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AStern

(857 posts)
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 02:55 PM Yesterday

I'll never forgive the universe...

I’ll never forgive the universe for this moment we’re trapped in. Not for Trump or the people he’s empowered. Not for the billionaires who seem to hate humanity as much as they profit from it. Not for the zealots who twist religion into a weapon, then cry persecution when anyone pushes back.

Never. Not for any of it.

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I'll never forgive the universe... (Original Post) AStern Yesterday OP
"May you live in interesting times" - it's a curse Intractable Yesterday #1
We are insignificant, and the universe is indifferent. OC375 Yesterday #2
And it's not like we're 'trapped' in it. Igel Yesterday #4
Right there with you! 2naSalit Yesterday #3
Sing: H2O Man Yesterday #5
I have a young nephew and niece in Dubai who don't JCMach1 Yesterday #6
Meh. We have no right to live in the world we want: struggle4progress Yesterday #7

Intractable

(2,184 posts)
1. "May you live in interesting times" - it's a curse
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 02:59 PM
Yesterday

From Google ...

"May you live in interesting times" is a widely known, yet apocryphal, "Chinese curse" with no known origin in Chinese culture. It was likely popularized by British politicians in the late 19th/early 20th century, notably attributed to Joseph Chamberlain in 1898 and his son, Sir Austen Chamberlain, in the 1930s.

OC375

(990 posts)
2. We are insignificant, and the universe is indifferent.
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 03:52 PM
Yesterday

Humans are our own, relatively local problem.

Igel

(37,548 posts)
4. And it's not like we're 'trapped' in it.
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 07:46 PM
Yesterday

We're matter and made of up of the same stuff the universe it (albeit in rather wildly different proportions) and exist because of the laws that the universe has.

JCMach1

(29,215 posts)
6. I have a young nephew and niece in Dubai who don't
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 08:07 PM
Yesterday

Last edited Tue Apr 7, 2026, 12:20 AM - Edit history (1)

Have iodine tablets.

Fuck Trump and his madness.

struggle4progress

(126,277 posts)
7. Meh. We have no right to live in the world we want:
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 08:40 PM
Yesterday

what we have is the chance to work towards the world we would want, to give those who come after us a chance to live there

The fault is not in our stars but in ourselves

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