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Whoa. People born around this time will (hopefully) live to the year 2100.

mind be blown.

No? It's not 2026 yet

I feel this negative outlook isn't very healthy. Yes there are problems, as there have been at any point in history. That doesn't mean nothing good happens or can happen.

Go make some nice things happen to yourself or someone else.

My dude, only 24 years have elapsed in this century https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_century, the 25th year has only just started. Try again next year.

The first quarter of this century is over at the end of 2025.

2001 was the first year in this century. 2025 is the 25th year in this century. 2100 will be the 100th - and last - year in this century.

(1 was the first year in the first century, 100 was the 100th - and last - year in the first century. That's why every subsequent century starts on xx1 or xxx1 as well)

Extreme poverty worldwide is down from 38% to 8.5% since 2000. Global median income has doubled in that period. And yes, that's adjusted for inflation.

Oh, and renewable energy generation as share of the global energy mix has consistently beaten expectations during that period, too. Solar, specifically.

Obviously not everywhere but marriage equality made great strides.

Lord of the Rings (movies) came out this century. Let's give credit where credit is due.

I met and married an amazing person this century, so I've got that going for me which is nice.

It feels to me like it all went to shit when Bush stole the election from Gore - using the Supreme Court I might add.

I'm 37 this year and I remember being a kid at a time when we were all more optimistic and well off. When a middle class existed in the west. When we were told the world was our oyster and we just had to study and work hard to get anything we wanted. That piece of advice was valid to a handful of us millenials, diminishing to those born in the 1990s. My husband is 31 and has never been on an overseas holiday - the differences in privilege just being born 6 years later are stark and upsetting. It's only gotten worse for younger generations and the people who did all this are cackling as they push their boots in harder on our throats.

As a pacifist I just don't know what to do anymore other than try to live my life among the damned and hope it resolves itself before something comes for me and mine.

I like having a smart phone, but maybe that's just me.

yes. a lot.

Has anything good even happened?

Yes, definitely. Americans are realizing that their country is shit too and they are not exempt from falling into an Autocracy. Maybe that will teach them a bit more compassion with other people around the world and will stop the arrogance of bringing "democracy" (because it's "clearly the best form of state") to countries who don't want it.

The american system is not a guarantee for the wellbeing of the people, and now that americans finally understand that, we can start actual constructive dialogue based on mutual respect, i hope.

Firefly

Yes. The fediverse wouldn't get much awareness if it wasn't for Twitter and Reddit absolutely shutting themselves. I wouldn't even be here if that never happened.

Well yeah, I've got a better job and my country inflation is finally going down. That's good in my books!

I ate a really nice curry in 2014.

So much good stuff has happened (in addition to all the bad stuff that also happened). The US elected its first black president. The ACA although far from perfect is a massive massive improvement over the situation that existed before it. There have been lots of improvements in medicine like rna vaccines, which have been in development for decades, and thankfully all that hard work came to fruition right when the world needed it and it saved millions of lives worldwide.

And tons more good stuff happened. We're talking about 25ish years, so of course tons of good stuff happened in addition to everything else

It's not over until next year.