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comment by OftenBen
OftenBen  ·  1400 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: June 17, 2020

My mental health has really been thrown a curve ball with this whole Corona thing.

The utter lack of concern for the lives and wellbeing of our most vulnerable being displayed by my neighbors horrifies and disgusts me.

I seethe with rage near-constantly.

Guess I'll go carve more spoons.





b_b  ·  1400 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As a friend I'm imploring you to quit the internet for a while. Not the first time I've said that, but I'm going to keep beating that drum. It's unhealthy.

OftenBen  ·  1399 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That does nothing for my infection risk.

b_b  ·  1399 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No but it can do a lot for your anger and anxiety. The world on the internet is a funhouse mirror version of the world as it exists. Admittedly, it's been spilling into real life in alarming ways recently, but for the most part just shutting off all social media, at least, will improve your outlook in ways you can't even anticipate. Anticorporatist you are, you of all people should recognize that online media companies make money by not letting you look away. That's their superpower and it's fucking malevolent, plain and simple.

OftenBen  ·  1398 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It is no measure of health to be adapted to a sick society.

user-inactivated  ·  1394 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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