I think a small percentage of Americans notice dictatorships but most have historically ignored world events. Usually, other country’s problems are more than most Americans can think about.
My point here, was now we have those problems ourselves and a lot of people are freaking out 'cause this is the worst we’ve had to deal with in a long time.
Yeah. I was OK with them explaining how bankruptcies work, but then when they got to the actual events, they’re like “300 million in loansa they couldn’t pay back” but that might not be his fault. Like what?
Lemm.ee we tell you about my instance then… :)
But good news! All that wealth we’re creating will trickle down to us any day now.
/s /smh
First year Gen X-er here. We know why you’re depressed. We went through similar things, believe it not. I often wish I could share how scary living through the 80s was – often fearing a nuclear apocalypse, environmental decline, wars, riots and unrest all over the world, politicians who didn’t give a damn or had no idea how to make things better. Nobody listens to you when you’re in your 20s. It seems most now think the 80s were just like Family Ties. Not so.
But this too shall pass. You can help make it better by getting out there and working with the good guys. Don’t give up.
Hey, hey, you gotta tag that as NSFW. So sexy
My hot take: kids should have to learn computers on a TRS-80 now.
But, copying games onto it from magazines was the way back then. It’s how we learned.
a bmp of Samantha Fox
Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. But same, same
Going from a radio shack trs-80 model 3 to those desktops was great.
Except mine didn’t have floppy drives. I only had a cassette player for storage.
how I feel
Like an Airbender?
What does it say if I can’t decide whether that’s Tony Bennet or Maggie Smith?
My sisters used to say “Eeek a ghost!” when I went to the beach.
I must be OOTL. What’s all this about Signal?
save the hamburglar!!!1
And in 2026?
(Hope not)
I call dibs in being the Gilligan.
Gotta love a well-documented meme. Thanks OP!
As an American, I think we go well beyond that. The average person here totally ignores every other country’s suffering and problems most of the time. And then we (on average) whine like small children as soon as we face any serious problem that’s been widespread around the world. This is more than just “I have my own things to do deal with”. It’s more like “It’s only a problem because it’s happening to me”. IMO, of course.