I cannot stand this century!

[BlakeGood88]

I really can take this century, anymore! I think I was better off, if I was born in 1948, instead of 1988. Theoretically, it would be 1977 right now; if I was born in '48. The internet and social media are destroying mankind as we know it. It's like the world just keeps getting worse and worse.

[mihael_11]

Don't worry. Work on balance. Peoples are very inbalanced becouse of this new technology, it has a lot of energy and everyone wants to be someone, but we should take it more easy, that quick development is not stable and i don't believe we are able to see clearly enough what we want to achieve. A lot of impatience is present and i agree, i would also have a more meaningful life being born in lets say, 1950.

But that is on other hand also more of development for you and me, so they don't wear us down with all the bulls*it they are selling to us and wants to say, what is right and what is not. You know it and i know it and that is how it is. Best is, to stay in your truth.

[Shivani Devi]

You think you have problems? I don't like the whole of the last millennia. =/

I'm one who would have loved to have been born in a non-Western country anywhere from 500BCE to 500AD....maybe I was. lol

[mihael_11]

I ask myself, why is it actually so hard?

It is nothing special, robots, ok, polution, ok, electronics, shoping, great expectacions, resentment... I guess we are more receptive to things, that were not so exposed before. So why this sensitivity? Is electronics source of this? But what can we do about it? I dunno...

second topic, time travel. What would be the point of go back in different time frame with knowledge and experience that you have now, when you know, you would change everything and it wouldn't be as it is.

So why are we, where we are. That is for me worth to ask, but usually there is no answer, so this is just rethoric post, as many before i guess. You write about something and nothing out of it.

[dream jo]

i luv 1980s
but i dnt wnt 2 go trhu bad stuf agan i wud not

[Ordnael]

I don't think of myself as belonging to any time or place, because that would render me a temporal creature. Temporal creatures are those who follow the customs of their era, and when the era is gone, they are gone with it.

Plants and animals have always been the same, for the most part, you don't see dolphins starting a new business, but people are constantly changing since they haven't found what is truly good. If they would find it, they would rest.

So far I haven't been able to install any programs on my computer, because every time they ask me to accept the agreement I reject it.

[BlakeGood88]

Let me be perfectly clear; I want to be "reborn" into 1988 and NOT the future! Instead of being myself, again; what about someone doesn't exist in this timeline. As I stated before, I want to come back as my twin sister and relive everything and not end up with another miserable life, again! That means I won't have Autism, but my past self (from a third person perspective, within this reality) or my twin brother will. The twin brother is the current incarnation of me, but without a twin sister. I only have an older sister.

When you take the whole multiverse thing into consideration, you have infinite timelines. I do not believe there is only one timeline and you only have one chance to make a good impression, that's nonsense!. That makes no sense and I doubt life would exist with just "one" timeline. Yes, it's 2017 (going on 2018) but in another life when I died it could've been 1492 or even the year 2177 and I traveled backwards or forward in time to 1988, depending on "where' and "when" I died in the previous life. I don't necessary believe my past life "only" took place in the past, as if it was only limited to the past. You have people who predict the future and get a lot of stuff right. Not all of it, but some. Keep in mind these false predictions could've manifested from other timelines. The late Silvia Browne once said that Micheal Jackson was going to jail, but in this reality, he was found not guilty and died 4 years after his court trial, of cardiac arrest. That means in another timeline, he was found guilty and sentenced to jail, just like Jared Fogle in this timeline. Maybe his childhood was far different than the one from this timeline. Maybe in that timeline, his father did much worse to him, than just beat him and his siblings with a belt, who knows! I do know that in both this timeline and another, Joseph Jackson was a no good deadbeat dad, but in another timeline, he's far more crueler than his counterpart, from this one.

