Poll of the Day > Can we all stop pretending?

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There seems to be two types of people right now. Those that believe everything is fine and those that believe things will get better. How about we stop with the BS and just admit that these are lies we tell ourselves. Things aren't getting better and they never will not in a year, not in a decade, not in our life times. It's all downhill from here buckos and it's time we accept that.

things absolutely will get better, because better is subjective and is determined by every individual person

things absolutely will get worse, because worse is subjective and is determined by every individual person

tl;dr: shut the fuck up, rando.

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how about you check yourself in for therapy, there is a possibility for you to get better

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In regards to.. the pandemic?

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What_The_Chris posted...

how about you check yourself in for therapy, there is a possibility for you to get better

Therapy won't make this pandemic go away or climate change disappear.

helIy posted...

things absolutely will get better, because better is subjective and is determined by every individual person

things absolutely will get worse, because worse is subjective and is determined by every individual person

tl;dr: shut the fuck up, rando.

I think everyone would consider it a good thing if people didn't have to walk around looking like freaks in a post apocalyptic hellscape.

This is the nicest looking post apocalypse I've seen then.

Things almost certainly will get better in regards to covid, just hard to know how long it'll take and how bad it'll get before then.

Climate change will almost certainly eventually get better but it's pretty hard to say if we will find a way in the next 50 or so years or if it'll be several thousand.

I know it's easier to have no hope than a really slim hope but reality almost never has absolutes.

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brian577 posted...

There seems to be two types of people right now. Those that believe everything is fine and those that believe things will get better.

Why not both?

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IEzfhclKO8Q
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What kind of dog is that in your profile pic, TC?

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Sarcasthma posted...

What kind of dog is that in your profile pic, TC?

Lmao!

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I was just talking with a friend about the future potential of both building down (underground living) and building under the ocean. Both will be quite possible in a post climate change world without majorly changing our way of life.

Technology will continue to improve as well, and that includes medical tech, even in the near future we will see massive progress in the fight against virus attacks etc (as a race we have been massively motivated at this point).

Things have pretty much constantly gotten better forever at this point and even if we did have a massive apocalypse the human race would survive and things would continue to get better for those survivors, it just means maybe a ton of people will have their lives cut short first.

But yeah, things will get better, I just don't know if we will have all you can eat crab buffets for awile, and that makes me sad.

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Buck up Boohoo Brian.

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I just want cyberpunk to release already

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I mean, with that kind of attitude, even if things do get better, youll still not see it that way.

Learn to adapt, kid.

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helIy posted...

tl;dr: shut the f*** up, rando.

lmao

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stop watching cnn and msnbc

there, all better.

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I'm of the mindset things only get better if enough people move to make things better. We've spent too many years with some people thinking "great" is "perfection," some people thinking heroes would come along and do good for them so they don't have to, and lots of various kinds of mistakes besides. Can things get better from here? The only way would be to actually fucking try.

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Wanded posted...

stop watching cnn and msnbc

there, all better.

you really are trapped in your own little echo chamber if you think stuff like this

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Depends on what you mean by things?
Do I still have a job? Yes
Has the pandemic given me more job security? Probably
Will I be able to go out for Chinese during lunch any time soon? No =/
Will a Presidential Election probably be rigged because of this? Yes =/

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Wanded posted...

stop watching cnn and msnbc

there, all better.

Also stop watching Fox or listening to Breitbart.

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Belief that everything isn't completely fucked is key to actually pushing through hardship.

If people think they're screwed, they tend to give up. What you're proposing is the very antithesis of what we need right now.

There's a difference between acknowledging things are bad now and spiraling into hopelessness. Things will eventually get better, and if people don't give up that will be sooner rather than later.

You might as well be telling people not to bother, because if people don't think things will get better sooner than you propose that's exactly what's going to happen.

And who really cares, what does it really matter, of people are having false hope? As long as people are doing what they can to stop the spread of the disease, sometimes that's just how it is. Sometimes people just have to believe in something.

I've spent most of my life feeling like you're saying people should basically, and it's miserable and no way to live. Feels like dying inside every day. It takes all the point, all the meaning, out of trying or giving a damn.

Mead posted...

you really are trapped in your own little echo chamber if you think stuff like this

i thought even you don't watch cnn

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i donno man, my life has been getting consistently better for at least the past decade and a half

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brian577 posted...

I think everyone would consider it a good thing if people didn't have to walk around looking like freaks in a post apocalyptic hellscape

that you think a regular mask makes someone look like a freak is all anyone needs to know about you

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Wanded posted...

i thought even you don't watch cnn

why are you so obsessed with cnn

you think the left and middle are alone in peddling misleading info on cable news?

