• Monument@piefed.world
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    1 hour ago

    We could try to whoop him, but he’s got a truncheon, a handgun, and a small Christmas ham hidden in his hat and he knows how to use them. They make him happy, you see.

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    i wonder what kind of song would capture the cultural zeitgeist now, if he were to write it…

    because yeah it definitely would not be ‘happy’

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    Y’all need some digital detox. Especially if you’re the type of person who ruins his own mood and causes stress about things that will never, ever affect you and are going on at the opposite side of the world.

    EDIT: Lemmy, please get your shit together. Digital detox means changing what you do online. Quitting social media, no longer reading news that are mostly just negative, etc. and not your daily responsibilities, higher gas bills or your kid doing something bad - that’s not digital. Completely different things.

    My point was that modern humans relatively consume so much negative shit daily that it starts to consume us. Objectively we are living in one of the best times in human history, yet are borderline the unhappiest. Science has also repeatedly proven the positive benefits of digital detox (especially no longer using social media like Facebook)

    EDIT2: you people are weak. Now downvote me harder, daddy

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        Imagine laughing at a meme of beating up someone for singing happy and then getting hostile after someone tells you that you might positively benefit from change in environment.

        Feels like I went from 4chan to reddit and somehow back to 4chan. Everyone is so getting used to shitty humans we are becoming one.

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          There are so many situations that a comment like this would make sense. But not this one, honestly. I just recently posted about Lemmy having a lot of toxicity. This post and this thread are not an example of it. It was just a joke that you took seriously and then got condescending about. That’s all.

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        Nope. Much of the world is doing worse than US. Trump regime is temporary and US will not collapse. Shit will pass. “As long as men die, liberty will prevail”

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          My father-in-law says the same thing. “The law is the law, just let it work itself out.” The man’s faith in the system is unshakable.

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          This comment alone is probably dumber than anything I’ve ever written, and I’m sure I’ve said some shit stupider than I can even remember.

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            Let me put it like this. Our gas price is around $8 per gallon. Our average wages are almost 3x lower. Government feels like a circus, our prime minister even recently stepped down. There’s lingering threat of an invasion.

            Life’s good. Sure, I can’t travel the world or buy expensive cars, but that’s normal. Not too long ago majority could not afford more than a bed and few accessories, including in US. Can you imagine the world where everyone could fulfill their presumably capitalist dreams of being rich? What would be the consequences of mass consumerism and manufacturing?

            Feels like you have lived in the golden age for so long you forgot how it’s like to be normal. Enjoy what you have and stop stressing over shit you can’t change.

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            (I know you’re joking, but) You’re not going to be doing any solving whatsoever related to things you stress about besides fixing relationships with friends and family after being a grumpy old ass brainraped by fox news.

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                I meant that about people who are constantly grumpy and angry, people whose entire online activity is expressing hate and anger. I meant half of lemmy. I’ve noticed this platform is quite depressing in comparison to others. You could say “more politically active”, but your hate means nothing when it’s echoed in a bubble and eventually it becomes tiresome to others.

                This meme is literally threatening to beat someone up for being happy. Jokingly of course, but still. Wake up, lemminos.

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                  This meme is literally threatening to beat someone up for being happy

                  I don’t think you understand humor. The mood of the world, not just Lemmy, has shifted and for good reason. This is a fact. Coincidentally, people are allowed to joke about that fact without someone ragingly inventing a lot of baggage to go with it.

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      Do I get to stress if it’s happening to me and my neighbors in my country perpetrated by my government?

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      Where do we apply to be allowed to worry? I’m just trying to do things the legal way, o wise one.

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        The fuck are you talking about? Do the things legal way digitally? Like, paying for news? Do you not understand what “digital detox” means? No, it has nothing to do with your life responsibilities.

        It’s about constantly consuming negative content, bad news, watching death, etc… eventually it starts consuming you.

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          But I want to please REDaCTeD!!

          People know what a digital detox is, you’re just getting an expected response when you yell commands at people while dismissing their valid worries. If you wanna pretend the world’s problems don’t affect anyone that’s on you, stop trying to force everyone else’s head in the sand like nothing bad ever happens to anyone, besides of course Internet-only negative content. It makes you look like a child on top of being unhelpful and annoying.

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            I said “especially IF it doesn’t affect you”.

            IF

            Pretty important in programming too

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      Do I get to stress because my TV is selling summaries of my living room conversations to the GOP?

      Do I get to stress because climate change has moved tornado alley into my county at the same time we’re destroying our ability to predict the weather?

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        Do I get to stress because my TV is selling summaries of my living room conversations to the GOP?

        Why did you buy a trojan horse in the first place?

        Do I get to stress because climate change has moved tornado alley into my county at the same time we’re destroying our ability to predict the weather?

        I mean…no? Just be ready for it. Make sure your basement is ok, you got food and water reserves. Imagine stressing all your life about possible tornato hitting your location. Probably would live by 20 years less. I’m living under an threat of invasion by a much larger power, and even I don’t stress about that. Got bags ready and set to jump ship if something happens.

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          Don’t be intentionally obtuse about the TV. People buy what’s available. Yes, there are edge cases, and no it’s not the argument you think it is to assume everyone has the foreknowledge, means, and wherewithal to employ one of those edge cases.
          The U.S. government does not offer its citizens a right to privacy against corporate surveillance, and that is not something you can blame on the average person.