• meep_launcher@lemm.ee
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    In another post someone said to watch the news maybe once a week. That’s all you really need to actually stay informed- after that it’s doom scrolling.

    Make sure to audit your sources from time to time- how are they fact checking? What systems do they have in place? Are they publishing to inform or to enrage? Are they talking to you with a crystal ball? What questions are they asking, who is asking them, and who benefits from the answer?

    When interacting with strangers on the Internet, be like Mr. Rogers. If they aren’t being like Mr. Rogers, then be like Mr. Rogers. This isn’t for them, this is for you.

    I’m struggling in this too, so many are. These tips may or may not work, but I guess fortunately we’ve all been through this before so we have some idea of what’s to come.

    I just don’t want to become the person I was from 2016-2020, I did not like that version of me.

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    My “laugh at the tragedy” defense mechanism has been getting a workout. It helps that most of the news is absurd

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    Take a break for a few months. Nothing any of us can do right now besides hope the damp paper party can do something to make it harder for the next government. Next year, join an organization that is trying to do something and has good leadership. Run for something if you can. Go to protests. Don’t obey.

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    Both, but outrage on the 1 day a week.

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    🔴👈 Keeping myself calm by thinking of how funny it’s gonna be when a bunch of conservatives who decided to drink listeria die of listeria

    Lmfao this exact comment just got me banned from Reddit

    I love Lemmy so much more than that shithole

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    There’s very little we can do for 2 years. We have to watch the weakest and most marginalized among us be subjected to the full corrupted power of the systems we set up to protect them.

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      There will be some good people wanting to run for office but we’ll never get to vote for them in the election in two years if they lose the primaries because enough of us didn’t support their candidacy and vote for them in the primaries beforehand.

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    My therapist had been getting a lot of milage out of me for literally this problem. Fuck but life would be so much easier if I was dead.

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      It’s okay to check out for a while, even for a long while. Anything you can contribute to society is a win for it, but you don’t have to feel like you only exist for that purpose. We’re all struggling in some way or another, and we’re all allowed to focus on ourselves when necessary, until we’re able to get back into the game. It’s supposed to be at least partially fun for everyone, after all.

      So, if possible, try to stick around, look after yourself, do what’s necessary to wind down, and then decide how deep you want to drive back into the poop chute. We’ll be here when you’re ready.

  • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    Neither option is good long-term.

    If you check out forever, this shit is only going to get worse. If you stay angry all the time, you’ll be punishing yourself about something you cannot control.

    Check out for the next year or two, then switch to unbridled hatred during midterms.

    After that, check out until the next federal election. When that comes around, you know what to do.

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      Besides people who don’t engage at all, checking out and only showing up for the elections every 2-4 years is why we’re here today.

      People complain they don’t have anyone good to vote for, but they’ve done nothing to help get good candidates and build support for them and/or vote for them in the primaries, which if they win the primaries would give voters an actual good choice in the general.

      Just waiting to see who other people picked and then deciding not to vote for them because they don’t represent your needs makes no sense. Of course they don’t represent your needs, they represent the needs of the people who chose them.

      Obviously we can’t all be (or want to be) involved in politics, but we can at least see who’s running in the primaries and try to get the best of those choices to win and be an option people will want to vote for in the general.

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    I want them to get every single fucking thing they voted for and for the US to collapse and get conquered by the Chinese who will put an end to that fucking Jesus bullshit

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        The other option is another civil war. We are too far gone for sane democracy (or democracy at all) to return. Mine is the better of two options.

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            How’s your way working? Last I checked it got us an election of a convicted felon with a Cabinet full of pedophiles and unqualified corrupt cronies.

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            How did the US help defeat Nazi Germany?..

            A) Voting

            B) the “marketplace of ideas”

            C) ambushes and flamethrowers

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        An ml in world’s clothing.

        tHe EnEmY wIThIn

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    What do you mean “not the new normal”?

    They are literally going to call this the Trump era.

    And honestly you might have rose colored glasses when it came to the past.

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    Your outrage won’t prevent it from becoming the new normal.

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      Welcome to Political Humor. Was the humor lost on you, or are you just upset that other people have a right to express opinions that you don’t agree with?

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        Well isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black. My opinion is what is being called out as invalid and wrong.

        And the humor isn’t lost on me, I simply don’t find it funny, that is also not acceptable apparently.

        Don’t not think just conform, I guess.

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          I’m not upset about your opinion, nor do I even disagree. Frankly, it’s the most realistic outcome. The condescending way you expressed that opinion is the problem.

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            What part of my original statement is condescending?

            I feel you’re reading more words that I wrote.

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              Assuming/misattributing outrage to the person you replied to and expressing your opposing opinion in a matter-of-fact manner comes off as condescending.

              Your outrage …
              Your impotent rage …

              OOP never claimed to be actually outraged. They posted a meme about the struggle of choosing between focusing on one’s own mental health or trying to avoid normalizing a screwed-up situation. The other commenter who made the “not with that attitude” joke didn’t even mention being outraged at all.

              Excluding “your” in both of those replies wouldn’t have taken away from the point you were trying to make, and it would have been much better received. Even saying “being outraged” would have been an improvement, as that’s not directed at anyone personally.

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        If you seriously think that’s a threat, I don’t know what to say. Seems everyone is delusional as to what is about to go down here. I’m not sure if that’s because you were too young to remember or have paid attention last time or not. This is going to be clown show with Trump as the ring leader and your rage will only embolden the right wing knuckle draggers.

        I suggest you hone your mockery. They feed off your rage, don’t give it to them and expect them to do anything but double down.

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        You call it defeatist I call it realist.

        Impotent rage didn’t stop it last time.

        Your impotent rage won’t change anything this time.