i mean this in the nicest way possible you guys but you NEED to take better care of yourselves online. getting severely anxious about mass quantities of horrible things you cant change every single day is normal considering the internet’s ability to educate on worldwide issues, it shows that you have empathy and that you truly do care. but relentless knowledge of constant suffering on this scale is NOT something humans are psychologically equipped to handle. it’s okay to shut off. it’s okay to just take a break and enjoy yourself for a while in your own localized space
It was half meant as a joke, but I recently read a post that was something like “If you’re not outraged, you’re probably setting understandable boundaries with the news you consume online”, and I still haven’t stopped thinking about it
Every time I see someone do the “same anon” thing on here I think about how we all just take it on faith that people who claim to be the same anon are telling the truth and I get the urge to send a third anon like “umm idk who that was I’m the person who sent the first anon and I don’t agree with what they said” just to see what happens or worse yet start impersonating someone’s long-term nickname/emoji anon. I haven’t done this because I would gain nothing from it. But you’d never be able to tell who was telling the truth, could you? Could you stop me? I don’t think so
ifesbob 