I don't starve if I don't work the fields.
this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2024
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we have a lot of life saving technology medically that we use to snap people from the jaws of death so that the state can execute them later
WIN WIN WIN
We got the Beetlejuice sequel we have now instead of the original script they had planned.
Medical science.
We live in a world of plenty where we still produce enough food that nobody need go hungry.
I know this is suppossed to be a good vibes post, but "nobody" is probably a slight underestimation.
Well, we do produce enough food so that's the good news. As long we ignore the distribution which is the bad part. xd
Capitalism demands that some starve
That was my, admittedly bitter, point, yes. You do have to wonder what the hell weretcollectively playing at.
you can look at old 8mm documentaries from the 1960s
Do they exude a certain positive attitude highlighting the good things from civilization or do you mean that putting them in contrast to the world of today things are good?
i mean things generally sucked back then too
You could have been born on Mars when it had water. All that's left is dust
The aliens haven't yet consumed our planet in this timeline. Consider yourself lucky.
I regularly shop at a supermarket built on a site where people were burned as witches in the 17th century.
A ship's captain was away at sea and died after his ship was wrecked in a storm. Back home, his housemaid was accused of having created the storm and was burned at the stake. And there I am buying lemons and ice cream and toothpaste. It blows my mind.
I don't think you understood the assignment
Yeah, I guess ... two out of ten for effort though? I mean, everything was spelled correctly!
You're lucky this is a pass fail course. You passed, but just by the skin of your butt.
Linux was invented and the concept of open web and right to your own hardware, although that could change.
Also, vaccines.
Standard of living has been steadily improving in China since the revolution, and it has managed to develop in an overwhelmingly peaceful fashion. China has achieved astounding feats of engineering with projects like cross country high speed rail, and it's currently leading the clean energy revolution globally.
David Bowie and Freddie Mercury did a duet.
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