The older I get, the more apparent it becomes that there are rarely ever “adults in the room”, and it’s a kind of miracle that anything works at all.
Seeing things like this really drives that home. A lot of people are not really sure what’s going on. Myself included, to be sure.
bags43 · 2h ago
"If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear" - Ivo Andric
malux85 · 3h ago
When I was a teenager at high school I used to compare everyone else to myself a lot (I think everyone does since it’s part of building your identity)
I remember thinking “ok there’s a future doctor, and there’s a great manager of some sort”
But I never really grokked that everyone from those classes is now in society somewhere. Remember that idiot sitting there chewing the wood on his desk? He probably has a job now - what on earth is he doing?!
safetybox · 2h ago
I managed to spend one night in custody in a prison instead of the police department.
The furniture had an uncanny resemblance to the furniture in the run-down public school I went to.
And the drawing on the walls unmistakably resembled the writing on the public school toilets, too.
And it occurred to me. It's the same people. And their hand writing and stick men had not improved.
disambiguation · 2h ago
"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country."
Vonnegut
Simulacra · 17m ago
Reminds me of China trying to pass off Top Gun movie footage as real.
Seeing things like this really drives that home. A lot of people are not really sure what’s going on. Myself included, to be sure.
I remember thinking “ok there’s a future doctor, and there’s a great manager of some sort”
But I never really grokked that everyone from those classes is now in society somewhere. Remember that idiot sitting there chewing the wood on his desk? He probably has a job now - what on earth is he doing?!
The furniture had an uncanny resemblance to the furniture in the run-down public school I went to.
And the drawing on the walls unmistakably resembled the writing on the public school toilets, too.
And it occurred to me. It's the same people. And their hand writing and stick men had not improved.
Vonnegut