cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/53465227
this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2026
632 points (99.4% liked)
A Boring Dystopia
17883 readers
229 users here now
Pictures, Videos, Articles showing just how boring it is to live in a dystopic society, or with signs of a dystopic society.
Rules (Subject to Change)
--Be a Decent Human Being
--Posting news articles: include the source name and exact title from article in your post title
--If a picture is just a screenshot of an article, link the article
--If a video's content isn't clear from title, write a short summary so people know what it's about.
--Posts must have something to do with the topic
--Zero tolerance for Racism/Sexism/Ableism/etc.
--No NSFW content
--Abide by the rules of lemmy.world
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
How do you write an article like that and then just like... keep breathing... as if you're a human being deserving of living or something?
The New York Times and other traditional papers have a tendency to write headlines like that in order to attract attention. When you read it, nine times out of ten you realise they're not actually endorsing it and the article itself presents a much more reasonable take on it.
Newspapers editors write this stuff with the assumption that you will read it, not just screenshot it and post it online. Maybe that's not a good assumption in the age of short attention spans, but it's what they do.
Newspapers editors write this stuff with the assumption that you will read it, not just screenshot it and post it online.
Have they met people?
America loves to create problems and then sell solutions. I hate it here, thanks.
When life gives you lemons, make shareholder value!
And next quarter, make MORE!
And don't think I won't lay all you useless lemon handling morons off in a second if you miss Q3 revenue targets!
This is the reason the US wants to make Canada the "51's state". They want our water, our oil, our minerals, but not our people. It was always going to be this way, but here we are...now.
We should go the other direction. Let Canada take over the Northern US; states like Michigan and Wisconsin are basically Canada already (at least parts of them).
states like Michigan and Wisconsin are basically Canada
Cue confused Midwestern progressives feeling simultaneously outraged and flattered 😁
Just take over every bordering state, and any state that would be cut off from the rest of the US due to such a move (e.g. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island).
And every time Trump threatens Canada once again, just repeat the process - excluding DC of course.
Nah, I think that they'd quite like a few slaves.
“Successful” capitalists only see investment opportunities because they literally have nothing to fear. The water shortages won’t materially affect them so they just see a new market as a game to be won.
It’s going to be much too late when the populace wakes up to the reality that the only way things get better for them is if things get a lot worse for the oligarchs.
We’re cattle and chattel. Until we decide otherwise.
Totally. But acting without the numbers and proper organization, we're just cattle and chattel dead or behind bars.
Which is why billionaire T. Boone Pickens bought a ton of water rights back in the 90s and early 2000s. NY Times late to the party as usual.
looks him up
Everything about that dude screamed "American version of a Charles Dickens villain", from his name to his face to everything he ever did.
Only thing missing was his comeuppance 😮💨
That's a great description of him. At least he's dead.
Watch "Extrapolations" (pirate it so you don't give CrApple money). It's a quite sober take on what could happen if we continue with business as usual.
Shareholders are the real problem.