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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

It occurs to me that whenever cool new weapons get used for the first time, it is still a sad day.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Its funny because humans see themselves as very smart, but they built a society where everyone has to work all day to pay their bills, because fantasy "money" is seen as a real, almost physical limitation like air and water, and decider of life or death despite just existing inside computer programs.

And humans still fight eachother, kill eachother, have wars on a global scale, because all big country leaders are narcissist psychopats.

Actually when taking a step back from all this, its very sad to be part of this species. What are we supposed to be proud of when we leave this planet? I guess at least we can try to not do harm on a personal level and try to bring up children who can think for themselves and are kind to others.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

We could use a mulligan on the last 12 eons, give or take.

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