Sure, the FAA cost us all billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of hours of wasted time due to some fuck up. NVIDIA has been selling top-secret AI chips to the Chinese and now their market share has collapsed by billions and the AI bubble is bursting. Microsoft can’t keep any of their systems to stay online to save their lives, after firing 60,000 of their staff and replacing them with untested AI agents. There’s that entire clusterfuck in Washington, and the Angels have lost 99 games a season for two years in a row.
Bad things, all of them. No doubt.
But do you want to know what is REALLY a sign of the downfall of humanity and the destruction of civilization?
We’re doomed!
I get it! I made a LOT of daily runs to some fast food place or another trying to get the latest Beanie Baby or Pokemon toy. I think I managed to do it with a little more grace than the Helicopter Mom who was LOSING HER SHIT to the poor, young lady at the Burger King window from the car in front of me.
Surprisingly, screaming and hurling insults and racist epiteths didn’t seem to miraculously produce any additional Hello Kitty toys out of thin air.
She wasn’t driving a van and she seemed to be alone in the vehicle – I was left to wonder if SHE was the one collecting the toys.
I’m going to try to remember her the next time I think my life sucks. There but for the grace of God…
