Zaleramancer

So, I have given it some thought. I talked to my partner about it and, honestly, I don't see the point in trying to build or be a part of online communities anymore. I don't like or trust people now. I don't have the patience or goodwill I used to. I'm tired of the same conversations playing out over and over again. Nothing changes. No one values the things I value as much as I do, so everyone always disappoints me in the end.

It just results in me bringing negativity back into my personal life, and seldom brings me any joy now. I can't expect other people to change things to accommodate my needs, so the only answer I can find is to remove myself from situations that harm me.

So I'm going to try to stop being active online. Bye, best of luck and well wishes. I think this may be one of the best platforms I've been on in terms of quality of conversation and moderation- great job, but I'm obviously too damaged to function in situations like this.

Peace ✌️

I appreciate the thought, but I didn't find that useful for my situation. I already think about this all the time, and I am not in a position to responsibly channel any energy away from keeping my loved ones alive and healthy.

I am trying to focus on it, it's just I can lose an hour+ whenever I come across a headline that's purpose built to piss people off- because I have to fight myself not to make an entire small essay about why it's irresponsibility presented and generally ineffective.

Yeah, I kind of expected as much. I will just continue to block things until I can look at local communities without being triggered by the doom.

Maybe I'll try to get that to work later. Thanks.

Article about how school lunches require system change in Humanity and Culture

Five out the the eight last AskBeahaw posts. Six if you include the one that got deleted between me making this post and replying here.

Your Favorite Celebrity Would Have Supported Hitler in Chat.

The Psychological Toll of the US Election in Science.

I'm not sure about LGBTQ+ anymore, since I blocked it a while ago because of the drip of news about how it's getting incrementally closer to being legal for me to be hunted for sport.

Yeah, the constant news coverage is why I have blocked every news community on here, and still the villain pursues me.

Philosophically, I think the pursuit of truth and the exercise of compassion are worthwhile endeavors.

But when that's too abstract, I remind myself that I have people who rely on me and benefit from my presence in their life. I work to make the world around me better than it was before, so that others can immediately, and in the future, have better lives.

You seem to be handling this in a really caustic way. Maybe take some time to self-reflect and come back in two weeks? You may be able to get unbanned if you chill a bit.

I'm using Obsidian. The minimal size makes syncing faster, and I enjoy the mobile interface.

I am sufficiently weird that delve isn't an especially obscure word for me to drop in a random conversation. My partner and I are likely to just use stuff like "Pontificate" at random, so, I feel weird about this.

???? being anti-ai is liberal now?