This Is Fine

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Iā€™m not quite sure if this is the best thread for this, but itā€™s at least in the right direction.

So, I was just hit by the realization that I donā€™t want to look at the news. I donā€™t want to hear about the US elections or Putinā€™s newest lies or Muskā€™s latest brainfart. Itā€™s all stuff that is important to many people, but itā€™s also stuff that does not directly and immediately affect me, and which I as a Finn canā€™t affect in any meaningful way.

So Iā€™m putting it all aside for a while; Iā€™m thinking a month or so would be good. And, sadly, that means Iā€™m going to stay away from the BB BBS, too, because there are plenty of people here for whom all those things arenā€™t just a source of useless frustration and stress, but of direct and dire personal importance. So they will be discussed and posted about, quite extensively, and right now I just plain canā€™t and wonā€™t engage with any of it, meaning that the only reasonable thing to do is to stay away from BB for a month or so, too.

All the best to the happy mutants here, and best of luck with things!

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I get it, and Iā€™m sure most of the posters here do as well.

In fact, we all get sick and tired of all this stuff to the point of needing a mental health break, short or long.

Take care of yourself, and come back when you can.

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None of us can change the world, but we can take care to make our little, tiny piece of it kinder, healthier and more loving. You know what, though? Get a whole shitload of folks doing that, and, well, just maybeā€¦ Take care of your little piece. We will be here when you feel up to it.

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Reminds me of thisā€¦

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I wasnā€™t sure where to put this. The video is good, but the US idiocy about it is bad.

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Austin TX ā€œI Votedā€ Sticker - politics post - Imgur

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In the wake of David DePapeā€™s violent attack on Speaker Nancy Pelosiā€™s husband, legacy media is refusing to call it what it is: the second attempt to murder the second person in line for the presidency.

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ā€œonly 14%ā€ :grimacing:

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We just hit 8 billion peopleā€¦worried that overpopulation will kill us all? No? Ok, then, what if it gets harder to make more? :confused:

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I donā€™t think human extinction is a serious concern either, but sperm counts could be an indicator of something else we donā€™t currently understand

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dr strangelove GIF

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Looking forward to the sequel, ā€œChildren of Women.ā€

Jurassic Park Life GIF

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Universities secretly sold their students to online casinos

https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/21/rah-rah/#sis-boom-bah

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Angry Star Trek GIF

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