Mastodawn

Maybe the saddest realization of the last six years is that most people don't seem to give a fuck about anyone when it comes down to anything important. They make excuses as to why things happen to other people and delude themselves into believing they are somehow impervious to ever having them happen to them. Everything from long covid to homelessness to assault to AI psychosis.

The number of people who look down their noses and say, "well that could never happen to me, so it's not my problem" blows my mind. It's like compassion and empathy died in most people a few years back.

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None Hitwonder

@RobotDiver I think numbing oneself to human misery is often used as a protective measure, and it's presented in our culture as one of the most acceptable options for self-preservation in order to stay upright enough to keep feeding the Misery Engine.

It is loathsome, and I have to work to separate my disgust at this from my view of many of the people who choose this path to survive something we're all being assaulted by every single day.

It's so frustrating when you do the work and see someone else who doesn't appear to be doing the work, but sometimes all we can do is our best and let that work be seen by the people around us.