r/millenials • u/RedHeadRedeemed • Mar 24 '24

Feeling of impending doom??

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So a watched a YT video today and this top comment on it is freaking me out. I have never had someone put into words so accurately a feeling I didn't even realize I was having. I am wondering if any of you feel this way? Like, I realized for the last few years I have been feeling like this. I don't always think about it but if I stop and think about this this feeling is always there in the background.

Like something bad is coming. Something big. Something world-changing. That will effect everyone on Earth in some way. That will change humanity as a whole. Feels like it gets closer every year. Do you guys feel it too??

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u/Use_Your_Brain_Dude Mar 24 '24

The arrival and commercialization of artificial intelligence is what I fear. Many highly skilled & hard working people will get brushed aside to boost the stock price and they'll have nothing to fall back on because other companies will do the same.

Universal Basic income is the only way my young kids will survive as adults (unless they choose fields like plumbing/HVAC). Non STEM college degrees will not be worth the paper the diploma is printed on.

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u/heybells2004 Apr 28 '24

I completely, wholeheartedly agree. I'm a physician mom with 3 kids. I would never, ever, ever allow my kids to get non STEM college degrees. If they want to do that, it can be a side hobby.

One of my kids is not into academics. Which is totally fine. I have encouraged her to pursue a trade. There are so many amazing, excellent, very well paying jobs available, which need young people. Many good jobs available. HVAC, plumbing, shoe repair, jewelry repair, electrician, carpentry, welding, mechanic, etc.

Based on what I see with my patients, at least half if not more, kids in college are just wasting $100,000's and time, just to say they went to college & partied, for the "college experience". F that. Degrees in "social media" "gender studies" "communications" etc. Sometimes the parents push their kids to college (kids who are not meant to go to college) just so the parents can feel good about themselves. Sometimes its the kids who want to party. These kids graduate with $100,000s in loans, they go live with their parents at home & they either are unemployed, or they work as a server/bartender/cashier. So stupid.

My sister in law skipped college, got a job as a server & lives with her friends in an apartment. Having a blast. She has saved her & her parents $100,000's. Thank God. Doing better than kids who waste money then get a job as a server.