Same Time, Next Year (POLL)

[Betty Baguette]

I'm borrowing/modifying this question from TMZ...

Votes won't be displayed publicly, but feel free to elaborate on your opinion!

 

[Lookinagain]

I can't vote on this as there are too many unknowns for my country.

 

[Betty Baguette]

I can't vote on this as there are too many unknowns for my country.

Which country are you from @Lookinagain?

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

one has to be an optimist
we just got a new govt so things are on the improve

 

[PinkAndBlueBling]

I'm too scared to be optimistic. I hope we can get our act together, but it's going to be a tough year!

 

[missy]

No clue whatsoever. I honestly cannot even hazard a guess given all that has happened over the last few months.

If you had asked me last year where 2023 would have ended up I would not have been able to guess. So yeah. The future unfortunately is unknown. So I, for one, plan on taking it one day at a time.

And as the late great Albert Einstein once said
"I never think of the future, it comes soon enough"

And one of my favorite life quotes by Socrates
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

The best we can hope for is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness

Amen to that.


I wish us all peace
May darkness be defeated
May light prevail
May we have a peaceful 2024
Filled with love and joy and good health

 

[MissGotRocks]

Too many factors to even hazard a guess. I will wish for a brighter and better tomorrow though!

 

[Betty Baguette]

I can't vote on this as there are too many unknowns for my country.

I answered my own question...you're in the U.S.

Yup, lots of unknowns here. Lots of moving pieces.

 

[PinkAndBlueBling]

I didn't vote, but viewed the results. Wow - 58% said "worse." I just can't think about that. I'm not sure how this world/country can handle that.

 

[tyty333]

Another one that cant vote. Just too many unknowns (I live in the U.S.).

Big difference between a country and the world too.

I'm normally very optimistic so I "want" to say better!

 

[Betty Baguette]

(I live in the U.S.).

Big difference between a country and the world too.

Good point. But the U.S. in particular is so enmeshed with the rest of the world. We're involved in other countries' wars, politics, economies, trade, environmental issues, etc. So I have a tough time mentally separating the United States from the rest of the world.

But, yeah, maybe I should have created two different polls.

 

[Betty Baguette]

Final vote tally:

40% a better place
60% a worse place

My next thread gives a more positive outlook...