Many of us have realized that life on Planet Earth isn’t all sunshine and rainbows by now. Not just surviving but also thriving in the modern world can be very difficult. Especially if your expectations for how life should work don’t match the reality.
User u/Constant_Luck9387 sparked an interesting online discussion after asking the members of the r/AskReddit community to share what they think are the top things that have changed the world for the worse. Scroll down to see what they had to say. Their answers were illuminating, and they shed some light on what people consider to be the top problems of the day.
Bored Panda got in touch with the author of the viral thread, u/Constant_Luck9387, who was happy to share her perspective on how we can make the world a better place. Read on for our full interview with her.
#1
Single use plastic.
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#2
Companies answering to shareholders rather than customers or employees.
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#3
The unchecked exploitation of natural resources, leading to environmental degradation and climate change.
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#4
Allowing children to use social media and the internet.
Anything that involves over-educating children unnecessarily and not just let them be themselves and protect them.
Even worse imo: allowing parents to film and take photos of their children and upload it online for millions of views.
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#5
Large scale news outlets that get to present themselves as facts vs actually being a form of entertainment.
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#6
The good thing about influencer culture was anyone could become famous, opening doors for people who never would have had a chance in the past. The bad thing about influencer culture was anyone could become famous, including some incredibly toxic, exploitative sociopaths who would do anything for attention in the form of clicks, shares, likes and subscriptions. For every artist sharing and monetizing their doll making hobby or their drain unclogging, power washing or lawn care business, there’s a dozen Paul brothers or Andrew Tate ‘alpha’ bro wannabes spewing cruelty for laughs, misogyny, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and assorted other forms of hate.
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#7
Dopamine-high, instant gratification.
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#8
Consumerism, the belief that new material goods makes you happy. An eternal chase after new belongings.
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#9
24 hour news networks destroyed the world before social media even began.
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#10
Trickle down economics.
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#11
Either TikTok or online influencers making their fans do some questionable stuff.
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#12
Humans.
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#13
US v Them mentality. The idea that there is only a binary option available for everything.
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#14
High Fructose Corn Syrup.
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#15
Probably children getting devices at such a young age. I rarely go outside anymore. And I rarely see any other kids go outside anymore.
Edit: I have learned that it is not just screens that result in a lack of kids outside and that I should probably go out and soak up some sun as well. .
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#16
The amount of subscriptions services.
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#17
Social media. Lobbyists. Corporations donating/buying off politicians.
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#18
As if religion wasn’t radical enough throughout history, as people have begun shifting away from it, they shifted right into politics radicalizing it.
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#19
Those fake influencers on youtube, they are making the world worse 🥲.
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#20
The Citizen’s United decision in the US. It has allowed for unfettered and uncapped income to get involved into US politics from any source including foreign companies. The US has never been the most moral actor, but allowing people to buy reps in our government has heavily influenced the US’s international actions.
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#21
People blaming their actions on everyone buy themselves.
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#22
Social media fried my brain early. I remember i joined instagram back in 2011 when i was only 12. I started competing with strangers for compliments and seeking approval.
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#23
Unfortunately dating apps have sorta taken over dating in general.
Nowadays I think everyone uses them and it’s surprisingly becoming tougher to use more traditional methods.
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#24
All useful information being behind a pay wall.
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#25
Right now in North Carolina, everyone is getting fed up with all the sports betting ads. When you go out in my city, there’s a plane flying around dragging one of those MGM banners every day.
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#26
Children turning into milkcows for gaming companeis and big tech.
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#27
Greed.
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#28
The internet is an amazing invention, but might ultimately be the cause of our long term demise.
When we should have embraced nature we will have embraced the digital world instead and opted to download our brains to the cloud instead of trying to solve climate change.
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#29
Covid.
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#30
I guess dating apps is one of the worst things to have ever appeared online. It has changed dating forever, and not necessarily for the better.
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#31
Smart phones.. mobile phones have been brilliant..smart phones are dimming our brains.
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