My point being that when you die, you don't always go forward in time, you sometimes can go back and relive certain eras. I think being a princess in 13th century England would be pretty interesting or even being a blacksmith from the 18th century would be cool to see. But I'm not going that far back in time. If I were to go back any further than the year I was born in this reality, I would probably choose 1948 and as girl since my childhood would've been in the 50s and that decade was kinda cool! While not quite a utopia, it was at least so much better than today's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad world, even the glory days of the 80s and 90s to some degree. I've been told that the past, present, and future are all happening at once and I believe it. There is no beginning or end, everything is infinite!

[FallingLeaves]

i'm upset too but finally got tired of asking for it to be better... because if I sit around unsatisfied all the time it carries over even into 'better' lives and then I sit around unsatisfied in them as well. I would rather just be satisfied with my lot even if I'm unhappy about it sigh.

[BlakeGood88]

One of the reasons why I'm not going to have my next life take place in the future (i.e. the late 21st century or early 22nd century), is because parents aren't raising their kids right. Just go on any social media website and you'll see some nasty comments, filled with nothing but hate, negativity, racism, sexism, trolling, and/or cyberbullying. It's getting really bad, folks! I don't even think we'll be around for another hundred years, with the way things are going. You can all try to be as optimistic as possible but I think mankind is doomed and there's nothing to save us, this time! Social media has sealed our fate! Some of the things we have done cannot be forgiven. Yes, history is full of that. But I feel that social media has just made it a lot worse than before!

At least reincarnating back in time (i.e. 1988) would give me a second chance to prevent this bad timeline from happening. I could try to prevent 9/11, but I doubt I'd succeed without psychic powers. There's really no point of going into the future, within this reality. I really want to change the outcome of the events that happened from the late 20th century to now, in another timeline. I think it would be for the better. That's why I love time travel movies! It gives people the chance to alter the future, for the better or the worse. No wonder the Back To The Future trilogy is so loved by everyone! Who wouldn't want a second chance to change the outcome of something bad that happened? You'd have to be insane to decline something like that! I mean, if you had the chance to kill Adolf Hitler, before he rose to power, would you do it; of course you would!

[Shinsoo]

One of the reasons why I'm not going to have my next life take place in the future (i.e. the late 21st century or early 22nd century), is because parents aren't raising their kids right. Just go on any social media website and you'll see some nasty comments, filled with nothing but hate, negativity, racism, sexism, trolling, and/or cyberbullying. It's getting really bad, folks! I don't even think we'll be around for another hundred years, with the way things are going. You can all try to be as optimistic as possible but I think mankind is doomed and there's nothing to save us, this time! Social media has sealed our fate! Some of the things we have done cannot be forgiven. Yes, history is full of that. But I feel that social media has just made it a lot worse than before!

At least reincarnating back in time (i.e. 1988) would give me a second chance to prevent this bad timeline from happening. I could try to prevent 9/11, but I doubt I'd succeed without psychic powers. There's really no point of going into the future, within this reality. I really want to change the outcome of the events that happened from the late 20th century to now, in another timeline. I think it would be for the better. That's why I love time travel movies! It gives people the chance to alter the future, for the better or the worse. No wonder the Back To The Future trilogy is so loved by everyone! Who wouldn't want a second chance to change the outcome of something bad that happened? You'd have to be insane to decline something like that! I mean, if you had the chance to kill Adolf Hitler, before he rose to power, would you do it; of course you would!

Social media is just like any other tool. It can be used for both good and bad. I choose to use my Facebook for cat videos haha. That said, I can understand your frustrations with it. That’s why I quit all mine save the Facebook I use for friends and family. I don’t add random people and delete people if they get too crazy on me. Maybe you could try the same?

Messing with the future/past would be pointless and let me tell you why I think that. Let’s use Adolf Hitler for example. You’d like to kill him before he rise to power. Let’s say you did. But all you did was deprive him of that particular choice, and choice, the law of cause and effect is how souls learn. If you kill him, most likely he’d just do the same thing in another timeline. there’s even a chance it’ll be worse since some timelines would not be equipped to handle what he did. He has to become aware of the uncool things he did—in order to finally do something about them and for a great many souls, there’s a lot of trial and error.

