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89 Internet Users Call Out The Current State Of Society, And Their Criticism Is Eerily Accurate
Lately, it feels like we’re all stuck in a permacrisis, experiencing overlapping catastrophes that seem like they’ll never end. And even though things aren’t apocalyptic (yet), there are lots of serious global and societal problems that demand our attention.
Today, we’re featuring some of the most eerily accurate posts criticizing the state of modern society, as shared by members of the sprawling ‘Snorkblot’ online community. Scroll down for their take on the most pressing issues that everyone should care about.
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#1
At Least Make An Effort To Even The Playing Field
Nicole Weymann 7 hours ago
Maybe a bit off tangent, but to me this is another example why segregation - voluntary or not - is BAD for society. Once people have their own bubble ("the rich" in this case) their perspective gets distorted.
In case you thought you needed another source of anxiety, this week, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds to midnight.
The clock is a symbolic representation of how close humanity is to destroying the world. And midnight itself represents the moment when people will have made our planet uninhabitable, CNN reports.
This is the closest to midnight that the clock has ever been since being established back in 1947.
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#2
Interesting Approach
Multa Nocte 15 hours ago
I hadn't heard this before, but it seems typical of what I have heard. This is a great man. Trump and Vance are ever shamed for the way they treated him.
#3
Number Of Who?
Multa Nocte 16 hours ago
Brilliant! This is just brilliant! I want this person to be my friend.
In 2025, the Doomsday Clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight. It was set at 90 seconds to midnight in 2023 and 2024. Meanwhile, this year, in 2026, scientists believe that not enough progress has been made in fighting global challenges like nuclear risk, the climate crisis, biological threats, and the advances in disruptive tech, like artificial intelligence.
Other existential threats to humanity include things like the spread of misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories.
#4
A Non-Partisan Question
#5
Seems Reasonable
#6
Let's See What The Backlash Is
Multa Nocte 15 hours ago (edited)
A true hero! I'm surprised they haven't set ICE on his county yet.
“Humanity has not made sufficient progress on the existential risks that endanger us all. The Doomsday Clock is a tool for communicating how close we are to destroying the world with technologies of our own making. The risks we face from nuclear weapons, climate change and disruptive technologies are all growing. Every second counts and we are running out of time. It is a hard truth, but this is our reality,” said Alexandra Bell, president and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
#7
I Pledge Allegiance…
Multa Nocte 16 hours ago
Yeah. It would be nice. Seems to be out of our grasp at the moment. 🥺
#8
Does The World Need Billionaires?
#9
May We Never…
Multa Nocte 16 hours ago (edited)
And yet they were cancelled anyway by CBS when Nixon became president with the piss poor excuse that their material was not presented to the network with enough notice for the network to be able to censor what they thought would offend. (Ed.) Their work was brilliant, by the way - absolutely brilliant.
Meanwhile, Dr. Daniel Holz, the chair of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ science and security board, said that instead of heeding this warning, major countries became “even more aggressive, adversarial and nationalistic.”
Holz added: “Grave dangers persist in the life sciences, particularly in emerging areas such as the development of synthetic mirror life, despite repeated warnings from scientists worldwide. The international community has no coordinated plan, and the world remains unprepared for potentially devastating biological threats.”
#10
They Have Never…. 🧐
#11
It's Ridiculous That Soda Is Their Main Concern
#12
A Lot Of The Mess Is Left Over From His Last Time As President
Geoffrey Scott 9 hours ago (edited)
I miss the days when everyone looked for the greater good. The US interstate hwy system was actually devised by Hitler, and adopted by Eisenhower. Evil dude(Hitler) great idea that serves all. The EPA was signed by Nixon. The GOP in modern day is just no,no,no when it comes to greater good for all.Imagine this day and age the US interstate sustem being proposed...not gonna happen. There is a reason Governor Milliken in Michigan served 2 terms in a heavy org. labor state. Able to use common sense, irrespective of it's source.
That being said, it’s important to remember that the Doomsday Clock is meant to spark conversations about crises and threats. It isn’t designed to accurately measure them, however.
Back in 2022, Dr. Michael Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor in the department of Earth and environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania, told CNN that the clock is “an imperfect metaphor.” And yet, it is still “an important rhetorical device that reminds us, year after year, of the tenuousness of our current existence on this planet.”
#13
An Attempt To Mislead Public Opinion!
