• The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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      24 hours ago

      Seriously. I was at the right age to be much more politically intense back then and absolutely despised Bush.

      Now, I almost feel bad about it after witnessing the last 20 years of politics.

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          23 hours ago

          Yeah, I still think the criticisms of Bush were valid, but I’m so much more cool-headed as a person now that the difference in my response feels incongruent. Political news doesn’t take an emotional toll on me like it used to, even though I objectively disagree with modern politicians more.

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            20 hours ago

            I think you’re wrong that it doesn’t take an emotional toll on you like before. However, it’s such a toll that you just have to start ignoring it. Back then it felt useful to constantly pay attention. Now it’s all so bad that if you paid attention to all of it you’d go insane, so we have to be more relaxed and only let the big things get to us.

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              16 hours ago

              Interesting. Instead of listening to this person explain their experiences, you’ve decided they are wrong about how they feel.

              Are you trying to express how you are experiencing these different times?

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                14 hours ago

                Yeah, I did listen to them. As you notice from me saying “I think…” at the start of my comment, I’m trying to give my perspective. Is that not allowed?

                It’s very common, especially right now, for people to care so much that it’s overwhelming. I can’t know that’s happening to them (hence, “I think…”), but usually people don’t just stop giving a shit. They just figure out that they need a filter.

                Also, yes. It’s how I’m experiencing it.

            • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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              19 hours ago

              It could be a bit of both, but in general I recognized after a certain point that the only one affected by my stress level is me, not the thing in the news. I’d also credit having a career where you have to get really good at controlling what you let affect you.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      That’s called “The Memory Hole”.

      We take all the illegality and corruption and horrific violence and torture and wars and media manipulation/intimidation and petty dictator shit and stuff it down the Memory Hole. Then we get to pretend

      NSFW

      This shit

      Wasn’t such a big deal after all.

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        16 hours ago

        America has been the bad guys for close to a century at this point the difference maker is their marketing game was on point.

        Now? They no longer with Saatchi and Saatchi lol

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        21 hours ago

        Jesus Christ.

        I very well remember seeing the censored version of that image… this is the first time I’ve seen it uncensored.

        I’ve seen uncensored pics from the highway of death, other graphic shit that made it onto the early days of liveleak… but there ya go, memory hole in action.