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How do you guys cope with the fact that the world isn't getting any better? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm really worried about the state of the US despite being a white male who was I'll coast right through it. I'll also accept "I don't" and "very poorly" as answers

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[–] Zoop@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This whole comment is great! Thank you for typing it all out and sharing it with us.

This part especially helped me a lot:

If you have no stable place to live, no stable income, no stable sense of family, what does a stable sense of adult self look like?

Thank you.

Also, I'm looking forward to watching that video when I'm able to! It sounds super interesting and I'm kind of excited about it, honestly! Lol :)

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, it's a well researched video and despite being only tangentially related to the topic at hand, I just kept finding more and more relevant quotes in it. Eventually, I had to stop myself or else I would've just rewatched the entire video for that post!