World Getting Harder?

[nightmare-receiver]

Does anyone else feel like the world we live in is getting harder to survive in every day? I'm trans, so this is kind of directed towards other minorities, but anyone can answer. I'm in the US, and it feels like every day gets worse for people like me. The world is so hostile to anyone outside of the "norm." Every time I open any social media or something it's like I'm bombarded by how everyone is going to treat me and people like me like freaks who deserve suffering. It's not just the internet, people have been awful in person too. It's hard to feel like the world is ever going to get any kinder to me. It makes me feel hopeless, but also so unbelievably angry. I hate the general populace more and more every day.

Aside from the feelings of it all, everything is just such a dangerous pain in the ass. I can't change my name or gender marker because then I can't get a passport. If I apply for jobs and then get an interview, it's obvious my name doesn't match what I look like, so I can't even try to keep it a secret from employers. My job right now is cool about it, but it's my part time job from high school, and since I graduated college I'm going to have to try and branch out. Other jobs I've had have been awful about it. I just feel like the odds are stacked against me everywhere I look. It's hard to hold out for a better future when the world feels like it gets worse every day.

 

[itsgone2]

It's tough for everyone.
Private equity is destroying everything.

 

[nightmare-receiver]

You're so right. I didn't even get into the whole 'is it possible to have a life that isn't about working your life away for no benefits while prices go up and wages don't' because I didn't want to ramble too much lol. Private equity is at fault for so many problems.

It's tough for everyone.
Private equity is destroying everything

 

[myquest]

it used to be so much easier to get jobs or internships in tech. i've been kinda screwed over due to AI and the world as it is. it made me give up.

 

[hurts2b]

I'm not in exactly the same situation as you but yes. The world is for sure getting more difficult for many people. I see conversation about it everywhere. In my country there's a recession going on. Censorship and surveillance are being ramped up all across the globe. It's an especially bad time to be making the transition from school to work. It's also a difficult time for people switching fields or moving between jobs. Things are tough.

 

[never mind me]

Although I am not part of a minority and thankfully not living in the US I feel very much the same. Since the pandemic there was really high inflation, especially regarding food prices and there is a housing crisis, meaning that it is really hard to find a place to live at all and if you do you can easily spend almost half of your wage on rent alone. Add to that a horrible government, lobbyism that is on its way to destroy democracy and lots of young people who think the way to get these issues solved is to vote for fascist parties. However, I think the situation really depends on the specific situation of the country and the government. During and immediately after the pandemic the government where I live was a lot more decent, so despite many of the problems already being an issue I didn't feel quite as hopeless as I do now. Currently the political situation and the fact that everything gets more expensive while wages stagnate or even go down (at least in the field I work) is reason enough to not wish to continue to live. My main regret is pursueing a career that is practically useless outside of my home country, otherwise I might just try to find another country where I could live.

 

[girl_with_a_plan]

Yes - it's getting harder. I belong to multiple marginalized groups and am pretty much giving up on ever working again. It's worse too with ageism. Work is an incredible source of stress and having to compete with these hyperaggressive personalities is too much.

 

[nightmare-receiver]

Although I am not part of a minority and thankfully not living in the US I feel very much the same. Since the pandemic there was really high inflation, especially regarding food prices and there is a housing crisis, meaning that it is really hard to find a place to live at all and if you do you can easily spend almost half of your wage on rent alone. Add to that a horrible government, lobbyism that is on its way to destroy democracy and lots of young people who think the way to get these issues solved is to vote for fascist parties. However, I think the situation really depends on the specific situation of the country and the government. During and immediately after the pandemic the government where I live was a lot more decent, so despite many of the problems already being an issue I didn't feel quite as hopeless as I do now. Currently the political situation and the fact that everything gets more expensive while wages stagnate or even go down (at least in the field I work) is reason enough to not wish to continue to live. My main regret is pursueing a career that is practically useless outside of my home country, otherwise I might just try to find another country where I could live.

I'm sorry, I hope things work out for you. I get that last part a bit, I went to school for a degree that's pretty much useless and I'm totally screwed with college debt. I'm going to owe over 800$ in debt a month, and have no idea how I'm going to manage that in this economy. I'll be crossing my fingers for the both of us.

