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UNCOVERED: Random dystopian posts - The Untold Story
Life can be deeply dystopian—brutal, nasty, cold, unfair, and harsh. Even if you’re aware that negativity bias makes you focus more on negative than positive news, looking at the current state of the world can feel overwhelming and make you cynical. You wonder where things started going wrong, and how we ended up in this creek with no paddle.
There is one Facebook page that shares insightful social media posts that show just how dystopian things have gotten. We are featuring some of the most eerily accurate ones with you to make you think about society, your role in it, and what you can do to make things better, even if just on a local level. See you on the other side.
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Megalodon Meg 12 hours ago
Breaks also f*****g exist. He could be off shift and texting his ride. He could be actively talking to his boss asking for work to do. Crusty a*s Randy should mind his own business.
Being a cynic might sound wise, but it is anything but. Universal cynicism harms your social relationships and can hurt your physical and mental health.
One of the things that helps you cope with the sad situation in society is realizing that we, human beings, are fundamentally hardwired for negativity.
When you understand this, you can take a step back and try to look at things more objectively: yes, horrendous things are happening in the world, but that is not the full picture, and we are not powerless to make the world a better place.
In brief, negativity bias is our tendency to focus on bad events more than good ones. And this is what helped our ancestors survive.
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Rachel Reynolds 12 hours ago
" *checks history books* I hate to tell you this, but violence is usually the answer
Negativity bias is actually the reason why someone criticizing you hurts more than the happiness you feel when you get a compliment. One negative experience can derail an otherwise good day.
What’s more, people tend to base many of their decisions on what they would rather not lose, rather than what they stand to gain, Verywell Mind explains.
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Negativity bias is the reason why we notice and remember negative experiences much more than positive ones. It is also the reason why traumas affect people for such a long time after the event.
Though unpleasant and inconvenient in the modern world, negativity bias is likely what helped our ancestors survive and thrive. In short, people who were more attuned to potential dangers and threats were more likely to survive and pass on their genes. In other words, your brain focuses on negative events as a way to try to keep you safe. Or, well, safer.
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Roman Arendt 10 hours ago
To be fair: She failed the (full) bar exam just once as of yet. The one she failed the first few attempts was the "baby bar", which is required in California for students who did not attend a law school full time. And she seems to not have given up on becoming a lawyer. Don't get me wrong: I don't really like her, better: care about her very much, but there is enough fake news around, no need to add to it, even if it concerns people like her who probably couldn't care less because of their money. 😐
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StretcherBearer 10 hours ago
Saying we're the freeist country is just neurotic self soothing and denial at this point.
The downside of negativity bias is that it forces many people to be constantly on alert for danger pretty much everywhere: at work, in their community, around the world, in their relationships, etc.
For example, this bias can make you suspicious of other people, including those closest to you. In other words, you expect the worst from other human beings, even if they are kind, caring, and do their best.
“Because it takes more for positive experiences to be remembered, it is important to give extra attention to good things that happen. Where negative things might be quickly transferred and stored in your long-term memory, you need to make more of an effort to get the same effect from happy moments. So when something great happens, take a moment to really focus on it. Replay the moment several times in your memory and focus on the wonderful feelings the memory evokes,” Verywell Mind suggests.
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Yayheterogeneity 9 hours ago
It's just the cherry on top of everything the toddler's administration does. You need to get rid of him ASAP.
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 13 hours ago
One is a disgusting life style choice being forced upon decent, hard working people. The other is homosexuality.
Of course, overcoming what you’re hardwired to do is no easy feat. Negativity bias won’t ever fully go away. Nor will you significantly shift your mindset overnight. It will take weeks and months of effort to consciously remind yourself that the world is more nuanced, not just a dystopian hellscape.
That’s not to say that you should ignore serious problems (they need to be addressed), but if you constantly live with chronic stress, feeling overwhelmed, your mental health will suffer.
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Megalodon Meg 12 hours ago
What a horrible loss of life and risk to so many others who just showed up to work that day. The bees obviously, RIP those poor 1000 bees 😔 We already don't have enough of them. They died heroes.
If you constantly dwell on dark thoughts, find it tough to be optimistic, and your relationships with your loved ones are suffering, something needs to change.
One thing that you can do is limit negative self-talk and increase the amount of positive self-talk. The idea here is to shift how you view events and experiences, and reframe them in a more positive light.
“This doesn’t mean ignoring potential dangers or wearing rose-colored glasses—it simply means refocusing so that you give fair and equal weight to good events,” Verywell Mind stresses.
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Megalodon Meg 12 hours ago
"Aliens are real" Yeah I know, arrest everyone in the Epstein Files.
Another strategy that you can employ is to change your behavior patterns by redirecting your attention elsewhere. For instance, if you are ruminating on unpleasant things, actively try to distract yourself with something enjoyable or redirect your thoughts elsewhere.
As simple and cheesy as it sounds, try going for a walk, reading a quality book, or putting on some good music.
Again, the issue is not that you’re recognizing very real, serious challenges in your social circle, local community, and around the world. The problem is that you constantly think about these issues, which hurts your mental health and relationships.
At the end of the day, remember that it is not a sign of weakness to ask for help. If you’re struggling with anxiety, stress, negativity, cynicism, and the like, reach out to your family and friends for support. Meanwhile, get in touch with a therapist so that they can guide you in reframing your experiences in a way that empowers you and makes you more resilient.
Currently, the ‘I quit my job by text’ Facebook page boasts 121k followers. At this point in time, the project primarily shares social commentary from all over social media about the dystopian state of the world.
However, earlier, the page used to focus on workplace, management, and job-related toxicity content. It was a “safe space to share that final message to your boss.”
