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Cake day: March 10th, 2025

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  • Yeah, I wish there was a less condescending way to advocate for changing yourself if you can’t change the world (not that I’m saying you’re condescending, I’m saying it’s hard to talk to people about it without sounding like “pull yourself up by the bootstraps”), but I’ve been really reevaluating this stuff in the last few months and it’s helping me a lot. I’m buying less that I don’t need and donating that money to causes. I’m trying to focus on what I can do in my world, while still paying attention to the big world, and it’s helping me keep a balance. I’m focusing on making myself a better me so I can fight instead of wallowing in helplessness (which I definitely did do for a while).















  • Also, and I don’t mean this as an insult to OP or those who agree, most of the people who just want mindless memes are still on Reddit. A large number of people who came to Lemmy are politically charged and mad at the world. And I guess I’m sorry to the non-Americans, I assume there are more Americans here than other countries, and we’re probably going to talk about our experiences. But more people with more backgrounds joining Lemmy will change all of that.

    I do think as far as the depressing topics, the discussion here is much better than Reddit overall. But myself, I’m not here for the memes, I’m here for the politics, and I would guess that’s not uncommon here. I think if the world magically gets better that would probably change.


  • I was looking for someone saying this. He was envisioning a bunch of us poors fighting each other when he called for civil war. He never thought it would be all of us against him.

    It really does show that violence might be the only way to get through to these people. Not that I would ever advocate for such a thing directly myself of course of course. But if this is the only thing that gets their attention, it seems like he’s inviting more of it.