There’s also the real possibility some other wannabe dictator would have done something similar instead. Without our knowledge of Hitlers cruelty and political maneuvering, we would be less able to recognize and shut the wannabe down.

[BlakeGood88]

But I really don't want to live in some stupid high tech Blade Runner metropolis in my next life, and I won't! I'm going to avoid being reincarnated into the late 21st/early 22nd century, like the plague!

[Lucky 1]

I like this century quite a lot myself!!!!!

[BlakeGood88]

I like this century quite a lot myself!!!!!

You must be from a parrellel universe where things turned out better than they did, here.

[Lucky 1]

You must be from a parrellel universe where things turned out better than they did, here.


Not sure why you would say things have turned out so bad......

How can you not see that we are currently living in a "golden age"???

People live longer and healthier than ever before in human history......opportunity is everywhere.....opportunity to do what you want to do.....go where you want to go....make as much money as you care to make.....be want you want to be.

Education is free for everyone in this century....not just the wealthy and elite.

Even the poor have a place to live and food to eat....why?? Because in this century we take care of the poor to an extent that we never have before.

In spite of all the doom and gloom you might see on TV....compared to centuries past....we live in extraordinarily peaceful times!!!!

Hell yeah!!! I like this century just fine!!!

[inavalan]

I really can take this century, anymore! I think I was better off, if I was born in 1948, instead of 1988. Theoretically, it would be 1977 right now; if I was born in '48. The internet and social media are destroying mankind as we know it. It's like the world just keeps getting worse and worse.
Have you watched Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris"? One of the ideas of the movie is that every generation, at some point, is nostalgic for a past era they imagine was better to live in. The mnovie's main character travels through time and find out that people living in an era himself nostalgic for, are in turn nostalgic for another previous era, disliking and being disappointed with the theit contemporary times.

Adapt and survive, or don't and you'll die ... of disappointment.

[inavalan]

... In spite of all the doom and gloom you might see on TV....I agree: media is the culprit for much of our malaise. A "less media" diet makes wonders!

[BlakeGood88]

Not sure why you would say things have turned out so bad......

How can you not see that we are currently living in a "golden age"???

People live longer and healthier than ever before in human history......opportunity is everywhere.....opportunity to do what you want to do.....go where you want to go....make as much money as you care to make.....be want you want to be.

Education is free for everyone in this century....not just the wealthy and elite.

Even the poor have a place to live and food to eat....why?? Because in this century we take care of the poor to an extent that we never have before.

In spite of all the doom and gloom you might see on TV....compared to centuries past....we live in extraordinarily peaceful times!!!!

Hell yeah!!! I like this century just fine!!!

How is this a golden age? Cartoon Network is doing just awful this year and the network is almost dead, thanks to Teen Titans Go, also speaking of animation; it's not doing that great this year, thanks to garbage like The Emoji Movie; among other things, The internet might lose it's freedom tomorrow if Net Neutrality is killed off for good. Cyberbullying on the web is out of control. Then there's the whole thing with North Korea threatening to nuke us. Seriously, 2007-2014 was more of a golden age than now, and that's saying something! Hell, 2010 was miles better than 2017 by a long shot! At least animation was starting to get better. Over 7 years later, and it's repeating the same mistakes from the dark age of animation from the 2000s (2004-2009).

I look back at 2007 and used to think it was the worst year of my life. I eat my own words. I mean 2007 may have been a decade ago, but life was much better back than (besides animation) video games were better, TV was better, you didn't have too much social media ruining our lives; YouTube was so much better than today, save for garbage like Fred and The Irate Gamer. The only negatives for 2007 was animation and music and that's pretty much it. The Virtual Console (which is one my favorite Nintendo services) was 10X better, where nowadays Nintendo just doesn't even care about it. Back in 2007, they really cared about the VC and we were seeing an average of 2-3 games a week like from the NES, SNES, N64, and Sega Genesis libraries and so on, but 10 years later in 2017, they forgot that it even exists!

