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there was a vibe shift and it still pertains: Everything Fucking Sucks and Is Too Fucking Expensive and Violent and I'm Fucking Terrified of the Future and the Assholes in Charge Do Not Give a Single Shit So Fuck Them

Rob Tracinski@tracinski.bsky.social

What was really up with all that "vibe shift" stuff after the 2024 election? Like, what was the environment like, what was going on with members of the media that they bought this? I'm genuinely curious.

The NYT interviewed kids about their predictions of the future and most of them were saying shit like “more war and everyone will be poor and sad”. The vibes are so foul actual children have noticed and are getting depressed

Was giving my 13 year old and her friend a ride somewhere, and I don’t remember the exact subject, but my kid replied: “Yeah but humans will just destroy the environment with AI, so what’s the point” and I let out an involuntary “oh fuck” then kinda froze mid-driving

parenting? already hard parenting a teenager? jesus christ parenting a teenager and pretending like they have a viable path forward? 😬 It’s my job to model behaviors and healthy coping mechanisms and I’m wildly unprepared for this task lol