5 reasons life actually does get better (and the world isnt that bad)

[Normalgamer]

I hope we can agree that while a good lot of the world is in tatters, we can help.

It depends to what degree you refer.

Anywhere between handing out a few dollars to a charity collector, to being a volunteer within the thick of it, handing out medicine and other supplies, to being the one organizing these efforts yourself, if you wish to go that far.

Yes. Some of us could help to that extent. So far as actually doing any measurable good for the world? Neigh on impossible.

Of course, one human being can barely change his friend's mind about a particular brand of beer, none the less change the whole damned world. But, the collective grows stronger with the increasing sum of its parts, I say.

As it stands, this planet is doomed. Charity work and all the good will in the world won't save us from that. We'll either kill each other or run out of fuel for the great machine soon enough. Most of us still live in the dark ages. The rest of us are busy fighting over religion, oil and gold. We've dropped nuclear weapons on civilians, committed genocide, eugenics, the U.S. is a theocracy in economic shambles, better and better ways of killing ourselves are mass produced, the average life expectancy for the minority of us is going up thanks to painkillers and hospital beds, while our health is going down and down; we give ourselves cancer and diabetes on a regular basis, sexual inequality is STILL an issue (despite being as old as humanity itself), people all over the world are killed for the change in their pocket, people's backyards are war-zones, hell, most of us don't even have enough food to survive -- we can't even feed ourselves. Christ. I'm not a pessimist or an optimist, but I can't see any other outcome for us. There's been five global mass extinctions already. We're next by the looks of things.

Um. What the fuck are you talking about?
The U.S. is a theocracy in econmic shambles? Even though we're constantly changing our laws and proposing bills to be less of a Religiously-driven country?
Only one instance of the nuke has been used, once, and it was by the US before anyone even had an understanding how truly devestating the nuke was, sure an occassional loon may threaten everyone (Kim Jong Il), but everyone else realises the severity of launching one of them. New fuel options are being invented, and most of us are not living in the dark ages, only a percantage of the population in the world is in the "dark ages"(Which I would prefer you define). Fighting over religion, oil, and gold? I think not, there have been less and less severe wars over the years, to the point a small attack(In the grand scheme of things don't color me insensitive) caused national panic(9/11), I can't speak for Australia, but I can wake up each day, grab a coffee and not worry about getting bombed. Our health is going down down steadily? Even though people have an improved quality of life, we're inventing new cures and treatments for terrible disease and disorders, and the rate of genuine, active life is improving . Five mass global extinctions? I want a link or a list of these "Five mass global extinctions". Also, the any reason you should think about donating to a charity is because it's fucking going towards mosquito nets and medicine for children.

 

[Vault101]

ok ok we get it life sucks, everything sucks WELL DONE,

now excuse me Im going to play games and have fun

Um... Okay? Not really sure what you're trying to contribute to the discussion there... Enjoy your game?

oh I will.....

anyway my point kind of was you may think the world is screwed, but so what? youre not gonna make some of us negative or pessamistic, just like Im sure me or anyone else cant make you optimistic

or in other words...just let us happy people be happy, but anyway I guess the discussion had more point than that, so yeah carry on.

Okay?

Why would I want to "make" people pessimistic or unhappy? And when did I say I was pessimistic? In fact, I actually said I wasn't a few posts ago.

Knee-jerk reactions - they are often wrong.

how is being almost certain that we are all doomed not pessamistic?

 

[Zykon TheLich]

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[Normalgamer]

. Five mass global extinctions? I want a link or a list of these "Five mass global extinctions".

I aasume he means things like the K-T mass extinction, really nothing relevant to us at the moment.

I was thinking since he went a massive tirade about how much we suck, he meant people some how found a way to kill eachother completely before things such as the nuke. But yeah your probably right.

 

[Latinidiot]

I read that article this morning, I loved it. For all thearticles on cracked that state how we're sliding into oblivion, this light stands out in that darkness of dick jokes.

 

[Snowy Rainbow]

Only one nuke has been used, once, and it was by the US before anyone even had an understanding how truly devestating the nuke was.

Actually, the U.S dropped two nuclear bombs over two civilian cities (as is common knowledge) and detonated them several hundred feet above ground so as to spread their blast waves and radiant fallout over as much land as possible. The U.S then went on to lie and say the bombs that were dropped were simple explosives and no nuclear devices were used. When the population that survived the horrific bombings begun to drop dead from radiation poisoning (that caused cancer, thousands of miscarriages and stillbirths, deformities and other such horrendous deaths) the government came out and admitted they indeed used nukes and later revealed more information upon public pressure (such as why the bombs being dropped where they were). Something like two hundred and fifty thousand men, women and children were slaughtered.

