I generally have no faith in public personalities to hold any convictions at all, so it has been refreshing for Hasan to adhere to his position against voting for Gruesome Newscum. I don't at all mean to imply that he's perfect, or that people should look to him as a leader in any respect, it's just nice to see something like that happening and getting broad exposure. Feels good.

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[–] Arahnya@hexbear.net 7 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Gonna explain my thought process here. I recognized about a decade ago that I spent SO MUCH time being deeply invested in other people's lives. People who barely knew who I was, or not at all. Family members, old friends -- It felt like keeping up. It was entertainment, something I spent a lot of time thinking about. I think about a time I was at a restaurant and someone said "Did you hear about what happened with Snookie?" except with my own local celebrities.

Well eventually this backfired massively and I had a very significant mental health episode about it, and went through a purge where I stopped following or invensting time people who I had little to no reciprocal relationship with. Honestly, this helped with my feelings of isolation and loneliness significantly.

Paired with my beliefs in anti-hierarchy and generally being anti-celebrity (anti-spectacle,) Hasan is just some guy. His followers and influence aren't significant in my mind. Sure we would have a lot in common, but at the end of the day he's just a person that I do not know. Chances are he wouldn't humor me at all since he's basically a celebrity.