Yep, I use Samourai. Find it to be very good. I like the privacy features.
Had to watch a few video tutorials to get my head around it all. One thing to be mindful of is the minimum amount for mixing - a little over 0.01 btc.

Exodus.

Cheers BB

I ended up using exodus. It has a nice interface. Bought some doge and cardano coin!

Thanks

You should check out 'Threads' a UK TV movie from the mid 80's. The effects are wonky by todays standards but it's still chilling as hell. Fail Safe and Forbin: The Colossus Project are also still scary.
Children of Men is my favourite film of all time. A flawless masterpiece with great characters and so plausible.

+1 for Threads, superb. They could act, the director could direct; I'm critical of much of todays loud, effects heavy drama. But then I'm a wrinkly 8)

"Apocalypse Now" fits into the category I think, if you haven't seen it - do so asap.

Apocalypse now is one of my favourite films. Have you seen the redux version. It’s a directors cut and is so worth it. It is loosely based on the book Heart of darkness by Joseph Conrad which is a good read if you enjoy the film. Brando is the man. A hell of a lot of his part is improvised. Genius

I actually prefer the original version, it's tighter (and usually I'd always go for director's cut). The Redux one felt a bit over-indulgent (the scenes with the playboy bunnies and the weird, detached posh French people were interesting but didn't add much that the film didn't already get across in other scenes, and they affected the pacing for me). Anyway, that's just my personal preference - great shout from you and Dirigible, and one of my favourite films too (also Conrad is one of my favourite writers). 

The "making of" doc for the film (called 'Hearts of Darkness') is an apocalypse film in itself ;). Def worth seeing if you haven't - at one point Coppola tells his wife that he's mortgaged everything he owns to pay for the movie, and it's going to be rubbish, and considers deliberately injuring himself to get the insurance payout ;(

Brando is indeed the man! I think he had to improvise most of it because he couldn't/wouldn't learn the actual script haha (plus the script was unfinished)...and yet the performance is still genius.

(also, Brando wasn't the only one who wouldn't learn his lines, as the link with Dennis Hopper above shows. And I'm pretty sure Coppola was partaking of the magic herb during shooting as well, let's not assume he was sober just cos he's the director ;)

This is all a tangent but man I love the film.

I was going to suggest The Road as well, as someone has already said - bleak and powerful film. And Children of Men is a great choice. Also, Tarkovsky’s Stalker - incredible shots and atmosphere.

I suggested it fits as the Vietnam War caused the collapse of Vietnamese society & economy, not to mention the USAs use of the defoliant Agent Orange, napalm and all the rest. As far as all those agrarian villagers were concerned it was an "extinction event", their world had gone. 8(

i would like to see an cg remix for a lot of british science fiction

I’m going to throw Snowpiercer into the mix. The movie, not the tv series. Directed by Bong Joon Ho, he directed Parasite and has a great name.

Children of men is also one of my all time favourites, very moving film that scarily looks like the not too distant future.

I wasn’t against the series at first. But nah. The film is so much better.

Children of Men: that is my fav film ever, I remmeber when I first watched it I was so moved I was in tears. Usually love movies but never get emotional, Children of Men however got me. "Strawberry Cough". 28 Days Later, one of Danny Boyles movies.
Other good movies: Train to Busan, The Road, Cloverfield, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Shaun of The Dead, Sunshine (about a space crew in the future trying to stop an impending apocalypse as the sun is dying), Independence Day. That's what I can think of so far, but amazing shout on Children of Men, a lot of people I know have never seen Children of Men, it's a very underrated film.

That one shot through the bus and into the building.

Incredible bit of filmmaking.

Gravity is also a bit of a masterpiece.

The walking dead( rv series )
The road
The book of eli
Night eats the world
Train to buscan
Last man in earth *TV comedy
A quiet place
The crazies
Just a few I have watched that were decent

Great list so far, just going to add:
Mad Max trilogy.
This is the end.

The Road is great.. really dark. Annihilation is good too.

Armageddon

** shoots at asteroid.

“I’m only trying to have some fun before I die”

Buscemi? NO. Usually I dig your work. But no. You already died mate.

Or. In all seriousness. Along with all the stone cold classics others have mentioned….