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helIy posted...

that you think a regular mask makes someone look like a freak is all anyone needs to know about you

That you dont shows me how youve already accepted the new normal. Remember when that was a bad thing?

Do fursuits do a good job of stopping the spread of COVID-19?

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Sarcasthma posted...

Do fursuits do a good job of stopping the spread of COVID-19?

I suppose its easier to get bent out of shape over a hobby than have a
serious discussion.

Covid is 100% gonna get better, wtf are you on about? Once the safe vaccine is finished, things are gonna get a million times better.

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So be good, for goodness sake.
Whoa, somebodys comin
somebodys coming.
(we need to get out of here)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBjQ9tuuTJQ

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There are a lot more than two types of people. That's why I love coming here. Seeing what the groupthinks are saying. There's a ton of informed people that make up a very amazing spectrum. We're all together. You guys keep hashing out the dumb shit, we're paying attention and there's way more of us than you.

brian577 posted...

Things aren't getting better and they never will not in a year, not in a decade, not in our life times. It's all downhill from here buckos and it's time we accept that.

The sum total of human history is currently flipping you the middle finger and hoping you eventually grow up and develop a sense of perspective.
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SirPikachu posted...

Covid is 100% gonna get better, wtf are you on about? Once the safe vaccine is finished, things are gonna get a million times better.

What goods a vaccine that only last three months? Enjoy your dystopic future where "papers please" is a phrase you'll here often.

I spy, with my tired eye, a far, alt-right talking point complete with a missed punctuation and homophone; the latter being really minor things on their own. This talking point comes, also, with an assumption that such a thing will last three months.

I could argue on that point, and how enough people inoculating against something that cannot survive most surfaces for two to three weeks would be plentiful in a society where everyone did their part against a legitimate threat, but I find it difficult to take tc seriously with such usage of talking points that minimal logic or research could debunk. Furthermore, I choose to go to bed where I may find more intellectual stimulation from my pillows. So I bid you all good night.

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DDirtyDastard posted...

There are a lot more than two types of people. That's why I love coming here. Seeing what the groupthinks are saying. There's a ton of informed people that make up a very amazing spectrum. We're all together. You guys keep hashing out the dumb shit, we're paying attention and there's way more of us than you.

I'm fairly unique myself, highly doubt there are many people like me, and I have met many other unique people as well, there are MANY types of people out there, good, bad, happy, sad, silly, crazy, sober, selfish, stubborn, laid back, pessimistic, problematic, sincere, excitable, sarcastic, random and many many other traits.

There is a semi-norm (which I'm nowhere near), but there are so many people outside of that norm, and so many ways people can differ from one another, that you can meet thousands and thousands of people in your life, and still not meet someone even close to like quite a few of them.

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"Shit happens"

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Entity13 posted...

So I bid you all good night.

2 out of 10 for not saying "I bid you adieu."
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Entity13 posted...

Furthermore, I choose to go to bed where I may find more intellectual stimulation from my pillows. So I bid you all good night.

I've heard of companion pillows or something like that, which can stimulate you in other ways, but I have never heard of intellectually stimulating pillows, that sounds both really awesome, and quite annoying if i'm trying to go to sleep. I've had friends (back in my 20's) who wouldn't shut up all night and I couldn't get to sleep (until I wanted to KILL THEM). I imagine an intellectually stimulating pillow would get thrown out pretty fast.

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This topic took a weird turn.

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Zareth posted...

This topic took a weird turn.

It's a trend when I post in topics often, i'd apologize, but i'm not really sorry.

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Firewood18 posted...

So be good, for goodness sake.
Whoa, somebodys comin
somebodys coming.
(we need to get out of here)

Weve got to find a judge or something

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brian577 posted...

I suppose its easier to get bent out of shape over a hobby than have a
serious discussion.

I swear I'll be more serious, bucko.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

2 out of 10 for not saying "I bid you adieu."

Well that's a silly thing to nitpick, evil sir. =)

wolfy42 posted...

I've heard of companion pillows or something like that, which can stimulate you in other ways, but I have never heard of intellectually stimulating pillows, that sounds both really awesome, and quite annoying if i'm trying to go to sleep. I've had friends (back in my 20's) who wouldn't shut up all night and I couldn't get to sleep (until I wanted to KILL THEM). I imagine an intellectually stimulating pillow would get thrown out pretty fast.

Talk about taking a simple thing either too literally or toward a creative extreme. I mean, I suppose dreams could be considered the latter at some moments, however the point is more about the absence of stimulation being more stimulating.

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Entity13 posted...

Well that's a silly thing to nitpick, evil sir. =)

Talk about taking a simple thing either too literally or toward a creative extreme. I mean, I suppose dreams could be considered the latter at some moments, however the point is more about the absence of stimulation being more stimulating.

I like creative extremes........ALOT :)

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