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gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• HasturInYellow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It would be really helpful for the depression if I could stop being proven terribly correct every single time anything happens.

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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Right?!?!?

    I am so, so deeply sick of telling so many people “I fucking told you so”. My dad is among the most frustrating of these.

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• ickplant@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I know what you mean. I largely predicted what is happening now back in 2015, and in this case it was my husband, not my therapist, who told me he believes “the system of checks and balances won’t allow it to happen.” He is an optimist and wanted to believe the US was still a good country. He now agrees with me and gets sad and angry any time something new and horrible happens.

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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Same, and around the same timeframe.

    I never thought that being a history and current events enthusiast would become such a curse. This is some monkey’s paw bullshit :(

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• Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I understand at a nuanced and historically informed level what’s happening at a political and geopolitical level here, and all of my bleakest predictions keep coming true

  Let’s test this: Make some specific predictions for various points over, say, the next 5 years (start near future and work your way out). Put them somewhere where they can remain generally fixed but available (say on a pastebin or lemmy post or something). Then come back to look at them after those times have past and see how accurate you are. This would let you see your actual rate of accuracy as opposed to just the ones that stand out because they ended up true), which would ideally lessen your panic or alternatively if you really are getting it right in a consistent fashion we can start calling you gravitas_deficiency the Bleak Prognosticator.

  For example just glancing at your profile one you seem to be doubling down on a lot recently is that there will be either no US presidential election in 2028 or no peaceful transfer of power in January 2029. That is easily verifiable in four years time. How do you imagine this will happen? Is it enough to satisfy this if the election happens and the GOP wins with a non-Trump candidate? Do you think opposition to the GOP will simply be made illegal? Do you think they will push an amendment to let Trump run again? Do you think Trump will just run again regardless and argue that the Constitution doesn’t apply to him because seemingly no other law does?

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