Brazil
Gattaca
Until The End of the World
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Fountain
Avengers Infinity War/Endgame
The Andromeda Strain
Silent Running
Jacob’s Ladder
Phase IV
Solaris
Planet of the Apes (original)
Planet of The Apes (Not Tim Burton)
Batman, The Batman. Most of the Batmans apart from Clooney and Kilmer.
The Ninth Gate
Constantine
Day After Tomorrow
Last of Us
Logan’s Run
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (70s version)
The Endless
Fight Club
Day of the Dead (both versions)
28 Days Later
THX1138
Quiet Earth
The Matrix (and the other ones)
Donnie Darko
Z for Zachariah
Casualties of War
Lost
Carriers
Contagion
After Hours
Inland Empire
Noah
Day of the Triffids (80s version)
Melancholia
Interstellar
Monsters
Terminator 2
Don’t Look Up
Oblivion
A Clockwork Orange
Full Metal Jacket
Cloverfield
Super 8
War of The Worlds (Spielberg)
Saving Private Ryan
Reign of Fire
Equilibrium
Signs
Dr Strangelove
Paths of Glory
Girl With All The Gifts
District 9
12 Monkeys
Wild at Heart
Natural Born Killers
Bad Batch
Tremors
The Bed Sitting Room
Zardoz
Soylent Green
Farenheit 451
Akira
Death Race 2000
Duel
Escape From New York
Idiocracy
Take Shelter
Another Earth
Loki
Unbreakable
Both Blade Runners
The Mist
Midnight Special
Synchronic

Should keep you going and make you suitably depressed, but in a nice way.

Probably many, many more. Nothing like the end of the world to make a movie pop.

I do love an apocalypse movie and it’s like I had this massive list pre-prepared or something.

Nobody is that much of a nerd, surely?

Why the fuck d’ya think I smoke weed? It helps

Or maybe I’m like this because I
smoke weed.

Maybe weed would help.

I’ll smoke some weed. Even if it doesn’t help it’ll feel like it’s helping for a while.

World War Z was quite watchable if I remember, been a while since I’ve seen it though

A Boy and his Dog is a 70s classic!

But why is the US Federal Gov the plaintiff? They fought against slavery with everything they had, 100 years later they peacefully fought the South against segregation. I think something is owed but the feds are the good guys on this one.

HONESTLY I USED TO BE ON THE FENCE ABOUT REPARATIONS COS ALTHOUGH THERE WERE GRAVE INJUSTICES DONE HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY WHO TO GIVE THE MONEY TO? AND THERE WERE AFRICANS WHO PROFITED TO WHERE DO THEY LAY? BUT THEN I HEARD GOVERNMENTS WERE PAYING FUCKING DESCEDENTS OF SLAVEOWNERS UP UNTIL 2015! SO CLEARLY REPARATIONS WAS NEVER THE ISSUE JUST WHO WAS TO GET EM!

It was the loan that paid the compensation out that was recently paid off.

The entire financial system is a ponsi scheme and always has been...the banks dont have any real money....we are taxed 97p in the pound, removing that would free the economy.
and,...slavery???
what about the 1,000,000 white people taken from the shores of europe by the north african slavers? do we get anything? and will the millions of black africans who created and profited from the slave trade and enslaved and murdered their own people have to pay?
and do we get the danegeld back?
slavery still exists, 6500 dead slaves in Qatar building stadiums for footballers to kneel down in....it is used to promote an anti white and democracy agenda by billioniares who would destroy our culture. stop mining lythium if you care about black slaves..oh no thats anti green.....
looking at 1 minute of a 24 hour clock and casting blame is how our idiot media works now for both slavery and climate propaganda...let's not encourage them ...

I really like this.

All comments more or less are about the idea of reparation, and mostly I agree.

But its not about reparation despite the title, its about where to best direct a stimulus package. My Everyman understanding of the Covid downturn is that the UK exchequer has licensed uk banks to loan to pretty much anyone with a business no questions asked, money that is created in the moment of granting the loan.

Equally you could hand it out in the street or mail cheques to people whether they need it or not. Give it to the living heirs of slaves or give it to banks to hand out in executive bonuses? Who's gonna make the most stimulus with it?

35-45 million people are still living as slaves today, can we sort them out as well please ?

yes abolitionists used to buy slaves to free them, we could do the same thing...

Cool, where do I pick up my check?

