Why is it that there is constant happenings but nothing actually happens?
To keep you in a constant state of tension. Anything to distract you from God.
>>544583088This is a very epistemological question. We must first figure out what "is" a "happening" and what kind of relationship we are trying to be in with what we are defining as a "happening."First, what does it mean for something to "happen? Well entire philosophy books have been written about this single question, but there is no answer. The best answer is that things can only truly happen inside the human mind, because basing things only on physical happens means atoms define what it means for something to happen, but not a single person gives a fuck what atoms are doing. It must be something more phenomenological than physical.For NEETs on 4chan, a happening is probably phenomenologically a combination of things that give them prolonged dopamine and aesthetic validation towards slow but noticeable change, most importantly that which might give them an aesthetic value that outpaces the decay of their own personal aesthetic. For example, in 2026 it felt like something was "happening" because /pol/ was able to rally around the aestheticalized memetics of the Donald Trump Pepe election, and they felt an "energy" which was a combination of the aforementioned things above.Now in 2026 it has felt that even though there have been "events" such as Kirk getting shot, a new war starting in the middle east, and even the Ukraine stuff, that these are not constitutional of proper happenings, because the aesthetic value is not there. We are not able to maintain a proper relationship with these types of happenings. When 9/11 happened, people were able to rally behind the aesthetic of patriotism and revenge against who had attacked us, and people still felt life had a future back in 2001, so rallying behind a shared aesthetic was easy. Now in 2026 nobody feels there is a real future ahead of us, and life feels like a silent apocalypse, and so "happenings" feel dull and understimulating, as we are unable to find reasons to use them as aesthetic value.
>>544583856Thanks YapGTP.
>>544583856Professional NEET here. Happenings awaken the tribal instincts in my brain and 4chan is my tribe. Truth is it's everyone else against us, so the happenings are very important events when I must stay online during my entire waking hours in order to comment on the situation. Some happenings on top of my head: Turkisb coup d'etat, Trump election, Sky King, Covid, George Floyd, Ukraine, Gaza, Charlie Kirk... And most importantly every FIFA world cup. Honorable mention: Eurovision.I think it's hard to have major happenings today because internet is now fully botted with AIs writing articles, making news reels and commenting. It's hard to find organic news instead of orchestrated kosher breaking news.
>>544583856If /pol/ wants to have happenings again, these happenings will have to fit within the new aesthetic value of how people feel in current year. New happenings cannot look like the old happenings, because those kind of happenings are no longer happenings under our current aesthetic.Many of the people who thought Trump in 2016 was this exciting thing now need an anti-Trump to feel the same energy, because Trump has become the new status quo, the new swamp; the Epstein class. That's why so many ex-Trump supporters on /pol/ like Jon Ossoff. He is positioning himself to be the anti-Trump in 2028.But in terms of singular events, these no longer feel exciting because the violence and chaos has actually become boring, and we've realized how fleeting these events are, and how fleeting the dopamine that comes with them is. Now /pol/ want different types of happenings; something more sustainable that gives life meaning in the long run, or things that match the current aesthetic of living under the new AI driven future that is making everyone feel lost and without purpose. Even if some of /pol/ wants total accelerationist chaos, they want a certain type of that aesthetic that matches how they feel. All the happenings that we've had don't really align with anyone's aesthetics, and so they are unable to become entangled with strings of happenings that they would normally use to form a story of their personal and political aesthetic. In short, we need better stories to cling to.
