• prof_wafflez@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    I try not to be the guy standing on the corner with the “THE END IS NEAR” sign

    Same. At this point I’m exhausted though. I don’t see a way through and people have proven themselves far too stupid and susceptible to misinformation for there to be a way. A few people I know whom I used to think were fairly smart have even fallen prey to some clearly wrong misinformation on something as simple as birth control and have actively shown distrust toward multiple medical professionals. Simply no energy left to fight against the tide of stupification. We’re cooked

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      21 hours ago

      A few people I know whom I used to think were fairly smart have even fallen prey to some clearly wrong misinformation

      This is probably the most depressing aspect of it all to me. Finding out that people who I thought were intelligent and good are actually anti-intellectual and amoral.

      You know when you have a society rebelling against vaccines, one of the greatest things to ever happen to humanity, that you’re witnessing a downward spiral.