Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:The world is definitely worse post Covid, and that makes a lot of people uncomfortable.

The very fabric of society frayed in a way that’s not easily mended.

I think it has more to do with a certain political movement than Covid.

Agree!

A big part of the problem is how Covid enthusiasts never could admit they were a problem. It’s all blaming other people and zero introspection.

They tried to turn Covid into some year-zero experiment and ran the world straight into the ground in their zeal.

And none of them stepped down or were punished for the harm they did. So there is a deep current of distrust in every leader and institution that pushed those excesses.

Ma’am, this is a Wendy’s

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Anonymous wrote:The downward spiral started after 9/11, not Covid

It started with the election of Nixon.

If you say so, most of us here aren't old enough to have been there.

Fly to Japan and have a $3 beer and $10 three course meal every day! I kid you not. Oh and the level of service is 10x what it is in America, where everyone has their hand out and no value to add anywhere.

Anonymous wrote:Why does everything have to be so expensive now just because of an illness that killed like 0.1% of the population (mostly old/fat/unhealthy people too, aka weren’t going to be around much longer anyway). The world’s response to COVID was so dumb and such an unnecessary overreaction. Now literally everything in society is worse

Too bad it skipped you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The world is definitely worse post Covid, and that makes a lot of people uncomfortable.

The very fabric of society frayed in a way that’s not easily mended.

I think it has more to do with a certain political movement than Covid.

Agree!

A big part of the problem is how Covid enthusiasts never could admit they were a problem. It’s all blaming other people and zero introspection.

They tried to turn Covid into some year-zero experiment and ran the world straight into the ground in their zeal.

And none of them stepped down or were punished for the harm they did. So there is a deep current of distrust in every leader and institution that pushed those excesses.

Also true

Anonymous wrote:Why does everything have to be so expensive now just because of an illness that killed like 0.1% of the population (mostly old/fat/unhealthy people too, aka weren’t going to be around much longer anyway). The world’s response to COVID was so dumb and such an unnecessary overreaction. Now literally everything in society is worse

Agree.

Inflation of may things in America got out of control during an immediately after COVID. We were the only country that had taxpayers pay people to not work- not the companies. And we ramped up entitlements, the SNaP base, the divisive rhetoric under Obama and Biden.

Thus here we are- overpriced unskilled labor that only wants to work to under the benefits amount, worst public school programs in history, obesity crises across all SaaS levels, lack of skilled tradesmen- just unskilled illiterate subcontractor, geopolitics issues in every region due to out obvious weaknesses and how we mishandled crimea/ Iran nuclear investigations, Libya Asian Spring BS.

Anonymous wrote:The downward spiral started after 9/11, not Covid

It started with the election of Nixon.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The world is definitely worse post Covid, and that makes a lot of people uncomfortable.

The very fabric of society frayed in a way that’s not easily mended.

I think it has more to do with a certain political movement than Covid.

Agree!

A big part of the problem is how Covid enthusiasts never could admit they were a problem. It’s all blaming other people and zero introspection.

They tried to turn Covid into some year-zero experiment and ran the world straight into the ground in their zeal.

And none of them stepped down or were punished for the harm they did. So there is a deep current of distrust in every leader and institution that pushed those excesses.

Anonymous wrote:I bet OP voted for Trump.

I bet OP didn't vote. OP only likes to whine and complain.

Anonymous wrote:Why does everything have to be so expensive now just because of an illness that killed like 0.1% of the population (mostly old/fat/unhealthy people too, aka weren’t going to be around much longer anyway). The world’s response to COVID was so dumb and such an unnecessary overreaction. Now literally everything in society is worse

You don't need to look further than your own attitude toward other people in the world. It's sh*tty and selfish. Poverty infects people with bad attitudes like yours.

Anonymous wrote:We made more in the market than we have lost to inflation. And people are still spending like there’s no tomorrow.

The top 10 percent of Americans own 93 percent of all stocks. It's very true that the wealthy have prospered since Covid and are spending accordingly. If that's your bubble, life is good. But for middle class Americans that depend on a paycheck, life has absolutely sucked since Covid. Everything is far more expensive and life is much harder. The well to do either have no inkling of the choices the middle class need to make - health care, car insurance, rent/mortgage, student loan debt, groceries - or they don't care. There is a lot of anger and frustration in this country with the state of America in 2026. Everyone can see we are drifting toward something like South Africa, Brazil, India, Mexico - countries with massive income inequality. It's depressing.

Maybe you are part of the problem OP. Take a lesson from St. Francis of Assisi.

I bet OP voted for Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We made more in the market than we have lost to inflation. And people are still spending like there’s no tomorrow.

Good for you boomer. I was a new grad with almost nothing in the market when Covid happened

So was I in 9/11 and still broke in 2009. You go through few of those cycles before your turn comes.
2009 was by far the worst. Even minimum wage jobs were not available. Now you can work 3 of them.

Thats why it's worse now. The "jobs" we had were resl jobs. Now those minimum wage jobs are just gigs. You didn't need to work 3 of them. Maybe 2.

If you told me that large companies would rely on their workers using government Healthcare instead of providing an option for their employees so they could fatten their bottom line, i would have thought you were crazy then.

Hou didn't need to work 3 of them to make a very very modest living

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We made more in the market than we have lost to inflation. And people are still spending like there’s no tomorrow.

Good for you boomer. I was a new grad with almost nothing in the market when Covid happened

So was I in 9/11 and still broke in 2009. You go through few of those cycles before your turn comes.
2009 was by far the worst. Even minimum wage jobs were not available. Now you can work 3 of them.

Thats why it's worse now. The "jobs" we had were resl jobs. Now those minimum wage jobs are just gigs. You didn't need to work 3 of them. Maybe 2.

If you told me that large companies would rely on their workers using government Healthcare instead of providing an option for their employees so they could fatten their bottom line, i would have thought you were crazy then.