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by 6_6_6 1234 days ago
good times (pax americana) create weak people (fat, depressed, entilted, egomaniacs, etc)

we need a 'war' to prune the tree of life yet again

human is not above the nature

winter is comming

3 comments

Are you seriously suggesting it's a good idea to kill off a bunch of folks? Let me guess, you are in the group that gets to survive, and you just want to provide a "solution" to all the people that you dislike.

I have a better idea: lead by example. Why don't you demonstrate the effectiveness of removing a bad branch on yourself first?

Nobody needs to actually die, things just need to be hard to remind us what being human is about.
>folks

You illustrated his point.

What do you mean?
I much agree (not with literary having a war of course...)

Burnout rates are higher than ever, many people use painkillers daily, 10% of today's children are diagnosed with adhd and are often drugged [1]. Like drugs are a solution to everything. In the old days kids spend a lot of time outdoors, nowadays average screen time is around 7.5 hours [2]. That must have a tremendous impact on body and mind.

Drug drugs drugs, to quiet the kids, to solve your headaches, to feel better, to lose weight.

Like common sense has left us.

Self-help books sky rocket in number of sales, everyone has a coach and/or therapist. I would argue if everyone needs a therapist, people just forgot how to live. A lot can be done by start living more offline again and use your body. [3]

Let's have more common sense! (and no war please :)

[1] https://www.self.com/story/adhd-diagnosis-rates-children-inc...

[2] https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/exercise-is-an-...

[3] https://headphonesaddict.com/teen-kids-screen-time-statistic...

First it'll come for the people that can't spell "coming".