Seriously, I found my sister (who's nearly 30) watching a silly video about "feminists doing men's work", basically just a hate compilation of tiktoks and a chud yelling at the camera about evil leftists and stuff like that.

How the fuck do you stay happy watching this slop? It's just constant hateful bullshit, I'm surprised we don't see more terrorism from this stuff being consumed by millions of people everyday.

    • take_five_seconds [he/him, any]
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      3 months ago

      Like using Hexbear as a source of slop?

      yup. there's a wildly different culture but it's still stressful and toxic to the brain

      • MaoTheLawn [any, any]
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        3 months ago

        Yeah, although I think this place can be a nice place to feel sane and understood in a world SURROUNDED by neolib shit. I feel like this place used to be more informational though. I haven't found it so good for keeping up with the machinations of the world as of late.

        Also, I am probably addicted to the upbears.

        • Moss [they/them]
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          3 months ago

          Most of the important world events are discussed in the news mega. I do agree that this place is less informative to some degree though, people very rarely make big posts about theory anymore like they did on chapotraphouse or chapo.chat. I think that's because most users have been around for a while and we've all been through the basic discussions of Marx and Lenin.

          • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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            3 months ago

            It would be a bit like strolling into the Vatican and saying "y'all heard about my man JC?" at this point.

            • UlyssesT [he/him]
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              3 months ago

              "y'all heard about my man JC?

              turns chair around and sits on it backwards fellow-kids

    • citrussy_capybara [ze/hir]
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      3 months ago

      there’s hate-slop here but with legitimate reasons for hate due to seeing the evils in the world for what they are glasses-on unlike chuds angry for manufactured agenda reasons

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        3 months ago

        Yeah, it's not that the "is your hatred pure" legitimate or unwarranted, but being in the state of arousal, of being under threat and distressed that it creates, can become "normal" enough that it feels weird when it is absent.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      3 months ago

      Both parties can be very driven to seek out information that is distressing. Idk about them, but I do it bc i feel a constant need to be aware, to know what's happening, both bc i feel it might some day help me to change things, and because remaining ignorant feels like abandoning some duty. Whereas they're seeking out bs about "illegals" doing crimes. But they think they're being informed about threats they face, and that they need to keep seeking that "information" (fash propaganda) out to be "informed" and protect themselves.

      The reasons and goals are quite different, but both groups are exposed to a great deal of stress.