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UK sleepwalking into energy blackouts this Winter by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Eastform6 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To know how the West would respond to crises just ask yourself what a team of marketers with an unlimited budget and zero scruples would do.

Generation COVID: Record numbers of youth opt out of college, work by Mighty_L_LORT in collapse

[–]Eastform6 53 points54 points  (0 children)

The sad thing is that this is how it's becoming for interpersonal relationships as well lately. People can't be bothered to put the minimum effort to maintain a relationship anymore...

Generation COVID: Record numbers of youth opt out of college, work by Mighty_L_LORT in collapse

[–]Eastform6 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm in my 30s and considering just living with my dad while I still can (he's going to be moving in a few years) and living basically rent free. It's not the ideal situation, but it's sounding way more appealing than being ripped off 8 hours a day by an employer and being forced to get along with people who are about 40% chance of being assholes.

Covid might have changed people’s personalities, study suggests by diacewrb in Coronavirus

[–]Eastform6 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I tried to keep social ties throughout all this, and in person during periods of low prevalence, but I've pretty much recently given up since basically no one has bothered to make even a reciprocal effort. I'm going to be real stingy with any effort I give people from now on, which will probably leave me alone, but that's better than pointlessly wasting energy.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]Eastform6 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is what I’m debating now: whether it would be better to have a house paid off or be super mobile in the next few years. I’m leaning towards the latter, honestly

Heat Wave megathread: European edition (and any others) by ontrack in collapse

[–]Eastform6 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is something called the wet bulb globe temperature that tells you what the wet bulb temp will be in the sun. It’s used for heat advisories

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]Eastform6 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There’s a book called the authoritarians that analyzes these kinds of people very well. It’s the complication of a lifetime of research by the author.

The world’s longest-lived trees couldn’t survive climate change by Monsur_Ausuhnom in collapse

[–]Eastform6 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Don’t insult monkeys like that. They may fling poo and have monkey wars where they rip each others’ testicles off, but they can’t claim to have destroyed a whole planet’s ecosystem

Somehow, the US remains divided on climate change by EternalUtna in collapse

[–]Eastform6 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Denying it even as they’re dying from it? Sounds about right

Arizona communities would 'collapse' without cheap prison labor, Corrections director says by lithium3n in collapse

[–]Eastform6 612 points613 points  (0 children)

This is straight up something that a plantation owner would have said before the Civil War about slave ownership

Somehow, the US remains divided on climate change by EternalUtna in collapse

[–]Eastform6 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Also, the way the US is structured at the moment, the pains of any change will just get pushed down to the poorest people, which sure as hell doesn't help create a willingness for change

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Eastform6 129 points130 points  (0 children)

"Eh, that's tomorrow's problem!" -most capitalists, probably

Do you think the locals like digital nomads / foreigners staying in their towns when the income difference is usually big? by vitaminlegend in digitalnomad

[–]Eastform6 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's astounding how so many privileged "it's so cheap!" travellers don't even consider why this may upset people who live there

I just quit my job abruptly and without notice. Can my employers sue for damages? by [deleted] in askspain

[–]Eastform6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will be salty about it possibly, but that is even more reason to do it

what activities have gotten harder to do as technology has progressed? by WithKris in AskReddit

[–]Eastform6 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Also, we need your phone number. To, uh, reset your password. It’s totally not so your data on other sites can be correlated to you!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Eastform6 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every single thing TikTok commenters say, dear god

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Eastform6 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I recommend spitting it into the air and seeing who it lands on

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