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Anyone else get mild panic attacks from the fact that the people in charge are all fucking idiots? (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/doomer@hexbear.net
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Yeah sure, clear more land for development, Australia, it's not like the lack of trees will dry everything out and raise temperatures in a place that is already dangerously hot. What's a heat island? Oh, look, fire!

Oh, you didn't even clear those trees for anything important planned and just stuck up a sign saying "new industrial opportunities!" Boy, that sure was worth cutting into a previously protected forest and killing a bunch of endangered koalas and quolls for!

Oh look, the slop warehouse you replaced that native forest with has a koala for a logo! We sure love our national icons! I wonder where all the real koalas went?

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[–] 34 points 2 years ago (10 children)

I used to look around at my peers in high school and have the sudden realization that, oh shit, one day we’re going to have to run this society and be the parents and leaders and teachers and whatever. This realization struck fear into my heart.

Now that my generation is older and becoming parents and leaders and teachers and whatever, yeah I do not have any more trust in these people than I did in high school, tbh probably less.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Currently stuck in a walled bougistani compound in the arid, exotic deserts of so-cal and I can report the people running this planet are the most banal idiots you can imagine. It's bad enough seeing all the destruction wrought, and then you see what they actually bought with their blood money and it's just the most banal shit imaginable. They're doing all this horrible shit and they're not even having fun.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Currently stuck in a walled bougistani compound in the arid, exotic deserts of so-cal and I can report the people running this planet are the most banal idiots you can imagine.

    Ever get invited (so they can gawk at the member of the poors in the room and have an audience for their own meritocratic autoerotic tales of perseverance and individualism) to an actual wine tasting event? Shit sucks. Don't recommend, not even to get a buzz. Not worth it.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    hahahhahaha no I would actually rather die. Also I can;t drink for medical reasons.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Also I can;t drink for medical reasons.

    I don't feel like you're missing much.

    One of the wisest decisions I ever made during my wedding planning was making it alcohol free; made everyone I didn't like leave early and those I cared about stayed the entire time.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That sounds like a damn good idea. Did the guests know about it beforehand or was it a surprise? I feel like if I were doing the planning, I'd make it a surprise, just to avoid certain guests bringing their own supply ahead of time.

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