lriv724@discuss.online to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agoHow long have you been hearing the phrase "we're in the end times"?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down13
arrow-up199arrow-down1message-squareHow long have you been hearing the phrase "we're in the end times"?lriv724@discuss.online to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareNeoToasty@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoQuite a lot, feels like over a majority of my life. Heard it when Y2K was a thing. Heard it when 9/11 happened. Heard it when Bush got re-elected. Heard it when 2012 came. Heard it when Trump got elected first time. Seems to be a recurring thing.
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoIf you were raised by Christian fundamentalists (the kind who believed that church was evil), then you also heard it in 1994, and twice in 2011. Two straight years of world-ending predictions. It was fatiguing.
Quite a lot, feels like over a majority of my life.
Heard it when Y2K was a thing.
Heard it when 9/11 happened.
Heard it when Bush got re-elected.
Heard it when 2012 came.
Heard it when Trump got elected first time.
Seems to be a recurring thing.
If you were raised by Christian fundamentalists (the kind who believed that church was evil), then you also heard it in 1994, and twice in 2011. Two straight years of world-ending predictions. It was fatiguing.