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life in the current year has an extremely surreal quality to it
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:55 PM Author: Red Nudist Property 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 |
Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:56 PM Author: glittery piazza newt we're interacting and sharing synthetic content as if it's normal - it's satanic.
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:58 PM Author: cerebral at-the-ready school jap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612406) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:04 PM Author: Red Nudist Property 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 |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:06 PM Author: adventurous umber library roommate the world is content (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612442) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:25 PM Author: Red Nudist Property cr that's a good way to put it
it has become less than Life. it has become Content |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:08 PM Author: glittery piazza newt cr we've inverted the world and whats important
online drives offline - making everything feel robotic/fake/deterministic |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:28 PM Author: Racy high-end partner i.e. see baudrillard (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612520) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:31 PM Author: glittery piazza newt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612538) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:06 PM Author: vivacious chrome multi-billionaire weed whacker 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=2Reputation#49613008) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:11 PM Author: glittery piazza newt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613016) |
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Date: January 25th, 2026 3:03 PM Author: Matthias of Redwall Did Nothing Wrong #Cornflower (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49617740) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:57 PM Author: adventurous umber library roommate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612393) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:59 PM Author: Racy high-end partner 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=2Reputation#49612409) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:02 PM Author: glittery piazza newt we don't
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5813069&mc=10&forum_id=2
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:06 PM Author: Racy high-end partner 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 |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:10 PM Author: glittery piazza newt 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* |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:11 PM Author: Racy high-end partner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612469) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:10 PM Author: abnormal heady boistinker station and xo is a parasocial relationship orgy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612465) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 8:05 PM Author: comical flesh ceo regret 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=2Reputation#49613100) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 1:57 PM Author: contagious chapel associate tp. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49614755) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:14 PM Author: razzle state generalized bond you should have bought gold and silver (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612474) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:34 PM Author: comical flesh ceo regret 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=2Reputation#49612544) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:37 PM Author: Red Nudist Property should i invent a new religion (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612556) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:47 PM Author: comical flesh ceo regret I think that used to be something to do but probably not anymore (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612593) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:38 PM Author: coral toilet seat really feels like BIG CHANGES are imminent. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612557) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:45 PM Author: Red Nudist Property Narrator: "They aren't" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612587) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:50 PM Author: titillating hyperactive step-uncle's house 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. |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:54 PM Author: cerebral at-the-ready school jap gonna get so much worse with a quickness
just you wait |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:55 PM Author: titillating hyperactive step-uncle's house will do, thank (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612624) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:56 PM Author: contagious chapel associate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612625) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:01 PM Author: Red Nudist Property (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612994) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:03 PM Author: Nubile pearl son of senegal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49612999) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:04 PM Author: contagious chapel associate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613003) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:12 PM Author: glittery piazza newt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613019) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 9:54 PM Author: contagious chapel associate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613391) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 2:14 AM Author: sinister mad-dog skullcap box office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613801) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 2:27 AM Author: contagious chapel associate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613811) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:38 PM Author: Trip alcoholic main people 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. |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:40 PM Author: Nubile pearl son of senegal 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=2Reputation#49613070) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 1:07 PM Author: Trip alcoholic main people 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=2Reputation#49614579) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 1:56 PM Author: glittery piazza newt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49614752) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 2:13 AM Author: primrose marvelous persian site 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=2Reputation#49613799) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 2:15 AM Author: sinister mad-dog skullcap box office Anal cancer? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613802) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 2:16 AM Author: primrose marvelous persian site How dare you (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613803) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 2:51 AM Author: Iridescent french address Hemorrhoids? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613844) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 2:57 AM Author: primrose marvelous persian site I'd rather not say. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613855) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 8:05 AM Author: sinister mad-dog skullcap box office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613973) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 1:18 PM Author: contagious chapel associate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49614614) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:04 PM Author: Aromatic mentally impaired abode trust fund everything is computer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613004) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 1:38 PM Author: magenta fantasy-prone corn cake everybody transgender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49614690) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:32 PM Author: Trip alcoholic main people 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. |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:37 PM Author: Cracking death wish bawdyhouse 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=2Reputation#49613061) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:43 PM Author: Trip alcoholic main people 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. |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 8:11 PM Author: glittery piazza newt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613111) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 9:53 PM Author: amethyst elastic band but my Stocks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613390) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:47 PM Author: Red Nudist Property (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613078) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 8:10 PM Author: glittery piazza newt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613107) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 10:53 PM Author: Red Nudist Property https://x.com/youngwerther123/status/2014810543123464267 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613531) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 11:06 PM Author: glittery piazza newt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49613564) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 1:12 AM Author: Crusty marketing idea mood 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=2Reputation#49613757) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 11:27 AM Author: glittery piazza newt *wakes up and saves an image of a penguin heading to the mountains*
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Date: January 24th, 2026 11:49 AM Author: Red Nudist Property DUDE he's NIHILISTIC LOL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49614334) |
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Date: January 24th, 2026 12:11 PM Author: glittery piazza newt *memetic image symbolically takes on new meaning processed as inspirational*
"embrace the penguin"
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Date: January 25th, 2026 5:47 PM Author: computerman 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 |
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Date: January 25th, 2026 11:35 AM Author: He was really proud of his AutoAdmit persona https://x.com/JoshRainerGold/status/2015102322603348070 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825571&forum_id=2Reputation#49617187) |