Where abouts are you from? I thought WWII was taught in all schools around the world. I'd be interested in learning why you thought one bomb was dropped on one city.

 

[Normalgamer]

Only one nuke has been used, once, and it was by the US before anyone even had an understanding how truly devestating the nuke was.

Actually, the U.S dropped two nuclear bombs over two civilian cities (as is common knowledge) and detonated them several hundred feet above ground so as to spread their blast waves and radiant fallout over as much land as possible. The U.S then went on to lie and say the bombs that were dropped were simple explosives and no nuclear devices were used. When the population that survived the horrific bombings begun to drop dead from radiation poisoning (that caused cancer, thousands of miscarriages and stillbirths, deformities and other such horrendous deaths) the government came out and admitted they indeed used nukes and later revealed more information upon public pressure (such as why the bombs being dropped where they were). Something like two hundred and fifty thousand men, women and children were slaughtered.

Where abouts are you from? I thought WWII was taught in all schools around the world. I'd be interested in learning why you thought one bomb was dropped on one city.

I meant to say instance, and thanks for picking on one part of my post, guess it goes to show you can't actually defend any other points.
Also, where exactly did you hear all that misinformation? The U.S. openly told the Japanese to surrender, and was faced with either using the atomic bomb or invading Japan and having many more men die from both sides, allow me to pull up this useful tidbit:
The USA was facing the prospect of invading Japan to subdue it. The last few battles, Iwo Jima and Okinawa particularly, were incomprehensibly bloody. Japan had no regard for its own citizens' lives and planned to turn their whole island into a fortress. It was estimated that casualties would be 1 million Americans and half a million British in the first invasion alone. Some cynics say we used it to scare Stalin as well, but the fact remains that they ignored an ultimatum on 27 July 1945 after enduring the worst conventional bombs could do. A powerful argument remains that the Bomb saved allied and Japanese lives.

 

[Snowy Rainbow]

Only one nuke has been used, once, and it was by the US before anyone even had an understanding how truly devestating the nuke was.

Actually, the U.S dropped two nuclear bombs over two civilian cities (as is common knowledge) and detonated them several hundred feet above ground so as to spread their blast waves and radiant fallout over as much land as possible. The U.S then went on to lie and say the bombs that were dropped were simple explosives and no nuclear devices were used. When the population that survived the horrific bombings begun to drop dead from radiation poisoning (that caused cancer, thousands of miscarriages and stillbirths, deformities and other such horrendous deaths) the government came out and admitted they indeed used nukes and later revealed more information upon public pressure (such as why the bombs being dropped where they were). Something like two hundred and fifty thousand men, women and children were slaughtered.

Where abouts are you from? I thought WWII was taught in all schools around the world. I'd be interested in learning why you thought one bomb was dropped on one city.

I meant to say instance, and thanks for picking on one part of my post, guess it goes to show you can't actually defend any other points.

No, no. I just don't feel your debate had any credit worth countering. You made numerous inaccurate assertions, such as there being only one instance of a nuclear device being used and that the U.S didn't know its capabilities, you implied doubt as to the five recorded mass extinctions wherein the majority of life on Earth (97% in one case) went extinct, you claimed the majority of the world's population were not living in the dark ages when it is a well known fact that less than half of all humanity has access to running water or enough food to feed themselves, and you also made clear your doubt that the U.S is a theocracy - something I find laughable, given that it was founded as "One Nation Under God". But that's another issue.

 

[Normalgamer]

Only one nuke has been used, once, and it was by the US before anyone even had an understanding how truly devestating the nuke was.

Actually, the U.S dropped two nuclear bombs over two civilian cities (as is common knowledge) and detonated them several hundred feet above ground so as to spread their blast waves and radiant fallout over as much land as possible. The U.S then went on to lie and say the bombs that were dropped were simple explosives and no nuclear devices were used. When the population that survived the horrific bombings begun to drop dead from radiation poisoning (that caused cancer, thousands of miscarriages and stillbirths, deformities and other such horrendous deaths) the government came out and admitted they indeed used nukes and later revealed more information upon public pressure (such as why the bombs being dropped where they were). Something like two hundred and fifty thousand men, women and children were slaughtered.

Where abouts are you from? I thought WWII was taught in all schools around the world. I'd be interested in learning why you thought one bomb was dropped on one city.

