Every morning, Johnny Sayles wakes up and scrolls through news about the collapse of human civilization. Formerly a medical assistant at a surgical department in Washington state, Sayles was laid off at the beginning of April, when the pandemic hit. Confined to his home by stay-at-home orders, he began spending more time on the social network Reddit, and came across /r/collapse, a part of the site where users discuss what many see as the inevitable collapse of globalized society. Sayles says /r/collapse has become part of his morning routine.