TimewornTraveler

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[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

of course you didnt. that's why the misunderstanding comes in. I just wonder what you're implying with that comment... the interpretation i gave above is the first thing that comes to mind. like, so what if the author didn't consider that, what changes?

id be happy to hear a clarification!

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

So you're saying that a corrupt man in power uses that power to benefit himself at the expense of the public, but it's not corruption, because additional parties also happen to benefit?

i must be misunderstanding

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

2 weeks. canvassing for Working Families Party in Brooklyn

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

you don't have to live on a farm to live in the country! and aren't suburbs expensive too?

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

if neighbors are the problem then why not live in the rural country?

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 12 hours ago (5 children)
[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

it highlights the fact that these LLMs refuse to say "I don't know", which essentially means we cannot rely on them for any factual reporting.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 12 hours ago (7 children)

you don't need suburbs to avoid that, you need better cities.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 83 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

Why did this happen? Where did a random W come from? Everything is falling apart and no one is doing anything about it and we just get a W out of nowhere from nothing? How do we do it again

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (9 children)

what? no. it's actually the complete opposite. building cities UP like NYC is far worse. it creates massive suburbs that serve the cities and creates long commutes, disengagement from community, farmland alienated from populated land, and so on. it's essentially the reason we have this problem to begin with.

In Asia many cities are sprawled outwards rather than upwards, so business, residential, and farming are always nearby. you always get everything you need closer at hand.

why the fuck does anyone want suburbs lol

 

Ideally your answer is a sub that you are currently posting to but few others are posting to.

 

The more I think about it, the more I feel like people seem to have some level of desire to see "THE END". Call it morbid curiosity. Call it nihilism. Call it death anxiety. Whatever. It seems like with all the effort people give to thinking about "the downfall", there must be some fascination with it.

There's so many forms of it. Doomsday preppers. Prophetic apocalypses. Global warfare. Climate disasters. The rise of fascism. People see "THE END" in so many different ways. And with the world not becoming any less precarious any time soon, we can only expect these mass-anxities to continue. (And the rich guys certainly have a vested interest in the end of everything. They get to keep their High Score.)

Or maybe not. Maybe human civilization (in at least some form) will continue for millennia more. Maybe we're far off from the end. But one thing is certain: for each and every one of us walking this earth, the end is at most a century away, give or take a few decades.

"How grand would it be to witness the end of everything!" cries the mortal pretender. For it is not just his death, but the death of all that he knows -- and he gets to bear witness.

 

I'm losing my will to fight. You're losing your will to fight. In the last few weeks, you've been nothing but despair. I am trying to hold it together so I can keep up the fight. But it's been getting harder. All the levity has been lost. I guess I got more levity from you than I realized. I don't know how I became so dependent on you. Isolation has become the norm for us, I guess. But right now, all I know is that I can't do this without you. You've gotta stay strong, and stay light. So that I can stay strong, and stay light.

Yes, you. The faceless mass.

 

Listen. Y'all need to understand something. I know systemic issues are bad right now. But the constant posting of "I'm not supposed to be happy when society sucks!" needs to stop. This is supposed to be an affirming space with positive attitudes towards mental health and mental health treatment in general.

When you encourage others to STOP GETTING TREATMENT because society is bad?? You are posting anti-MH content.

When you say "It's not normal to be well-adjusted to a sick society", you are posting anti-MH content.

The point is not to be "happy". It's to find meaning, build a life worth living, make choices consistent with your values, and manage the stressors of a fucked up society more effectively so that you can actually do something about it.

But instead, I am seeing posters around here telling each other to drop out of therapy because what's the point with Trump in the white house. Are you freaking kidding me???

Please remember that the universe being harsh and society being awful has always been the default. It is our challenge to find a way to thrive in those conditions. If you still don't get it, I encourage you to look into the work of Viktor Frankl, a psychologist who drew from his experiences in Nazi concentration camps. The work of therapy begins with rising above the suffering. Not from turning away from it.

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