no antidepressants or therapists have ever been enough to heal the damage of a fucked up life

I feel this… been through several at this point, didn’t really do much for me. I’d keep trying anyway, but I don’t have access right now, so I’m just trying a bunch of stuff to see what will stick.

Right now I’m giving tonglen a shot. The hard part is getting myself to do it (hello, executive dysfunction!), but so far it seems to be helping a bit. (I recommend checking out that book either way, some interesting ideas in there)

So they could have replaced it with, like, email verification or something, but they instead stuck to the design that lets governments identify all users?

<Insert rampant and unfounded speculation about FBI compromise here>

^^

🥲👈💞😏💞🕶️😏😣🕶️ 😝

A+ bait, totally got me

This is what tonglen feels like when you’re able to really get going

Context FROM THE FUTURE :O

I hate you for posting this (please marry me)

That last line hits like a truck.

Why am I tearing up?

Yes.

The first half of this describes my entire presence on this site pretty much exactly.

I stay around under the pretense/hope that it doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

Those who can’t do, try to teach - because when you fail over and over, you learn things worth sharing. Those who can’t feel, try to touch, because you’ve learnt how badly we need it.

And one day, I pray, can’t will be couldn’t.

Dear lord. This man’s brain is something else.

Whoa.

:O

congratulations on finishing this!

i’ll hold off on posting my thoughts until i get around to actually watching the thing. (i wonder if you’ll ever see my reply 2 years from now…)

Hi just wanted to say that this is ab very good transceiption wdjks

You’ve shown me beauty in a terrifying, ugly situation. Thank you.

Here, at least, we’re all rooting for you.

Those of us who survive this hell will show this to our children, when they’re old enough.

Not many people with empathy are left on Xitter, I suppose.

If you hate your mental health, you can use Nitter to read the replies to that post. Just the most sickening shit imaginable.

Hmmm are there? massive? I mean I know we all use that word lightly but “massive” they are not

34,000 people for Sanders in Denver. Tell me with a straight face that this is a small number of people. “But relatively speaking-” hush. Big number is big.

…but yeah, pretty small compared to the number of people at, say, the Women’s March in 2017. I guess a lot of people learned a thing or two about what peaceful demonstrations can meaningfully accomplish against a police state. Still, nothing to sneeze at.

Yes, Americans love rallies… that is not a protest

Absolutely valid point here. The thing is, both Sanders and AOC have built their entire political careers on grassroots organizing, which is happening quietly alongside all the big speeches. Cory Doctorow has a good overview of this.

Sure, I’d much prefer to see spontaneous uprisings, but we’ve been in this hell for nearly a decade at this point. People are fucking burnt out. If AOC/Sanders is what it takes to bring in fresh blood, then so be it.

have been asking for evidence of these protests myself for the last few weeks and I have not seen anything more than a couple dozen people by the doors of a Gov building… not even big enough for Police to be around

Consider that sharing footage of a protest can put attendees in danger. Lots of emboldened brownshirt types would love to rat you out to the cops or your boss. Lemmy users are probably aware of this, which might be why you the only pics you see are from corporate media - those are already out there and a little traffic on Lemmy won’t make it much worse. See my original point about corporate media not covering the protests.

On that note: the people who showed up in 2017 and 2020 probably learnt this too. Maybe they’re now taking part in less visible/public actions that would be too dangerous to share indiscriminately? Who knows.