Comment on MFW I wake up to find Lemmy feeds full of USA stuff

• TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sure, but i’ve just reached a point where I don’t want to get bummed out, everytime I open a social media app.

  There must be positive things to talk about, and not just the enshittification of everything and the end of the world.

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  • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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    All I ever hear off of here is about every mundane dull thing. Most people don’t give a flying fuck about the state of world, it’s distressing really.

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    • TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I definitely get that! And it is definitely an issue. Personally, I feel like the state of the world is constantly knocking on my door. It’s almost claustrophobic. I vote for parties and politicians I believe in, I try to avoid supporting the ones who try to fuck up our world by not using their products or buy them.

      But besides that, I not sure what else I can do, and I’m definitely up for suggestions.

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      • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Voting is a 5 minute activity once every few years. You generally don’t need to keep on top of news 24/7 to know which party is shity or not. I’m largely tuned out from electoralism because I find it useless.

        My suggestion is to look at anarchism, look at how you can build up local community and make small scale improvements in a place you can actually effect and cause change. What I do is volunteer at my local community garden and help out with a food truck that gives food to those in need. Maybe you’re into tech and can look at stuff like 3D printing prosthetics for people who can’t afford them, sewing/knitting clothes for people to get through winter etc. There’s lots of ways to use the skills we have.

        We can’t change the world, but we can improve where we live.

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    • Pudutr0n@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes, reading every horrible news article 24-7 is your MORAL DUTY and any attention to anything else, even if due to mental health concerns, makes you one of THEM and a BAD PERSON. Any distraction whatsoever is EVIL.

      Have you considered the effect our emotional landscape has over our mental health, our effectiveness to pursue the world we want and the wellbeing of those around us? Sometimes people need distractions, friend.

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    • djdarren@piefed.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      People are dying

      There is literally nothing I can do about this.

      rights are being lost

      There is literally nothing I can do about this.

      the planet’s fucked

      All I can do about this is be mindful of my own carbon footprint, and recycle as much as possible.

      genocide is going on

      There is literally nothing I can do about this.

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  • WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You are part of the problem.

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    • TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Would you like to share how you think i could become part of the solution?

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      • WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Lest I end up feeling guilty for making fun of you and your dipshit post, do you have any developmental issues I should be aware of?

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• StillAlive@piefed.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t care about things that happen in my country cause rest of the people don’t. I have stopped reading news in the last 3-4 years cause the situation is hopeless. 

  Same goes for USA. 

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  • TwoTiredMice@feddit.dk ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I believe not reading news is what got us here. Too many have given up and don’t take a stance, which allows the situation to just get worse and worse.

    But, I also stopped reading news. I stopped the day Trump won the election. The world is a shit show and I won’t allow my mood to get dragged down every day. I have a family and kids and I want them to have a good life and a fun dad to be around.

    If things like what happens with the ICE raids are happening, the Epstein files, dictatorship suddenly threatens everything I’m not burying my head in the sand, but I want to dose the amount of news I consume.

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    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I believe not reading news is what got us here. Too many have given up and don’t take a stance, which allows the situation to just get worse and worse.

      Both people not reading good news sources and people reading bad news sources is what got us here. It lead to tons of people voting for a conman who lied to their face after his toadies told his base them exactly what he’d do, and tons of people staying home when it mattered.

      I know voting is one of the least effective ways of making change, but people have to realize that not voting is a great way to allow negative change to take hold.

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