Tetra

Many people in here arguing things “have never been better”. It’s true to an extent; things are pretty good in terms of poverty, liberties or world peace (for now). It’s not great, it’s never been great, but it’s a decent bit better than it’s been in the past. Overall.

We are, however, in an era of unstability and unrest, where it feels like things are constantly on the cusp of changing for the worse (and in some cases, are indeed already changing for the worse, like abortion or LGBT rights in the US, for example). Violence and discrimination are on the rise, global peace is being threatened, democracy is in jeopardy (not just in the US mind you), the 1% are getting WAY richer way faster than ever… To top it all off, climate change is objectively, unarguably as bad as it’s ever been, and it’s getting much much worse, much faster than even experts can keep up with. Like, we’re headed straight for extinction and we keep accelerating toward it.

You have every right to be worried. Yes, it’s easy to forget and take for granted the things we have now that we didn’t even a mere 60 years ago, but many of them are very much under attack at the moment. Just because shit maybe hasn’t quite yet hit the fan doesn’t mean everything is fine.

And to answer your question, I’ve found some refuge in art, both experiencing and creating it. Reading books, watching movies, playing games, etc, especially those that echo that sentiment of fear and uncertainty for the future (or present). Trying to use all that as inspiration for my own work, I think it’d help to express my feelings this way. I am indeed doing very poorly still though, it’s a lot to deal with, on top of my own personal problems.

I knew a Mexican girl who I don’t think considered it fully “mexican” but liked it quite a lot still.

I still use Reddit a bit (on desktop only), mostly to check on some niche communities that aren’t really on the Fediverse yet, but Kbin has been very nice also. It’s nice and chill, and overall a lot less fascist/bigot friendly, which is refreshing.

Nice Kingdom Come Deliverance profile pic btw

I can’t see the problem.

It’s not gonna last you 20 hours, but last I checked the official Sonic 1, 2 and CD ports are all free on mobile (and they’re really good).

Still working for me. The second it stops I’m out of there.

I mean isn’t that what OP is trying to figure out? A way for people to hear how you sound inside your skull.

They’re definitely gonna go after the wayback machine next, because what use is there in controlling social media and deleting what bothers them, if there’s freely accessible records of it somewhere else?

The archive needs to be protected at all costs.

You can acknowledge that he was racist and still appreciate his work/reference him.

Separating the art from the artist doesn’t make you complicit in their shitty opinions; there’s still a lot to get out of Lovecraft’s stories, he’s one of the core pillars of modern horror after all, his influence is inescapable. You could argue it’s a different story when it comes to living artists/celebrities, since you are in some way contributing to their success, but Lovecraft is long dead, his work is literally so old it’s public domain lol, you’re good.

I’ve personally been reading many of his stories lately for inspiration, and it’s been very enriching. You have to keep an eye on the racist overtones of some of them, but as long as you do I don’t see the issue.

All good! I was just worried I was missing something, since I see a lot of very small images on Kbin lol

Honest question, is this image really supposed to this small?

It’s only 250x169 on my end, and I can’t find a way to enlarge it. Been happening to me a lot on Kbin, I can’t tell if I’m missing something, if people really are posting tiny images, or if it’s a bug of some kind?

Burgers are just about the only good use for it IMO

On top of what everyone else said (I especially super agree with experiencing new things), I can recommend art, either experiencing it, or making it. Art is basically all about trying to capture or recapture a specific feeling, by heightening it.

Maybe the smell of roses doesn’t move you much after all these years, but a well crafted poem, music, movie, or some video games (I guess Flower comes to mind for this particular example) can reignite some of that lost wonder. And if experiencing them isn’t enough, you can always go after those feelings yourself, and make your own art, trying to bring back the sensations you miss the most. Heck, learning to cook an old dish a relative or friend used to make can evoke long forgotten feelings, “art” is a vague term.

I’m both getting older and suffering from really bad depression, and this sort of thing has been helping me cope with this loss of feelings.

Isn’t Threads already illegal in Europe? There’s your first strike

Guess I’m getting banned then, I will never disable my adblockers, the internet (and Youtube especially) is goddamn unusable without them.

I’d say they’re doing a great job at killing subscriptions indeed

I could unironically see this being a real reason why they don’t care much about the blind community

I think it’s mostly Reddit addicts being mad they can’t see their memes anymore. The support I think is still there and you can see it in the polls, but the ones mad about it are naturally a lot more vocal.