Elmo’s wellness check uncovers existential dread and despair on social media
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All the "Sesame Street" Muppet wanted to know was how everyone is doing. Spoiler alert: Nobody's OK right now.
  • Tja@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    Just to be a contrarian, I’m doing OK.

    • don’t hate my job and make very decent money, pretty stable financially

    • have a lovely wife and two healthy young kids

    • decent apartment with plans for an energy positive house as the kids are growing

    • fun family friendly car, cool gadgets at home, lots of toys to play with, endless entertainment online

    • AI is making lots of tasks easier, will only get better

    • robots and machines making home tasks easier as well

    • live in a country with an acceptable government (that I didn’t vote for, but am OK with), universal Healthcare and strong social safety net

    • medicine constantly improving

    • china installing solar panels like maniacs, rapidly getting cheaper and more ubiquitous

    • Middle East is as fucked as ever, nothing I can do about it

    • Russia is always invading neighbors, and this time at least they got a fucking punch in the face

    I’ve been much worse in the past.

    • sizzler@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago
      • Your quality of life is about to be destroyed when billions are made homeless through environmental disaster.
      • Tja@programming.dev
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        10 months ago

        I don’t think so. Climate could be fixed and humans are resilient.

        And even if so, nothing I can do to prevent it. Just enjoy the present.