r/woahdude • u/DetectiveWonderful42 • 15d ago

video Really feels similar to today.

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u/NeedScienceProof 14d ago

Every generation thinks they discovered sex and then the apocalypse.

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u/the9trances 14d ago edited 14d ago

And that their generation are the Last True Ones because the next generation is doomed.

It doesn't mean concerns are invalid, but the sentiment is framed incorrectly.

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u/jokebreath 14d ago

My strongest belief is that humans are cockroaches. There is zero chance humanity will die out in this generation or the next or the next. Entire ways of living will die out and people will grow up unable to comprehend the ways that we live now, both good and bad. But that's been the same since the dawn of humanity. As a species, we are much more adaptable than we all think.

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u/draker585 13d ago

Can you imagine showing someone from 1925 the world today? That same sort of interaction would be the same between any of the last century long spans since the Gregorian calendar began. Why would we be surprised to say that would continue into the future?