Remarkable how no matter what's going on, USians will find a way to look down on everyone else. When things are fine in the US, the rest of the world are bad for having their own problems. When shit hits the fan in the US, the rest of the world are bad for not caring about the US' issues.
My living standard fell down heavily even tho I earn a lot more than I used too, cannot travel, have to watch out for promotions on food.
Just over yonder there is an actual war happening as I live in Poland, with one of our neighbours that we know wants to fuck us too, with growing fear of incoming escalation and doubtful allies.
NATO is set to soon fall apart due to USA, EU tries to become more and more like federal goverment, my own country chose nationalistic idiots and only now, slowly, cuts down their influence...
And all that next to "normal" crap like being forced to stay in a workplace I feel hateful of with no prospect of any possibility of having an actual career because I ended up in a dead end job.
I am not priviliged - I am tired. When all I see and hear are bad news, bad becoming worse becomes new normal, new baseline. And sure, it could be worse - war could actually reach us, NATO could dissolve etc., but if your argument for why I shouldn't be desensitised is literal WWIII then I dunno what to say to you.
As a professional honorary Internet Doctor, I'm prescribing OP a week off work with no Internet and an eighth of psilocybin mushrooms.
Get all your scrolls in tonight OP! I'll be outside your house first thing tomorrow to cut the Internet lines and deliver your assigned crate of offline media. Stay hydrated and please do not resist your treatment!
You find world news interesting? For me that's the most boring subject anyone could possibly bring up.
"Oh, Trump's being a prick again? Didn't see that one coming. Oh, people are fighting and killing each other again? How surprising. We're still killing the planet and almost all the most prominent people in the world only care about stock prices? Shocker."
I think the point is that it's interesting in the "this is getting more frightening, we're at a precipice in human history" sense, not the "wow, now this is a new atrocity" sense. Considering it really is what everyone is focusing on, can they be blamed for wanting the interesting news to be, I dunno, more life affirming perhaps.
Or were we just too bored with the news having to dig for, or contrive, frightening material
There's plenty of life-affirming news. You just gotta filter for it. There's whole communities dedicated to it. I strongly recommend curating social feeds. Keyword block lists are a godsend. There's no politics at all in my Youtube feed because those topics don't get my click.
You're not wrong, how I spend my time is ultimately on me, harder to do with the barrel of a gun pointed toward you though, but I've found my way around it with video games and friends, sometimes both, I can't complain too much really, I try to be grateful for anything that isn't just part of an algorithm
I'm not the most prolific poster ever, but you'll notice I've not once posted anything about world news.
I also heavily curate my frontpage so as to not see any of this bullshit if possible. Some things slip through but my keyword block list is pretty robust.
I'm just trying to live without a firehose of anxiety inducing shit blasting me in the face every second of the day. Honestly, I'm getting close to shelving Lemmy like I did with all my other social media at this point. Lemmy's not bad, but I'm really starting to feel like it might be good to disconnect for a while.
I can appreciate where you're coming from. you're doing everything right.
if you want to ignore what's going on in the world, that's your right to do so. it's selfish to chastise everyone else for coping with this shit how they see fit.
it's not the community's responsibility to ensure you feel safe and comfortable.
There is never a single second where there isn't anything interesting happening or to do, but it's also important to be bored and letting your brain get used to being with just itself.
But don't you know? A hotel worker in Minneapolis was fired over 'doxxing' of ICE agents! This is so important to know for everyone! One person said here on Lemmy that US politics posts are about the most important events in the world. We must demand a response from US partners to the firing of the Minneapolis hotel worker.
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Armand1@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 243d
So... apart from everything?
I wish I was bored, rather than worrying about the next atrocity.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 243d
Very privileged of him to be able to feel bored rather than terrified.
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 6 pts · 243d
being bored means that one would has to reflect on themselves... and that terrifies most so they doom scroll instead.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 243d
Remarkable how no matter what's going on, USians will find a way to look down on everyone else. When things are fine in the US, the rest of the world are bad for having their own problems. When shit hits the fan in the US, the rest of the world are bad for not caring about the US' issues.
Demdaru@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 243d
You think? Because honestly, I got so desensitized by now I honestly cannotncare less.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 243d
Yes. If you're desensitized, you're in a privileged position where the problems don't affect you. For now.
Demdaru@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 243d
My living standard fell down heavily even tho I earn a lot more than I used too, cannot travel, have to watch out for promotions on food.
Just over yonder there is an actual war happening as I live in Poland, with one of our neighbours that we know wants to fuck us too, with growing fear of incoming escalation and doubtful allies.
NATO is set to soon fall apart due to USA, EU tries to become more and more like federal goverment, my own country chose nationalistic idiots and only now, slowly, cuts down their influence...
And all that next to "normal" crap like being forced to stay in a workplace I feel hateful of with no prospect of any possibility of having an actual career because I ended up in a dead end job.
