I was in my geography lesson, so I don’t identify either.

5th grade. I remember pre-9/11 I wasn't really scared of much, cause you know, there wasn't a lot to be scared of.

Watching it on live TV and everything devolved very quickly.

I think we're called Zillennials?

you boomer

I'm here with you on that. We got to see Biff in back to the future and now we get to see a Biff Larper as president.

Yeah, you can change high-school to college, and 40 to 45 for me, but the point doesn't really change.

I'm 43. Look at me go.

I was trying to think of some shit going down in the 80s.

All I can think of is Chernobyl melt down in 86.

Oh shut up.

—GenX

This isn't about them.

Aye gather round elder Millennials, our watch has begun

Let‘s convince Iran of the existence of space jews so when they get a nuke, they light up the atmosphere and kill all the powergrids and servers forever. Peace, out!

My high school experience started with Columbine freshman year and ended with 9/11 senior year. Life has been so crazy.

Now we get one every week!

We had some copycats here in Germany and of course Counterstrike or some other game was to blame. Not the very real weapons the people were shot with.

Did the Cold War ever really end? I feel like the names of the players may have changed, but the board is still there and the pieces are still moving.

Cold War 2 is not so much the superpowers vying against each other, but desperately attempting to retrench their power over the global south and their own citizens. The adversarial stance is largely political theatre to manifest the narrative of great powers locked in competition, while in reality Moscow and Washington meet in private to decide the fate of Ukraine and Iran. (I’m also counting China here)

The Cold War never ended

I don't think anyone is seriously "declaring" WW3. It's just an acknowledgement that there's a lot of unrest in many different regions.

A global conflict in 2025 would be very different to WW2.

Cyber attacks could decimate a country's ability to make war.

I fear at this point the two are not even incompatible.

And even with that, you are glossing over the Spanish Flu. The "peaceful" time since the '50s included numerous massive wars, not least of which was the Vietnam war.

The idea that every time period has its own chaos is the whole point of the song We Didn't Start the Fire, written in 1989.

Perhaps I’m missing something crucial here.

For me, the crucial bit here is political ideology vs. religion. Russia invading Ukraine is purely political in my opinion, whereas the Israel/Iran conflict can't really be separated from religion. Might be spitballing here, but religious fanatics might be more extremist (willing to escalate war to defend their beliefs) than political fanatics. I also think USA's historical defense of Israel is in play here, whereas USA's involvement with Ukraine hasn't really been a thing.

Yep I've got anxiety and I honestly thought something awful would happen. For about 6 weeks I was taking a rucksack with clothing, food and wind up radio wherever i went.