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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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[–] woodenghost@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I only use hexbear and related Lemmy instances (do recommend) and I struggle with this too. But it's definitely true, that logging off and making real life friends in cool leftist orgs is the antidote. I should do it again too. I did before and met really cool people most of which have since moved town and I really miss them. But just knowing they are out there and occasionally talking with them helps a little. Other stuff in my life was overwhelming for me too recently, so I haven't done as much in real life politically this year as I would want. It's hard to find that "genocide-life balance". I certainly haven't found it, but maybe that just means we're human. Another thing I used to do daily that I'm currently trying to pick up again is meditating. It definitely helps you staying grounded and open for your own emotions and to not become too bitter. Just normal mindfulness meditation and also loving kindness meditation for empathy work best for me. I wish you a great birthday tomorrow comrade. Maybe you can treat yourself and do something relaxing, maybe outside or offline.