Ellie Ahmed 15 hours ago (edited)
Sorry my husband and I rented a house while I lived in your country as a foreign visa holder, TJ. I actually worked for a chronic pain program trying to improve the quality of life for a lot of low income folks - including a lot of your fellow veterans - but I guess I can go f**k myself because the rent crisis is totally my fault and not because of billionaires who own 75 houses or anything…
#14
The Next Time… 🫠
#15
Keep Accepting It, They'll Keep Doing It
Meanwhile, Dario Amodei, the co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, which created the chatbot Claude, warns that humanity is entering a “turbulent and inevitable” phase of AI development that will “test who we are as a species.”
In a 19k-word essay, ‘The adolescence of technology,’ he urged the world to “wake up” to the risks, The Guardian reports.
#16
Unfathomable Wealth, Stark Choices
#17
Learning A Second Language Is Unpatriotic
#18
I Was Going To Go With Ska-Rock And Related Genres, But This Works
Multa Nocte 15 hours ago
If you want to see propaganda that uses clearly Nazi themes, check out the US government page for ICE recruitment.
“Humanity is about to be handed almost unimaginable power, and it is deeply unclear whether our social, political, and technological systems possess the maturity to wield it,” Amodei, one of the most prominent voices for online safety when it comes to unrestrained AI development, warned.
According to him, the world is “considerably closer to real danger” in 2026 than in 2023
“If the exponential continues – which is not certain, but now has a decade-long track record supporting it – then it cannot possibly be more than a few years before AI is better than humans at essentially everything.”
#20
Can't Insult A Good Man
Multa Nocte 16 hours ago
Now that is truly wonderful. Too bad it took so fucking long for the US to figure this out. Oh oops - I just remembered that the current regime tossed DEI. Well, hell with that, then.
#21
Hypocrisy Weaponised
White Sauce Hot Sauce 6 hours ago
And there's plenty of space on either side of the bench for a wheelchair.
The ‘Snorkblot’ online community was founded in early 2019. Now, nearly 7 years later, it is still going strong. The group receives 517k weekly visitors and 4.8k weekly contributions at the time of writing.
The subreddit itself is meant to be a space for folks to share a variety of content “designed to spark great conversation, promote civil debate, and relieve boredom.”
#22
The Decision Should Be Easy
Multa Nocte 15 hours ago
There is some research that indicates that atheists and agnostics overall have better developed ethical systems than religious people, especially as there is nothing like an afterlife or a heaven or a hell to coerce them to be good. They do it because it is right. If anyone is interested, I do have some research on it around here somewhere or 'tother.
#23
Basic, Innit?
#24
I Suppose We Have To "Accept" Them, But I Still Think They Have A Sinister Agenda
The moderators who keep the ‘Snorkblot’ group running smoothly stress that it’s vital not to make any personal attacks in the community. “If you can't be friendly, at least be civil. When debating, attack ideas, not individuals,” they point out.
What’s more, they note that some users might have different views from yours, so it’s important not to demean or insult them.
On top of that, everyone’s urged not to spam, propagandize, or sloganize the community. And if you want to post about politics, you can discuss the topic only in the weekly megathread.
#25
Make The Executives Earn Their Wage!
#26
Non-Toxic
Multa Nocte 16 hours ago
One of the most wonderful, brave, gentle, GOOD men who ever lived. He showed us heathens that there ARE good Christians out there who practice what they preach and don't use Christianity as a weapon or as a way to exclude others. I was proud that he and I were from the same area of the US - western Pennsylvania. And his real middle name was McFeely, for those of you who used to watch the show and knew Mr. McFeely, the delivery man.
#27
The Sad Thing Is, I Think The Maga Crowd Would Happily Say It
General Anaesthesia 9 hours ago
"I have an opinion so my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
In your personal opinion, what are the biggest, most urgent issues plaguing society and the world at large? Realistically speaking, what do you think could and should be done to fix these problems?
What are you doing in your daily life to directly impact these challenges? Join the discussion in the comments at the bottom of this list.
#28
Let Them Eat Cake 🍰
Multa Nocte 16 hours ago
I guess that people like Elon and his ilk get so many government grants and tax breaks that they probably don't even have to do their annual income tax.
#29
You Don't Get Paid For That
#31
Both Have Their Admirers
#32
We Must Build A System…
#33
Good To See He's Focussed On The Important Issues
#34
Latte Lies, Rocket Riches
Ellie Ahmed 15 hours ago
That’s an easy one to explain to a kindergartener, because I think they’re actually MORE familiar with the mindset of billionaires. “Well, sweetie, you know how there’s that one boy in your class who never wants to share any of the toys at play time? Some adults never grew out of that”
#35
Control The Poor, Excuse The Rich
#36
Tariff 101 For Dummies
Multa Nocte 15 hours ago
Anyone who ever believed this was either totally stupid or was a MAGA. Well . . . . . . .