I meant to say instance, and thanks for picking on one part of my post, guess it goes to show you can't actually defend any other points.

No, no. I just don't feel your debate had any credit worth countering. You made numerous inaccurate assertions, such as there being only one instance of a nuclear device being used and that the U.S didn't know its capabilities, you implied doubt as to the five recorded mass extinctions wherein the majority of life on Earth (97% in one case) went extinct, you claimed the majority of the world's population were not living in the dark ages when it is a well known fact that less than half of all humanity has access to running water or enough food to feed themselves, and you also made clear your doubt that the U.S is a theocracy - something I find laughable, given that it was founded as "One Nation Under God". But that's another issue.

This will be enjoyable, bro:
Five recorded mass extinctions over the course of the existance of earth, which frankly nobody should worry about since it happens or it doesn't(Also, since you were on a tirade about how humanity sucks, I assumed you meant we had managed to wipe ourselves out), again, well-known fact? You should update your studies broseph, I went on over to a site called "Water.org", which has statistics and general-know about water, and from that my understanding is broskinator, nearly one billion people don't have access to safe water, that is way fucking less than over half of people not having access to water, and again brobrobro, I did another check on one of your "facts" and found that again, over half the people in the world are not starving, turns out it's 975 million roughly, that's less than half broOo. The last point, about the U.S is a theocracy, is that the part of "One Nation Under God", is part of the pledge which people actively seek to remove, and one of the fundamental parts of our country is the seperation of church and state(Or so we're hoping to do, but things slow progress).

 

[Snowy Rainbow]

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Good of you to use one source of information you found on the net (which you fail to link as a reference) to base an entire debate from, claim no one should care if we all go extinct, then also go on to counter your own point by stating a "fundamental part" of your country is the separation of church and state... "or so we're hoping to do, but things [sic] slow progress".

It was fun talking with you, lol.

Peace. <3

 

[Normalgamer]

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Good of you to use one source of information you found on the net (which you fail to link as a reference) to base an entire debate from, claim no one should care if we all go extinct, then also go on to counter your own point by stating a "fundamental part" of your country is the separation of church and state... "or so we're hoping to do, but things [sic] slow progress".

It was fun talking with you, lol.

Peace. <3

Actually, you're taking everything I say out of context, I said we shouldn't care because we can't control it, also, I was referring to the seperation of church and state as a fundamental part, yet some people let their own theologies and beliefes undermine that by voting for the wrong things (Cough cough Prop 8). I actually used three, sorry I didn't link them, I figured you wouldn't bother to read them over all the self-pity and and hatred.

 

[Nekkie]

Well snowy rainbow it the world is about to end, why do you think those 5 lessons are bad?

Why be depressed if the world is screwed anyways reason 1-4 pretty much say; "Fuck it just deal with it and make the best out of it."

Im not one to argue that its going bad/good for humanity right now but if its really that horrible, why still care? If you donating to charity doesnt help to any measurable degree, why not be greedy take all you can , Why not be selfish if you think you as a person do not affect this world.

I like do to good to a certain degree, if it affects my own happyness i probably wouldn't but if you can why not? I think i affect this world on how small of a scale that might even be.
You complain about the problem while you are a prime example of it yourself,giving up just because things are going bad, hell even if it was a sure thing that the world would end it would still be worth fighting in my opinion.

Apathy is the problem and being as pessimistic as you are isn't going to improve the world in any way.

(And don't claim your a realist because a realist wouldn't focus on the negative only, as i haven't seen you bring up anything positive and there are defenitly lots of positive changes aswell.

 

[Knusper]

I don't regularly check out Cracked.om's articles but that is definitely the best I have read from them. I've got to say that brightened up my day.

 

[LuckyClover95]

I LOVE CRACKED.COM
Thanks for making me so happy

 

[Doclector]

Cracked: terrifying you with ways to accidentally kill yourself, then giving you good reason not to seek them out.

Nice article, funny, thoughtful, and really gave me some hope for uni. I may mess up, but it'll be my mess up at least.

And the end message is something I preach alot. The world may be full of s***, but we're the only ones who can fix it.

 

[LittleRedCircles]

I thourght this was a good article to share with the escapist, and see what you guys think

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-life-actually-does-get-better_p2/

you know, considereing how "in" it is to hate everyone and everything

Dammit, now I'm reading every Cracked article ever written, AGAIN.

I have never visited a website better at sucking me right in.

 

[Goldeneye103X2]

It definitely made me smile a bit. Then I read others peoples comments here about this.

Sigh. I don't know what to think now.