Is it the fear of AI and automation, or fascist laws that severely restrict freedom, or is it about future wars, hunger or a worsening climate?

• After the bubble pops how much would our lives be impacted?

• Would AI vanish or still be there?

• How exactly do you think the bubble will pop? Will AI companies simply run out of money? Or will it be because of the environmental effects?

• When do you think the "pop" will take place?

• After the bubble pops, in future there will be companies/people who will try the AI thing again? What will that be like?

I was there during the crypto-bubble, the housing market bubble, but I don't have any memory of the internet/dotcom bubble, and I was not alive during the rail-road bubble.

However, I want to know what the thoughts of the people were during that time. During AI, that fact that it's a bubble is more apparent but during the housing and dotcom, I feel like it was more subtle (or I am too naive).

Does anyone have any personal experience of what it was like at that time? Were people as skeptical as they are today? What were they right/wrong about? Were the attitudes different? What changed after the crash?

My state is actively ruining employees’ lives by reducing taxes for businesses (less revenue), which is making it so that the state cannot afford raises and are constantly increasing healthcare costs for employees.

I would love to do something, and the only thing I can think of that would have any meaningful impact would be to sue the state. But I have no idea what that process would take, nor do I personally have funds to hire a lawyer.

I hear about class-action lawsuits all the time, and would be interested in understanding their process better.

1. How would I find a lawyer/firm that would be interested in taking the case?
2. Can you even sue a state for this sort of thing?
3. Aside of maintaining my anonymity to avoid retaliation, what else should I be aware of in case this process gets off the ground?

Edit: Clarity

This one is mine

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GYB-ArRUR7c

Specifically the US but I guess this could be asked anywhere.

I am not of the assumption it is actually possible for any normal person that doesn't already have millions. The days of an honest mom and pop seem long dead (since at least the 90s, maybe 80s). Or if there are any, they are struggling to even stay afloat.

Like many, I thought I'd always want to start some sort of good business that actually serves a need. I now see that as impossible. I know people who made small niche software in the 80s, ended up making it a decent size company and retired with millions. I do not think anyone could do that today, especially with how tech is now.

I see plenty of scammy tech startups. This isnt what I'm talking about. Imagine a CNC shop starting today. They largely dont exist because no one does engine work anymore and most things are throwaway. Similar thing for any type of repair, none exist because its all throwaway. The only businesses I ever see are reselling things made by slaves in China. No one makes anything (other than 3d printed junk).

I'd be quite surprised if anyone is living decently off a real, honest business that they didnt get millions from their parents to start and that doesn't exploit the hell out of others.

Any recommendations on doorbell cameras? I used to have Ring and it was ok. Moved and got Blink- sucks, didn't realize it was battery only, constantly dead. Looking at Eufy from Costco- hardwired and no subscription because it uses local storage. Thoughts?

Now a days people refer to AI instantly for an answer. Maybe it's a problem they could have solved within 10min in their head or a question they could have done an internet search on and read a few forums to figure out. However, now people go straight to AI which is known to give many many wrong answers.

I know a couple people that fit this bill and now I almost completely disregard what they say. We'll even be talking face to face and they'll ask AI something from our conversation in real time.

Would companies do it ?

Or would they force it to avoid those kind of answers ?

what is happiness according to you ??

Feeling pretty doomy right now, lemme hear some positives! Generally positive, specific to your life, whatever you got. What's something good going on that makes the future seem a bit brighter for you?

Did any of you grow up in a toxic or unstable home as a kid? How did you actually deal with it, or move past it?

Looking back, home wasn't calm growing up. Constant fighting between my parents, things a kid shouldn't really be exposed to. I don't even fully know whose fault it is, honestly, and part of me hesitates to blame either of them completely, because I've also watched both of them work hard for me despite everything falling apart between them. That contradiction is confusing on its own, seeing people cause you pain and also genuinely try for you at the same time. I've started noticing it in myself now, more impatience than I think I should have, reacting harder to small things than the situation probably calls for. It's like some of that environment got wired into me without me even realizing it until recently.

I'm not asking for sympathy, I'm asking because I know I'm not the only one who's grown up like this, and I'd genuinely like to know how people actually worked through it, not just survived it, but actually became calmer, steadier versions of themselves afterward.

A few things I'm curious about:

Did you notice the effects on yourself right away, or did it take years to even recognize the pattern?

Was there a specific turning point, therapy, a relationship, distance from the situation, or was it more gradual than that?

Does it ever fully go away, or does it just become something you manage better over time?

Genuinely trying to understand this instead of just carrying it forward without realizing it. Appreciate any real experiences you're willing to share.

[[[[Sometimes I catch myself wondering what it would've actually felt like to grow up in a genuinely happy, peaceful family. Hard to even imagine it sometimes, since it's not something I ever really got to experience firsthand._]]]]

I'm beginning to accept that I may never be in a relationship again. There are life expectations I have for myself, some admittedly selfish, but really, the idea of having to deal with another grownup who is as obstinate as I am has left me disillusioned about relationships. But I want to have kids. I want to be a father. For women, its fairy easy, go to a sperm bank, pick your choice, get the procedure done and you are on your way. What is the process for dudes? I believe its going to involve a surrogate, but where does one get a donor egg and what not? I am not looking to have a relationship with an egg donor or the surrogate, just me and the kids.

Bonus: What breed of turtle would make the best ninja turtle?

With all three host countries out of the tournament and no World Cup games today, some of us are emerging from a soccer stupor and checking in with our NSL, NWSL, Liga MX, MLS, CPL, and USL sides, which has got me wondering: what team or competition do Lemmings follow from the host countries? And, for those of you located in a host country, has following this World Cup encouraged you to support your local soccer team?

Interesting in this context is completely divorced from morally good/bad. Could be any group from any area at any time in history. I'll start with a few, followers of the cult of pythagoras, contemporary black Hebrew Israelites, antiracist skinheads and the Amish (neo-luddites in general). Don't be racist or a prick to other people discussing.

I don't mean in a retro way. I mean do you think it still works to use older meme formats where they perform the role you need? Or do you think this is like trying to use "groovy" or "tubular?"

A related discussion is about what I call "meta memes", but there are probably better names for them. Essentially core meme format structures that communicate the same idea even if the images are swapped out. (Although they may have subtly different connotations depending on the pictures.) For example there is the "Not A, B" structure which you can see in things like the Drake meme as one of the more common versions of this, but with many variations using different images. Perhaps some older meme formats simply underwent this transition and still exist, just in an updated form. In which case, I wonder what those newer versions are. Perhaps there are some that never got a modern equivalent, but were left behind anyway.

There are also some memes which by their nature kind of can't be updated. Like a Rick Roll has to be "Never Gonna Give You Up" because the joke is the very act of being tricked into specifically watching that video again. Are there other examples that fit this category?

what's your biggest fear, not like spiders or heights, the real one

mine's dying without ever actually making it, like looking back one day and feeling like i failed at life overall

curious what everyone else actually carries around ...........

I have discovered a pattern that after around 3 hours of deep mental work I am exhausted and I can't do anything any more that day.

What are your strategies to get more work done, or just to not feel miserable for the rest of the day?