Comment on The situation got so bad that actuall news overtook memes in top posts on Lemmy

• givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You can.

  You can subscribe to every stupid brain rot meme sub you want, and when you’re ready to turn your brain off just switched to only viewing subscribed communities.

  No one is saying not to do that, burnout is real and what fascists hope for.

  So by all means, take your breaks. Check and don’t think about it for a day or two. But come back and care about the important shit again.

  But when viewing /all and seeing the top post be actual discussions on serious topics is a good thing.

  It means right now more people are choosing that then the brain rot at the moment. Hopefully it becomes the norm, but we still need to rotate off for a break, it’s not gonna be a short fight against fascism. No on is going to make it to the end without some breaks.

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  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    just switch to only viewing subscribed communities.

    While I agree with your overall sentiment of taking breaks but staying informed with with discussions, my issue is that politics still leaks there.

    Even if you subscribe to only memes and fun stuff, politics can still overrun it.

    Imo during the Biden years there was good balance.

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  • stopdropandprole@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    yep. we all definitely need breaks. i take long breaks every few months or in the winter when seasonal depression kicks in.

    but this is a critical junction for global history. class warfare has escalated and accelerated, and the vast vast majority of us are being actively oppressed through the dismantling of economic and social welfare programs.

    my family stands to lose too much for me to be burying my head in the sand right now.

    some aren’t ready or able or willing to do the work of preparing a response. others have no choice but to pay attention because their family’s future literally depend on knowing whether today is the day they “come for you” and all this (bwamp bwamp) news actually reaches your doorstep.

    so while people are arguing anime fandoms and who wins The Big Game, I’ll be trying to understand my enemy, encourage my allies, and decide what an appropriate response looks like (in real life) using the latest information i have available.

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