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Right there with you, remember when there was a time that years would go by without huge events. Ever since 2001 we have been on this rollercoaster of once in a lifetime events.
God damn. I WANTED to make a 9/11 joke, but as I started trying to think of it, it just became too distasteful. So instead, please enjoy steamboat willie instead!
Is ot cause you started to pay attention in 2001? I feel like this rollercoaster started around 2015, whichis when i started paying attention.
We didn't start the fire.
I feel like it was already going when I was born. The Cold War was a pretty big deal at the time. Every day felt like the entire world was going to end at any moment.
We didn't start the fire. It was always burning, since the world's been turning.
What got your attention in 2015?
The impeachment process of Dilma in Brasil, and the terrible economic and educational reforms that her successor passed in 2016.
Probably Russian propaganda electing a Manchurian candidate.
“grab em by the pussy” is no big deal, maybe?