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by churchill 239 days ago
Basically, the ultimate, "Nothing ever happens" scoreboard [0].

If any of your acquaintances are ever in doubt of anything ever happening, this will be a handy guide for them to consult.

[0]: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nothing-ever-happens

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Plenty happens, but:

1. Events, including big ones like 9/11, don't unfold like in the movies as even direct consequences are often far removed.

2. Pax Americana + Hypernormalization + Cheap Food + Digital Escapism = a drug which convinces its users of neverending stability and order.

That's basically the point the meme is making. It's not arguing that nothing literally happens in spacetime; it just asserts that we rarely, if ever, see events that fundamentally change the world from its slugging baseline.