Or it’s their child

Pranks also don’t work during periods of fascism … someone is liable to get arrested, beaten or taken away

That’s not funny, sad or weird

That’s a mental disorder

The Sarcasm Industry is on the verge of collapse … the last time that happened was in the 1930s

HEY GRANDMA! THIS ISN’T YOUR HOUSE!!!

HEY AMERICA! THIS ISN’T FASCISM! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!

This is very funny and also terribly sad

I’ve had a few friends my age go that way as well. I think I’ve outlived about six of them at this point. Every single one is a reminder to me to take better care of myself and do more for those around me. We can’t let them die in vain … we can at least honour their memory by doing something for ourselves. It’s not a selfish act either … the better we take care of ourselves, the more capable we will be to help others.

I agree and it might be good advice for most people. But I’m a middle aged Indigenous Canadian that has lived a life of attending funerals from as far back as I can remember. My parents brought me to funerals of close relatives and friends from the time I was born. Up until I was about 20, I think I attended on average, two funerals a year (sometimes more). I’ve seen all kinds of funerals … elderly, adults, teenagers, children and babies … as well as single deaths or double or triple or quadruple deaths … I’ve seen open caskets and several closed caskets for mutilated bodies they couldn’t show … and deaths for all kinds of reasons - sudden, accidental, tragic, mysterious, murder and suicide

About a decade ago I couldn’t take it any more … I’ve seen enough and I don’t attend funerals any more. The only other funeral I plan on attending will be my own … and even then, I won’t be there any way.

I spend my time with the living when I can.

My sister was with my mom when she passed. Mom was 76 years of age and my sister told us all that mom’s last words were just a realization and surprise at realizing just how quickly life goes by. It’s made me think about my life ever since … death is no closer or further to us than this very moment. Everything happens in a moment and it is over.

You are right … live life now, there is no time to waste.

I won’t be attending any funerals because everyone is all separated and split off to different parts of the province. But my generation of family is a huge community of first cousins and we all grew up together as kids and teenagers. We’re all within about a 7 / 8 year gap and we were close and knew one another - there was about 30 of us all together - our grandparents had huge families and then their children had huge families. Everyone grew up became adults with their own lives and we all went our own ways with about half staying home.

Whatever the situation … it’s a huge heartbreak for everyone including myself. It feels bad, it doesn’t feel good and there’s nothing you can do about it. You accept it … but it still doesn’t feel good.

I feel your pain because I’m going through the same thing. I don’t know what to say other than to reach out to those that were part of your circle that knew everyone and to be with your loved ones.

But we already have people that can do that

Tech Bro: … yeah, but ours can do it billions of times faster and more often!

400 years from now, we will have interstellar ships but we still won’t have a shape tool for GIMP :(

If they are honest about what they are suggesting … the first step would be to be explicitly clear about who THEY are and WHO they represent.

I really don’t care that much about the technical side of things because I’m not that technically knowledgeable. However, I am more apt to trust the judgment or recommendations of prominent people in the industry (that are not corporately attached or controlled) … I would also trust public institutions or journalists or academics with a track record of social advocacy and wanting to represent people instead of corporations or businesses. I would also trust politicians or political advocates that mostly represent people and public institutions.

I really don’t put my faith in any one person no matter who they claim to be to just say they want to build something meaningful and give me no information on their background, who they worked for, who they represent or what kind of people or organizations they associate with. There have been far too many ‘good natured’ technocrats and technology people from the past decade or two who claim to say that they want to change the world for the better and then end up wanting to burn it all down for a profit.

Depending on who the group is … it is good to first do a thorough check on who the group is … it can just as likely be a group of scam artists that are riding on some nationalism band wagon happening around the world these days.

True … there is no real problem for the planet … or the universe for that matter … everything comes and goes and appears and disappears eventually.

The problems are relative to our human species within our few thousand or millions of years of existence, which will probably be shortened because of wasteful habits.

Unless it’s a sailor looking out from a ships round port hole

Mute button

It’s an old habit I had when all I watched was cable or satellite TV. Commercial comes on, hit the mute button, then do whatever … read a book, stare at the wall, go to the toilet, count my toes, get a snack … commercial is over, unmute.

Mute button, I’ve of the greatest inventions for any and all modern media formats.

I agree and I do my best to watch meaningful content myself like documentaries and programs that actually show or teach me something. However, I sometimes drift into complete stupidity and watch lots of nonsense crap before I realize what I’m doing.

The scary part is that I see lots of young people I’m related to just spending entire days watching complete stupidity all the time.

If something bad almost happens repeatedly … it’s “bad decisions”

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