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Need to vent, I am fucking sick of Westerners and I think it is changing me for the worse (hexbear.net)
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I've hated libs for a long time but the response to Israel cranking the genocide of Palestinians up to 11 the past two years has only made it worse. I am well and truly sick of these fence sitting pieces of shit being unable to educate themselves beyond what they see on Wikipedia or TikTok and being too selfish to sacrifice even the smallest amount of comfort just because "wahh boycotting is too hard."

It is slowly turning me into a bitter person and I have become convinced that the average Westerner is a lazy piece of shit who ultimately cares more about being inconvenienced than the actual lives of other people. I would like to be proven wrong, but I have to interact with people exactly like this on a daily basis.

I honestly think I should just log off of everything that isn't Hexbear from now on. I'm sick of constantly repeating myself to every liberal I encounter and it's making me more and more irritable. It is my birthday tomorrow so maybe I should take that as a hint to make a change in my life now that I'm older.

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[–] Super_Lumalo@hexbear.net 25 points 2 weeks ago

The thing that save me from falling into this downward spiral is unironically joining an org, getting myself a friend group, and doing everything I can for them and with them. Then I realized, that I don't need to care about the liberals, I have to make them care about me. There's nothing more satisfying than hearing a union worker who looks like racist-lorry-driver say "You're doing good work kid."

I would like to be proven wrong, but I have to interact with people exactly like this on a daily basis.

Then do like me, interact with people that give you hope and ditch the useless pieces of shit that won't do anything anyway. But wait for them, because once they'll need help they better go to you rather than some fascist. Then they'll open up. Then you can win. They will never change, unless their own comfort gets threatened.

I'm sick of constantly repeating myself to every liberal I encounter and it's making me more and more irritable.

Forget individuals outside of real life; online shit should be targeted to masses, not every rando you come across. You're wasting yourself and just as you say, become bitter over it.

I honestly think I should just log off of everything that isn't Hexbear from now on.

It's done wonders for me, do it. Genuinely logout

It is my birthday tomorrow so maybe I should take that as a hint to make a change in my life now that I'm older.

Spend it best you can. Maybe go for a short trip somewhere local? You know like a hike but lighter or something.