Yes - it's getting harder. I belong to multiple marginalized groups and am pretty much giving up on ever working again. It's worse too with ageism. Work is an incredible source of stress and having to compete with these hyperaggressive personalities is too much.

I'm sorry, ageism sucks. Work is also a huge source of stress for me, probably one of my biggest reasons for struggling right now. I hope things get better and easier for the both of us.

 

[N-methylamphetamine]

it used to be so much easier to get jobs or internships in tech. i've been kinda screwed over due to AI and the world as it is. it made me give up.

yea im a CS major and I wished I picked EE or pre-dental because theres so much fucking outsourcing and AI it's insane. Im glad AI exists though, made my life more easier holy shitt

 

[Mrs. T-800]

I'm pretty newly married – not newlywed per se since we crossed one year, but not even to 1,5 years yet – and beginning my "real" life (moving out, first job, etc.). It's hard! And expensive! And we have had great support and blessings in our backgrounds. Even living comfortably we are stressed out.

We have had the conversation on children and while I would at one point love three or four the world is making us consider even just one.
I worry very much about the state of the world and of society – the bigger things, such as the climate, AI, the costs of things, the oil reliance, but also smaller, closer-to-home ones such as screen addiction and the generational zap in community and overreliance on technology. People seem to have shorter attention and spans for kindness. Nothing feels real, genuine, authentic or done for mere love any more. Everything is about money, prestige, or such.
I gave up on some things because it just feels tiring now. I wanted to return to modeling for example but why? When they might deepfake me.
It's an exhausting rat race and just... ugly.

We can't even enjoy the aesthetics of things. They made it all flat, formless, and sad. The personality and color are gone. All about profits and being temporary. There is a simple lack of spirit and a zeal for making the most of life.

That being said, I am for life, and I think we do eventually have the power to change things. The pendulum does swing. It might need some WD-40, if it rusted in place a little but we can help it along by doing our best, being patient and kind and giving the benefit of the doubt, and turning away, not towards, from overreliance on tech, convenience, and sociosocietal disconnect.

 

[byec560]

Idk if the world is getting harder because the WORLD is getting harder, or if the world is getting harder because I'm getting older. Adult life is rough for a manchild like me. Realistically, I lived through 9/11, war on terror, 2008 financial crisis, etc., so I don't know if I could say the 2020s are better or worse per se. People are pretty performatively cruel towards minorities, but if you look at support numbers themselves, they've tended to trend upwards. I remember my religious mom cried when gay was legalized, and I had people shout homophobic slurs out their car windows at me when I was in high school (I'm not gay) even though I live in a p left-wing area. That being said, it does weigh on me because I feel I might be a tad too sensitive for life. I miss not having responsibilities.

 

[hoppybunny]

Does anyone else feel like the world we live in is getting harder to survive in every day? I'm trans, so this is kind of directed towards other minorities, but anyone can answer. I'm in the US, and it feels like every day gets worse for people like me. The world is so hostile to anyone outside of the "norm." Every time I open any social media or something it's like I'm bombarded by how everyone is going to treat me and people like me like freaks who deserve suffering. It's not just the internet, people have been awful in person too. It's hard to feel like the world is ever going to get any kinder to me. It makes me feel hopeless, but also so unbelievably angry. I hate the general populace more and more every day.

Aside from the feelings of it all, everything is just such a dangerous pain in the ass. I can't change my name or gender marker because then I can't get a passport. If I apply for jobs and then get an interview, it's obvious my name doesn't match what I look like, so I can't even try to keep it a secret from employers. My job right now is cool about it, but it's my part time job from high school, and since I graduated college I'm going to have to try and branch out. Other jobs I've had have been awful about it. I just feel like the odds are stacked against me everywhere I look. It's hard to hold out for a better future when the world feels like it gets worse every day.

It's definitely not just you. It is getting harder for really any minority. It's just so fucking awful. Since I'm a racial, and sexual minority, it feels like I'm constantly getting bombarded with bullshit everyday.

But in the grand scheme of humanity the world is actually getting better. It was only 60 years ago that my country was a colony and 150 years ago that american chattel slavery ended. And like 50-90 years ago women were considered property. And it was ok to roll gay people in carpets and burn them. So I don't really feel as bad about the current state of the world.