I am not priviliged - I am tired. When all I see and hear are bad news, bad becoming worse becomes new normal, new baseline. And sure, it could be worse - war could actually reach us, NATO could dissolve etc., but if your argument for why I shouldn't be desensitised is literal WWIII then I dunno what to say to you.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 243d
That's a good point. There is also being desensitized due to being crushed from it. I stand corrected.
ameancow@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 243d
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 243d
As a professional honorary Internet Doctor, I'm prescribing OP a week off work with no Internet and an eighth of psilocybin mushrooms.
Get all your scrolls in tonight OP! I'll be outside your house first thing tomorrow to cut the Internet lines and deliver your assigned crate of offline media. Stay hydrated and please do not resist your treatment!
Apeman42@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 242d
Is this a service anyone can sign up for?
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 242d
Yes, house calls only
noretus@crazypeople.online · 8 pts · 243d
Learn to be bored.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 243d
I don't even look at the news anymore because Im sick of seeing that ugly fuckin mug every time
AstralPath@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 243d
You find world news interesting? For me that's the most boring subject anyone could possibly bring up.
"Oh, Trump's being a prick again? Didn't see that one coming. Oh, people are fighting and killing each other again? How surprising. We're still killing the planet and almost all the most prominent people in the world only care about stock prices? Shocker."
I'd rather discuss literally anything else.
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 243d
I think the point is that it's interesting in the "this is getting more frightening, we're at a precipice in human history" sense, not the "wow, now this is a new atrocity" sense. Considering it really is what everyone is focusing on, can they be blamed for wanting the interesting news to be, I dunno, more life affirming perhaps.
Or were we just too bored with the news having to dig for, or contrive, frightening material
AstralPath@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 243d
There's plenty of life-affirming news. You just gotta filter for it. There's whole communities dedicated to it. I strongly recommend curating social feeds. Keyword block lists are a godsend. There's no politics at all in my Youtube feed because those topics don't get my click.
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 243d
You're not wrong, how I spend my time is ultimately on me, harder to do with the barrel of a gun pointed toward you though, but I've found my way around it with video games and friends, sometimes both, I can't complain too much really, I try to be grateful for anything that isn't just part of an algorithm
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 243d
then make more posts about literally anything else...
AstralPath@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 243d
I'm not the most prolific poster ever, but you'll notice I've not once posted anything about world news.
I also heavily curate my frontpage so as to not see any of this bullshit if possible. Some things slip through but my keyword block list is pretty robust.
I'm just trying to live without a firehose of anxiety inducing shit blasting me in the face every second of the day. Honestly, I'm getting close to shelving Lemmy like I did with all my other social media at this point. Lemmy's not bad, but I'm really starting to feel like it might be good to disconnect for a while.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 243d
I can appreciate where you're coming from. you're doing everything right.
if you want to ignore what's going on in the world, that's your right to do so. it's selfish to chastise everyone else for coping with this shit how they see fit.
it's not the community's responsibility to ensure you feel safe and comfortable.
life isn't fair, deal with it.
Emi@ani.social · 7 pts · 243d
HUMAN BEINGS MAKE LIFE SO INTERESTING. DO YOU KNOW, THAT IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO INVENT BOREDOM. -Death
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 243d
At first I was like, why are we shouting? And then I realized, Terry Pratchett is why we are shouting.
M137@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 243d
There is never a single second where there isn't anything interesting happening or to do, but it's also important to be bored and letting your brain get used to being with just itself.
Laguriz@piefed.social · 6 pts · 243d
PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space · 4 pts · 243d
"You're shivering in the shower wrong"
I'm intrigued.
atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 243d
there are a lot of interesting stuff, you are just bad at searching for them
GladiusB@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 243d
Movies Music Art Science Video games Biology Linguistics Books Baseball Basketball Soccer Engineering
Just off the top of my head all the things I would rather talk about than politics
salacious_coaster@feddit.online · 5 pts · 243d
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 243d
yeah, there's an interesting show going on at the local theater. not that important tho
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 243d
But don't you know? A hotel worker in Minneapolis was fired over 'doxxing' of ICE agents! This is so important to know for everyone! One person said here on Lemmy that US politics posts are about the most important events in the world. We must demand a response from US partners to the firing of the Minneapolis hotel worker.
Ste41th@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 242d
Not being funny but I think US politics is turning into a shitty reality show that everyone has to watch
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 243d
I’ll just check and see if that’s going on in my street right now.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 243d
read a book?
garbagebagel@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 243d
Read heated rivalry
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 243d
ohhhh spicy!
hot maple action eh?
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 2 pts · 243d
Creating A Giant No Filter Vase Aquarium - Step-by-step Aquascape Tutorial This guy is making beautiful fish tanks though?!!
qualia@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 243d
OP hasn't heard about AI
Nangijala@feddit.dk · 1 pts · 243d
Read Earthsea <3