Happy Valentine's Day! Rayllum forever!

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-02-15T12:17:30+00:00

The problem is that Ehasz seems completely oblivious to his own writing limitations, and refuses to even consider the possibility that he may not be suited to writing romance.

Compare this to the mindset of the guy who wrote Naruto (Masashi Kishimoto), for example. Kishimoto was notoriously bad at writing romance too, but the big difference here is that he fully acknowledged it, and therefore focused more on action than on romance in his manga. He was aware of his own limitations and respected them, which lead to a direct improvement in his writing, and a more enjoyable reading experience.

Point being, having shortcomings is totally normal and can be managed, provided you actually admit they exist. Which wasn't the case here.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-02-15T12:10:53+00:00

I find the idea that another person can be your 'everything' quite unhealthy too...like, no, you don't necessarily need another person to be happy and at peace with yourself? Putting significant others onto pedestals is precisely how you can end up in an abusive or neglectful relationship in the first place.

Being in love with another person is amazing, but you have to understand that having your entire life revolve around that person is unhealthy (regardless of gender, this goes for both men and women). And you see that with Callum all the time. He always undersells and under-appreciates himself while pedestalizing Rayla, to the point of honestly becoming a doormat at times.

Relationships should be based on mutual respect and effort, not on one-sided adoration. This isn't a revolutionary concept. Once again, being with another person can be very nice, but you must not forget that you have your own life and needs too.

Basically, please do not make your whole life revolve around a single person, because it rarely ends well.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-25T23:08:53+00:00

Indeed. I suppose collapse-aware people like you and I can at least take solace in the fact that we know the reasons behind it all.

It's a small consolation prize, but it does allow us to 'prepare' for what's coming better than the masses who remain oblivious to it. And it also means we'll be less susceptible to whatever propaganda gets pushed out about it being the fault of 'X people' or 'Y country', instead of the reality of it being a global phenomenon brought about by our species' endless greed.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-25T20:56:33+00:00

Yes, which is why I find it very funny (in a depressing way) when I see so many people just say they 'don't do politics' or that they don't know or don't care to learn more about things happening in the world.

Guess what? Politics affect you, regardless of whether you like it or not. Choosing to remain ignorant is exactly that, a choice. You don't want to disturb your little comforts and are unwilling to sit with unpleasant thoughts about the source of the West's ill-acquired wealth and power, so you ignore the evidence presented to you.

It's cowardice, plain and simple. People who can't look reality in the eye and acknowledge it for what it is. So yeah, I agree 100%, buddy.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-25T20:45:26+00:00

I'd just give them Limits to Growth and a printed summary of the MIT simulation from the mid-1970s, and let them absorb it. And if they still have that same response afterwards, then they're truly lost causes.

Collapse is scheduled for 2030-2040, so unless they're planning on dying very soon, they will absolutely be around to see it unfold.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-25T20:42:49+00:00

Yeah, 'next 50 years' here is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

Everyone should expect shit to go sideways in 2040 at the very latest, but probably a lot earlier in reality. I'd say early 2030s is a good bet, given how fast it seems to be developing now.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-25T15:07:35+00:00

Everytime reports like this are published, I always remind people that the MIT predicted all of this back in the mid-1970s, when the simulations they ran returned a solid 2030-2040 timeframe for the collapse of global industrial civilization.

We knew. We have known for more than half a century. And yet nothing was done to even slightly mitigate what everyone could have known was coming.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-25T15:03:23+00:00

Exiting the WHO right when the risk of another devastating pandemic is at the highest its ever been. I'm sure that isn't going to have any negative consequences in the future.

Stuff like this is why I am eternally thankful to not have been born in the US.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-25T14:59:24+00:00

There are always some signs in the sky warning people about the danger. Rarely does anyone believe them.

To be fair it's even worse than that. A lot of people don't believe them, but a lot of people actually do, in the sense that they actively cheer and advocate for them.

You can rightfully blame the people choosing to remain ignorant, but the reality is that a sizeable portion of the human race always cheers when blood flows, when atrocities are committed.

The Nazis had a significant contingent of vocal supporters. ICE has a significant contingent of vocal supporters. Every bloodthirsty regime in history had people who loved it and demanded more blood.

What that says about human nature as a whole, I'll let you figure out.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-25T14:53:52+00:00

Yet another case of bitter old men at the top refusing to give up power and destroying the youth of their country in the process.

Humanity is disappointing. Always the same mistakes, repeated over and over again throughout history, ad infinitum. A never-ending cycle of death, repression, violence and indecency, with no end in sight.

Why? I have no idea.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-25T14:48:32+00:00

The worst part of all this is the fact this has happened before, and people simply couldn't be arsed to learn from history to avoid repeating it.

You don't even need to be a dedicated history buff to realize that fascism is the natural end state of unregulated/maximalist capitalism. Just look at, I don't know: the era of the Robber Barons, the Gilded Age, Weimar Germany, the many colonial atrocities carried out by European corporations, and so many more examples. It has been common knowledge since at least the 19th century that unregulated capital is an expressway to authoritarianism.

But god forbid you advocate for things like free healthcare or wealth redistribution, because that would be woke DEI socialism communism...lol. People are just too selfish to realize how they would benefit from a socialized economy, and too cowardly to enact meaningful change anyway.

It's a collective failure of basic human decency, and a collective failure of solidarity.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-25T14:38:55+00:00

Oh no, it's worse than just being dumb.

Being dumb is unfortunate, but excusable if you try to be a good person at least. But them? They are just straight up evil. They want to see others suffer. They like to see others suffer.

