Comments on: Things fall apart https://habitablezone.com/2024/07/22/things-fall-apart/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2024/07/22/things-fall-apart/#comment-53304 BuckGalaxy Wed, 24 Jul 2024 02:47:03 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=103867#comment-53304 I have pointed out the Great Depression/WWII analogy a number of times. Do you think the people who lived through those dark times could have ever fathomed the incredible prosperity the coming decades would bring? Americans have always been pessimists. Just look at this site! I try to buck the trend and hope for the unimagined possibilities. I have pointed out the Great Depression/WWII analogy a number of times. Do you think the people who lived through those dark times could have ever fathomed the incredible prosperity the coming decades would bring?

Americans have always been pessimists. Just look at this site! I try to buck the trend and hope for the unimagined possibilities.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2024/07/22/things-fall-apart/#comment-53297 podrock Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:41:51 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=103867#comment-53297 While I do, in my moments scream at clouds or running off into the forest in disgust, I have to remember to see the small beauty all around me. Chatting with the old lady who loves the rocks I leave out near the sidewalk, the smile from a store cashier when I make a joke, the neighbor who brings over a misdelivered package, the little rabbits eating our garden, the local cat strolling in an open door like he owns the place, returning our next door dog to his owners after he escaped, that perfect thunderstorm that cooled down the afternoon. Things are always weird. I first came across the term "The Quickening" back in the late 1980's. The idea that it was all going to hell, accelerating towards doom. I see it being used more in some of the more fringe websites I monitor. Doom sells. Supplements, gold, freeze dried food. Me, I keep aiming for optimism, to see the world with a child's eyes, even as mine get old, blurry, and a bit dry. I refuse to let the bastards get me down. Pretty much same as it ever was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsSpAOD6K8 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5IsSpAOD6K8?si=mWD69fTdwBoGg89i" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> While I do, in my moments scream at clouds or running off into the forest in disgust, I have to remember to see the small beauty all around me. Chatting with the old lady who loves the rocks I leave out near the sidewalk, the smile from a store cashier when I make a joke, the neighbor who brings over a misdelivered package, the little rabbits eating our garden, the local cat strolling in an open door like he owns the place, returning our next door dog to his owners after he escaped, that perfect thunderstorm that cooled down the afternoon.

Things are always weird. I first came across the term “The Quickening” back in the late 1980′s. The idea that it was all going to hell, accelerating towards doom. I see it being used more in some of the more fringe websites I monitor.

Doom sells. Supplements, gold, freeze dried food. Me, I keep aiming for optimism, to see the world with a child’s eyes, even as mine get old, blurry, and a bit dry. I refuse to let the bastards get me down.

Pretty much same as it ever was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsSpAOD6K8

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