I love to come here, I love to be among other leftists, but holy shit y'all have to stop posting over the top terrifying titles all the time for your posts. I'm lucky enough that I'm relatively stable in my employment and I can float by on anti anxiety medication and shit.
But when you post things like THE LEFT IS FUCKED and WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE on here, you are not helping people. That kind of thing can really fuck up someone's day or night or week, and you can put someone who's already pretty anxious on edge even further. And given that we're all a bunch of left-wing overly smart overly anxious people anyway, I can guarantee that ruins someone's day. And not in a good way, it can send them in a spiral of depression or anxiety, or can make it worse. And DOES make it worse.
Maybe you sincerely feel this way. I get it. I want to be able to support you and I want you to still be able to be heard and speak up. I want you to still post. I want you to post threads. But please think about what your title is first? Think about how it will impact other people? It really can make a huge difference.
Hey, I don't want you to feel called out. That's why I didn't want to name your post--you're NOT the only one by far! You don't have to take it down, okay? Just try to be aware of it next time.
No worries I am not offended! Truthfully I was feeling pretty overwhelmed when I wrote that post and I kind of meant it to be a shout into the void, I was not looking to be on the front page! However I think what you and others said is right and I could have approached the subject a bit more levelheaded.
Yeah I feel you, I know that a lot of people are feeling that way right now. Anxiety wants to spread, so that's why I think if we stay vigilant we can help beat that back while still supporting each other.
I'm used to larger forums where you can vent and get only a few replies as well. My vent post the other day made it to the front page really quick and actually started a pretty good discussion thread. This place is pretty cool.
Big mood, I really hope we can keep up this culture as the platform grows and the communities become more lively, hope they can maintain the solidarity that we have now
I'm proud of you for being so accepting of criticism and willing to self reflect, it's not always easy. Glad to have you as a comrade :)