Well I guess you're allowed to talk about this

the more money you print the less its worth

Instead of hand outs, maybe being given equal opportunity in the work place truly would be a better start. Just an example here but how come I see a white bloke in charge of black football teams but you’ll never see a black or any shade darker than a beach tan running an English football team.

No, it would absolutely not stimulate the economy. You're sort of just blasting a random talking point without much thought to it.

The US also has no obligation to the present generation just because of the abuse of their black ancestors - such an assertion is just ridiculous.

If you think handing out free-money like that "stimulates the economy" then you are totally wrong. In fact, you are hurting the economy and society by making light of racial issues where they already have no place.

Governments hand out money its just a matter of who they give it to. In the USA they have handed money to banks and hedge funds via 0% loans.

I think reparations for stealing human beings is a better idea than this, the money will get spent stimulating the working economy rather just pumping up the stock market.

It's paying back a debt that financed the country for generations. If you can't see that I think maybe glasses.

anything that’s a indica will chill you out sativas are mainly to bring your mood higher if you have low moods and depression

It's such a strange thing, pink Kush is a heady high which at one point would have aggravated my GAD but now I find that a few sativas balance me out.
Stardawg seems to really help me sleep.
I guess what works for one doesn't work for others.
Trying different ones is fun but sometimes I end up hiding away in my house for a couple hours lol.

I think if you find a strain that is 70/30 or 60/40 or even 50/50 indica or sativa dominant it would probably work the best

Sounds like a plan, cheers for the help.

Fellow Scot here. Pissing myself at your name. First time I’ve heard someone call themselves a skank.

Hahahaha especially a guy lol.
I earned my skank badge in the nineties, just didn't know how to say no to the ladies lol.

I have disorder the train and crosses where good for it and the chemdog and crosses, dosido where good too. I avoid cbg totally but thats me.

There are lots of variables that go into the final effect of weed, look for bud that has a similar strain lineage, THC/CBD/G % and similar Terpene profiles..
For Stardawg try - Grease Monkey, Wedding Crasher or Jungle Cake
For Pink Kush try - Pineapple Chunk, OG Kush or Black Cherry Punch

I hope this helps

Good luck man

Puff

Good info mate, cheers.
You're right the OG kush is very similar to pink kush but i think the OG kush can put me on my ass, hard, lol.
Pink kush just seemed to give me that push i need sometimes to get out of my own head.
I will definitely look out for those other strains though.
Cheers again.

You could have a look at Alien OG , Ghost OG and Uk Cheese, all in the same sort of area as the Pink Kush, just a couple more options..

Take Care

Hope you find a solution that can help you enjoy the plant and put your mind at ease.

Bitpanda is good too

Bitpanda had huge fees last week... Reached 17£ to send to an address

For a wallet or trade?

We use Electrum as a software wallet and it has been fantastic so far, maybe worth a look and safer than storing on a browser service!

Bittylicious for trade.

Localbitcoins is great - very low fees - and they're open about charges in a way that Coinbase and Wirex aren't (I was hit with a £13 charge from Wirex just for a £32 transfer!) Makes all the difference when you know where you stand, rather than just guessing and jumping into the unknown.

As a first timer on Localbitcoins you'll need to find someone friendly to open trading with so start small. Exchange rates are reasonable in this crazy time for Bitcoin - it's like a new Wild West! And you need the smarts of a Wall Street trader to get your head around it all. Impossibly complex at times, and you need a calculator with a wide screen for all those zeros!

I’ve been using paybis and bittylicious for over a year. All good. Paybis the best of the two.

check out coinomi wallet and btc direct

Cheers. I'll take a look.

Coinbase pro if you are already on Coinbase. You won't need to re register or anything. Just transfer over.
If you use limit orders on the platform, then the fees for buying and selling Bitcoin are very small.

Luno

If you already have Coinbase set up use the Coinbase pro version.. free to transfer your funds between accounts and much less in fees

Used coinomi 2 weeks ago for my first btc transaction, pretty easy to use and quick registration only like 5 mins. But dont buy btc from coinomi, there rate is shit they took 8 quid of me

blockchain

Bittylicious is smooth my bro half an hour registration and verification usually.

Vapour equals, saving money, better flavour, better health , increased efficiency. Smoking equals wasted bud, no flavour, bad health and cost more over the years. Buy cheap buy twice . Get a mighty;)

Oh right , it looks like everyone saying its better for you and all. Need to get 1 .

