[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Redway

You’re absolutely right Mock. Capitalism’s been the death of everyone over a certain age in these past five years. There’s no sense of fun outside weekends anymore. You just wake up, grind and tip-toe around everyone so they’re not offended by anything you say.

Exactly.

[Redway]

To be fair to my poll-point about avocado-trends, avocado oil (the type that Costco sells) is supposed to be da bomb. Naturally healthy and tastes just like neutral vegetable oil when heated up, apparently. I’ll have to test the hypothesis one day.

[Friendlykev92]

Definitely worse I reckon, The world in general seems a very different place to what it was even 6 years ago and certainly not for the better

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Friendlykev92

Definitely worse I reckon, The world in general seems a very different place to what it was even 6 years ago and certainly not for the better

Oh how I agree.

[Zizu]

It’s getting worse and worse each and every day … and we live in a lovely place in a lovely part of the country .

Gawd help the rest of you !!


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[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Redway

To be fair to my poll-point about avocado-trends, avocado oil (the type that Costco sells) is supposed to be da bomb. Naturally healthy and tastes just like neutral vegetable oil when heated up, apparently. I’ll have to test the hypothesis one day.

WT actual F has this to do with our society !?


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[Alf]

Depends which way you look at it. In some cases it's worse, but there are positives.

[Alf]

Trump has just ended WWIII with less than 10 fighter pilots. And within a fortnight.

That's a positive.

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Alf

Trump has just ended WWIII with less than 10 fighter pilots. And within a fortnight.

That's a positive.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Zizu

WT actual F has this to do with our society !?


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Zizu fails to understand and contextualise basic sub-text yet again. Wow. I’d say I’m shocked but … nah. Clearly not.

You need to get a real grip, you. This is tragic.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Friendlykev92

Definitely worse I reckon, The world in general seems a very different place to what it was even 6 years ago and certainly not for the better

Well yesterday, my Brother told me of a woman facing abuse on Social Media because she rescued Foxes.

Sadly it looks like she killed herself, I don't know if it was purely down to the abuse that she was receiving on Social Media, but I bet that it didn't help.

But my point being the fact that people were so upset at someone rescuing Foxes, I honestly don't believe that people would've been so unhinged a decade ago.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Alf

Trump has just ended WWIII with less than 10 fighter pilots. And within a fortnight.

That's a positive.

It weren't WWWIII to begin with.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

It weren't WWWIII to begin with.

Yeah, “Trump” and “positive” don’t go well together. Unless “positive” means testing positive for malignant narcissism tinged with sociopathy.

[BBXX]

I think in some regards it has and some hasn't. I would it say it has gotten worse since around 2017 onwards.

Trump being put into office emboldened the right-wing to hate with fewer consequences, and it also put the left wing into defence mode.

That defence mode was understandable, but pissed off the right-wing and so division grew further and further.

The main issue is social media - it only seems to amplify the most hateful right-wing or the most intolerant left and nothing in-between, which its where 99% of the population sit.

[Jessica.]

Too much hate and ignorance these days but I think it will improve again in a few years as the younger generation ages.

[Ammi]

…it reminds me of that movie quote…’you can’t handle the truth…!!!!!!…’…we don’t live in a world of truth or fact sadly, with social media and much mainstream media also…we live in a world of clickbait and outrage…a world of negative reaction and of divide… because it’s all kind of new virgin unchartered territory with internet influences and internet absorption …it’s hard to say where it will go and lead to..I hope though for our children and their children etc, it will improve…

[Ammi]

…why specifically 11 years, Redway…just out of interest, that seems a bit random…..

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

Too much hate and ignorance these days but I think it will improve again in a few years as the younger generation ages.

Every generation thinks like that I don't think this is about older generations needing to die out, imo it's because of the era of social media - too much instant news, probably lots of it fake or people looking for stories that confirm their own biases etc, people becoming more nasty because they have the safety of a keyboard in front of them etc etc no "side" is immune from all that (or age group)

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…it reminds me of that movie quote…’you can’t handle the truth…!!!!!!…’…we don’t live in a world of truth or fact sadly, with social media and much mainstream media also…we live in a world of clickbait and outrage…a world of negative reaction and of divide… because it’s all kind of new virgin unchartered territory with internet influences and internet absorption …it’s hard to say where it will go and lead to..I hope though for our children and their children etc, it will improve…

Or what Ammi said

[Glenn.]

Bit of both. We’ve woken up to racism, gender stuff, climate, workers’ rights… but we’re also dealing with more right‑wing hate, rising costs, and online BS

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Redway

Yeah, “Trump” and “positive” don’t go well together. Unless “positive” means testing positive for malignant narcissism tinged with sociopathy.

Exactly.

[Ninastar]

Bit of both

Both sides of the fun politics have become more extreme. It’s like the worse one gets, the other has to try and upheave them.

In general tho, people are more or less the same as ever. But the only way we can get anyone to change their mind or view on something is to treat them with kindness and educate them rather than call them derogatory names and such

[arista]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

It weren't WWWIII to begin with.

Yes Alf keeps jumping the Guns