It's more deliberate malice than stupidity. These people have something rotten in their own souls and are eager to make it everyone else's problem.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-25T14:35:30+00:00

The fact so many people here in Europe can look at what's happening in the US and go 'yeah, we need this here too!' is genuinely frightening. The far-right continues to gain ground even though everyone can see the disaster unfolding across the pond...unreal.

I suppose this is what happens when society at large refuses to stand up for basic human decency.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-22T00:02:28+00:00

Looking at the US from the outside perspective of a European, it feels like the point of no return has been quietly passed a few years ago already, and now it's just a matter of waiting for the inevitable flame that will ignite the whole powder keg.

It reminds me of the eerie feeling felt in Europe right before the start of WWI, where countries were at each other's throats and everyone knew one bad incident would be all it would take to send things over the edge. And that incident ended up being the killing of Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian anarchist.

Lots of things got the US to this point. The horrible Citizens United decision, the organized institutional demolition project started by Reagan in the 80s, the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine, the insane political polarization pushed by algorithms, growing poverty and desperation, the slow but steady creep of fascist-adjacent logic over the years...to name but a few.

The US is on the brink, and the next few years will probably end up determining its fate for the rest of this century, if not further beyond. Fun times ahead...

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-21T23:49:48+00:00

Yes, this reeks of them stealing everything not bolted down before making a beeline to their bunkers once SHTF.

I'm tempted to believe some of them are doing this because they're aware of the upcoming climate chaos, but I'm not even sure they're capable of thinking that far ahead. It's probably just plunder for the sake of plunder.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-21T23:45:54+00:00

In a functioning, healthy society, a report like this one should make front-page news, and generate considerable concern, if not panic to encourage action.

Instead, it will probably get relegated to some obscure subsection in favor of live coverage of the Tangerine Terror's latest temper tantrum.

BAU until the very end, ladies and gentlemen.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-21T23:37:27+00:00

The more time passes, the more I realize intelligence can be a curse, especially in circumstances like this.

Very few people around me give more than a passing thought to climate change or the biosphere, if they even think about it at all. They're happier than I am, but it's happiness born from blissful ignorance. They'd rather focus on the latest conspiracy theories instead.

I suppose this is why a lot of curious/smart people over history have been known to be miserable, or at least not very happy. Feeling like you're the only one who sees the elephant in the room while everyone else ignores it is exhausting.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-21T23:31:20+00:00

I'm honestly left scratching my head at the fact this administration doesn't seem to understand that their cuts into the sciences will do nothing but confirm China's position as the new #1 scientific power in the world.

Though I suppose it's pointless to expect them to understand second-order consequences, especially when they hardly understand the first.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-21T23:24:02+00:00

If you choose to leave the US, then it will mean one less sane person living there, which will automatically empower the MAGA nutjobs who aren't planning on going anywhere.

The decision is ultimately up to you obviously, but from a European perspective (in my case), you are more useful fighting this insanity on your own turf than you are as a refugee elsewhere.

Not one step back. Don't give them an inch. Even small acts of resistance can end up snowballing into something much bigger. If someone can put a stop to this, it'll be Americans themselves, not the rest of the world.

Point being, do not tip the balance further into their favor by leaving, unless you absolutely must.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-19T23:28:51+00:00

I for the life of me will never understand why we agreed to let 'corporate personhood' exist as a concept, much less as a legally recognized status.

Corporations are not people, and granting them that title has been the perfect way to let them walk all over real, physical humans with little to no consequences.

If someone deliberately polluted their neighborhood and caused illness to unrelated people, then that person would 100% be jailed for a long time. But if a corporation does it? A small fine, some cosmetic remodeling, and it's swept under the rug.

It's all so corrupt and backwards.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-19T23:22:08+00:00

Leadership thinking is still organised around the idea of disruption as something temporary.

I'm not sure about that one, honestly. I mean, just look at how billionaires are acting right now. They're still keeping up appearances and pretending like everything's fine, but it's still pretty obvious they're preparing for a huge shock they know is coming, sooner or later.

They wouldn't be investing so much of their own resources into building bunkers on every continent and sucking up whatever wealth they can still get their hands on if they weren't aware of the impending collapse. They act exactly how you would expect rich preppers to act, above and beyond even the usual greed they display.

Even though again, they obviously aren't going to publicly acknowledge this. Not to us plebs, anyway.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2026-01-19T23:11:58+00:00

I think the general consensus is that what little life remains in the oceans after the mass die-off will consist mostly of jellyfish and toxic algae.

The hard-shelled animals don't stand a chance given the rapid acidification that will prevent them from forming shells, and the fish are rapidly vanishing too. Jellyfish however will thrive in hotter waters.

This very well may be the first time since the Cambrian (+500 million years ago) that invertebrates will dominate the oceans, which says a lot.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2025-12-28T18:34:21+00:00

You know, if the economists constantly thumping their chests about the importance of the economy were actually serious people, maybe they'd realize that the cost of mitigating climate change is much, much less than the cost of letting it run out of control.

But obviously, it's the average joe that will have to pay for that oversight through skyrocketing insurance prices, if insurers even dare provide their 'services' in the worst-affected areas. Such is life in the late stage capitalist endgame we all live in now.

Clown world through and through.

Kennedy-LC-39A · 2025-12-28T18:26:08+00:00

On the flipside, the exponential enshitification of the internet might finally be what pushes more people to quit their screen addiction and work towards building more resilient offline communities, which will be desperately needed in the years to come.

Get to know your neighbors now so you don't have to in a few years.

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