I have a mighty by Storz and Bickel, easily one of the best on the market, I quit smoking 7 years ago, never looked back. I would advise that you should bite the bullet and buy a good vaporizer, they are expensive but worth every penny. The cheaper ones are OK but you will not get the most out of your product. Just think of all the saved money on cigs n rizlas etc when you do buy. Not to mention health benefits which was my main reason. Good luck.

I second the Storz & Bickel, Ive got the crafty, It also links to ur mobile and notifies u when its ready to blaze! Good german quality build too..atb.

Just to add re the high, I find it gives me a cleaner head high, less mongyness, but that may be to do with the temp settings, tbh i mainly smoke joints for that reason.

Yeah I’m the same, got a Mighty and a Flowerpot... Both best of the best, the Mighty will never get me more than a 6/10 the flowerpot can get me to a 10/10 but you’ll never replace the Combusted feeling with a Vape, it’s a doffernt high, not necessarily worse but when I really want to chill out I still smoke a Spliff sadly...

Seems like a good few Mighty users on here, anyone used anything else that gets close to the performance in a perhaps nicer, smaller package? The cleaning of the Mighty is a pain in the arse and it’s getting less use due to it.

I've heard of the flower mate aura a few people voted about it and its quite cheap.

Thanks for the info m8

nailed it, tried loads.. always back to the Volcano

I have just recently been converted. Thanks to advice from other LB'ers. I purchased a more high end dry herb vaporizer. You got to spend more to get good quality vape. I bought the Arizer Solo 2.

- easy to clean
- good battery life
- quality vape flavour

After a few days I have worked out my perfect temp and can get well stoned on 4-6 sessions on this vape, using a fraction of the product I used to use on a couple of J's a night, also no more money on baccy!

Also got a bong adapter for it and a new bong. One tip, stick with it, find your perfect temp. Expect some coughing as well as you adjust to coming off the baccy...happy vaping! Ping me if you want to know the best place to buy...

That looks a bomb m8 lol , good vaping.
I recently bought a flower mate aura for s start i want to try things first before I go up to more advanced and more expensive vaporizers.

Given up on vaping, made me cough too much, was too expensive on the vapes I’ve tried, wasn’t getting as high as I should…..only thing I liked was the flavour you get otherwise not for me, hope something better gets invented in the near future….back to a couple of joints a day….ah well

hope it works out for you. only other advice is that the cheaper the vape the less of a nice time you are likely to have. I also bought a cheaper vaporizer for £60 a while ago, the nebula fuzion, even on lower temp settings I cough like mad, just bad quality vapour and i have to pull alot harder on it too. I really noticed the difference with the extra money spent on the Arizer Solo 2.

Another tip, if you got paypal, they do a 3 month interest free payment option....so spread that cost for that pricey bit of kit that may just save you alot more money in the long run...

Do you have a link for future reference m8 , I have PayPal.

I used https://magicvaporizers.co.uk/. They were brilliant. I placed the order and it came 3 days early. Tracking and comms were excellent. Whatever vape you get you should also get a pipe/ water bong adapter..

I avoided https://herbalizestore.co.uk/ even though they had a good offer on the crafty +, trustpilot reviews were not good. Actually magicvaporizers.co.uk/ had same offer but were sold out. I only avoided the crafty plus in the end because of battery/ charger issues I had been reading about.

Hm , very helpful thank you m8, reason I got the aura 1st its decent price to start 2nd it comes with different chambers for concentrates and e liquids. It has also good reviews

fair enough. Arizer solo 2 is really only for dry herb I believe. I think Mighty and Crafty offer accessories for vaping product in different ways. But dont quote me on that as I am not familiar smoking weed via concentrates or e liquids.

I suppose I am not sure I answered your question about the high. As I am getting more accustomed to this way of getting high I honestly think I get a much stronger high, but it kind of creeps up on you and it is a bit cleaner. Right now I am enjoying the excellent G13 Haze from TGT using this vape, whereas with a spliff or 2 I would feel it immediately and then it would linger for a while and then wear off after a few hours. With Vape it creeps up after about 20 minutes and then the high feels stronger and does feel like it lasts longer. I took a single session midday today, its now coming up to 7pm and i can feel it is wearing off now, so a nice mellow day time high for 7 hours off 1 session. For an evening session I have a couple of bongs with the Arizer and then a couple of pipe sessions with it as well. Then I am fully baked, and it is a stong high but I am not sure it would ever be strong enough to whitey on..then again I dont do more than 4 - 5 sessions in the evening, maybe if more I could achieve that lol...

