We haven’t even made it to January 20 (Trump inauguration). We already have major fires in our second largest city, terrorist attacks, talk of invading Greenland/Panama/Canada. almost no one talking about what we really need to do to cut carbon. Hospitals are full in my area and people talk about washing hands, but not about masking. I am already so weary. I don’t know what is going to happen after January 21.

  • @Grass@sh.itjust.works
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    well if a luigi copycat appears in the news and they find on him a fake ID naming him mario nintendioni, you know its me…

  • Computerchairgeneral
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    Focus on what you can control is pretty cliche advice, but it really is all you can do in situations like this. Something I’ve started doing is a “news diet” where I sit down on Monday and basically skim through the last week of political news. Then I just try and ignore political news as much as possible until the next Monday. It’s not a perfect system, but it helps deal with the fire hose style news coverage the media gives to Trump.

    • @ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com
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      This should be taught honestly. You can be a good person and want positive change without making everything your concern. It’s called compassion fatigue.

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    I’m crashing the fuck out guys. I’ve put up with these shenanigans for way too long. I am now just waiting for whatever pushes me passed the edge.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world
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    To my recollection, this feeling happens every January. I’ve seen posts like this for years and years. January is known as the most depressing month. Many people fast from alcohol, maybe fast from media til 1st Feb? I don’t know if it’ll make you feel good. It might make you feel less bad?

  • Soulifix
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    Once that inauguration is through, I am not going to pay a lick of attention to media. I’d like to not hear about Trump, I will skim over his name and to give anyone an idea as to how much I avoid Trump, I mute any video/audio before a word is uttered from that shitty mouth of his.

    People need to understand that they don’t control everything and everything is out of their control in some cases, like the wildfires. It’s a tragic event, yes, but things are going about as they can be in such a time.

    If I get too wrapped up in everything going around me that I have no control in and how the media loves to shove a particular individual or a group of corrupted individuals down my throat, life will look ten times miserable.

    • @SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social
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      I’m waging a tiny, ineffectual protest whereby I almost never say his name, and avoid mentioning him at all whenever possible. It’s never a good idea to give a raging narcissist the attention they crave. It’s an interesting writing challenge, and makes me feel a little better, at least.

  • @Tujio@lemmy.world
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    “My god, I’m exhausted! Aren’t you tired of always caring about everything?”

    “No, Jinkx. I’m tired of other people NOT caring about everything.”

    • @KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works
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      I am usually up on news and I had a political conversation with someone who isn’t. The person I was speaking with said talking to me was depressing.

      Well, the subject matter, politics, is currently quite depressing.

  • @neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM
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    I found it a lot more peaceful once I started filtering out certain word combinations that indicate a ragebait bullshit headline. I considered just filtering out “trump”, but I want actual news to come through, so here’s the list:

    Trump wants
    Trump says
    Trump will
    Trump hints
    Trump demands
    Trump indicates
    Trump claims
    Trump considering
    Trump tells

    …and repeat the list for Musk and Vance. Those verbs target the nothingburger headlines only meant to attract clicks. Basically, we learned 9 years ago that he says loads of stupid shit that doesn’t deserve a headline. I might be interested if he signs something.

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      You forgot:

      • slams

      • decimates

      • goes to war with

      • blasts

      • fires back

      • drops a bombshell

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        “Goes to war with” might not be a great idea to filter on, because that fuckin imbecile will very probably start an actual war with a country that can hit back, now that he’s emptying out all of the career + nonpolitical people in the state department, DoD, and alphabet agencies who stopped him from doing that last time.

        • Probably, but the headline will start with "US invades“ or "US demands“ or something along the line. Filtering out anything that starts with “Trump” is safe

        • Rhynoplaz
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          Paragraph? This is Trump we’re talking about. He can’t hold a thought for longer than two sentences, max.

          • @Zonetrooper@lemmy.world
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            I wasn’t talking about him, but more other people who - if you see a headline of “XY succinctly summarizes [issue]”, all it will be is distilling a messy, nuanced topic down to “You should feel A,” often with ragebait to convince you.

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        Is it possible for everyone to stop saying this?

        My apologies if you happen to be a SLAMS/BLASTS/BREAKS HIS SILENCE bot and are just following your programming. It’s just beyond tiresome because we know. We fucking know. It’s a lazy and hyperbolic headline filler. But now we have lazy headline writing followed up with a lazy comment pointing out that the former is lazy.

        And it’s starting to break my mind in the same way “This” did on Reddit.

        One more apology for me being bitchy tonight. It’s not so much this comment, but every single identical one that came before it.

        • @Zachariah@lemmy.world
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          I’m sorry it bothers you. It was my coping mechanism for when I see that crap. I can see your perspective though.

          • ArtieShaw
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            Thanks for understanding. I think I was having a Norman Bates moment there: “we all go a little mad sometimes.”

    • idunnololz
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      I just filter trump and Elon entirely and read the news once a day. If the news is that big it should hit my local paper.

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      I couldn’t be bothered anymore, and a revolution isn’t getting organised in a Lemmy comment section under a Trump article

    • @SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social
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      We need an AI agent that filters out all news articles that are just people flapping their pie-holes, whether that be the President-elect, or Twitter randos.

  • @Cool_Name@lemm.ee
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    53 months ago

    Yes I am exhausted. Most of all I am exhausted by the rapid rush to capitulate to and appease trump.

  • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed
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    I don’t know what is going to happen after January 21.

    You wake uo and realize its all just a nightmare. Surely reality cannot be this absurd? Right?

    I mean this all feels like a movie.

    Assassinations?

    Convicted felon getting elected president?

    CEO getting shot

    Random Coup in South Korea out of nowhere

    Wtf, this has got to be some weird dream, way too close to a movie plot, so this has got to be the brain making ship up based on movie plots.

    The time will come and we’ll wake up from this terrible dream, right? Right?

  • @BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
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    I’ve been sick for six weeks so all of January has been an endless round of trying to work, not being able to work, and going to the doctor for another note for work. I might have atypical whooping cough and am waiting for results. I do not have a cough but my immunologist friend tells me the spectrum of symptoms is wide, and it doesn’t always include coughing. I am vaccinated of course. But yeah, 14 days of January of not being able to talk above a whisper is fun.