>>509131230 (OP)the obvious answer to your question is that there's a second part to the phrase, "nothing ever happens." Which is that "nothing ever happens until it does." I'm sure it felt like "nothing ever happens before WW1, WW2, the Great Depression, 9/11, or the 2008 crash (though there were very similar rumblings before those events especially the 2008 crash just like there are now, especially for schizos with eyes to see and ears to hear).
the second answer would be that "nothing ever happens" is patently false for the billions of people who are existing precariously on the edge of total poverty or whose communities are in various types of crisis. the end of the world is not distributed evenly in time or space (to paraphrase william gibson) and it's already Happening for a huge portion of the world's population.
the third answer and probably the most relevant one for 4chan, this glowing honeypot MKultra bullshit anime porn forum, is that the "nothing ever happens" is the result of a very carefully managed and terrifyingly ubiquitous information management system where the people who hold the power and wealth in this world (tldr, spooks running banks) are capable of influencing not only events but the perception and awareness of the events to such an extent that the population's image of reality actually bears little resemblance to the base layer of reality itself. if something ever threatens the thin veneer of stability overlaid on top of humanity's day to day existence, then these ghouls are capable of managing those unplanned threats in like 99.99% of cases, and capable of controlling and manipulating the flow of information about events even more effectively and comprehensively
in conclusion, i'm gay, and my penis is small.