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me_irl (lazysoci.al)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/me_irl@lemmy.world
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[–] 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There's a reason people nicknamed me Cassandra. I have the uncanny ability to both accurately predict a bad outcome while simultaneously never finding a soul who gives a flying fuck until the bad thing actually happens.

Oh well.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm somewhat validated to hear of somebody else having this nickname.

    I think most people just truly don't want to think that something bad is going to happen. So even the ones close to me that know my track record and have used the nickname still seem like they're making a conscious choice to not deal with that information, even if that means being blindsided later while I sigh hard enough to eject my soul from my body.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Often, there isn't really a whole lot anyone can do though. It's pretty obvious to me there's going to be more war in Europe in the next five years, but unless you have fuck you money, what can you do? Go live in a hut in Patagonia somewhere maybe...

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I think that's the real most painful part.

    Warning people what's going to happen, sometimes years ahead of time, just to be ignored.

    The best options I have found are

    A) give the warning not as a warning, but as a benefit (EU stock market is going to go up, should have invest there VS dollar is going to drop a lot in value).

    B) Band together to help out other Cassandras. If we can't help people who ignore, we can at least try to help others who know.

    C) Just stop caring.

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