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i challenge you to post one optimistic take or belief today on bluesky this needn’t be toxic positivity, just good ol’ run of the mill optimism/hope in the face of a torrential downpour of doom

dame@dame.is

look, i’m sorry for injecting some boring optimism into the discourse, someone’s gotta do it!

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Every place I’ve visited recently is much more tolerant of diversity, much more environmentally aware, and safer than what was the norm when I was a teenager.

Politically active people live in a bubble. Most humans already live in a non-hollywoodian apocalypse. 2.1 billion people have no access to drinking water. AI and robotics were always the best shot we have to fix the baseline, and I believe they will. #XLR8

We have largely avoided the worst case scenarios for climate change, and it is genuinely really cool to see that in Arizona so many buildings and even some parking lots now have solar panels.

The current situation is accelerating most of the world to reduce oil consumption and to increase solar and wind electricity production.

the fact that it’s abnormal and disincentivized to express some hope/optimism online from time to time is part of what got us in this mess

could we get “optimistic takes” trending on bluesky instead of “claude vinyl mode” which doesn’t even exist

they’re calling this the most cringe dame take ever, just oozing with unbearable amounts of cringe and cliche

lots of good and uplifting and hopeful stuff in the quote posts of the original post in this thread, the scrooges have been blocked and their quotes detached, thank you to everyone who has participated so far!