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Grim Chieftain

(1,273 posts)
6. Me too
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 06:21 AM
5 hrs ago

I feel that the joy is gone, it's just a matter of getting through the days. Many people have said that something broke after the pandemic and the year of isolation. Now, with the state of our country, the constant turmoil, uncertainty, chaos and division... Things have changed, and not for the better. Our lives are different.

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I really feel for the young folk Skittles 7 hrs ago #1
And it isn't just the politics. It's AI, generative AI, which is badly flawed tech, but which has been highplainsdem 2 hrs ago #18
I really noticed the effect during the holidays... Hugin 6 hrs ago #2
That is where I am Bettie 5 hrs ago #3
Me too Grim Chieftain 5 hrs ago #6
I think it's because for that year, we realized we were free. Hellbound Hellhound 2 hrs ago #19
Good Point--let's give it a name Roy Rolling 5 hrs ago #4
The new American Dream is to leave mnhtnbb 5 hrs ago #5
Mrs. Aristus and I dream of emigrating to Finland. Aristus 2 hrs ago #20
Wondered what she was selling. Off the grid anti-government. "Pro-Life Pro-God Pro-Gun Pro-USA" shirts. Click & Buy! betsuni 5 hrs ago #7
What is "LOL" about it? /nt UniqueUserName 3 hrs ago #8
She's got to survive, too. Lots of people are making content to survive. haele 2 hrs ago #16
All those compilation vids are on point. Hellbound Hellhound 3 hrs ago #9
K&R UTUSN 3 hrs ago #10
Kick dalton99a 3 hrs ago #11
One might wonder if Americans are being conditioned. ariadne0614 3 hrs ago #12
The depressing part is the ones who will Bettie 2 hrs ago #14
Young people feel especially hopeless Johnny2X2X 2 hrs ago #13
FWIW, this video is the kind of stuff that is a very wide and easy on-ramp into MAHA, conspiracy, overly prepping and WhiskeyGrinder 2 hrs ago #15
Yes, priming an audience/customer base, younger and less MAGA, using Left-leaning anti-establishment buzzwords. betsuni 2 hrs ago #17
Tbh, goodwill in American society is over and so is the American Dream, whatever that was. Oneironaut 1 hr ago #21
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