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Bartlet for world domination 3 hours ago (edited)
Well, when I was 18 and first allowed to vote, I was slightly left of center. Then everybody shifted to the right.
Once you’ve looked through these posts, we’d like to hand the conversation over to you.
What is your personal perspective on the current state of the world? Are you cynical, exhausted, scared, powerless, and overwhelmed? Maybe you’re determined, optimistic, hopeful, and feeling empowered? Or maybe you’re feeling a mix of all of those things?
What do you think the biggest problems affecting the world and society are right now, and what can realistically be done to solve them? What are you doing to make your local community better and stronger? Let us know in the comments.
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Sarah Belt 9 hours ago
My favorite dentist told me that when I was moving and looking for a new dentist, find one that had their own practice. Don't go to a chain office.
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Tom Brincefield 13 hours ago
I know exactly what makes that watch so expensive. Someone is stupid enough to pay that much.
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he_aint_heavy 13 hours ago
You absolutely can get a library card without a "state license", whatever that is. A driver's license is not a requirement for a library card.
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Megalodon Meg 11 hours ago
Horrific that babies are dying due to straight up stupidity. The only silver lining is that these f*****g morons will struggle to successfully continue their bloodlines.
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Jeanbore Dilford 4 hours ago
Bul-lshit He did not say that. No reliable historical source shows Mao in 1955 explicitly saying “it will take fifteen five‑year plans to catch up with and surpass the United States.” The specific “15 five‑year plans” formula appears to be a recent paraphrase or meme built on a genuine 1955 remark about needing 50–75 years to catch up.
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 1 hour ago
That's a MIGHTY good argument. Experiencing $hitty men was one of the things that pushed me towards being genderqueer, but every decent man I meet makes me proud of that part of myself that's still a man.
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 58 minutes ago
Books: by mentally unwell people, for mentally unwell people 😆
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Luke || Kira (he/she) 42 minutes ago
Remember that PragerU post that goes like "Young people are so enamored by 'anti-racist' rhethorics, but the TRUTH is that they're against America and the fundamental values the country was built on"? Said the quiet part out loud
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Bartlet for world domination 2 hours ago
I'm going to say the dreaded 'this should be higher' because Chrome actually did that, Google is offloading its AI workload on personal computers and what the AI does in there is anybody's guess. Don't use the browser, and stay the f away from the operating system.
#47
Megalodon Meg 11 hours ago
Or, hear me out, we stop having a f**k a*s two party system all together because it's f*****g broken.
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#49
Geoffrey Scott 1 hour ago
GEO group's prison in Baldwin, Mi was closed, now with new life as an ICE detention facility.
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Science Nerd 5 hours ago
The uncle should not have taken the law into his own hands but the state would not take the law into it’s hands. Where is the failure?
#59
Bartlet for world domination 2 hours ago
"The internet" is just connected computers. Use your VPN provider's DNS.
#61
Geoffrey Scott 1 hour ago
Start the downvotes: The line starts behind the Chippewa, the Sioux, the Seminole, the Cherokee...
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David 9 hours ago
Israel never said that, Israel said in 3 communities they found 40 d**d infants, some of which had their heads not connected to their bodies, and they were doing autopsies. A single journalists changed that to 40 babies beheaded, and Israel was the one who came out and corrected it. But the anti-Israel crowd then lied and claims Israel make the original comment and made it like they exposed it. However 1200, mostly civilians, many children were k****d on Oct 7, hundred R@aped, etc. There were over 1800 hour of Hamas taken footage, the stuff Hamas took themselves to brag about it, and security camera footage from the communities in Southern Israel, that were submited to the UN, and confirmed the Hamas Atrocities.
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Geoffrey Scott 1 hour ago
And someone in a single-wide has a Trump sign in their yard. The mind reels..
#67
David 9 hours ago
Track AIPAC considers any money spent by any Jews to be pro-Israel money. The group is run out of Pakistan btw. But they consider any money from any Jews to be AIPAC lobbying, and the 730 million was a report they made up. They claim any money on any advertising by any company doing business in Israel was pro-Israel PR (like HP, Intel, etc). There is a reason they are on multiple hate monitor lists and on the FBI list of foreign ops in the US. Using them, means you beleive all Jews are part of some big Israel run conspiracy
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David 9 hours ago
This is false, there is no d***h penalty for this. In Israel the new law you need to k**l an Israeli Citizen in the act of t*******m to get the D***h Penalty. This is a pure lie. But yes, these 2 members are part of a group banned in the US, UAE, and several European Countries for being a Hamas front. They are being tried for t*******m. Also their boat has no humanitarian aid or food. The whol flotilla had 2 vans worth of aid, mostly expired baby formula, while that same day over 500 trucks entered Gaza through legit humanitarian orgs to bring supplies. Dont lie, tell the truth
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David 8 hours ago
Thats not an arguement any Pro-Israel people make. Its if Israel doesn't have a right to exist, than neither does Lebanon (1943), Syria (1946) , Jordan (1946), Pakistan (1947), etc. All National identity based states, created in the 20th Century by European Powers, through carving up larger colonial holdings, and all conraversal with some minority groups complaining about how it was divided up (Druze in Syria and Lebanon, Kurds in Syria, Jordan the old clans vs the Arabian Clans, Pakistan the millions of Hindus expelled, etc)
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Warren Leal 4 hours ago
My last salary was $8750, ecom only worked 12 hours a week. My longtime neighbor yr estimated $15,000 and works about 20 hours for seven days. I can't believe how blunt he was when I looked up his information, This is what I do..... 𝐉𝐨𝐛𝐀𝐭𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝟏.𝐂𝐨𝐦
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