“We’ve reached a point where Americans would rather the world fall apart than get off their cowardly asses and do something.”
Watch for when Zombie/apocalypse movies start getting popular again.
It’s absolutely a sign of mass despair at “the system”.
Zombies make everyone equal again. The executive actually becomes dead weight compared to folks who have spent their lives doing physical or practical labour.
My therapist told me that, in fact, it’s not normal to wish to be hit by a bus on the way to work every morning just so you could escape from going to work.
I just started letting it all out. Its the same as societal collapse but happening in real time.
“You’re relieved you don’t have to go to work 'cause you thought you were gonna get eaten? What the fuck is this world?”
Yes but somehow I would guess people in war zones, say for example in Ukraine, somehow wish for this boring normality we seem to be tired of. I try to think of that every time i seem too tired of the grind. Though in some way, I think everybody matters more in a war than in a peaceful economy
The ol’ grass is greener on the other side paradox. I get it though, I sometimes catch myself thinking it. I don’t even hate my job, it’s just exhausting for reasons I’m working to resolve.
What’s struck me is how in America, the reality is the opposite of those fantasies. What’s that? The nation’s capital is being stormed by fascists attempting to kidnap lawmakers and overthrow the electoral process? And I’m still expected to just work like it’s just a normal day??
I was literally stuck in a fucking Zoom meeting watching the insurrection in another window. Fuck this timeline.
I hate to admit it but I’d love to go back to Covid times where I was forced to stay in my house and never leave. I don’t want people dying but I’m so fucking tired.
Thats one of the worst things about being a parent to a small child. I used to get excited about getting the flu. Week in bed just gormed out watching crap on TV.
Many, many people, including myself, embraced the shit out of COVID.
That was a pretty clear sign that our society and way of life sucks.
Pictured: me longing for simpler times
Can confirm. This is me. Especially after the last two years. Everything just feels so hopeless, and I’m expected to spend most of my waking hours feeding a system that gleefully kicks us in the teeth every single day.
Source. Attribution is cool.
Thank you! I saw it on bluesky
Chances are, they didn’t write the text.
I see no evidence they didn’t write it, I have yet to find an older source for the text, but would be interested in seeing it if you find one.
At any rate, this seems to the original uncropped version of the image posted here.
Is that not a normal feeling? Because I felt that way long before things got this bad.
i have always attributed this feeling to the fact we live in a system where our contributions dont really matter, as in that we only work for a number to go up, and not because its actually needed (with few exceptions)
tldr: i think its capitalisms fault.
as always
“it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism”
Being hit by a motor vehicle of some sort owned by a large company with deep pockets and suffering a horrific but ultimately temporary injury with absolutely no longer-term health effects that nonetheless results in a seven figure injury settlement
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The New American Dream
