Poll of the Day > Today's poll was dark

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Man. People are pessimistic for the future.

I feel kind of in the middle. The human race is capable of achieving great things. But perhaps we are in a decline

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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1324-actual-poll-of-the-day

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Lol, never knew about that board

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Far-Queue posted...

Yeeeeeeaaah they come to snuff 1337Roosterrrrrr

YOU KNOW HE'S GONNA DIIIE-IIIIIEEEEE!!!!

Is this a rock song? The way you typed that reminds me of something I have heard before

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To be fair, like 90% of the response is probably angsty "adults" upset about politics atm. Then a good chunk of the remaining negative nellies are people who picked up a scifi novel or two at some point in their lives (just kidding -- obviously they watched the movie adaptations of those novels!)

1337Rooster posted...

Lol, never knew about that board

It's the real PotD. We're impostors.

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Yeah, I mean I think some of the pesimism of the modern age isn't election related. Just related to rising cost of living/lower quality of living compared to previous generations. Mostly around housing cost

But there is cool new cheap stuff as well. Cool technology, innovation. That stuff really excites me.

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A pessimistic is just a disappointed optimist

1337Rooster posted...

Just related to rising cost of living/lower quality of living compared to previous generations.

The quality of living is much higher than previous generations, though. Things that were luxuries are now remarkably commonplace. Just a few generations ago, only 4/5s of households had a car. Now it's common for households to have two and fewer than 9% of American households are without a car (which, considering how many people live in cities with excellent public transit, can also come down to choice)


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I expect the worst to avoid the major disappointment that could make me physically ill.

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fishy071 wrote:

I expect the worst to avoid the major disappointment that could make me physically ill.

Same for me -- I expect the worst, and this way I'm either as prepared for it as I can be, or I'm pleasantly surprised. ^.~
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Zeus posted...

The quality of living is much higher than previous generations, though. Things that were luxuries are now remarkably commonplace. Just a few generations ago, only 4/5s of households had a car. Now it's common for households to have two and fewer than 9% of American households are without a car (which, considering how many people live in cities with excellent public transit, can also come down to choice)

This is true. I have also read some Thomas Sowell books.

I do think people have tighter finances tho, as the housing is more expensive.

But that's largely because of a handful of policies. Zoning laws, lowering the interest rate perpetually, foreign purchases.

I think if the right choices are made that would easily turn around. But people would fight it because existing home owners want to sell their homes at high prices. But IMO, it's a bit unfair, and also kind of bad for everyone as it makes moving very difficult for existing he owners as well.

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If you don't have a positive outlook on the future, you are saying that you don't have any desire to better yourself.

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