I don't think things are nearly as shitty as the online world is contending them to be. Agree or disagree?

[Kingofkings1992]

The constant negativity of our world now is so draining. The never ending crying about life affordability, dooms day, yada yada. If you are having difficulty affording basic necessities in life, then cut back unnecessary expenses. I think if you stop paying so much attention to the online internet world, and just start being around real people with real, genuine conversations and connections, you'll find that things are not quite as bad as they want you to believe. I want to be a shining light of positivity. Whoever is reading this, we may not know each other, but your mental health matters. I wish you a peaceful nights sleep, and whatever is troubling your mind, I hope that you find relief

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[Chazmatazz269]

It’s an annoying way to express it, but the kids say “touch grass”, and i don’t think they are talking about the marijuana. I have also started seeing “doomscrolling” more frequently. People are waking up, slowly.
Here’s the thing, maybe “the world” is just as terrible as it seems, but we don’t need to act like it is until we step outside and it’s indistinguishable from what Big Tech is trying to tell us. It might not be bad at all. You know that it is in the interests of the powers that be to keep us ignorant and afraid, right? Do you know anyone in China, France, Ukraine or Iran? Probably not. So there’s no way to know what’s actually happening in those places. You can’t compare the “news” to the facts, and that is mostly deliberate. It’s the same reason that military personnel aren’t allowed to disclose details of their engagements. Even the people seeing the worst of it aren’t allowed to talk about it. Wonder why?
So we can take in these stark warnings about the state of the world and prepare for the worst while hoping for the best but, and this is the hard part, living in the moment. Also a cliche, and annoying, but true. My paternal grandmother used to say “I only watch the news for the weather! Everything else is hogwash!”. She was right forty years ago and the only thing that has changed is now we are getting all of the hogwash from the four corners of the Earth, and we’re getting it 24/7. Let’s go back to an hour of news a day, and stick to the local media.
I bet our mental health issues start to subside.

[MereAnarchy]

Yes. The online world exaggerates what is fairly bad.

[FreyaRed]

Fearmongering and black painting (in psychological terms) is very common among influencers.
Often it's marketing strategy like demonizing of AI recently just because Chinese AI is open source and AI agents in minimal configuration run on better CAD workstations with 128GB of RAM. Now all YT influencers see Terminators and Skynet coming and demand stronger regulations (of course for Chinese AI) and self regulation for AI companies they get money from. This is so primitive and cheap, it humiliates my level of intelligence.

Or evil Russians who can't conquer a bankrupt hellhole with minimalistic support from NATO are the great menace, just because European governments need to invest some money in ammunition production instead of giving out entire military budgets to obese and incompetent desk office generals who never have seen real military operation.

[thegreenyogi]

I totally agree with you on this one. My survival matters and life is full of ups and downs and it's hard most of the time but you can make it easier for yourself which means doing without things that aren't important like less clothes, no holidays, no expensive phones and use the extra money that you have saved to keep your house warm or buy food. It doesn't mean that your life is sad, it just means you learn to do with less. And most importantly do the things that bring you joy when the world isn't watching you because it's this inherent need to be seen that is bringing most unhappiness to many.

[Kingofkings1992]

Hey there green yogi. Thanks for your feedback. You are one of the genuinely good people on here

[thegreenyogi]

Hey there King!! You're very welcome. I'm happy to hear that I am greatly appreciated on here.

[TonyMetal___1986]

Yes i agree, the online world is always different, especially for me, why? It's because i'm always interacting with foreigners online while in real life i always interact with people from my country!

[DryGermanGuy]

Yes of course. The internet acts like an echo chamber to all the village idiots combined.

[Iron_Man]

I might agree to this