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You're losing your will to fight. (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 weeks ago by TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee
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I'm losing my will to fight. You're losing your will to fight. In the last few weeks, you've been nothing but despair. I am trying to hold it together so I can keep up the fight. But it's been getting harder. All the levity has been lost. I guess I got more levity from you than I realized. I don't know how I became so dependent on you. Isolation has become the norm for us, I guess. But right now, all I know is that I can't do this without you. You've gotta stay strong, and stay light. So that I can stay strong, and stay light.

Yes, you. The faceless mass.

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[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 15 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Reading the news and posting angry messages on social media isn’t fighting. If you’re doing something beyond that, good for you - but the vast majority of so-called "activists" aren’t. They’re just venting anger and spreading it to others while achieving nothing worthwhile.

If my goal were to "change the world," I’d probably live in despair too. But it’s not. Instead, I run a small local business where I help people with their everyday technical challenges. I get to make a tangible difference in people’s lives and see their gratitude firsthand. Life has never felt more meaningful.

[–] ZDL@ttrpg.network 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

… but the vast majority of so-called “activists” aren’t …

This kind of "activist" is best termed a "slacktivist".

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This kind of “activist” is best termed a “slacktivist”.

And they make up the majority of Lemmy! lmao

[–] ZDL@ttrpg.network 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And they make up the majority of ~~Lemmy~~Internet users in general! lmao

Fixed that for you. 😉

[–] Servais@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

FYI, they've been banned since then.

[–] ZDL@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, I didn't catch who it was or I'd not have responded.

Another account banned. That's a repeating pattern and yet he can't seem to figure it out, despite how "smart" he puts on airs over.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

I just came back after like 3 months, it's hilarious that he's still playing the victim.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 weeks ago

You are changing the world, your little corner of it.

That's how it's done.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Well said!

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There are many people being careful of what they say on public forums. Don't let that make you think there are not people ready and willing. Many people seem to speak more freely over on Rednote. There's a lot of posts over there. I'm just stating observations.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

There are many people being careful of what they say on public forums. Don’t let that make you think there are not people ready and willing

Good. Because I report comments hinting at or advocating violence, directly to the FBI. https://tips.fbi.gov/home

Many people seem to speak more freely over on Rednote

Oh, good to know! I'll start up an account over there, start taking screenshots and reporting what I see there too.

Thanks, friend!

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

LOL If anything the FBI is part of any resistence. You may want to tattle to a different agency.. oh wait, they've all been gutted..

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't give a fuck. You all joking about killing the president is fucking bullshit. So I'll continue to report. The fact that you call it "tattle" shows how fucking cringe you extremists are.

You sure you are gonna be able to pull yourself away from Pokemon Go long enough to start a revolution, brah? lmao

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've said no such things. I would suggest you not slander people. Lawsuits can be expensive.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

When I mean "You" and "You all" I meant Lemmy in general. Not you personally. I don't now you, have never met you, and I don't even know your name. As obviously noted in my 2nd sentence when I said "You all."

To qualify as slander, the statement must be spoken to others, be knowingly false, and result in harm to the person’s direct reputation. So anonymous usernames on a forum like Lemmy don't qualify. Also, since the use of "you all" and "you" refers broadly to the public on a website, it doesn't even come close to targeting any individual's reputation directly.

So yeah, let's try that suing thing.

When do ya wanna file? Let me know so I can contact my lawyers. Then we can bring to light, publically, the entire Lemmy website, all the comments on it, people who defend Luigi, etc.

So yaaaassss queeeen, let's do that.

So when do ya wanna file?

We got a timeline?

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

[–] Servais@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 weeks ago

FYI, they've been banned since then.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly. :)

[–] Mr_Canard@jlai.lu 1 points 3 weeks ago

You should look up what happens to people like you when there is a power shift.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

I’ve honestly never felt more determined to fight in my entire life. I am learning to find joy in the act of struggle in spite of all the darkness around us. Win lose or draw I’m going to keep going. And I have been finally taking the time to reach out and find the others who are ready to join me in this. It is liberating.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

Then let's fight together!

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-to-avoid-outrage-fatigue-and-tune-in-without-burning-out/

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Nah, not only am I not "losing my will to fight," I'm having a great time. I don't take anything online seriously.

Lemmy is NOT real life. It's an echo-chamber full of people bitching and moaning about the world ending who just love to doomscroll, and then brag about what meds they are taking to cope. It's fucking weird.

Meanwhile in real life in my neighborhood here in the US, people are visiting parks, flying kites with kids, taking walks with their dogs. I see kids riding their bikes to get ice cream. I hear kids on the playground nearby playing tag and laughing. Guy across the street is shooting the shit with his friends and having a beer. They invited me over for a bbq.

But according to Lemmy we're all doomed and about to be marched into deathcamps.

Not gonna happen.

World's not gonna end Lemmy. I promise.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Found the Trumper. I don't know what fantasy you're living in, but it's definitely not America.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm not a Trumper. I didn't vote for Trump. I actually voted socialist party, friend.

And yep, I live here in America. Not fantasy at all. I described what was happening outside in my view just as I was writing it.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

3 months later, and you're still getting banned and still saying the same lines.

[–] SoftwareSlicer 2 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

As important and as concerning as many current events are especially in relation to American politics, I didn't consider that I needed to read this. Thanks for providing that perspective. It's a crazy world both in here and out there imo and I think the best we can do given the circumstances is to be careful about how we consume as that can promote apathy and further doomscrolling. Instead, I feel like it's for the best for any of us here to create. Doesn't matter what you make, Where you are at, or how skilled you may be but I hope for the best in all of us!

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

think the best we can do given the circumstances is to be careful about how we consume as that can promote apathy and further doomscrolling

Agreed. So many on Lemmy and Reddit just doomscroll all day, all night. Never looking up to see the people around them who are smiling, going on with their lives, enjoying good conversation, hugging, kissing, laughing, etc.

The world isn't perfect. I get that. Especially depending on what country you are in.

But here in the US we have it sooooo good, it is actually rude to complain about how tough things are here, because so many other people have is way worse and actually have real problems.

Here people complain about making 80K a year on their very first jobs from college, and that their mom watches Fox News too much and/or their "all" Lemmy section has more than one post by Universal Monk. Big. Fucking. Deal. lol

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