The biggest issues in the world today are global warming and the bioweapon that the US government released in 2019.

Like literally nothing else even vaguely matters in comparison to these issues, which will indirectly kill millions or even billions (including westoids when China's/India's climate gets bad enough, because 1,000 nukes don't give a damn)

The climate is the top priority, but COVID comes immediately after. So many people, even people who "haven't had COVID" (lul) have weird symptoms popping up since 2022, and there's a guy here on hexbear whose friend's dad died around December 2023 after contracting it for the first time

    • Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]
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      4 months ago

      Yes, that matters too. I'm sorry if it came off as me minimizing that.

      I was more referring to all the other crap, the way that literally everyone goes about their day as if a future actually exists lmao

      • YearOfTheCommieDesktop [they/them]
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        4 months ago

        the way that literally everyone goes about their day as if a future actually exists lmao

        They just don't know what else to do. At least with the climate pretty much everyone agrees it's fucked, but they've decided they have no agency over it, which is true as an individual but... we live in this society thing with other people... But that would be communism I guess, acknowledging that a problem requires collective action and collective action requires organization.

  • rootsbreadandmakka [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    I get what you're saying. I mean I don't think it's the only thing people should be talking about, but if you're talking about those other things without acknowledging and taking action at least in your own life about covid, I do have to doubt your commitment to those other things. Like the meme:

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  • barrbaric [he/him]M
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    4 months ago

    Listening to a podcast recorded "post-pandemic"

    "Yeah it's been hard to get together, first X was sick, then Y, it's been a bad flu season"

    Me: monke-rage

    I agree (well, except the US bioweapon part), the government and broader societal response to climate change will mirror the response to COVID, just in slow motion. It's been a fun while trying to figure out if I'm suffering from depression or just being understandably negative (seems to be the latter, thankfully).

    • QuietCupcake [any, they/them]
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      4 months ago

      It's been a fun while trying to figure out if I'm suffering from depression or just being understandably negative

      Not at all mutually exclusive.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism

  • Vampire [any]
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    4 months ago

    'Ranking' problems is hard because there's no objective criteria.

    Poverty kills more people and causes more suffering than the two you mentioned.

    • Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]
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      4 months ago

      Yes. Just to be clear I wasn't really referring to people who talk about poverty or genocide (both obviously huge problems)

      Rather to people who talk about normal day-to-day life crap, goals, etc like dude there isn't gonna be a world in 20 years

  • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    so-true grill-broke frothingfash: "Who cares!?! Caring about covid or climate change will interupt my consoooooooooooom! Consoooming is WORTH extinction!"

    Our 'superiors' everyone.