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Do any of these people have kids? Honest question, what are average joes supposed to do? We have no control here. This incessant messaging is going to inspire
by talon8635 1mo ago
Do any of these people have kids?
Honest question, what are average joes supposed to do? We have no control here. This incessant messaging is going to inspire genuine chaos. What are young adults and parents of young kids supposed to do other than panic?
We’ve abandoned religion and adopted tech consumerism as our new pseudo religion. Is Kubrick our prophet, and 2001 our prophesy?
- red-iron-pine 1mo agohow much water purification you have? got any guns? if you needed to GTFO out of wherever you are because it's going to hell, where will you go and how will you get there? if service-jobs vanish tomorrow what can you make or do? I know two guys who quit STEM after COVID to run a coffee shop, and I wonder if they're just ahead of the curve. if you're panicing you've lost. make a plan, you have the time and capacity. hell, AI is still free and could help.
- talon8635 1mo agoCan you explain more the coffee shop point? Ahead how? Just by checking out of the discussion and focusing elsewhere? I can’t imagine coffee making is preparing them in any way, so are you just looking at it from a psychological angle?
- red-iron-pine 26d agoAI eats all of the service jobs. whole lot of college boys who are only skilled at computers now need to compete for labor jobs or truck driving gigs. the STEM guys I referred to burnt out hard but had the money, gumpstion, and ties to the community to say fuck it, let's buy out this coffee shop and make it work. I gather it's been a hard go for them -- post-COVID business recovery is rough -- but now they're making it work. meanwhile most of the posters here will be starting back at square one in < 5 years while the coffee shop guys will be opening their second location...