[Lucky 1]

Soooo......your quality of life is determined by electronic toys and movie animation?????

All I can say is wow!

[BlakeGood88]

Soooo......your quality of life is determined by electronic toys and movie animation?????

All I can say is wow!
Well, I'm not part of the friggin' Amish.

[Gem]

Have you watched Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris"? One of the ideas of the movie is that every generation, at some point, is nostalgic for a past era they imagine was better to live in. The mnovie's main character travels through time and find out that people living in an era himself nostalgic for, are in turn nostalgic for another previous era, disliking and being disappointed with the theit contemporary times.

Adapt and survive, or don't and you'll die ... of disappointment.

Yes. Good film. Worth a look.

[Nature Grows]

This century is similar to the others humanity has had, same system just set up bigger and differently, humanity has been in this system for a while now...




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[BlakeGood88]

This century is similar to the others humanity has had, same system just set up bigger and differently, humanity has been in this system for a while now...



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Yes, because mankind had movies, TV, computers, internet access, social media, video games, and smartphones, centuries ago. It was the aliens who gave us their technology in 1947 that actually lead to all of that stuff.

[Ankhesenamun]

I also absolutely hate this century. I hate everything about it - the abusive and hate-filled people everywhere, the modern technology, the extreme surveillance and lack of privacy. The destruction of normal life, ie normal family life is virtually illegal by now, instead divorce, split ups, numerous partners etc is being pushed already at the kids at school, certainly at adults. The fake "medicines" nowadays that cure nothing but cause a lot of damage. The fake pseudo science that is psychiatry and pushes antidepressants on everybody. The fake news everywhere, the extreme corruption everywhere. But most of all the high level of hatred and abuse everywhere.

People have changed for the worse, most people are despicable now and us who still believe in helping others, being there for others, being fair etc, we are seen as the odd ones out and the "weirdos". I've lost count how many times I've been asked "what you don't want to marry some rich guy for money? What's wrong with you, are you mentally ill?" What sort of a question is that!!!

There are no real jobs around any more because everything gets made by machines, and computers do the rest. People therefore go into nonsensical non-jobs and stick their nose into other people's business and mess people's lives up.

I also hate it that it's impossible to find friends because people are fake nowadays, it's impossible to find a partner because everybody is just having it off with anything that moves - and that gets promoted by the government as "ideal". Nobody talks to anyone any more, people don't meet up any more or go to places to make new friends because everybody is now glued to their phone and too busy posting pictures of themselves or their dinner on facebook.

I just hate everything about this century! The world was reasonably normal until the 1980's but after that it went downhill.

I miss my previous life in Ancient Egypt, but even if I had been born just over a century ago, in Victorian times, things would have been better. But nowadays - I don't belong here, I don't want to belong here, I hate everything that's "modern", I even hate the strange clothes that people wear now, I hate the modern way of thinking (which is nothing but "me me me"), and if time travel was possible I would be back in the past in a flash.

[dream jo]

it tims im still stuk in 11980ss i a m coz iv notedd s um of dayss yongstrss dnt show resppppctt 2 elderss thy dnt

[SerendipityLizard]

I’d like to politely comment on your lack of knowledge here, Nature Grows.

Humanity is like the time of Egyptians and Monarchs? Did you forget that more countries now are not trapped into some kind of forced reign from royalty now, but are mostly in some kind of democracy? At the very least, that should be recognized.

I’m not saying there’s nothing wrong with humanity — I agree that there is a lot of terrible suffering out there — just saying it seems better than before. In the early days of the internet, it was considered revolutionary for ordinary individuals to be able to speak their own opinions and ideas rather than rich companies or celebrities. This also extends to when the radio, microphone and TV was invented — which allowed the common people to hear essential events, instead of only specific people who are nearby witnesses to it.

I also recall a documentary about the journalism giants, Hearst and Pulitzer, who revolutionized the way newspapers were done. Before newspapers only showed the latest gossip. Now present news are more likely to focus on world issues and problems that can affect all of us.

