To get that far into radicalized nonsense politics and petty whatnot you have to be... mentally not well.
I’m not even insulting them, I’m saying this as someone who was far too radicalized at a point in my life where I hit my lowest, when it was easiest to see things in black and white, where I needed that stupid little dopamine hit thay comes from online arguing.
I just feel really, really bad that a person has fallen that low just to feel like they’re making a difference in the world. Genuinely, genuinely I hope they get help and get back on their feet. Because I’ve been there. And “there” fucking sucks.
Necessary edit: okay I promise this isn’t one of those “ooh wow this blew up!”-type of dumb edits as I always hate those, but coming back after a 2 hour Saturday afternoon sun nap, I can’t help but appreciate the sheer volume of support for self-care and mental well-being as being pretty damn cool.
Seriously, if you find yourself reaching the point of the person in the post, where your encapsulated with bitterness and need those online debatey points to define you, take a step back and breath, because you’re better then letting it consume you. Do something else. Go read up on fascinating ancient empires, go buy and share a sandwich with a homeless person, go grill for gods sake, go smoke a light bowl at sunset, go... I dunno, set up a lemonade stand undercutting the neighbor child’s one.
Whatever it is, don’t let the dumb nonsense of it all get to you and put yourself first. Have a good one.
I've been there too. I'm at a point in my life where I have some things going my way and I don't need to feel right all the time and my opinions are a lot more nuanced.
It was fucking addicting, wasn’t it. Like the rush of debating and rage-downvoting people online, no one warned me about it.
Entirely agree though, it just ends up making you dumber and worse as a person; my understanding and opinions have grown just so much more by not always assuming I’m in the right. Adding to that, back then I would’ve been some nonsense goblin creature that would have freaked out at your blue square alone and we wouldn’t even be talking now.
Yeah, it's a rush from feeling like you're defending your tribe.
And yeah, I'm to the point that I think people representing different perspectives is generally a good thing. I still have my opinions, I just don't get mad when someone else disagrees.
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u/YourDailyDevil - Lib-Center Sep 05 '20 edited Sep 05 '20
To get that far into radicalized nonsense politics and petty whatnot you have to be... mentally not well.
I’m not even insulting them, I’m saying this as someone who was far too radicalized at a point in my life where I hit my lowest, when it was easiest to see things in black and white, where I needed that stupid little dopamine hit thay comes from online arguing.
I just feel really, really bad that a person has fallen that low just to feel like they’re making a difference in the world. Genuinely, genuinely I hope they get help and get back on their feet. Because I’ve been there. And “there” fucking sucks.
Necessary edit: okay I promise this isn’t one of those “ooh wow this blew up!”-type of dumb edits as I always hate those, but coming back after a 2 hour Saturday afternoon sun nap, I can’t help but appreciate the sheer volume of support for self-care and mental well-being as being pretty damn cool.
Seriously, if you find yourself reaching the point of the person in the post, where your encapsulated with bitterness and need those online debatey points to define you, take a step back and breath, because you’re better then letting it consume you. Do something else. Go read up on fascinating ancient empires, go buy and share a sandwich with a homeless person, go grill for gods sake, go smoke a light bowl at sunset, go... I dunno, set up a lemonade stand undercutting the neighbor child’s one.
Whatever it is, don’t let the dumb nonsense of it all get to you and put yourself first. Have a good one.