Don't you think it's quite ironic that the subject I’m trying to avoid is being discussed in this post?
It's perfectly on form for a modern citizen of a Western country to confuse denial and avoidance as inner peace.
It's undeniably better for you to not worry, but also the ability to not worry is undeniably privileged since it means you're not personally affected.
Also i just don't think it's true that we can separate our issues from the third world's issues, they are connected, and the very uncomfortable fact is that the connection often is our benefitting from their exploitation. That's not as true as it once was, colonialism is different now, but it's still true, i own countless cheap items thatwere manufactured by exploited workers in other countries.
Why are you assuming this person gets all of their news from Lemmy?
I didn't even reference "this person", it's a simple comment on Western culture, just like it purports to be.
Nope. I've had a script with almost 100 regex's that automatically blacklisted around 200 people every time I opened Twitter. Two years in and upwards of 300.000 accounts in the blacklist, I realized that it didn't even make a dent in dealing with all of the spam I was seeing, and just deleted my account. Best decision ever. I advice you too, to try it out.
I present you mine
I’ll steal some of these for sure :)
censoring k*ll
what is this, tiktok?
It's easier to not care. It's selfish, a bit cruel, it's literally the least you can do to carry a basic awareness of ongoing truth, but it is easier I imagine to pretend it isn't happening and just fixate on what's left when you remove all of that from Lemmy... So just, oops all Linux memes?
I think it’s the opposite. All the outrage on social media just feeds back into itself. It’s an engine fueling disillusionment, not productive change.
The trend on social media is idle outrage, it's overexposing ourselves to the most devastating and most infuriating information while doing nothing about it. I've seen a lot of Gaza footage but i haven't done anything other than donate e-sims and upvote memes.
I don't blame anyone for wanting out of that. If you're not going to do something about politics, then you might as well not let it poison your social media. If you are doing something about politics, then you already know to step out of online flame wars, or you should know.
Of all human emotions, rage is the one that's best at keeping us engaged, so for-profit social medias feed us rage bait constantly to keep us on their platform, and one great way to do that is through politics. Here on Lemmy, the same is done for internet points. I see no point in either because neither leads to action. In fact there's incredible danger in being politically angry, we should be politically educated.
I do this on my YouTube feed to keep politics out of my gaming and flat earth content I typically like to watch.
I've never really used Twitter. The only exposure I get to it is through reddit and now here. Even that is too much.
ignore covid, oh its here ignore war oh its here
i have a bunch of these too. i like politics, just not the us vs them US bullshit.
good on you for making lemmy more bearable on US election season.
The list is missing the words "Poll" and "AI".
Well the good news is, if you ignore Palestine it will eventually go away.
oof
Oh. That means you'll have some time on your hands for me to tell you about Arch Linux...
I use Gentoo btw
I use Mac OSX so I won't judge you:-)
Add "linux" to that list and your front page will be empty.
No way. There's always star trek.
Ignore the haters OP, your mental health is important and if these topics are making you feel burnt out, then you are more than justified in tuning them out for a while. Don't be guilt tripped into staying perpetually outraged.
I'm not interested in US politics and Elon. I care about the Israel/Palestinian problem, but I don't want to feel sorry for this situation every day, even though I don't have a bit of power to solve the situation. Thank you for your understanding.
Not op, but i have filtered a lot more than you actually. Lemmy has a very specific demographic and some topics and talking points are insanely repetitive and exhaustively discussed at all times, particularly US politics which, as a european, don't matter to me. Just tell me who won when it's done
It's funny how many Americans don't realize that there are people living life outside the US that also have access to the internet and Lemmy.
As someone living in an area where I can literally walk into 3 different countries (even if I need to hike a few hours) I cannot wrap my head around that exceptionalism.
If you're not American then who let you on our internet?
Get your own internet.
BREAKING NEWS: Musk posts misleading video blaming Netanyahu's Gaza strike on Harris, causing The Donald to call on Vlad to intervene
Pretty much
Half of me wants to be snarky and call you privileged for being able to ignore these types of things, or some string of expletives for choosing to ignore an ongoing genocide. But then I thought about it and damn, i really wish I could ignore this mess, and I can’t blame you for just giving in. Your mental health must have improved drastically after this. I would be a hypocrite to call you out while wanting it to end so badly.
As someone who is politically engaged to the point of being an activist, I don’t mind seeing political news, and I read a fuckton of it. But jesus christ do I want this election year to just end, this season has been insufferable and exhausting. I’ve been struggling to find a way to participate beyond the regular praxis I do, since I can at least find solace in my friends as we address queer issues and homelessness in my area. But going beyond that brings me into the purgatory of American politics in this hell year.
This doesn't say that the OP ignores the mess, they may still be reading the news. However, there’s little value in seeing this content on lemmy. The replies under these posts are often filled with people repeating the same old jokes, toxic sarcasm, and other meaningless comments. Most political activists online are nuts, regardless of their affiliations. It's unhealthy to bathe in that.
ITT: HOW DARE YOU NOT PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT I THINK YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO?!?
😂
Damn. This comment section really highlights who lives on Lemmy and it's their number 1 source for everything vs. people that just use it like a social.
All posts need to have the same title: me_irl it is allowed to use an emoji instead of the underscore _