#37
He Couldn’t Resist, His Head Would Turn Into A Tomato 🍅
#38
Oh, How Can We Forget The "Summer Of Love" Where They Beat Police Officers Over The Head With Fire Extinguishers, Metal Poles, And 2x4's. They Are Trying To Gaslight All Of Us
Multa Nocte 15 hours ago (edited)
Many of Trump's mob had weapons on them, they hurt a lot of people, and yet he pardoned them. Then he besmirched the reputation of Nurse Pretti by squawking that he shouldn't have brought a loaded gun to a demonstration and claimed that's why ICE agents had to kill him. Funny thing there, though, is that it backfired and he now has a lot of his MAGA Second Amendment nuts mad at him for saying that. Trump is just too stupid to think before he opens his orange yap.
#39
Do You Have A Moment To Talk About…
Multa Nocte 16 hours ago (edited)
I just realised I have never had a gay person come to my house to try to convert me. Come on, you guys - you need to get better organised! ;-) On the other hand, when I lived in Salt Lake City, Utah, headquarters of the Mormon church, you can just guess who was frequently knocking on my door for "a little chat about The Book of Mormon" or telling me I couldn't shop at their stores or be in their Girl Scout Troop because I wasn't a Mormon. Add: OK, terrible confession, so look away if you don't want to be offended. The LDS church requests (if you want to stay in good standing with your ward) that you pay 10% of your income as tithes. Us gentiles (as we were called by the Mormons) used to call the Mormons "scoops" because we figured that God must have scooped out 10% of their brains. Sorry, dear LDS pandas. You can call me a godless heathen.
#40
I'd Love To Know How To Define 'Most'
#42
Ah, The American Dream. How's That Working Out?
#43
Fve Years Is Not A Culture'n'heritage
#44
Yes, Your Life Might Be Significantly Better, But Think Of The Landlords
Geoffrey Scott 8 hours ago
Yeah, we are just as concerned with your value as you are with ours.
#45
Our History Should Never Be Suppressed, However Bad It Makes Us Or Our Ancestors Look
#46
You're Part Of The Problem Too. So Shut Up
#47
The Rich Tell Them… 🫤
Lost Panda 15 hours ago
"Governments don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. That is against their interests. They want obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept it." - George Carlin
#48
Who Is The Real Monster?
General Anaesthesia 8 hours ago
The Sun, like Fox News part of the Murdoch media empire. Big surprise.
#50
Just A Concept
#51
History
Multa Nocte 15 hours ago
It's interesting that in the new regime of the US, they are trying to scrub away almost all achievements made by women and non-whites and preventing in many cases their ability to progress. Imagine bringing back yobs to celebrate like Christopher Columbus who was actually a major douchebag. You have to have a teensy-tiny ego to think that just because you are no longer artificially at the top of the heap, that this means that you have been lowered. It just means that the rest of us are now having our achievements and skills recognised. How weak and insecure are you to think that because you are no longer automatically at the top because of your race or gender, that you need to get in the way of or impede others. What a weak, feeble attitude from people who must actually believe that they are where they don't deserve to be.
#52
Let’s Take It Back…
Geoffrey Scott 8 hours ago
Government shall enact no law respecting the ESTABLISHMENT of religion. Not Christianity, Not Judaism, not Islam, NONE of it. The founders weren't dopes, all through history conflict has happened over 'whose God is better'.
#53
It's A Bit More Complicated Than That, But Essentially True
#54
The Unseen Cook
Geoffrey Scott 5 hours ago
Brilliant! Kinda like my SIL saying "we should pray in school".."oh, so the kids in Dearborn (Mich) will pray to Allah"..."NO!!".."That's how it works!"
#55
Taking Into Account Interest And Inflation
#57
Are Generally Regarded…
Multa Nocte 16 hours ago
Well, I'd have to say that Mike Johnson, Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, Karoline Leavitt, JD Vance, and their ilk aren't exactly doing THEIR age cohorts proud.
#58
Is Simply Divided… 😗
#60
Freedom 🦅
#61
They Want Money…… 😗
#62
Grumpy Boomer Moan
Lost Panda 15 hours ago
The title to this is disheartening considering planned obsolescence is a thing...
#63
Hey, Work's Work
#64
Suggestions To Improve…
Multa Nocte 15 hours ago
You will see it on Bored Panda almost daily. As soon as someone criticises the US there is almost ALWAYS someone from the US who will snipe, "Well, why don't you just leave, then." Now that I have moved to France, whenever I complain about something, the French people will jump in and complain just as heartily about that or something else. If they don't like it enough, they will just have a strike. They are FIERCELY critical of their own government and will happily tell you what they like and what they hate, but they know that this doesn't make them a bad French person. It makes them a person who understands that it takes all kinds to make a country and they make room for this and for the opinions of others. Big game changer for me.
