• Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    I bet people said the same thing about Hitler both before and after he died. Awful people are typically quite often talked about.

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    Trump is the best thing to ever happen to news networks. No more hard questions. No people planning positive rights legislation. Nothing but trump. The status quo is safe while he sucks all the air out of every public forum and media.

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      Trump is the best thing to ever happen to news networks

      Or to single-letter social network sites.

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    Between November and now, I worked pretty diligently to create a wall around me to avoid these topics. Unfollowing, blocking, filtering.

    Once the inauguration happened, I discovered that the concrete I used was faulty and full of holes. The black, fetid water of these lunatics seeped in from all directions.

    Tech news, cultural news, arts, all possible other topics that I thought were safe within the walls I built are now covered with sludge.

    I so tired of this shit. How did we let this happen?

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      [Describes working very hard to ignore problem]

      How did it happen?

      It can’t be ignored forever.

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        Dude, I was up on the news and very diligent in many things.

        You don’t know where I live, you don’t know what I’ve done up to November, nor where I’ve worked.

        I spent literally the last few months of my entire fucking life trying to shut out this shit so it doesn’t tank my mental health to a degree that would likely kill me.

        So please, spare me your fucking judgment.

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      I’ve been having this problem since 2016.

      No matter how many filters you throw at it, there’s always images, videos, and people self-censoring to get around them.

      It’s infected everyone and everything, like a virus.

      Searching for a way out. I’m sure there’s somewhere safe out there…

      • LiveLM@lemmy.zip
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        8 hours ago

        Ironically, for all that I’m sick of hearing about AI AI AI AI AI AI AI everywhere, maybe a really good prompt could plug the few remaining holes…

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    @title: A smart person would limit exposure and stick around to not have to find out.

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    This

    Of all the shit that comes with trump, this is the worst thing. For the next 4 years I cannot have a single fucking day without trump. It’s going to be trump left, trump right, trump before, trump after, there is no escaping it. 4 years of 90% of the news being trump bullshit. kill me now.

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      Unfortunately, no matter how the rest of the next four years go, I fear we’ll be hearing “Trump-era” for the rest of our lives.

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        I think that is partially true

        Wether by design (probably) or accident, the cheeto takes all the headlines and there is no space left for the actual crimes they’re committing, like making sure the rich get richer by tax cuts, the tarrif thing, etc.

        I think a lot of it is just designed to ensure people aren’t paying attention to what really matters, a magicians trick if you will

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      11 hours ago

      If that’s the worst thing, then you are very privileged.

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        America is the ONLY nation in the world 🦅🦅🦅🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

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        Oh shut up already with your “privilege”. That political correctness has been a huge reason for many people to vote for orange cheeto to begin with.

        I’m just an ordinary guy living an ordinary life, I don’t need some armchair hero twat telling me that I’m privileged

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          “The worst thing about someone harming others and/or breaking laws is how often I have to hear about it.”

          “What do you mean I’m only able to say that because I’m not directly affected by it? I’M just trying to go about my day— calling my attitude short sighted is EXACTLY why these bad things are happening”

          Holy fuck lol

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            JFC

            You understand what a hyperbole is?

            A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.

            I literally overstated it because it sucks so much having to hear trump all day, every day. Yes, it is little in comparison to actually having to suffer his consequences, but that was obvious, no?

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            Thanks for making the point!

            I say that your political correctness is causing harm and you -with zero evidence- just call me racist and every type of phobic. You couldn’t make the point better if you tried.

            You have no idea who I am, what I do, what my good sides are, what my bad sides are. If you’d know me, you’d know that calling me racist is hilariously funny, same as the *phobic, really.

            I’m guessing you don’t like people who actually try to make the world a better place, it would mean you can’t get away with your virtue signalling and have to actually get off your ass and do something?

            You are the problem here, you and your attitude is in large part responsible for the world we live in. Be better.

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      When he got elected I added filters to my Lemmy app… Trump, Elon, musk, Tesla.

      Half my front page was still full of Tusk.

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    I’m starting to dislike and avoid the Daily Show and even the Jon episodes, I just can’t keep hearing and seeing the stupid bullshit every damn day.

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    Dude don’t waste your death on a splat, buy a sniper rifle and at least try an assassination attempt. You can always have a live grenade or side arm if you screw up and have to off yourself… But I mean, at least take some pot shots at him or a crony before you leave.

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        Just to make sure there’s no chilling effect on any Americans who watched that link: It is in fact perfectly and absolutely legal for you to say you want to kill the president. The above linked video was just a skit.

        (Further info on this is available in this legal advice Reddit thread.). Basically it only becomes questionable when it poses a reasonable threat, or contributes to evidence of a credible threat.

        So I’m just saying; the more realistic and actualized your plans are, the quieter and more secretive you should be with them! All the way up to the glorious date you carry out your plans! …and you control when that date is! Wouldn’t that be exciting?

        Anyways, I just think there are certain ideas worth popularizing and trying to get into the popular imagination, and this is one of them (all your plans coming together like a well oiled and maintained rifle. Perhaps from the arsenal of a well-regulated militia). Hey maybe one chosen one will do us all a favor and accept the mission.

        We all have to take a shot at the things we believe in right? Sorry for typing so much… I guess I must have an itchy trigger finger.

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      I’m not saying these people don’t deserve it, but what good does it do? Wouldn’t it be better to, IDK, kidnap them in order to exchange them for actual human rights? Like, giving away your freedom and potentially your life in exchange for a bill for a public health system?

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    Yeah, it means something bad is happening. People are talking about it because they don’t want to do anything serious about it, which is somewhat good. It would be good to solve this problem with words only.

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    And yet with all my filters, here you are shitting up my feed with yet more.

    Fuck you very much.

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      Yeah, the rage at every time something gets around the filters is nowhere near the stress built up while the filters were inactive.

      Annoying? Absolutely. Worth getting upset about? Nah. I’m not going to pick fights with every person complaining about American stupidity at the water cooler. I’m not going to be rude to people here just because the text passed the filter. It would be more constructive to instead, erm, direct energy towards removing the source of the problem than tilt at windmills.

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      We need a non-US instance for sure.No US IPs allows, no communities that allow US news or news directly related to them. USAmericans are just so friggin loud online and IRL.