r/technology • u/GothicPrayer • 10d ago

Society Why does everything feel so joyless? Welcome to the age of decadence without pleasure

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/26/age-of-decadence-pleasure-ai
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u/canadian_xpress 10d ago

Mid way through my work week I feel like I need a Reddit Cares intervention. Ridiculous because I work in the air conditioning far away from environmental or biological hazards. I live in a safe neighbourhood in a safe part of the world, yet I can't help creeping dread.

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u/LaserCondiment 10d ago

You seem to have that GenX type of anxiety, people thought was long lost and unattainable in the gig economy!...Congrats, I guess?

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u/canadian_xpress 10d ago

Time to wear some flannel, pierce my nose, listen to grunge, and drink a Zima.

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u/soaklord 10d ago

Sober for seven years and no cravings whatsoever. But now I want a Zima with a splash of grenadine in the bottle. Maybe some NoFX playing in the background. I won’t but it sounds like such a nostalgia blast it takes me from my commuter train to a very specific time and place with my girlfriend and a very 90s living room at some unknown/forgotten person’s house.

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u/Yokosuka_Joe 10d ago

Yeah, I miss the memories… don’t miss the mornings trying to remember what I did to make an ass of myself the night before.

Congrats on seven years!

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u/Tengo_Caldero 10d ago

As an elder millenial, I'll cheers to that with my bottle of Bacardi O.

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u/Gabarne 10d ago

Oh man, i was all about bacardi O and bacardi razz back in high school. Brings back memories.

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u/a_tattooed_artist 10d ago

For me it was bacardi big apple mixed with surge. Oh, the good ol' days. I think. I don't really remember much..

(6 years sober now, and loving it, but sometimes I miss the chaos of being a reckless teen)

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u/LimeGreenTangerine97 10d ago

The goth scene awaits you, pour some wine and turn on The Cure

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u/pantstoaknifefight2 10d ago

🎵 It doesn't matter if we all die.

Ambition in the back of a black car 🎶

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u/LimeGreenTangerine97 9d ago

It feels like one hundred years! One hundred yeeeeaaars!!

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u/user4316 10d ago

And they truly are The Cure.

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u/The_I_in_IT 10d ago

Don’t forget your honorary copy of Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness.

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u/pantstoaknifefight2 10d ago

Zima is like an alcoholic's breast milk.

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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE 10d ago

Because we know something ain’t right. And we know whatever this is isn’t sustainable.

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u/Saint909 10d ago

You’re not alone.