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SendMePhotos@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In 2020, people made similar jokes abbot that year being weird, insane or wrong. I guess that was just a warm up.

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  • SendMePhotos@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wtfhappenedin1971.com I’m starting to think that this is the event horizon or singularity or split

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    • skysurfer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That is a fun rabbit hole. This was Nixon’s presidency and right before the whole Watergate scandal broke, so probably lots of shady shit happening around then that help put us on this wonderful trajectory.

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      • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        My guess is, industrial automation also played a role. Fewer people were needed to get to the same amount of production.

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