Maybe we need to form a committee for making vasectomy's mandatory so abortions won't be necessary!!
@Jodie, even better! Those who have no problem spouting that women who become pregnant should carry to full term, despite the fact that it's against the woman's wishes, become the legal guardian of that born child for 18 years+. They are not allowed to adopt the child out, they are responsible for the wellbeing of the child without any financial help (as they're CLEARLY not concerned about the mother's ability to support the child after birth), and they are RESPONSIBLE for the wellbeing of the mother after birth (because they had to go thorough the, now deemed, traumatic experience of pregnancy when they themselves never wanted to continue with it in the first place.) I will bet you their sugar honey iced tea will stop dead in its tracks if they had to take over the responsibility of unwanted pregnancies/births that they pushed onto mothers.
Load More Replies..."Abortion kills kids" Politicians: "Let's take away their access to it" "School shootings kill kids" Politicians: "Meh, nothing we can do"
Abbott is one of the biggest pieces of scum on this planet. Him, DeSantis, Gaetz...I didn't realize just how thoroughly detestable some people would WANT to be and yet the GOP finds ways to beat my lowered expectations every single day 😡
Trump proudly led them to what we thought was the lowest level possible. Unsatisfied, he hauled out the excavation equipment so they could continue their ungodly journey.
Load More Replies...Petition demanding a new law making it illegal to commit adultery or have sex out of wedlock and you will see just how devoted to their good book they are.
We should add Oklahoma. They're desperately trying to copy their neighbors to the south AND eliminating that really jagged part of Texas will make it so much easier for the fence builders.
Load More Replies...I hope every person who voted for that TX and Oklahoma abortion bill die from the most painful cancer possible
I'll be devil's advocate here. I understand their pro-life position. When you beleive life is precious, you want to protect it. Even if kid is fruit of a rape, it's still its own individual who deserves to live. Back to reality, annoyingly it's a huge hypocrecy when you cut social welfare, deny abortion to someone's who own life at stake, throw people in prison for minor offenses, attempt to execute major offenses. Life is "precious" as long you don't start living it.
Mostly men. Wonder how many of them have got a women pregnant via affair and paid for those abortions. Or did they just pretend they never knew them once a pregnancy happened?
I'm quite certain that their side pieces, mistresses, and female relatives who need an abortion with have no problem getting one.
I read just yesterday that Roe v. Wade is likely going to be rescinded. WTF?
Republican lawmakers are all opposed to abortion…until they knock up their mistress.
How many can we put you folks down for, after they're born? You look like wealthy successful people so maybe 3 each? What good parents you will all make! Pfffft!
How come a group of 80% men gets to decide on women's bodies? Also, if they ban abortions, force men to take care of the children they produce too.
As a Texan, I hate it here. But naturally I can't afford to move out of state.
Although that's tough for you, it might be better for everyone if you work on reducing the level of ignorance and hatred that surrounds you. Thank you.
Load More Replies...How thoughtful of them to provide the bulls eyes right over where their hearts should bave been. As if these nasty, venomous, grinning lizard people actually cared one whit about living breathing children.
I love that 98% of the people in this picture are old men. Why the f@$* do they get a say on what a woman can do with her body?
As a Texas-born, I am deeply ashamed and angry that all of these self-righteous a**holes think they can control women and their lives. If a woman signs on to this stupidity, no problem, but if you force everyone to do it this way, you are looking at a revolution down the pike folks. And you thought the Alamo was bad?
And what will these government officials do with unwanted children who will now be born because of these draconian laws? Sell them?
My body. Not yours. You lot of sanctimonious rich p***KS. Why should you allow more suffering for women and girls? There is less Christianity in your decisions than self-aggrandisement.
Of course, majority white men making decisions for women. I pointed out white as a lot of young POC become parents when they can't actually care for their child at that age, or themselves because dingbats like this give them no choice. Plus POC are disadvantaged a lot, so raising a child at 16 when you can't get a job because of your skin, having dreads, braids, etc. Yeah seems like a very safe idea!
Looks to be about 60 people there. About 10 are women. So, is it the general rule that the percentage of women who are brainless conservatives is about 17%?
"Brainless conservative" is beginning to sound like an oxymoron.
Load More Replies...I'm never doing that heart thing again. I literally feel nauseated looking at this.. Republicans only care about power. Power over every single thing they possibly can including WOMENS BODIES. How about let's regulate ED drugs & make them illegal since they can cause sexual assault. "I already took a pill you can't just leave me like this"
To be fair, they are prioritizing the well being of the unborn fetus. I think it's a mistake on their part. The right of the fetus to stay alive is not superior to the right of the mother to control her own body. But I do see the point in saying that if the FETUS had a "choice," it would want to live.
Texans posing as the heros they are for banning the murder of babies. Go Texas.
There are eight women in this picture. Not surprising, but infuriating.
Looks like someone finally got a picture of hell and its residents
All the women attending have been hoodwinked into believing the men that pass this bs give one royal s**t about them when the fact is these laws are enacted to CONTROL women and keep them out of the workplace.
Welcome to no separation of church and state. Welcome to Sharia Law. How many of you thought we defeated the Taliban?
They all look so similar like someone copy and pasted an image.
Mostly old man. Don't hey think they get a free pass now? They will be judged as everyone else.
Abortion is murder. period. "Fetus" is just as much a group of cells as you are. It is a human being. All the hypocrites out there who say "you dont care about the baby after", I would argue that you dont care. You think killing the kids is better than letting them have a chance at life? Even a hard life is better than being murdered. I want to help their quality of life, and funding abortion clinics is not helping them. I understand there are times when abortion is needed but 94% of the time is not for health reasons, or rape etc. Abortion leads to sadness, and misery for the mother, and precautions are needed on that. Do we try to prevent drug overdose or suicide? YES. Why? If it is their own body and own choice then why? Because it is the right thing, and healthy thing to do.
A fetus is not a child. An abortion is not "killing a child". The fetus cannot survive outside the woman's body - it is literally a part of her body and, as such, should be subject to HER wishes, not YOURS.
Load More Replies...If the world had less jesus we'd be way better off & probably miles ahead of where we are technologically & socially speaking
Load More Replies...There's a stranger who needs your organs to live. May I harvest them now, please? I'll leave you enough to stay alive but your body will be forever altered. No? Then why are you okay with forcing others to devote their organs against their consent?
Load More Replies...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
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.
Load More Replies...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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