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While we don’t know whether Trump will decide to attack Iran, these are exactly the movements we’ve been expecting, but so far not seeing, in advance of a sustained operation, both defensive and offensive.

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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago

I just wanted to have my nice little family and get old making fuggin video games. But none of us get to study or pursue shit that isn't mere survival anymore. That's for the established "creative class" as they get relentlessly attacked by AI.

Instead we're all on a steady firehose cortisol diet of "How's this asshole ruined so many more lives in the last thirty minutes? Oh they're attacking random countries why now? What's happening with my groceries? Long standing institutions eroded? The nazis are back and my neighbors are cool with it? OH nuke posturing is back on the table huh? Duck and cover amirite?"

WHY. The entire top leadership in the world's major power centers could have just fucked off, retired fat and happy, or did us all a favor and nourished some mycelium, and we'd all have been FINE! Quite HAPPY, EVEN.

They're so stupidly rich their only remaining motivation is to go down in history as infamous villains. There's nothing left for them to pursue but sheer evil for evil's sake.

I'm so damn sad, man. I'm not giving up I'm just having a little crashout.