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[–] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 44 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Seems like many want this so badly...

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 68 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago

I am currently playing Cyberpunk 2077. I for sure don’t want to live in that world. But, it seems like we are moving that way. Especially the West.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

capitalist realism

[–] mcmoor@bookwormstory.social 1 points 10 months ago

The pandemic tells me so

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Does it really make your suffering feels better when everyone else is suffering? Hell can't be too bad then

[–] don@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There is a commonly used phrase, “misery loves company.”

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Isn't this one of those sayings that has been reversed over the years? Wasn't it originally to mean that misery spreads misery? Though maybe I think that because some abuse it as a, "smile more" type of vapid advice.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

As someone who has thought similar to this in the past I would say it's more about no longer worrying about things like how am I going to pay for a place to live, a car or other transportation, or caring for others with no job. I can imagine things may look better to them if someone hit the reset button on the world since they may have more of an opportunity to survive in the new world than in the current one.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Does it really make your suffering feels better when everyone else is suffering?

Idk about feeling better but mass suffering drags down the baseline which might feel inclusive and less lonely if everyone is on same page.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That third panel should be

"NOW WE CAN MAKE MONEY AND I CAN GET A JOB BECAUSE OF WAR!!"

[–] ChemicalPilgrim@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Hell yeah, giant government spending binge for everyone to make ball bearings and random springs and shit for the war effort lol

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm troubled by the suspicion many people I dislike have personal bunkers with plenty supplies, while those I care about don't. That's a big L for me, and W for persons I hate.

[–] Melt@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You can start with preparation to breach into the bunkers and take over the place

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

I think the most important point of such preparations is scrolling through kitsch art albums for these idiots have a negative value of taste. I imagine myself with a makeshift nailgun and a molotov observing another room and just losing my mind who the fuck could even want that shit in the first place. That leaves me pretty vulnerable and my revolt doomed.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Don't need to breach it, just need to fill the ventilation shafts and block the door shut.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago