• EvilFonzy@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    This lines up with what I’ve been shouting into the void whenever I read a news article. “Where are the fucking adults?!”

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      9 days ago

      when you reach the milestone of adulthood and take a peek behind the veil of responsibility…

      … maybe Larry Niven was right in Ringworld, Humanity’s only defining trait is not our intelligence, our compassion, or our strength of will, but simply the luck of the few.

    • 418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works
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      You just made me remember that book that came out in his first term reassuring everyone that there were “adults in the room” protecting us from certain doom.

      What a crock of shit that turned out to be.