I hated the "X is the worst year ever" meme that has gone around for a couple of years.

I think it was 2017 or so when a rake of celebs died it first became a thing.

I always thought that it was kinda tasteless considering humanity was doing better than it's ever been.

Reduced inequalities, fewer people starving, more access to water, more people living safer lives than any other time in human history.

Just because your favorite actor died doesn't take away all that good. All that growth we should all be greatly appreciative of.

This isn't too say the world is perfect. Far from it, and it's human nature to always want to improve.

That's why we constantly have improving lifestyles worldwide - albeit deeply unequal.

I started this thread thinking about how much I could relate to that energy of hating an arbitrary lap around the sun right now.

But actually, it's made me feel a lot better.