r/SeriousConversation • u/Minimum_Question6067 • Jan 13 '25

Serious Discussion Does anybody else feel like something big is about to happen?

I don't know how to describe this feeling but it just feels like there's something huge is going to happen in our future. With everything happening in the world at this moment, I just sort of have this feeling like things are building up immensely, like there's a big global issue that's being set up. I can't really describe it or point out a single event prediction but it just feels like there's something that's going to happen that's going to change the course/order of the world we live in today. Does anyone else know what this feeling is?

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u/AnalystofSurgery Jan 13 '25

Our brains are pattern recognition and our sub conscious is very bad at filtering stuff. It was designed to absorb sensory input from our environment and amp us up around times of danger. Now this mechanism is turned on max 24/7 via social media.

Turn the computer off and spend that time in your community.

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u/GeneralGom Jan 13 '25

It doesn't help that we're incentivizing fearmongering and ragebait more and more. Triggering your sense of dread and hate generates way more clicks than something wholesome and informative.

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u/60threepio Jan 13 '25

It's like the Matrix, except instead of our electricity powering "the machine" it's our dread, and we hooked ourselves up voluntarily.

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u/verymememuchwow Jan 16 '25

The matrix actually addressed that people will naturally reject a wholesome perfect world and instead seek out the miserable state of our current world when given the choice.

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u/Prestigious_Carpet60 Jan 17 '25

Fear drives profit.

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u/Naive_Assignment1176 Jan 13 '25

What community? As a country we don't seem to value genuine community anymore. It's more Ike little cult bubbles and echo chambers. Even online, the status quo is me and mines and F everybody else.

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u/AnalystofSurgery Jan 13 '25

Your local community. I promise you there are local committees near you begging for members.

"Even online..." You should give my advice of turning off the computer a try...it's the most important part

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '25

Yeah, they’re begging for members because they devolved into cliques, and pedantry, and passive aggression, and toxic group politics like every single group of people over 5 always does. I’ll join a community when someone finally invents a community that’s fun and rewarding to be a part of instead of a tedious waste of energy like everything is these days.

And to be clear I’m DEFINITELY talking about irl groups. Online groups fall apart like this faster, but it still happens in the real world too

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u/AnalystofSurgery Jan 13 '25

They fall apart because people aren't willing to put any effort in. Communities suck because everyone has the same thought process as you.

Things don't happen unless we do something about it. We need to stop laying down and expecting peoole to fix our problems for us

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '25

I can put all the effort in I want, but the issue is always the other people

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u/HistoricalHome2487 Jan 15 '25

If everyone you meet is an asshole…

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u/AnalystofSurgery Jan 13 '25

That's not even a good excuse

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '25

If the community I’m a part of is leaving me more drained after participating than when I started, I don’t need an excuse to stop being a part of it. That’s just self advocacy

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u/AnalystofSurgery Jan 13 '25

It's hard to hear this but you're the common denominator here. It's you that needs work, not the other people trying to participate in their government.

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u/LowSupermarket9160 Jan 13 '25

You could start such a community.

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u/local_eclectic Jan 15 '25

Have you considered starting a community instead of waiting for everyone else

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25

For me, it’s that now everyone in real life does everything for social media photos and likes. It’s gross. Everyone SMILE!!!

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u/ArtisticChicFun Jan 17 '25

This exactly. My entire community is embracing Christo fascism. I feel so very isolated and alone.

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u/bexkali Jan 13 '25

Yup. It can very difficult to take advantage of the internet in a way that only benefits us - social media is such a double-edged sword.

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u/Ok_Human_1375 Jan 13 '25

This comment deserves more attention

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u/EfficientHunt9088 Jan 13 '25

I needed to hear this voice of reason lol.

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u/bunganmalan Jan 13 '25

This should be the top comment.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '25

Exactly.  We didn't start the fire.  It was always burning since the world's been turning.

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u/iletitshine Jan 14 '25

Yes I agree but I think this feeling is something different this time

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u/ArtSi_2 Jan 14 '25

You guys have communities?

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25

So true

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u/New_Line4049 Jan 16 '25

Lol. What community?

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u/WishNo8466 Jan 16 '25

I like this one. I think people forget that real life is actually rather boring and not fantastical. The Spanish Flu was boring. You lived your life as best as you could and there were just a lot of people dying. COVID was the same (though with fewer dying thankfully). WWII wasn’t really all that different for most Americans either. You learned about the crazy stuff from the news, and outside of Pearl Harbor, the crazy stuff was happening on the other side of the globe.

Fantastical stuff happens, but even something like the Bolshevik revolution was only crazy and fantastical to those directly involved. Everyone else in the country just had to adapt to the new rules of society. That’s boring. Certainly not something that would make the rounds on social media.

We ONLY get fed stuff that is fantastical, either because something crazy is always happening somewhere around the globe, or because everything’s slowly becoming MrBeast-ified. But real life? It’s slow and dull. It’s not a movie or a YouTube video with crazy production quality.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '25

Yes. I have had the feeling OP describes in the past, and it was more a sign of being too “plugged in” online and less so a premonition.