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life in the current year has an extremely surreal quality to it

nothing seems 'real' anymore it's hard to put into words,...
diverse narrow-minded range pistol
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we're interacting and sharing synthetic content as if it's n...
Anal boistinker
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blue know-it-all casino pervert
  01/23/26
everything feels Synthetic. even when you're entirely offlin...
diverse narrow-minded range pistol
  01/23/26
the world is content
excitant hospital
  01/23/26
cr that's a good way to put it it has become less than Li...
diverse narrow-minded range pistol
  01/23/26
cr we've inverted the world and whats important online dr...
Anal boistinker
  01/23/26
i.e. see baudrillard
umber locus travel guidebook
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Anal boistinker
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cr that puts OP into focus for me also - we are interacting ...
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excitant hospital
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how does one know what is real when all institutions and exp...
umber locus travel guidebook
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we don't https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=581306...
Anal boistinker
  01/23/26
i use two methods to ground myself: (1) recursive politi...
umber locus travel guidebook
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cr "people who don't think about how to ground them...
Anal boistinker
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umber locus travel guidebook
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and xo is a parasocial relationship orgy
passionate ruddy point
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How is it parasocial I've been talking to oyt every 4 months...
fantasy-prone emerald office
  01/23/26
tp.
nubile racy regret
  01/24/26
you should have bought gold and silver
cruel-hearted mustard temple digit ratio
  01/23/26
Important thread. Irrelevant, though, as it's posted on a we...
fantasy-prone emerald office
  01/23/26
should i invent a new religion
diverse narrow-minded range pistol
  01/23/26
I think that used to be something to do but probably not any...
fantasy-prone emerald office
  01/23/26
really feels like BIG CHANGES are imminent.
Cyan national feces
  01/23/26
Narrator: "They aren't"
diverse narrow-minded range pistol
  01/23/26
Went to the "doctor's" office for a physical today...
claret stead boltzmann
  01/23/26
gonna get so much worse with a quickness just you wait
blue know-it-all casino pervert
  01/23/26
will do, thank
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nubile racy regret
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Run of the mill GPs are in big trouble. Even if the medical ...
khaki selfie university
  01/23/26
lmao when is humanity just going to admit that it sucks and ...
bespoke snowy kitty cat
  01/23/26
LOL ideally soon. My dumb hobby horse is that I think we are...
khaki selfie university
  01/24/26
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Anal boistinker
  01/24/26
I went to a doctor recently and had a similar experience. Th...
violent fear-inspiring incel
  01/24/26
Anal cancer?
beady-eyed honey-headed area stain
  01/24/26
How dare you
violent fear-inspiring incel
  01/24/26
Hemorrhoids?
Disrespectful Indian Lodge
  01/24/26
I'd rather not say.
violent fear-inspiring incel
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beady-eyed honey-headed area stain
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nubile racy regret
  01/24/26
everything is computer
Self-absorbed faggot firefighter
  01/23/26
everybody transgender
crusty lodge
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Part of it (as others have said) is that online is informing...
khaki selfie university
  01/23/26
the covid era de-pantsed a lot of the modern economy, and ex...
Turquoise stage
  01/23/26
100% agree. Plus the end of ZIRP means many of these "j...
khaki selfie university
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Anal boistinker
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but my Stocks
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diverse narrow-minded range pistol
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Anal boistinker
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https://x.com/youngwerther123/status/2014810543123464267
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Anal boistinker
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This has predated information and online vs offline. There&r...
Gay impertinent house
  01/24/26
*wakes up and saves an image of a penguin heading to the mou...
Anal boistinker
  01/24/26
DUDE he's NIHILISTIC LOL
diverse narrow-minded range pistol
  01/24/26
*memetic image symbolically takes on new meaning processed a...
Anal boistinker
  01/24/26
sums up the op - we’re detached from reality now and w...
Anal boistinker
  01/25/26
https://x.com/JoshRainerGold/status/2015102322603348070
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:55 PM
Author: diverse narrow-minded range pistol

nothing seems 'real' anymore

it's hard to put into words, but the feeling is becoming stronger and stronger as time goes on. i think that part of it is me getting older, but i get the impression that other people are feeling it too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612378)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:56 PM
Author: Anal boistinker

we're interacting and sharing synthetic content as if it's normal - it's satanic.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612387)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:58 PM
Author: blue know-it-all casino pervert



