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.

  • QuillQuote [they/them]
    ·
    4 years ago

    Thanks comrade! I think you're absolutely right. I know I'm guilty of wallowing in bad news, but I think (for me at least) that's because when you're helpless, its simpler than when your actions and decisions matter and can have an impact, that can be scary but it's important we face it with clear heads and strong hearts

    • Owl [he/him]
      ·
      4 years ago

      I think it's pretty easy to see all the bad in the world, imagine how much an abstract perfect tireless crusader version of yourself could do to fix it, see that you don't have enough fire inside you to do that, and then pretend you didn't notice that you can have an impact, and go hide under a rock and wallow because you can't. But that abstract tireless person isn't real and nobody can do that. You can still accomplish a lot by setting your sites on a level of activism that an actual human being can sustain day after day.

      I guarantee all your heroes have had days where they pretended to be sick, stayed home, ate like shit, and accomplished nothing that day. And actual wholesome days off that made them feel better too. People are just people and you are too.

      And everything that's ever been accomplished has been accomplished by just plain old people.