I honestly think I gave up on vaping the first time around becuase I didnt know what I was doing, only had 1 vape session and becuase i didnt get same immediate hit gave up on it feeling i would be wasting gear...i should have persevered, then but as already mentioned my first vaporizer was not good so even more reason i gave up at the time

Also you will have left over AVB from vaping which you can then cook with and still get high off it...bonus...just got to find a simple recipe of some kind

I haven't used mine yet cause its a birthday present but I will soon. My biggest concern its what you said about the high , I hope it works well and use the bud correctly and not waste any, as for the potency other people say its not as potent as a splif but I will find out myself.

yep i understand why. its gonna be different for different people i guess. I would say yes the spliff is more immediate and a dirtier high that for me doesnt last as long. Its a stronger head high for me on the vape, but you need a few sessions to get there and the high is different, hard to explain..

Well , I hope to enjoy it cause its healthier for you isn't it .

Best bang for buck is the dynavap in my opinion.. especially if you're old school and want a joint style experience. After that maybe the storm spirit.

Yh , will check it out m8 thanks

THANKS GONNA TELL MY CUSTIES ABOUT THIS, SOME OF EM HAVING BEEN GETTING NO LUBED BY SOME OF THESE EXCHANGES

More than happy to help the community

Thank you. Looks awesome.

thanks for sharing this mate!!

No problem my guyl

I'm definitely going to give it a go, Bittylicious killing me with fees, £55 required and they want £73???? Bloody outrageous ?

Yeah I used bittyliscious for a £200 order charged me £265 almost!!!

DO NOT USE CEX.IO. The fees are 0.0005 BTC, which was ok to begin with but now that's almost £20 to withdraw.
THEY JUST INCREASED THE MINIMUM WITHDRAWAL LIMIT TO 0.002. My order was for 0.0019 & wasn't allowed. I had deposited the exact amount for the order but needed to add more. The minimum deposit is $20, which is more than I have left in my bank account now.
WITHDRAWALS TO MASTERCARD ARE SUSPENDED.
I now have £74 in my account, which I cannot withdraw to my card, I can't pay for my order & I can't deposit more to increase it. If I do add funds there will be over £10 sitting there, which I can;t get back out.
DO NOT USE THESE THIEVING SCAMMERS.

Thanks for sharing looks just the ticket. Which method of buying the btc did you use and was it quick? Cheers

Gonna check this out! Thanks man, Wirex are bumming me hard at the moment with no lube -_-

Edit: The reviews are a bit disconcerting lol

I'm commenting just to tell people to NOT use Wirex. Ridiculous fees, appauling service. I transferred Eth a few weeks back... it took 6 days to transfer and they told me it was network congestion...never again

oh? on the app store the reviews were good, on android anyway. I can't speak for the others but my expierences with it has been positive.

Yeah Apple mate but I'm still going to give it a whirl!

Well, with Bittylicious you need to verify your idenity still i'm sure, so if any bad actors needed to trace you, they can always trace back to bittylicious from whatever wallet you're using.

I've never used Samurai Wallet so I can't speak on it really.

when you use any wallet to send to a seller of any kind, legit or non legit they can't see any of your personal details, until you give them your name/address for shipping of course.

I would say there is no real risk when it comes to using non anonymous accounts. the biggest risk we as buyers take is having a (wrongly) illegal substance come to our house. Which, lets be honest here, the police don't really give a shit about weed.

Honestly though, when it comes to weed, expecially small amounts, police won't go through the ball ache of trying to prove stuff like that, like I said the biggest potential issue is one of the RM.

I wish I could tell you about the sellers security, I just don't know anything about it to be honest. I think it would need to be escrow that got hacked to compromise our details? I know that the addresses and orders gets deleted from the biggy servers after x amount of days.

I placed my first order a week or two ago and have had 4 different things come since then. Just make sure you stick to reputable sellers and check out the reviews before you place an order.