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612406)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:04 PM
Author: diverse narrow-minded range pistol

everything feels Synthetic. even when you're entirely offline and irl, it still all feels surreal and fake

nothing feels magical. nothing feels 'open.' the future feels deterministic rather than a shared, ongoing story that you and everyone else are participating in together

like i said, part of it (i think) is me getting older. but i really get the sense from other people, even younger people, that they feel the same way too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612432)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: excitant hospital

the world is content

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612442)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: diverse narrow-minded range pistol

cr that's a good way to put it

it has become less than Life. it has become Content

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612512)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: Anal boistinker

cr we've inverted the world and whats important

online drives offline - making everything feel robotic/fake/deterministic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612456)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:28 PM
Author: umber locus travel guidebook

i.e. see baudrillard

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612520)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:31 PM
Author: Anal boistinker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612538)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:06 PM
Author: Soul-stirring ultramarine school cafeteria

cr that puts OP into focus for me also - we are interacting with images/simulations/pictures on the wall, rather than real things/beings/souls

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613008)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:11 PM
Author: Anal boistinker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613016)



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Date: January 25th, 2026 3:03 PM
Author: nubile racy regret



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49617740)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:57 PM
Author: excitant hospital



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612393)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:59 PM
Author: umber locus travel guidebook

how does one know what is real when all institutions and experts and influencers are corrupted, all audio-visual electronic data can easily be faked, and anything you read may be written by an AI or bot?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612409)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:02 PM
Author: Anal boistinker

we don't

https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5813069&mc=10&forum_id=2



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612422)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: umber locus travel guidebook

i use two methods to ground myself:

(1) recursive political/cultural predictions; i make predictions about the future and to the extent they turn out to be wrong, i update my worldview

(2) phenomenological living, i.e. i trust my senses and ground authority much more within myself than before

people who don't think about how to ground themselves are really flailing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612443)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:10 PM
Author: Anal boistinker

cr

"people who don't think about how to ground themselves are really flailing"

*opens up free chatGPT app and gets blasted with invisible tunnels and ads*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612466)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:11 PM
Author: umber locus travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612469)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:10 PM
Author: passionate ruddy point

and xo is a parasocial relationship orgy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612465)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 8:05 PM
Author: fantasy-prone emerald office

How is it parasocial I've been talking to oyt every 4 months about how stupid meditation is for like 12 years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613100)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 1:57 PM
Author: nubile racy regret

tp.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49614755)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:14 PM
Author: cruel-hearted mustard temple digit ratio

you should have bought gold and silver

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612474)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:34 PM
Author: fantasy-prone emerald office

Important thread. Irrelevant, though, as it's posted on a web forum as out of date as irl.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612544)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:37 PM
Author: diverse narrow-minded range pistol

should i invent a new religion

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612556)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:47 PM
Author: fantasy-prone emerald office

I think that used to be something to do but probably not anymore

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612593)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: Cyan national feces

really feels like BIG CHANGES are imminent.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612557)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:45 PM
Author: diverse narrow-minded range pistol

Narrator: "They aren't"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612587)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:50 PM
Author: claret stead boltzmann

Went to the "doctor's" office for a physical today.

The doctor doesn't bother to see patients. You only get to see a nurse pracitioner who doesn't have a medical degree.

The nurse assistant taking my vitals barely spoke English and I couldn't understand her.

The phlebotomist taking my blood barely spoke English, but I could understand her slightly better.

No one will call to follow up with any results.

It's weird how things used to just work well in America.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612605)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: blue know-it-all casino pervert

gonna get so much worse with a quickness

just you wait

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612619)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:55 PM
Author: claret stead boltzmann

will do, thank

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612624)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:56 PM
Author: nubile racy regret



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612625)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:01 PM
Author: diverse narrow-minded range pistol



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612994)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:03 PM
Author: bespoke snowy kitty cat



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49612999)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:04 PM
Author: nubile racy regret



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613003)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:12 PM
Author: Anal boistinker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613019)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 9:54 PM
Author: nubile racy regret



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613391)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 2:14 AM
Author: beady-eyed honey-headed area stain



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613801)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 2:27 AM
Author: nubile racy regret



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613811)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:38 PM
Author: khaki selfie university

Run of the mill GPs are in big trouble. Even if the medical establishment will work to protect them, these are typically smart enough people who can sense how precarious their roles are becoming (or already are.)

Smart doctors at this point either need a serious niche specialty, to actually perform procedures as part of their work, or (sadly) get into content / branded products.

There are some decent sized YouTube channels with doctors who clearly use their MD to build sizable "infotainment" channels. This will continue to be a trend across many formerly-specialty fields going forward.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613063)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:40 PM
Author: bespoke snowy kitty cat

lmao when is humanity just going to admit that it sucks and put an end to this madness.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613070)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 1:07 PM
Author: khaki selfie university

LOL ideally soon. My dumb hobby horse is that I think we are going to see "Amish+" style communities pop up in our lifetime.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49614579)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 1:56 PM
Author: Anal boistinker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49614752)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 2:13 AM
Author: violent fear-inspiring incel

I went to a doctor recently and had a similar experience. Then I got a bunch of spam emails asking me to fill out a "survey" for their website.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613799)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 2:15 AM
Author: beady-eyed honey-headed area stain