#66
Just In Case Anybody Forgot
#67
Too Much Of A Good Thing
#68
Also In 4d?
Ian Webling 13 hours ago
My favourite chess quote: "Football today, it's like a game of chess. It's all about money." - Newcastle United fan, Radio 5 Live. Seems appropriate in this context.
#69
We Have Concluded That You Are Worth Less Than A Big Mac Meal
Geoffrey Scott 5 hours ago
And dump their obligations on us (US) taxpayers in the form of SNAP and Medicaid.
#70
Welcome To The Machine. How Can You Serve Us?
Tucker Cahooter 13 hours ago
I guess the ideal question from the candidate from their perspective would be something like "Is it alright if I sleep overnight in the office so I can work twice as much? Without payment of course"
#71
Any Relation To Debbie Does Dallas?
#72
Morality Bends Differently Depending On Who Holds The Money
#73
Communities Pull Together In A Crisis
#74
Freedom Of Speech
#75
Odd How Many Proverbs People Get Backwards
Lost Panda 15 hours ago
I have never met anyone who didn't know the whole saying and knew what it meant. Are there people who truly don't know this? Legitimately asking
#76
Stories Like This Are Way Too Common Today Across America 🫤
Multa Nocte 16 hours ago
There were two reasons my spousal unit and I moved from the US to France, and this was one of them - health care. We are no longer afraid to be sick or injured and don't worry about losing everything if something catastrophic occurs. Plus the preventive care is so inexpensive that we always look around in fear like we are going to be "caught" when we go for an appointment or pay for our medication. Last week my husband ran out of his meds before our scheduled doctor visit and we went to the pharmacy to see if we could get his diabetes meds. They gave us all his medication for free and told us to pay for it when we got the 'script. We about fainted.
#78
The Game Is Rigged…
Onan Hag All 8 hours ago
If you're a UK "millennial" your parents took out a mortgage at anything up to 17%. Stop dividing us.
#79
'til Debt Do Us Part
Multa Nocte 15 hours ago
Again, this was one of the two reasons that my spousal unit and I moved to France from the US.
#81
Wear Theem Down And Declare Victory
CloPotato 5 hours ago
And don't forget that anything he doesn't like is marxism. It's very obvious when you have the misfortune of hearing him speak, but he also admitted he's never read Marx. I used to know someone who still idolized that guy... I was just too embarrassed for him and kept pretending I hadn't heard anything.
#82
When The System Shows It Can Work For People, You Never Forget It’s A Choice Not To
CloPotato 5 hours ago
I've worked for governmental agencies, and the gestion of ressources is infuriating. Since then, I'm thinking more and more of building one of those hippie communities from the 70s where I'd be growing carrots, befriending a goat and living with just enough people to have a medic, another farmer and a builder. I can be the cook and jester.
#83
$150b Tax Boast
#84
Misplaced Spotlight
MonsterMum 11 hours ago
Is she buying soda? That could be the problem. Perhaps gruel vouchers or a weekly ration of government issue gruel is the way forward? /s
#85
Was This A Fair Result?
Multa Nocte 15 hours ago
Stephen Miller. This needs to happen to Stephen ("Nosferatu") Miller.
#86
Don't Waste My Time With Money
Jeff Anderson 7 hours ago
This is true. When I moved to California I sold my house and bought my wife a brand new vehicle and paid cash. This j*****s told me it would hurt my credit to buy it in full. I said, no sir, financing this at insane percentages and missing a payment will hurt my credit. Paying in cash it's just hurting your boss. I'd like my receipt please.
#87
I Really Need To See What A Relentlessly Gay Yard Looks Like
Multa Nocte 15 hours ago (edited)
I would LOVE to have a "relentlessly gay" yard! What could be better? 😂
#88
Is There An Ethical Difference?
#89
Not In My Bingo Card
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Wij 16 hours ago
This isn’t the world. It’s US problems with a couple non US items. The rest of the world is no where this bleak. Thank christ i’m not a yankee.
Multa Nocte 15 hours ago (edited)
Unfortunately the US has way too much sway currently in what goes on in the rest of the world. I hope that it doesn't cause as many problems for the rest of the world as it has been causing the good and decent people of the US.
Load More Replies... Wij 16 hours ago
This isn’t the world. It’s US problems with a couple non US items. The rest of the world is no where this bleak. Thank christ i’m not a yankee.
Multa Nocte 15 hours ago (edited)
Unfortunately the US has way too much sway currently in what goes on in the rest of the world. I hope that it doesn't cause as many problems for the rest of the world as it has been causing the good and decent people of the US.
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