JohnnyEnzyme

Can’t wait for the big merge!

The total lack of context doesn’t help.

Understandable reaction, but I think it’s good to remember that most people are going to have fuzzy understandings of these things and will naturally ask somewhat naïve questions like this. Personally I think it’s better to find ways not to be too hard (or hostile) when responding with better information, else they get the swift idea ‘well, if they’re going to treat me like an arse then me mind’s made up,’ and all that jazz. And nothing changes.

Just my tuppence of course.

My original comment / response appears at the top of the thread, so feel free to critique, TBF.

Dark Matter is just a placeholder AFAIK until something more proven comes along. It explains why galaxies hold together, but it’s just a stand-in for the time being.

I feel a lot of science has bogged it’s self down with theory and maybes for decades and decades

I mean, scientifically there’s a huge difference between the two. For example, the theory of gravity is so well-tested and supported that it’s about as close to proven as can be. A “maybe” isn’t even a hypothesis yet, but it’s perhaps an intermediate step. Maybes are good, because they represent relevant scientists coming up with ideas to help explain reality, which can then fade away or solidify as things unwind. Without maybes you don’t get well-supported theories… which is like science not able to get anywhere.

I lived much of the same period, as someone not much younger than yourself. XD

You are so funny, Mister Entitlement.

You didn’t live through the 60’s 70’s… It was a struggle to survive. Everything you experienced in your life we also got.

Weirdest take ever, that literally no historian would agree with.

Seriously, what’s up with this super-pity-party?

My blunt boomer views are usually piss the young people off.

Hah, I hear you. Me, I’m a big fan of personal opinion and expression, as communicated with kindness and understanding, which… of course I’m not able to consistently do, myself. Thereby invoking the RAGE. 😄

And yet-- do you disagree with the idea that the Boomer Class as a whole reveled in their opportunities, then ‘pulled the ladder up behind them?’ Because to me (Gen X), it’s a perfectly cutting critique, economically and otherwise.

And truly-- the USA really did have a major epoque of ‘Greatness’ from approx the mid-1930’s through the mid-70’s. Who can possibly deny that, eh?

But from what I understand, your whole gen got extraordinarily selfish upon all that, speaking as Gen-X. That is, as a generational force, you commonly climbed right up the the privilege-ladder via FDR-level policy, then got all hostile to the idea that other people couldn’t come after you. Then naturally, deliberately fuck with the whole system of support, if it wasn’t for your narrow class.

So yeah… Your whole generation deserves the deepest of shame (and arguably my own as well for its toxic participation)

What’s a science-based community you take part in?

Oy, that’s exactly the kind of thing I like to remind myself of when I ride too hard on the pity-party train.

Kinda curious what your interests are, and whether they align at all. Mine, you can basically see via my post history. Choose “posts,” not comments.

Oof, I feel you. Myself I’m in late middle age, carrying a terminal illness, and it’s looking very much the same.

Oh btw, another factor of course is late-stage capitalism itself, as directly brought on by the asshole-billionaire class & a variety wealth-accumulating mechanisms baked deep in to the system.

And now, AI. Possibly just as worse as any of them, at least in terms of burying civilisation.

Anyway, I personally feel based on my understanding of the news and various factors that most of us have only got a few years left, at best. At least, in terms of what we’d consider “recognisable existence.” In any case, it’s only going to get more and more turbulent and chaotic along the way. For some other opinions, certainly check out c/collapse and r/collapse, if you like.

That said, if the Orange-Red-Billionaire Coalition fail to stop a fair, non-bullied midterms in the States in a little while, it would certainly give us however much more breathing room. Knock on wood, anybody? At the same time, the supervillains are essentially doing whatever they can to thwart that. Article and news abound upon their methodologies, up to and including Drumpf declaring Martial Law.

In truth I’m just an amateur, though, so what the heck do I know?

Oh… and here’s to you, friend!
https://piefed.social/c/quotes@quokk.au/p/2325992/remember-unknown-author-sculpture-by-penny-hardy-notes-in-post

And the effects of Ocean Acidification almost seem to be outpacing the effects of Global Climate change.

Not much time left before some nation’s (or a coalition) are going to try monkeying with the atmosphere, which could backfire in all kinds of disastrous ways.

How’s your deluxe bunker in NZ coming along there, Elon?