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[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There are whole swathes of us who are still foolishly optimistic enough to think we can pull ourselves out of this nose dive too.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

I fear we're into parachute territory, we'll need to rebuild the plane from parts after we touch down.

Please don't let it be a Lost sequel...Please.....

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

optimistic enough to think we can pull ourselves out of this nose dive

To be precise, they think someone else is going to pull us out of the nose-dive, and that because we've had a lifetime of comforts and status-quo, there's no chance of bad things happening to them personally... that's just stuff that happens on TV, right???