It seems like such an oversimplification to say that just because there’s hierarchy, the world is absolutely the same as the past. Slavery has been abolished at the very least in most countries, and soldiers no longer reach the same amount of status in many places — at least compared to succesful merchants or businesspeople as we call them today., Yes, many are greedy with money, but at least it’s a step up from a world is more likely to kill people in war.

Have you also forgotten that common people often influence those in power — as explained in Hegel’s philosophy of the master and the slave? Such as the demands in the market from ordinary people affect what the rich create in products and services. That, or politicians having to adapt to what the country’s citizens ask for to be voted in an election? This all affects how restaurants choose their menus, movies discuss about issues, authors allowing new stories and instructions, artists adapting to people’s tastes, and so much more.

Besides, there is nothing inherently wrong with hierarchy — only if it gets abused and power is given to someone who does not deserve it. Whether you like it or not, after hearing out everyone’s ideas, some kind of decision has to be made somehow. Non profit companies aren’t going to be able to help so many people if they listen to everyone’s opinions out of their kind heart without making an actual decison on whose opinion is best to actually take practical action.

That is not openmindedness. That’s damaging indecisiveness.

Thank you kindly for listening. Feel free to disagree. I’m not mad at you.

[SerendipityLizard]

I also absolutely hate this century. I hate everything about it - the abusive and hate-filled people everywhere, the modern technology, the extreme surveillance and lack of privacy. The destruction of normal life, ie normal family life is virtually illegal by now, instead divorce, split ups, numerous partners etc is being pushed already at the kids at school, certainly at adults. The fake "medicines" nowadays that cure nothing but cause a lot of damage. The fake pseudo science that is psychiatry and pushes antidepressants on everybody. The fake news everywhere, the extreme corruption everywhere. But most of all the high level of hatred and abuse everywhere.

People have changed for the worse, most people are despicable now and us who still believe in helping others, being there for others, being fair etc, we are seen as the odd ones out and the "weirdos". I've lost count how many times I've been asked "what you don't want to marry some rich guy for money? What's wrong with you, are you mentally ill?" What sort of a question is that!!!

There are no real jobs around any more because everything gets made by machines, and computers do the rest. People therefore go into nonsensical non-jobs and stick their nose into other people's business and mess people's lives up.

I also hate it that it's impossible to find friends because people are fake nowadays, it's impossible to find a partner because everybody is just having it off with anything that moves - and that gets promoted by the government as "ideal". Nobody talks to anyone any more, people don't meet up any more or go to places to make new friends because everybody is now glued to their phone and too busy posting pictures of themselves or their dinner on facebook.

I just hate everything about this century! The world was reasonably normal until the 1980's but after that it went downhill.

I miss my previous life in Ancient Egypt, but even if I had been born just over a century ago, in Victorian times, things would have been better. But nowadays - I don't belong here, I don't want to belong here, I hate everything that's "modern", I even hate the strange clothes that people wear now, I hate the modern way of thinking (which is nothing but "me me me"), and if time travel was possible I would be back in the past in a flash.

I will agree that many people are abusive and cruel, but fake medicine? I’d like to politely say that medical advancements have been improving. There are many flaws today, sure, but back then doctors didn’t even know how lack of hygeine could create disease. They did not even know illness came from tiny viruses and bacteria. The average lifespan has risen from 40 years old to 80.

And what is this about the worry about computers taking all the jobs? Before industrilzation lessened all the farming jobs, and now instead of farming, people can develop specializations in other areas. It’s also a misconception that computers can replace all jobs — actually, it’s much more likely that human beings can work with computers.

Computers can only do repetitive manual tasks or several large equations, and very rule based games like chess or Go at the moment. People still require deep creativity, emotional connection and flexibility of solutions from human beings. Or did you actually research on the field of computers?

