i wonder if ambivalence towards The End is tantamount to desire for it

i feel you. i recently learned about the “Doomsday Clock” that has apparently been ticking up and down since 1947, and was apparently just moved from 90 seconds to 89 seconds. seems like such a ridiculous, unhelpful way to conceptualize challenges to society. learning about it did nothing to impact my sense of power in affecting it, and really just increased my sense of despair as time marches on without concern

Even the preppers I know don’t want it to collapse, they’re just aware that society is fragile and is more likely than not going to collapse - knowing something is likely to happen and preparing for it is very very different than hoping for it.

well that’s just it! I think their preoccupation with the world ending does hint at some sort of desire for it. this grows even more true with however much more unlikely the end actually is

outrage subsiding into empathy

lol i love this one. no matter how long i stare at it, it always gets a laugh out of me. you can think of just so many ways he could fix it. and at the end of the day they’re ALL STUPID! because of course it is, the damn message is too long!

it’s the puzzle that doesn’t want to be solved!

it’s the castaway that doesn’t want to be rescued!

it’s the fool in us all that sabotages ourselves over and over again, because we just didn’t get lucky enough to get that one extra rock!!

we’re so fucking stupid and bender is mocking us all. pure brilliancy.

cheers friend

at what point did i – you’re just trying to rile me up arent you

it worked, good job. i hope you’re proud

Why so dismissive? This is a genuine concern and you’re kinda just doing the same dopamine game. (You even have a smiley face, you’re the happy one here!)

I just don’t understand why you come to a MH community to post anti-MH sentiment.

Can you at least acknowledge that your comment is not a MH affirming attitude? Or do you really not see it???

im kind of embarrassed by how cringe this is and i really hope they dont represent the fediverse

the solution isn’t to go to therapy but to change our economic system.

how’s that working out for you? the economic system hasn’t changed and you’re still miserable, right? what if you had more capacity to fight by effectively managing your stressors? wouldn’t that be preferable? or is change just too difficult and this is an easier story to tell yourself? my god this MH community is getting my blood boiling as bad as r/conservative.

im so sick of this attitude. human history – no, the history of LIFE – has always been on the brink of destruction. the universe is cold, harsh, and awful. the challenge has ALWAYS been to find a way to live a meaningful life with the time you have here. i’m so sick of attitudes like this exploiting the fact that this isnt a utopia to excuse themselves from making positive changes in their own lives.

how the fuck are we going to create a society that isn’t soul crushing anyway?! is the first step to shit on all the therapists? systemic, societal issues are real barriers in our lives, but they are just BARRIERS. they make the job HARDER but not impossible. how do you think modern existential therapy came out of fucking AUSCHWITZ of all places? do you think they had it peachy?? was Frankl just scamming them?

the current president won the hearts of these magats by selling them the exact same fucking story you’re memeing about. “your misery is society’s fault” and then points the finger at a specific demographic. and these idiots eat that shit up. they never learned how to find meaning in their own lives so they turn to some charlatan who sells them a fantasy. do you really think Trump would have gotten elected if the populace were happy, healthy, and afraid of nothing?? do you really think Trump would have won if the magats went to therapy? THIS is the problem. THIS is why we’re in this mess.

i swear i just find this so absolutely disgusting, so insulting, to say that mental health is just “pills that trick your brain into thinking you dont hate it here”. this nonsense has NO place in a MH affirming community. go back to 4chan

lol there’s definitely a few clients like that. how many of them are holding the kerosene?

sorry trashboat, apparently you were the king fascist all along. it’s all your fault, and it’s very important that we all recognize that it’s trashboat’s fault. the only way things can get better is if we all blame trashboat

sorry i would arrest him myself but im busy eating hot chip and lie

God i would take France saving us in a heartbeat, I don’t give a flying fuck about your empty armchair criticisms OP

I have a whole bunch on my night stand tho

GWB definitely had a scarier presidency than Trumps first term for sure. but this second term is unlike anything I’ve ever seen

furby was so creepy. esp when he bugs out

yeah I always wanted to be an adult and now that I am it’s fucking awesome