Don’t marry someone with a Cluster B personality disorder
Try to find records of people that said pretty much what they are saying now.
Then tell them what camp they ended up in before disappearing.
Naomi Shulman:
Nice people made the best Nazis. My mom grew up next to them. They got along, refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly and focused on happier things than ‘politics’. They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away. You know who weren’t nice people? Resisters.
Don’t Take Life So Serious, Son … It Ain’t Nohow Permanent
It’s about all I’ve got right now.
Control what you can control is a decent mantra.
I found recently reading the BBC kinda keeps me informed on the global news of the day (including the US) without the doom scrolling it get just opening a browser and being fed whatever outrage is on the home page. And I sorta feel up to speed on the news, which makes it easier to avoid getting caught up in the outrage headline of the moment.
I think that’s good advice for most of the people in this thread.
As @LSLGuy pointed out, people have lived through much worse times, not just in history but going on in the world right now. Just go out and live your life. Chances are you are probably going to eventually die from something you hadn’t even thought of.
Very true - people are generally very bad at risk assessment. This brings to mind a show I saw about preppers. A guy was being interviewed about his whole set-up - a dug-out bunker on his property in the hills, stocked with jars of preserved food, MREs, ammo and an arsenal of firearms, water tanks, maybe some gold for, ya know, what happens after the apocalypse and money isn’t worth anything. His whole premise was he’d be alone and vulnerable to hunger and thirst, and the crazies would be roaming the hills looking for food and shelter, and that he’d be sittin’ pretty. He told of all this while puffing away heartily on a chain of cigarettes.
Be kind. Have empathy. Live like you are part of a society.
Stay hydrated.
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Stay hydrated.
May I add “stay credibly informed” to your sage advice?
Drinking water is easier these days.
I tend to believe that living your life as if the world is going to end tomorrow is a good way to fuck yourself when it doesn’t. And if it does, you were more or less fucked regardless.
Good advice.
My Wife and I are lucky in that we have the funds to retire. We are going to move, because living at 11,200 feet in elevation is way too much. 32 years is enough.
While we both love where we currently live, we are going to change. Dam the torpedoes.
Yes, everything could go to hell. But we will not cower in fear, we have each other.
Once again, hope you stay in Colorado. Not enough of us representing the few remaining Mountain/Southwestern sane states!
Oh yeah. Colorado. It’s still mostly sane here. And we have people here. Plan to cut our elevation in half. Somewhere where we can get EMS as we age, and don’t have to deal with thirty feet of snow a winter.
Some things are currently regressing, but overall things are better than during 98% of human history.
There are vaccines and effective treatment for a huge number of medical conditions. No world war, no civil war in North America, no draft, there’s imperfect but functional social security, blatant discrimination often has serious legal and social consequences.
We’re driving fancy cars that last 18 years and are filled with amazing safety features.
Industry is changing at a dizzying rate, but try to get training for a useful skill - there’s a good chance it will provide you with a comfortable life.
Take some action against the MAGA madness. It can be as basic as donating to Planned Parenthood and the ACLU, and supporting honest journalism. Don’t do nothing,
If you’ve got a good partner consider having a kid or two, They can be the greatest things in the world. I love dogs, but my daughter has brought me 100x the joy and satisfaction. A gradual reduction in world population is greatly better than a precipitous drop.
Trump is fucking with the peaceful transfer of power, and is breaking down priceless alliances with Canada and Europe. But there’s a good chance he’ll die before things turn to complete shit. Think about steps to take if there’s a huge rise in authoritarian power, but don’t overreact.
Yep what Baal said.
And also bear in mind no-one can take positive experiences away from you. I’ve been a bit down recently, not just because of the politics but for personal reasons, but I just booked a flying lesson and I’m looking forward to it. No matter what happens, you can still fill your life with positive experiences like this (well, until they knock down your door).
I was also trying to say something uplifting about empires falling, but it just kept coming out as a rant.
So I’ll just say: the current death of American rationality doesn’t need to be the end of the world, and with luck it’s temporary and what comes out at the other end will genuinely be the “shining city” that America aspires to be.
Try to remain calm. Seriously, you’re at your very best when you’re calm. Circumstances may be alarming, train yourself to focus on being calm.
(And maybe a little, or lot, of extra cash at hand. I keep imagining that ‘they’ probably disable bank transfers and ATMs for a while.Yikes! )
Damn them (ignore them and attack anyway). Do not stop the flow of water. Won’t work.
Yeah I’m in the keep calm and carry on camp. I’ve got my towel. The world is not being cleared for an intergalactic bypass. We have and will survive much worse. To my kids, have kids! I want grandkids someday.
Which is NOT indifference. It just isn’t laying down in despair and giving up. Pace yourself. It’s a marathon not a one round fight. We have not yet been knocked down so hard that we can’t get back up.
I would strongly advise against getting a gun if you haven’t previously owned one btw.