And I'm just counting things that affect me. But It definitely is getting worse kinda like a pendulum. Things will get better, then swing back a little bit because of how much people who benefit from opression hate change. Then it will swing back again. Humanity swings forward farther than it will ever swing back. At least that's what I'm hoping for.

The one thing that saddens me is that I might die before I get to enjoy things getting better again. Cause it takes years like 100s of years for a society to change.

it used to be so much easier to get jobs or internships in tech. i've been kinda screwed over due to AI and the world as it is. it made me give up.

Literally you could get a job from knowing basic sql or html back in the day. But now if you don't know 200 web technologies and APIs and have 7 internships, good luck getting a job.

yea im a CS major and I wished I picked EE or pre-dental because theres so much fucking outsourcing and AI it's insane. Im glad AI exists though, made my life more easier holy shitt

Fello CS major. Biggest mistake i've made ever. and now i'm too depressed to go to law school.

 

[calebzz1]

Does anyone else feel like the world we live in is getting harder to survive in every day? I'm trans, so this is kind of directed towards other minorities, but anyone can answer. I'm in the US, and it feels like every day gets worse for people like me. The world is so hostile to anyone outside of the "norm." Every time I open any social media or something it's like I'm bombarded by how everyone is going to treat me and people like me like freaks who deserve suffering. It's not just the internet, people have been awful in person too. It's hard to feel like the world is ever going to get any kinder to me. It makes me feel hopeless, but also so unbelievably angry. I hate the general populace more and more every day.

Aside from the feelings of it all, everything is just such a dangerous pain in the ass. I can't change my name or gender marker because then I can't get a passport. If I apply for jobs and then get an interview, it's obvious my name doesn't match what I look like, so I can't even try to keep it a secret from employers. My job right now is cool about it, but it's my part time job from high school, and since I graduated college I'm going to have to try and branch out. Other jobs I've had have been awful about it. I just feel like the odds are stacked against me everywhere I look. It's hard to hold out for a better future when the world feels like it gets worse every day.

I decided to fully read this thread today.

Yeah, for sure.

I feel like I'm in a post-apocalyptic world daily, physically I struggle a lot and always feel a notch below survival mode.

I'm sorry to hear of your situation, that sounds really difficult.

I totally get your feeling about the world feeling hostile, due to being visually impaired you automatically feel different in my experience.

I would not worry about what other people think and focus on yourself first.

 

[girl_with_a_plan]

I'm pretty newly married – not newlywed per se since we crossed one year, but not even to 1,5 years yet – and beginning my "real" life (moving out, first job, etc.). It's hard! And expensive! And we have had great support and blessings in our backgrounds. Even living comfortably we are stressed out.

We have had the conversation on children and while I would at one point love three or four the world is making us consider even just one.
I worry very much about the state of the world and of society – the bigger things, such as the climate, AI, the costs of things, the oil reliance, but also smaller, closer-to-home ones such as screen addiction and the generational zap in community and overreliance on technology. People seem to have shorter attention and spans for kindness. Nothing feels real, genuine, authentic or done for mere love any more. Everything is about money, prestige, or such.
I gave up on some things because it just feels tiring now. I wanted to return to modeling for example but why? When they might deepfake me.
It's an exhausting rat race and just... ugly.

We can't even enjoy the aesthetics of things. They made it all flat, formless, and sad. The personality and color are gone. All about profits and being temporary. There is a simple lack of spirit and a zeal for making the most of life.

That being said, I am for life, and I think we do eventually have the power to change things. The pendulum does swing. It might need some WD-40, if it rusted in place a little but we can help it along by doing our best, being patient and kind and giving the benefit of the doubt, and turning away, not towards, from overreliance on tech, convenience, and sociosocietal disconnect.

The world looks a lot more grim when you're living on one income, or if you're unemployed. This a thread about how a lot of us feel the world isn't getting better, and you talking about pendulum swinging where we have the power to change things feels very, very tone deaf and dismissive of someone's lived experience.

I do try to help others where I can but also acknowledge it's really tough and at a certain point know we may not.