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People often point to the terrible things in the world as evidence we're living in "the worst timeline". What examples are there of things that suggest our timeline is actually better than it seems?

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Randomgal@lemmy.ca
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I don’t starve if I don’t work the fields.

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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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we have a lot of life saving technology medically that we use to snap people from the jaws of death so that the state can execute them later

WIN WIN WIN

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agent_nycto@lemmy.world
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We got the Beetlejuice sequel we have now instead of the original script they had planned.

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Buffalobuffalo@reddthat.com
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What was the original script?

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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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Medical science.

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gedhrel@lemmy.world
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We live in a world of plenty where we still produce enough food that nobody need go hungry.

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faultypidgeon@programming.dev
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I know this is suppossed to be a good vibes post, but “nobody” is probably a slight underestimation.

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Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Well, we do produce enough food so that’s the good news. As long we ignore the distribution which is the bad part. xd

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caboose2006@lemmy.ca
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Capitalism demands that some starve

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gedhrel@lemmy.world
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That was my, admittedly bitter, point, yes. You do have to wonder what the hell weretcollectively playing at.

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