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Overall, things in general are still slowly getting better for everyone on average. Overall, global temperatures are still slowly getting higher for everyone o

• marcus_holmes 6y ago
  So, why bring this up? Why must everything be headed to disaster? Why is all good news always countered with a negative forecast of doom? I seek to understand.
  • Uupis 6y ago
    > I seek to understand. I can't speak for the parent poster, but I find that "things are getting better" and other forms of 'incessantly positive' narrative give me some degree of dissonance. The bad things don't cancel out the good, but the good things don't make up for the bad. The times I find myself talking about it are when things seem especially bleak, and a given positive spin just turns out to be that last straw of annoyance. Pointing it out just seems to bring back some sense of reality, sort of bracing for when the next awful thing inevitably comes up. Personally, I try to keep it in my private notes, but sometimes things spill out. It's not an attempt to bring others down. Of course, this is comment is just as moot.
    • marcus_holmes 6y ago
      thanks for sharing :) So you see the world as definitely getting worse every year, and any news or indicator that it's improving is just a blip, and annoying because it gives people hope when there is none. Is that right?