There's just a button that says send to wallet in the app

Wish I saw this earlier, paxful fucked me over so hard earlier I had to pay 15 in fees for a small purchase

The second I got charged X amount in fees by paxful I hunted and managed to find this wallet thankfully, the reviews and all that from others are good and my personal experience with it was good too so atleast you won't be charged exuberant amounts now lol

Not bad might give it ago as fees are getting ridiculous for me

The fees are terrible with most places. I feel bad for the vendors too cause they have additional fees too

I disagree strongly with the war comparison - that's not an example of a mutual effort, but the opposite: it's an example of large scale confrontation. People were called up to defend/attack from other people. MILLIONS of people died over YEARS.

This is a public health crisis, not a war. And the young haven't been called up, keyworkers, carers and health staff have. When I've been out and about with my family, it's fairly clear that the younger generations are the least bothered by what's going on, and aren't necessarily abiding by the guidelines to any effective degree.

And sadly, I don't think this is even something defined by the self interest of the ruling class. I think it's exposed the current ruling class is about as clueless as it ever had been. Johnson's flabby ensemble of random wankers have never at any point been good leaders. They got there off the back of a dishonest, divisionary Brexit campaign based on some entirely different agenda. They now have absolutely no idea what they're doing.

Hopefully it will serve as a reminder to humanity that if a democracy is to succeed, you can only back honest, able and skilled statesmen. Anyone less means we're fucked if there's any deviation from their intended narrative.

I don't blame anyone in this scenario. It's a collective human failure that it escalated to this scale. What I think matters now is the outlook, vision and ability of the leaders that might rebuild for the future. In 2019, world leadership probably never looked so weak... in the entirety of human history. And in the UK, we've currently got one of the most inept setups. BUT. Look at Starmer circling, look what we need to overcome, look what we want to build.

Give it a year or two and I think HOPE will be a usable word again. The Johnson/Trump/Bullshit breed need to move aside.

Yes but the fact that people are even looking to politicians in an era of science, free flow of information and consensus building media - why the fuck do we still have the twats?

THIS!

I know my case is extreme, but its not just old people who need protecting. My son is 2 years old and immunocompromised from chemotherapy. I don't fully believe in the lockdown but it is a bit more assuring for me that it isn't running rampant out there.

all the best to your son and thanks for your perspective

You definitely have a point.

The approach of "us-versus-them' is in fact a very European way of dealing with matters.

Indifference to social position, and consequently, acceptance of one's social status no matter what it is, became somehow a doctrine and a duty in the current world (if we are honest to ourselves): it is really the ideal philosophy, an ideological superstructure adequate to peacefully govern our world, conquered with its own consent.

'The old" send "the young" to wars. Because, "the young" (well, all ages really) willingly accept, for example, army duty.
It is only natural, that in current situation, "the young" are contemplating 'retaliation'. :)

I think, the value of a human life became something very insignificant.
Young people wait on the old to die in retirement homes, old are upset with the young, that they show no respect, etc.

A vicious circle.

And we do not really value human life, because we do not understand the concept of self-worth.
Which is nowadays confused with 'pouvoir d'achat', like they say in french (ability to buy). Just look at who the majority of humans are looking up to (movie stars, ufc fighters, etc.)

The thing is, we are never independent or self-made, and we all hopefully will be old one day too. So what connects old and young is gratitude.

No life is more important than another, whether it is an old life or a young one.
And no ideology or state will defend this point at all times, speaking sociologically or/and economically. It is self-damaging to an ideology or a state.

Should we or should we not do this or that? I don't know. Each individual should decide for himself.
I know that generalising (oh those olds, oh those youngs, oh those russians, oh those arabs, oh those french, oh those - would be an insult to my own intelligence.

A boomer is different from another boomer. And i am a survivor and want my children to be survivors too.

I may be never be in a position where i can decide on a broader scale of "should we or should we not".
But i can decide on my personal level and i just value life more than i value my ego.

Here is my humble opinion.

Thank you for being brave and raising this point.
It is important to discuss without fear to offend.
That is what freedom of speech is no?

Very thoughtful post (what a pleasure to read this instead of another sycophantic review), thank you for it my bigga.

I'm going to differ on one point. I think the perceived value of life is heading up and pretty much always has.

We are in the midst of the greatest human sacrifice for the least number of lives (in relative terms) ever.

Today's wars kill fewer in total than we lost in a week in WW1 or 2.

Murder rates are way down compared to history.

The financial investment made to squeeze out a few more years is more substantial than even our most recent ancestors could ever imagine.

There's lots more stats like this, they are hard to see when media profits from perceived conflict and makes everything look cataclysmic to get your attention.