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  • Golgafrinchan [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    "We have fallen upon evil times. The world has waxed old and wicked. Politics are very corrupt. Children are no longer respectful to their elders. Each man wants to make himself conspicuous and write a book."

    -- Naram Sim of the Akkadian Empire, 5,000 years ago.

    This just goes to show that stupid doomsayers have been warning about the end of the world for 5,000 years.

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      • wopazoo [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        That cycle will likely occur with whatever comes after it, with something being initially good but then being made worse over time for profitability reasons until something else replaces it

        enshittification - (neologism, information technology) The practice of degrading services once a company or vendor has a monopoly on that service.

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    • Soot [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Is it that inconceivable that certain aspects of life just have been either slowly, and/or cyclically getting worse for centuries?