Don’t you think it’s quite ironic that the subject I’m trying to avoid is being discussed in this post?

  • THCDenton@lemmy.world
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    25 minutes ago

    I’ve never really used Twitter. The only exposure I get to it is through reddit and now here. Even that is too much.

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    It’s easier to not care. It’s selfish, a bit cruel, it’s literally the least you can do to carry a basic awareness of ongoing truth, but it is easier I imagine to pretend it isn’t happening and just fixate on what’s left when you remove all of that from Lemmy… So just, oops all Linux memes?

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      21 minutes ago

      I think it’s the opposite. All the outrage on social media just feeds back into itself. It’s an engine fueling disillusionment, not productive change.

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    Nope. I’ve had a script with upwards of 100 regex’s that automatically blacklisted upwards of 200 people every time I opened Twitter. Two years in and upwards of 300.000 accounts in the blacklist, I realized that it didn’t even make a dent in dealing with all of the spam I was seeing, and just deleted my account. Best decision ever. I advice you too, to try it out.

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    4 hours ago

    It’s perfectly on form for a modern citizen of a Western country to confuse denial and avoidance as inner peace.

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    6 hours ago

    i have a bunch of these too. i like politics, just not the us vs them US bullshit.

    good on you for making lemmy more bearable on US election season.

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    It’s funny how many Americans don’t realize that there are people living life outside the US that also have access to the internet and Lemmy.

    As someone living in an area where I can literally walk into 3 different countries (even if I need to hike a few hours) I cannot wrap my head around that exceptionalism.

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        It’s a government conspiracy. They did let in all the dirty foreigners just so they can tell you personally: America bad!

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      1 day ago

      Yeah but our elections are also stupidly consequential. It doesn’t help our ego any though.

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      We’re too insulated to care too much, because it mostly doesn’t affect our day to day lives. And we have a pretty big election coming up in like 6 weeks, so it makes sense that most Americans online would talk about that.

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        18 hours ago

        Can’t remember the last time Germanys, Netherlands, Polands or any other election was this much or long in the news.
        Not to mention Asian (excluding middle east because they are news non-stop) or African (not affiliated with middle eastern conflicts).

        Hell even Canads or Mexicos is much of any debate…

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          God please let us put a fucking leash on these assholes dominating our time. I don’t want to be convinced non-stop that you’re voting in my best interest, I want to see my best interests enacted. I want a representative democracy that allows me to trust that my representatives are going to represent my community as a whole, not some twisting tendril of black or white districts intended to game the system. And it’s so fucking absurd that we have somehow convinced ourselves that our Constitution intended for corporations to be treated as people or for money to be treated as free speech. Millions and billions spent convincing us that millions and billions need to be spent. It’s complete lunacy and we’re all cool with it?

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      23 hours ago

      sees propaganda from transnational corps, the Kremlin, and CCP

      “Why are the american people assaulting me with this garbage!”

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    1 day ago

    BREAKING NEWS: Musk posts misleading video blaming Netanyahu’s Gaza strike on Harris, causing The Donald to call on Vlad to intervene