Are things as bad as they seem on Reddit?

I'm on Reddit a lot and it seems like it's endless bad news and forecasting. I don't even bother looking for a new job because of how bad people say the job market is right now for IT workers, so I don't even bother. AI is supposedly going to take over the world and leave us mostly jobless anyway.

Are things as bad as they seem on Reddit? I can't pull myself away from it, I keep going back.