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US officer having a ‘mild anxiety attack’ took ambulance meant for man shot by police
(www.theguardian.com)
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im done with lemmy for a long while as of this post. I realize you cant just bury your head in the sand, but lemmy finds every horrible thing and thats essentially the entire timeline. individual communities don't have enough activity to be worth checking very often imo.
this cop took an ambulance to get out of there after someone was shot. great. now I know this shitty thing happened. this is just a "here's another thing that happened on the other side of the world that'll make you feel hopeless and despondent. ive had enough for real.
i used to doom scroll a lot because i also had a generally hopeless and despondent feeling like you're having right now.
lemmy taught me that the indoctrination that i received as a liberal born and raised in the united states left me unable to contextualize and understand the onslaught of horrible things happening all over this planet every day. it gave me the intellectual guidelines and tools that showed me how to analyze and appreciate what's happening in this world so that i can stop doom scrolling.
here's an updated and shortened list of what i've been learning: https://lemmy.ml/post/43309494
In this case avoiding news from the United States of America is an easy fix as this community is literally called "usa@lemmy.ml". It's very easy to block.
You need to be the change you want to see my friend, but it's also good to take a break from the internetz