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1. treetalker · 1790798520 · focus · HN ↗

   Not sure about everyone else, but when I first opened the page, I see a background image of a kid in ice skates, face-planted on a frozen pond — and, below the question What can America do for you?, the prefilled text in the search box says Try 'How can I invest in my child's future?'.

   And I'll be damned if that doesn't sum up the last 10–12 years.

   1. Modified3019 · 1790801550 · focus · HN ↗

      Same. Saved for posterity: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;rfMBEfy" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;rfMBEfy

      1. sublinear · 1790807487 · focus · HN ↗

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         1. alternatetwo · 1790809358 · focus · HN ↗

            For a semblance of sanity? Yes.

            1. sublinear · 1790811195 · focus · HN ↗

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               1. datsci_est_2015 · 1790813308 · focus · HN ↗

                  Idk I’m getting pretty tired of pretending things are fine because line goes up. Feel like the first thing I’m going to do when we jump the proverbial shark (e.g. a military coup) is come onto this forum and say a big, fat told you so to the technocratic optimists siding with the fascists. Unfortunately the slide into a failed state (like Russia) is slow and depressing, rather than sudden and exciting.

                  1. sublinear · 1790813974 · focus · HN ↗

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                     1. qarl · 1790814238 · focus · HN ↗

                        Speaking as a man in his late 50s - I think you&#x27;re in deep denial.

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