I’ll try to dial back my time on lemmy because I’ve noticed that I spend way, way more time here than I ever did back on reddit

      • Perspectivist@feddit.uk
        3·
        1 天前

        I guess it’s not a Lemmy-specific issue but more of a social media thing in general. I just don’t like being around angry people - even when their anger is aimed at people I don’t like either. It’s the cynicism, the wishing harm, the celebrating death or misfortune. I get where it comes from - I just don’t want to be around it. It poisons my mind too.

        • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
          2·
          7 小时前

          What can I say, I’m also here for the memes. But otherwise…I don’t blame you.

          I like knowing what’s going on , especially when corpo news sources try to sweep it under the rug, and sometimes comments can be really insightful, but often the discourse is so tribalistically rage-blinded and the line of acceptable extremes keeps getting pushed to frightening degree.

          Even the slightest hint of disagreement with the extent of said extremes, even if you’re on the same “side” of an issue, will get you branded and told to face the wall with the rest of the filth…You know, by the types who most loudly proclaim how much they’re against fascists .

          (My guess is mostly it’s angy isolated teens with anonymity and hair-trigger emotions paired with drooping history grades. And I say this as an idealistic anarchist lol. But it still hurts. Words are words.)

          I was recently downvoted like crazy and attacked quite viciously for merely suggesting that dehumanizing human beings, even enemies, is a dark path. Even the poster I was responding to was like “That’s messed up, you were respectfully discussing. People are crazy.”

          I’m more careful now.

          It’s beginning to remind me of the apocalyptic world of Metro 2033: On one side, Neo-Nazis want to kill you outright. On the other: the Red army wants to conscript comrade you to their frontlines to hurl at their enemies.

          …and most people are just caught in the middle trying to survive.

          Sorry for the long reply. Let’s stay safe, sane, and keep touching grass. Take good care out there. ❤️

          • Perspectivist@feddit.uk
            2·
            6 小时前

            Thanks for the thoughtful response - the timing was impeccable. I guess it’s not all bad in here after all.

            • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
              2·
              5 小时前

              I’m sincerely glad you appreciated it. I worry I ramble a bit too much sometimes! :)

              In some ways Lemmy can still feel like the “Old Internet”, for better and worse haha, but there’s still people like us that appreciate small moments of genuine connection with people.

              We can be revolutionaries by making those positive connections in the communities we visit. :D

              I hope you’re doing okay and have a good one today.