• archonet@lemy.lol
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      the best part (and I mean that with extreme sarcasm) of this farce we find ourselves in in the US, of course, is that any future I can imagine is going to be bleak regardless of what happens.

      oh hey trump’s out of office – one way or another? great, what about all the criminal fucks surrounding him that have enriched themselves and furthered their political careers because of him? the neo-nazi ideas that are gaining acceptance because we watched the world’s richest man make two Nazi salutes at a presidential inauguration, and not one fucking major news outlet could bring themselves to call a spade a spade? how’s all that goin’?

      you’ve dealt with all of that? fantastic. now you just have to convince the American population that healthcare isn’t socialism, trans people don’t want to turn their kids gay, oh, and that rich people are actually their enemy. Well, them, and the Russian and Chinese governments (no, tankies, this comment isn’t for you either, blow me). you know, instead of just constantly having asinine culture wars with ourselves. Good luck with that.

      oh yeah by the way in a little while Taiwan’s probably getting invaded because their independence hurts China’s fee-fees and that’s gonna fuck the global electronics industry really bad for… a not insignificant amount of time, lets say. And that’s probably a conflict we’re actually going to get tied up in, unlike invading Greenland (hopefully).

      oh hey you’ve dealt with all of that? … somehow??? that’s cute, hey, by the way, the climate is so totally fucked now that in the near future, wars over access to food and clean water are now almost all but inevitable. and the ocean (and everything else) is full of plastic. glhf!!

      When I see young kids nowadays, I feel so depressed knowing what they’re going to have to grow up dealing with.

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    well cheer up we are witnessing the biggest scam of the last couple centuries. I mean who can claim to have seen a scammer on par with “I am a princess from nigeria wanting to transfer funds to your country” become the president of the US? Nevermind the guy, the guy’s wife has her own bitcoin lol. It does get more scammer than this.

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    One of the worst thing you can curse someone with: “may you live in interesting times”

    Yeah, Star Trek reference, still fits

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    It’s shockingly often that I think to myself, “what are kids gonna read about this in history books when I’m an old man?”

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    Space travel. Hyperspace/warp drive. Space exploration and colonization. Ubiquitous helper androids and flying cars.

    We wanted Star Trek. We’re getting an even stupider Elysium.