Oh man. I just stopped with everything. My soul hurts and I need a break. Sometimes ignorance is good.
Yep, I scrubbed all my feeds for this reason. I have enough friends that post the lowlights to group chats anyway, that’s already more than enough of the bile for me.
My attitude is that big news always gets through any filters. If i filter out Trump’s name, I’m still going to see things like “Canada proposes counter US tariffs” or “[My State’s Governor] details plans for medical spending in absence of federal aid” or “Selena Gomez bares it all in tiktok about raids”. At that point I can say “what tariffs, what funding, what raids?” and go find out what’s happening. And if aliens invade the planet in an emergent breaking story, the group chat will pop off, I can tailor my daily meme experience toward being pleasant
Pretty big brain right there I’ve gotta say
I need to see the political equivalent of headlines like “Main Street is on fire” but don’t need to read every article for every sad topic.
This… and I didn’t know how to reconcile it…
You take a break for your mental health. Then you come back to the fight when you’re well.
I’m pretty sure that’s the plan. I think there’s even a name for it? Keep us so overloaded with fucked up news that we just zone out and let them carry on with their christo fascist nazi agenda.
Oh man, y’all be careful saying you’re avoiding politics on Lemmy, people get real mad. Like dude, it’s draining, leave me alone
I thought I recognised your username. To clarify, again, avoiding the news is not avoiding politics. Politics is everything.
How you interact with friends and family is politics. How you pay for your groceries and where you buy them from is politics.
You’re avoiding the news. Theatre. You’re not avoiding politics. Saying you’re avoiding politics is like saying you’re avoiding philosophy or science, you can’t.
But sure, have your victim complex and say that people get real mad at you, that’s fine.
Dude, let it go.
But sure, have your victim complex and say that people get real mad at you, that’s fine.
“I went online and now I’m a victim!” folks are the ones who need to log off the most. Unfortunately, they’re also the ones who seem clinically incapable of not posting.
I struggle with this daily. And it’s barely been a month. Only 47 more to go.