Anal cancer?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613802)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 2:16 AM
Author: violent fear-inspiring incel

How dare you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613803)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 2:51 AM
Author: Disrespectful Indian Lodge

Hemorrhoids?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613844)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 2:57 AM
Author: violent fear-inspiring incel

I'd rather not say.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613855)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 8:05 AM
Author: beady-eyed honey-headed area stain



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613973)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 1:18 PM
Author: nubile racy regret



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49614614)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:04 PM
Author: Self-absorbed faggot firefighter

everything is computer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613004)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 1:38 PM
Author: crusty lodge

everybody transgender

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49614690)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:32 PM
Author: khaki selfie university

Part of it (as others have said) is that online is informing offline (instead of vice versa.) This is made doubly insane because the online part of the equation is driven by algorithms on 3 - 4 platforms.

But I think the bigger underlying issue that makes things feel "surreal" overall is "Information Collapse."

Maybe this isn't the best term, but what I mean is that information not only has instantaneous reach, but also near-total organization. Nothing is loose and free (outside of XO), it's all taxonimized by whatever platform it exists on regardless of the format (text, video, etc.)

This is (obviously) exacerbated by AI and the fact that seemingly 99% of people are using LLMs for all of their professional online communication. So everyone sounds the same and has the same cadence.

So then you find yourself jumping from AI-written emails to Zoom meetings (AI assistant enabled!) wherein everything is being recorded (and further taxonimized.) And you suddenly think to yourself: "wait...if everything can be communicated instantaneously AND categorized in real time...why do we need to communicate at all? What am I even doing here? What is anyone doing? Is it all just theater?"

It seems that people knowingly or unknowingly play this forward in their minds and it has a strange effect. You couple this with the fact that the economy is entirely driven by the need to keep the debt bubble going (and not true underlying supply and demand factors), and suddenly everything just feels completely and totally fake.

On a final note, as labor has become increasingly performative, it has been given paramount importance. "You must go to the office again!" (to use LLMs to summarize data and write emails that we then talk about on Zoom for no reason?) This causes severe dissonance and odd behavior, IMO.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613051)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:37 PM
Author: Turquoise stage

the covid era de-pantsed a lot of the modern economy, and exposed at least ⅔rds of 'jobs' as completely fucking worthless in any sort of hard material terms. there was a collective decision to ignore and not discuss this fact, but everyone knows it at least intuitively.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613061)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:43 PM
Author: khaki selfie university

100% agree. Plus the end of ZIRP means many of these "jobs" will go away forever. On some level this is good because the workforce is too big relative to underlying realities. Post-WW2 economy is a total anomaly as is a consumer-spending driven economy (which enabled tons of fields and jobs that are superfluous and also happen to employ many women.)

The other surreal thing is that we went from not having LLMs to every single person in the working world talking about AI nonstop / pretending to be experts on it and centering all of the global economy around Big Datacenters.

We went from COVID -> Ukraine -> AI as the thing to throw tons and tons of money at. I have poasted this before, but we would do well to let the bubble deflate. Even if it would be brutal in the short-term.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613073)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 8:11 PM
Author: Anal boistinker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613111)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 9:53 PM
Author: Appetizing black codepig

but my Stocks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613390)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:47 PM
Author: diverse narrow-minded range pistol



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613078)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 8:10 PM
Author: Anal boistinker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613107)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 10:53 PM
Author: diverse narrow-minded range pistol

https://x.com/youngwerther123/status/2014810543123464267

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613531)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 11:06 PM
Author: Anal boistinker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613564)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 1:12 AM
Author: Gay impertinent house

This has predated information and online vs offline. There’s currently a whole entire city on earth that is entirely synthetic. It’s called Dubai. It was created by slaves in the desert and new generations of slaves are still there, they live in slums and their passports are taken away and they are not paid for months at a time. But if you visit Dubai and you aren’t looking for them you would never see them. And even if you knew about them the odds are you wouldn’t even care.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49613757)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 11:27 AM
Author: Anal boistinker

*wakes up and saves an image of a penguin heading to the mountains*



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49614258)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 11:49 AM
Author: diverse narrow-minded range pistol

DUDE he's NIHILISTIC LOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49614334)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 12:11 PM
Author: Anal boistinker

*memetic image symbolically takes on new meaning processed as inspirational*

"embrace the penguin"



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49614416)



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Date: January 25th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: Anal boistinker

sums up the op - we’re detached from reality now and want to escape

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%203-m&geo=US&q=penguin%20mountain%20wallpaper&hl=en

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49618160)



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Date: January 25th, 2026 11:35 AM
Author: diverse narrow-minded range pistol

https://x.com/JoshRainerGold/status/2015102322603348070

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2.#49617187)