Computers mean no real jobs? How about the medical use of equations for computers? What about computers that can analyze mosquitoes’ mating sounds to see if they’re dangerous to human beings? What about apps that allow for practical use like for exercise, schoolwork, relationships, finding a job, and many others? As someone who wants to be a software developer, this sounds like a very unfair stereotyping of these people — it’s a type of discrimination to view people who are very passionate about a different field from yours — I thought you hatd abuse. Why are you doing the same?

I agree that more people should meet in real life to connect deeply, but then are you discounting that all online relationships are superficial and fake? The benefits of the internet is that you can connect with people that are hard to find in real life — say people with similar rare diseases, obscure hobbies, and new beliefs. Does it sound entirely useless to you that people actually get to interact worldwide to understand the wider society instead of being cooped up where they live?

Our advancements are not fundamentally negative. These are tools, and the actions on how we use them are the ones that are negative.

I’ve seen through many past lifetimes where I worked in some kind of machinery and technology, and boy are people overly cynical about every piece of new tech that came by. I know Socrates hated the ideas that books existed, and said it stops us from training our minds to learn.

It is not entirely bad. It is not entirely good. To think of it so negatively is unrealistic.

Thank you for listening, and I’d like to say I’m not angry at you. Feel free to discuss back if you disagree.

[Spirit bird]

Yes, because mankind had movies, TV, computers, internet access, social media, video games, and smartphones, centuries ago. It was the aliens who gave us their technology in 1947 that actually lead to all of that stuff.

I agree that there are advanced technologies and many other breakthroughs which were shared and being supressed by our government. But most of what you state are actually what I feel are our own advancements.

What was shared with our governments were by far beyond the things you mention in your post. Things that would level the playing field for human kind and end enslavement. No more upper, middle and lower classes. Corporations, Big Pharma, and Media outlets would no longer have any hold over human kind should these things become known by all or released. They would cease to exist.
So, I feel the technologies shared with our people go well beyond what you mention as sharing "that stuff". Those things are minute by comparisom to what is being withheld, and more likely our own developments. The ET's that wished to help us achieve a higher level of conciousness on our planet shared things that were far greater than Xbox, Sony, I phones etc....You are welcome to disagree with my thoughts on this but this is what strongly resonates with me. And I only speak out because you stated you believe in other enlightened beings, ET's, or Aliens as you call them.

[Native spirit]

All i can say about this is i am glad this is my final life time i will not be back


Namaste

[Spirit bird]

All i can say about this is i am glad this is my final life time i will not be back


Namaste


Is there a way you realize it is your final time? I would love to know this answer too for myself because I know for a fact I am an old soul and I too do not wish to return. I am hoping all my lessons are done after this lifetime.

[inavalan]

I really can take this century, anymore! I think I was better off, if I was born in 1948, instead of 1988. Theoretically, it would be 1977 right now; if I was born in '48. The internet and social media are destroying mankind as we know it. It's like the world just keeps getting worse and worse.
Have you watched Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nptUnjpTw0)? Look up the scene from ~ 1:40:30 ! In each period people were nostalgic about a previous period. One's golden age is another's dull present.

[Baile]

it's impossible to find a partner because everybody is just having it off with anything that moves - and that gets promoted by the government as "ideal".

Nobody talks to anyone any more...Hi Ankhesenamun, so let's talk. I read your "Extreme Bad Luck" thread with interest and I started to wonder what karmic happenings are going on with you! Then I read this comment in this thread, about the government.

We're talking now, and I am going to tell you that comment is plain nonsense. I'm being truthful, not hurtful. If you believe there is a government conspiracy to promote promiscuity rather than couples getting together, then that's a delusion. On par with believing the earth is flat and the moon landing never happened.

Regarding these many "hate" comments: You cannot hate life and then expect life to open it's happy doors to you. You shared you're unemployed and cannot find a job. I would never hire someone whom I sensed hated this world. As an employer, I would want and need people who love doing what they do.

Your "bad luck" has to do with what appears to be some kind of deep-seated animosity towards various aspects of life and this world. It's not for me to go on past that. But you said you longed for people to communicate with. And so I'm communicating. And that's what I see, and what comes across in your comments.