Is it bad that in all this I see the slim possibility of a world weaning itself from oil? Maybe more and more nations will be pushed to a rapid investment in renewables and gain energetic independence from oil producing countries. It might even have a positive impact on the environment.
Most of the world will probably continue to be dependent on oil, and just pay the price in blood, but one can dream.
Also, it's an interesting time of you like geopolitics, changing alliances and failing empires.
I've always been cynical so times are not especially bad. I was kind of expecting this. Times are just bad because it's hurting the wallets of the middle class at the pump, but I've always been poor and frugal so to me this is just normal. I have no car with an insatiable appetite for gasoline that comes from the suffering of other humans or animals. I have no house to lose. No land. No condo. No retirement plan. Let it crash and burn.
Maybe a glimpse of hope, renew and progress can grow out of the ashes. But probably not. I'll just be there to watch along, satisfy my curiosity, and feel smug if I'm right.
Glad to have you here with us. Your resilience and resolve helps bolster my own when my morale grows weak.
I figure that if we're able to see how awful and scary the world is, then it's in the best interest of the world if we do our best to keep existing. It's overwhelming because it feels like we can't do anything to even slow the rate of degradation, but I know that the situation would be worse without you here. And by that same logic, it'd be worse without me too.
18 Comments
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 25 pts · 165d
is anybody else getting uncharacteristically into skeletons lately?
Electric_Druid@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 165d
I've always been into skeletons. Welcome to the bone zone
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 165d
i want to get ON mr Bones wild ride
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 165d
thank mr skeltal
Coolkat@slrpnk.net · 15 pts · 165d
Believe it or not this meme helped me a lot in dark times
There is also this quote : "When going through hell, keep moving forward; it is the only exit"
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 166d
Why? Because fuck em.
Mac@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 165d
And alternatively: because fuck you, that's why
Slein4273@feddit.org · 10 pts · 165d
pedz@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 166d
Is it bad that in all this I see the slim possibility of a world weaning itself from oil? Maybe more and more nations will be pushed to a rapid investment in renewables and gain energetic independence from oil producing countries. It might even have a positive impact on the environment.
Most of the world will probably continue to be dependent on oil, and just pay the price in blood, but one can dream.
Also, it's an interesting time of you like geopolitics, changing alliances and failing empires.
I've always been cynical so times are not especially bad. I was kind of expecting this. Times are just bad because it's hurting the wallets of the middle class at the pump, but I've always been poor and frugal so to me this is just normal. I have no car with an insatiable appetite for gasoline that comes from the suffering of other humans or animals. I have no house to lose. No land. No condo. No retirement plan. Let it crash and burn.
Maybe a glimpse of hope, renew and progress can grow out of the ashes. But probably not. I'll just be there to watch along, satisfy my curiosity, and feel smug if I'm right.
33550336@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 165d
I hope too.
Eternal192@anarchist.nexus · 6 pts · 166d
Goddamn i've watched Evil Dead III or Army of Darkness so many times that i immediately knew this is from the final battle scene...
Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 165d
klaatu verata nickel something
hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 165d
*cough cough*
Jimbo@pawb.social · 4 pts · 165d
You know it's bad when you're looking for a therapist and they are ALL swamped with people. Literally none available.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 165d
"The horrors persist, but so do I."
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 164d
Glad to have you here with us. Your resilience and resolve helps bolster my own when my morale grows weak.
I figure that if we're able to see how awful and scary the world is, then it's in the best interest of the world if we do our best to keep existing. It's overwhelming because it feels like we can't do anything to even slow the rate of degradation, but I know that the situation would be worse without you here. And by that same logic, it'd be worse without me too.
Solidarity, my friends.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 165d
*Us when World War 3 finally happens
zenzanzoo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 165d
Once more unto the breach...