Everyone seems to be doomscrolling
this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2025
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I've spent an astronomical amount of effort trying to remove as much depressing and outrage content from my feeds as possible. It's a sisyphian task with new things constantly slipping through the cracks. Which has made me mostly check out of all but a very small list of online spaces (and even then ads and other impossible to turn off 'recommendations' show up).
Outrage and depressing content fuels the web and it's best to recognize that. I've been a lot happier in my ignorance so far and would recommend it to anyone who's privileged enough to get away with it. It's not like being informed and engaged did fuck all for me in the last decade except give me a variety of mental issues.
It helps me to remember that informed voters 50-70 years ago were people who read the papers. Not even regularly, just those who knew what was going on in the world on a regular basis. It is not normal or healthy to have a constant barrage of news and input - and more than that it's not wrong to take a break from it. I had to learn that the hard way, that it's okay to take a break, it doesn't make you a bad person, that online is making you anxious. I folded in on myself, I had panic attacks, I couldn't function - and I got help. That help helped me realize that I don't have to shoulder this alone, I do not have to keep watching and listening. I'm informed, I know what's going on, I know what happened today - but that doesn't mean I'm going to turn my filters off either.
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You can find people in a good mood, but not on Lemmy :P
But what if I don't want to go to a nazi rally?
Im in a bad mood. I cant speak for others. But the world is fucked up.
We felt it last year. A building up of something. A sense of impending doom. Feelings of grim.
Things are worse especially with Trump making noises about using the American military to take resources. I donβt know who put the Panama canal and Greenland into his head but here we are. He is a guy who would do it too. Making us axis and not ally this go. Thatβs grim.
Pick and choose your outlets but donβt stick your head in the sand.
I donβt know who put the Panama canal and Greenland into his head
Seriously, it feels like he just crawled out of his basement full of bizarre obsessions.
Not just you. Lots of negative feeling going around. If I could put a word to what I saw today, it would be "grim".
Who are you referring to as "the whole world", specifically? People on Lemmy? Leftists? Your friends IRL?
The world it just ain't right, it keeps me up at night
I'm in a pretty bad fucking mood but I kind of figured that was more my problem.
The vibes on RedNote aren't so bad.