Why are so many people on here doomers?

[AMHOLIO]

Or am I hanging in the wrong parts of the forum again?

 

[Sexy Senior Citizen]

Why are we doomers?

*takes a drag*

We've seen some shit, kid.

 

[cybertoaster]

That really does sound horrifying. I do think though if this will continue to be seen as less taboo or something (not a good thing though) with the way things are in society with people marrying later in life, more people having "failure to launch," an economy that isn't great and all of these other issues.

It is far more common in other countries for sure, and with our heyday long gone and a possible "winter" up ahead for our nation what used to be normal levels of success will become extraordinary, the ones who really made it, just like in other countries where you have to be wealthy to afford an SUV because cars are taxed to hell and fuel its very expensive. And even wealthier to own a house, with most families living in apartments. Its gonna be the same here.

I suppose that someone in that situation wouldn't be in too bad of shape if they've got a decent inheritance heading their way if they're competent otherwise (at least not an idiot, can cook for themselves, not go crazy with spending, etc.) Not much of a life, however.

Most trustfund kids are massive losers, and it would show if it wasn't for the trustfund and upcoming inheritance. If they have a degree its a joke one that their parents paid for so they can say junior went to college. They usually don't have an actual job, more of a "sometimes I walk into some office and look at shit" thing and more often than not at their parents firm or a friend of their parents who is doing them a favor. These kinds of people also don't get to be doomers because they are in a position where they can fail upwards. Hell, with old money you got people like this whose parents are also like this and the last person in that family that actually worked at all was great-grandpa.

Back to regular doomers, again they are a bunch of whiny kids in an echochamber where whining its the norm. Most doomers are right-wing but I would argue that lefties who live in lefty echochambers like r/collapse are also doomers, its all the same attitude, mostly teens giving up before they even get to start. The 30-near-40 guy with all the problems I mentioned is truly doomed and frankly I have no idea what he could do himself to get out of that. He could win the lottery, but that's not up to him.

So if he wants to be a doomer he can.

 

[AMHOLIO]

Everyone's given a good answer, I can't pick one. Truly doomerism is multifactoral (and I'll try to stop hanging as much in the deep thought boards, cheer the fuck up)

 

[feedtheoctopus]

Because there is no hope.

Then again I also was really into ritual magick for a hot sec there, so why the actual fuck would you listen to me?

 

[Sunday School Dropout]

I'm not. I see doomers as whiny and insecure. In my honest opinion, things are a lot better than they were before, even ten years ago. The reason things only look especially bad now is because we (as a society) tend to focus on the negative and completely ignore all the great things that have happened so far. Plus being pessimistic is seen as a substitute for intelligence. However, I see it as low-effort and lazy. If anything being hopeful takes true will and effort thus making it more valuable.

 

[Neil]

Most people in the wrong parts of the forum don't go outside often enough to realize that all of the major news events that they doompost about don't affect their immediate personal lives whatsoever and never will.

 

[Stormy Daniel's Lawyer]

I think it's wise to put the " classic doomers" that lurch in here into proper perspective. Start with their age and maturity level and go up from there. Some of these folks are young, pissed off, and are clueless to why and how they got so fucking miserable. I'm 54, lived a lot of different lives. Been married, divorced, kids, etc.. I see the world as it is, not as it once was, or how I want it to be ( that would require a lot of gratuitous violence).

The farms is not a happy place, nor should it be, and who the fuck would want to hang out with a bunch of drones who go on and on about their beautiful life? That's over on Facebook and Tinder, I'm guessing.

This site has it's human side for sure as well. . If you're having a shit life or even just in a funk, there are plenty of people who will and have stepped up and sent a kind word or gave sound advice to help you out. I've been party to both ends, and I'm grateful. However, there are some that love to take a shit on people who are having a legitimate bad run of shit in their lives. I'm not cool with that.. With that said, there are also the attention whores that deserve no quarter and zero respect.

I don't mind the doomers, their posts don't affect my life in any manner.

 

[Retink]

A bit more of a serious answer from me on here than usual, but really it's probably because when you make an account on here you usually have to acknowledge some of the people you followed and enjoyed ended up being utter shit. It's a bit abnormal in today's internet to go from viewing things positively to realizing they're shit so quickly, and in many cases you can look upon the cow here and think it's unjust criticism only to discover it's way worse than you thought.

In other words, melancholy isn't an abnormal reaction to disillusionment, but those who experience it should take care to get over it.