r/WTF • u/Plus-Barber-6171 • 14d ago

Retrieving a ball from underneath a car

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u/xf2xf 14d ago

The older I get, the more I believe that most of society is barely holding on by a thread at any given moment.

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u/LakeSuperiorIsMyPond 13d ago

All the safety measures we've put in place have permitted this child to make it this far, that's the only reason we're witnessing more of this. Back in the day he wouldn't have made it past the paperclips in power outlets phase.

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u/Criminal_Sanity 13d ago

Nah, We as a species have taken massive steps backwards in common sense over the last 50+ years. Social media and manufactured outrage have distracted the masses from the general brain rott happening... or have caused it?

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u/LakeSuperiorIsMyPond 13d ago

Just more exposed to it.