World is going down by the spiral of being morally acceptable and adequate. Of course it is very depressing to live in such reality.
wrote this article recently:
https://medium.com/tikun-olam/community-is-uncommodifyable-thats-why-it-was-killed-cf686de43d5d
extremely relevant. best way to fill that hole.
Weird though it sounds - pretending to be an animal on the internet (furry) is an incredible "hack" to finding community. Because it exists simultaneously on and offline, and there are always events (in my area at least) going on. There's a ring of people I can call on for help entirely because I have my rabbit character as a profile photo on most things, and because I interact in those spaces.
Obviously that also does require being open-minded to accept the weird. Not pulling any punches: we're not "normal" by society's standards. At all. We embrace the weird.
But also fuck being normal that shit sucks.
A) Fuck normality. Made up rules anyways.
B) Good for you.
Hey, this is great!
My introversion, while a defence mechanism is slowly killing me (like all survival kits that then become habits)
I was an introvert, still am. but meet a lot of amazing people, at the rate I can handle.
One time I went to a town event, to my kids surprise, I knew everyone, name, what they do, all at hugging level.
A couple years ago such anecdote would have made no sense to me. is a slow process, consistency is key.
this channel's videos have been pretty good. thanks for posting them
Here's a different take, longish essay, solid though, made me think.
Yeah the author has an issue with being brief but they make a very solid argument about the current political moment. Dread is not an individual problem, but a product of failing policy.
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