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I start to think that in an ordinary human lifetime it is more likely than not to experience disaster. If you were born in 1945 and are still alive today, you m
by mongol 4y ago
I start to think that in an ordinary human lifetime it is more likely than not to experience disaster. If you were born in 1945 and are still alive today, you may have picked the most lucky period to have lived through of all possible. I am not concvinced the next 75 years will be as peaceful as the past 75.
- giantg2 4y agoI'm not sure how true that is. I think it's dependent on location really or country for conflicts. Some places have seen a lot of violence. Violent crime rates were pretty high in some areas too.
- mongol 4y agoYes I realize it is not a very general statement. Many places have experienced conflicts also during this period. But in average, I think it may still be true.
- Consultant32452 4y ago
- mijamo 4y agoThose are most likely by far not the worst things that would have happened to somebody being born in 1945. And also very little compared to what other generations have endured, or even what other countries experienced in the last 75 years, and for some still right now.
- KoftaBob 4y ago> Several cities in the US were firebombed nightly for months in 2020. What? What is this referring to?
- r2_pilot 4y agoFrom the general tone of the rest of the comment, it's likely they're referring to actions taken adjacent to the Black Lives Matter protests which were depicted in some news media as being like a war zone. Oddly, none of the cities today look like, I don't know, Ukraine. But some people will make mountains from molehills.
- ioslipstream 4y agoBut they were mostly peaceful mountains. Right?
- the_sleaze9 4y agoYou seem to be strangely emotionally invested in this issue. Did you witness these events yourself?
- Consultant32452 4y agoThey were live streamed. I watched hundreds of hours of live feeds showing wide-spread violence, looting and burning down buildings. Have there been worse conditions in the world? Obviously. But this isn't a competition for who had the worst things happen to them in all of history.
- KoftaBob 4y agoI was under the impression that “firebombing” exclusively referred to aerial firebombing during war, so it sounded super strange. Now that i looked up the term, i see that it can mean “any act in which an incendiary device is used to initiate a fire”.
- thfuran 4y agoDoes that technically include lighting a cigarette?
- andrepd 4y agoThe lack of perspective is astonishing.
- InitialLastName 4y ago> /or made to wear a mask Just having to wear a mask for a year is "generational trauma" level horrific? Being a surgeon must be unbearable (that or you had a truly cushy life).