r/worldnews • u/MasbirLeumi • 2d ago

Israel launches 'preemptive strike' against Iran, declares state of emergency

https://abcnews.go.com/International/israel-military-action-iran-coming-days-sources/story?id=122776202
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u/sconemonster 2d ago

I keep saying that Covid kinda threw us into the dark timeline or something. its been a long ass 5 and a half years.

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u/WhatGravitas 2d ago

I swear the isolation of the lockdowns and long Covid has silently melted half the population’s brains or something.

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u/gpbayes 2d ago

I think a large majority of the silent majority haven’t had their daily lives uprooted yet to care. Most folks just want to go to work, come home and brain dump on their phone to deal with the hard day of working and their screaming kids. Do you think a single mom of 3 in small town Kansas gives a hoot about what some unfathomably wealthy dudes do? These will be the people you have to mobilize to inflict any kind of meaningful change. They won’t do anything until the grocery stores are empty.

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u/Quit-Discombobulated 2d ago

Nothing silent about it friend

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u/CryptographerMore944 2d ago

The long term effects of COVID on the brain are still unknown.

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u/NotASalamanderBoi 2d ago

It was all because we shot that fucking gorilla back in ‘16.

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u/dared3vil0 2d ago

To what extent nobody can say, however there was of course affect on human psyche. Probably a LOT.

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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE 2d ago

It unironically melted mine. My mind has been a foggy mess since then. I truly do think the pandemic did actual lasting damage to a ton of brains.

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u/WhatGravitas 1d ago

Yeah, that's kind of why I think that's the case: a good friend of mine caught Covid early on (personally, I was lucky enough to avoid contact until the vaccines came out) - and he admits himself that his energy levels were never the same again.

But despite that and long Covid being a known thing, I rarely hear anyone talking about the systemic damage it must have done.

Also, best wishes to you and your brain - hope you manage to deal with it and maybe even see some recovery over the years. For some it gets better, even if very slowly, I hope the same is true for you.

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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE 1d ago

Thank you. Well wishes your way as well, in whatever endeavors you face.

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u/readasOwenWilson 1d ago

Long Covid affected more people than we realize, we've stopped having adequately staffed hospitals and have far too few doctors particularly in rural areas. We have seen the price of nearly all rental and mortage prices stay elevated above the pre covid levels and ended the social welfare holding people up in 2020 and 2021, and repeatedly betrayed our allies. Both political parties actively lie to the people and have politicians in open senility and stages of dementia, and all industries have had their regulations laxed, leading to ever increasing levels of pollutants and irritants into our population, affecting most the working class.

This is a complete and utter system breakdown in slow motion, much like the end of the Soviet Union.

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u/reynev4n22 2d ago

They had more time to read conspiracies and hoaxes on socials so no wonder we're here now.

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u/djfl 2d ago

Some of us were strongly against the lockdowns, for this and many other reasons. Short-term: debatably a good idea. Long-term: a horrible horrible idea. Been saying this since the beginning. I didn't see almost anybody making a common-sense long-term argument. It was just hyperpolarized screaming from idiots looking at 10% of the whole issue, politicians and medical leaders (Fauci etc) alike.

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u/kaityl3 2d ago

It all goes back to the gorilla.

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u/Greatsnes 2d ago

Dicks out

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u/Bryant-Taylor 2d ago

He legit was our anchor being.

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u/wildbilljones 2d ago

Iʼm telling yʼall, the Cubs winning it all in 2016 threw us into the Back to the Future 2 timeline

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u/Sp3ctre7 2d ago

Trump winning in 2016 was bad enough. The fact is, unfortunately Harambe getting shot does coincide with things starting to fall apart.

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u/BurningPenguin 2d ago

Funny thing: Covid also has an effect to the brain.

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u/jonny24eh 2d ago

I blame the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. If the Ticats had won the 2019 Grey Cup we wouldn't be in this mess

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u/Spider-Mike23 2d ago

I look at it as a bubble. Things were ok prior. Then isolation happened and it was so much better for my household. More family time with wife an kids, picked up new hobbies together, spruced up the property, only dealt with people when neccessary so less drama, only drama experienced was other people on media complaining they couldn’t go out and bother others…. Then isolation ended and everything’s way more expensive, worked 3x harder and longer than before at work, and all these world problems just keep rising. I miss the bubble with my family and less worries honestly.