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  • Franconian_Nomad@feddit.de
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    toAsklemmy@lemmy.mlAre we all fucked?
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    3 months ago

    I worry! Every. Single. Day.

    I worry about my social media addiction, about the fact that I’ve read once books like a maniac, but hardly read any books at all now. I worry about Fake News and racists on the internet and about ignorance on the streets and fascists in the government. I worry about hot summers and warm winters. I worry about the future of my young nephews. I’m worried about war. I’m worried for the world and thus for the whole of humanity.

    I’m fine! My life is good. I don’t have panic attacks. But there is always this slight worry in my mind and if I think about it, it gets bigger.

    Others recommend a social media detox. That’s a start. Chill a bit. Relax. Enjoy the spring. Maybe learn a new thing, get a new hobby, like cycling or cooking. And then maybe, start doing something about the things you can change. I’ve learned a new phrase this week, it’s „productive restlessness“. You can’t do anything about world war 3, but maybe you can change other things.

    And please, don’t allow others to take advantage over you, using your fear. Don’t buy a nuclear bunker for your garden if you can’t afford it, please don’t start believing in crazy conspiracy myths and tell the tankies to go to hell, when they try to tell you that you should vote for trump if you want peace.

    A fellow worrier.









  • The 2000s were my favourite decade, from beginning to the end. I missed them as soon I realised they were over, which was probably around 2013, lol.

    Interesting enough, I was far happier last decade, but compared to the 2000s the 10s were forgettable.

    I remember buying my first mp3 player and years later my first iPod. It was so freeing waking through the city while listening to music that wasn’t on a clunky portable cd player. And the music was so great, from Indie Rock to Nelly Furtado.

    The political climate was… interesting. But the post 9-11 terrorist-scare-years seem now somehow simpler then the political situation today.

    And the internet was great! Pirate bay, tons of interesting blogs altogether with the beginning of YouTube. I loved it.

    In my experience nostalgia for a decade arrives in society about 10 years after + a few more. But I‘m already here, waiting for it.