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Doomerism definitely has its advantages, such as always being right when things turn out as predicted.
I'm the person who, when they say the plate is hot, I always have to grab it to find out for myself. I don't think my chances for immortality are too good.
I keep hoping for that also. I mean how many Big Macs does it take to get that to happen already??
I think that's very true, we are forcing on ourselves the evolution toward evil as a prime characteristic for success. Especially in the political world, where nowadays candidates don't even try to hide the fact that they are white nationalists or bigots, knowing they can get into positions of power just by being such people.
In Utah our governor just declared that "Diversity and inclusion are the worst evils mankind has ever known." If that isn't a symptom of a sick culture hell bent on driving itself toward extinction, I don't know what is.
I have the same thing. Sort of. I mean I don't make the first move because of crippling social anxiety also, and I hate to say it, but it just gets worse when you get older.
The only good thing is, as you get older you stop worrying about it as much. You develop a more "it is what it is" attitude about everything.
Well that's one good thing anyway, at least he did have to pay for that little indiscretion. But he still denies it ever happened.
I think he's a walking sinkhole, so - let's hope he just keeps going down more and more into his own insanity.