People often point to the terrible things in the world as evidence we're living in "the worst timeline". What examples are there of things that suggest our timeline is actually better than it seems? theshatterstone54 ( @theshatterstone54@feddit.uk ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 9 hours ago message-square32fedilinkarrow-up172
arrow-up172message-squarePeople often point to the terrible things in the world as evidence we're living in "the worst timeline". What examples are there of things that suggest our timeline is actually better than it seems? theshatterstone54 ( @theshatterstone54@feddit.uk ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 9 hours ago message-square32fedilink
minus-square queermunist she/her ( @queermunist@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink8•9 hours agoWe haven’t had a nuclear war yet!
minus-square davel [he/him] ( @davel@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish5•8 hours agoActually we did, 79 years ago.
minus-square queermunist she/her ( @queermunist@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink9•8 hours agoA nuclear war definitely implies use of nuclear weapons on both sides. That was nuclear conquest, or nuclear terrorism. Just slaughtering civilians in a country that was already willing to negotiate their surrender.
minus-square Kalkaline ( @Kalkaline@leminal.space ) linkfedilink4•6 hours agoJapan wasn’t exactly a bunch of saints when it came to slaughtering civilians.
minus-square queermunist she/her ( @queermunist@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink1•4 hours agoJapanese civilians weren’t exactly the ones doing the slaughtering. It’s not like the nukes targeted a military target.
We haven’t had a nuclear war yet!
Actually we did, 79 years ago.
A nuclear war definitely implies use of nuclear weapons on both sides. That was nuclear conquest, or nuclear terrorism.
Just slaughtering civilians in a country that was already willing to negotiate their surrender.
Japan wasn’t exactly a bunch of saints when it came to slaughtering civilians.
Japanese civilians weren’t exactly the ones doing the slaughtering. It’s not like the nukes targeted a military target.