That's frequently dumb, unhelpful advice, because it's presented as a cure-all. But, the way anything negative gets amplified, it's worth considering if you're overlooking the good stuff.
Like, most Lemmings have flown on a plane, at near the speed of sound above all the clouds. Cavemen would have killed for that opportunity. When we look at the stars, we know what they actually are. We're not having more and more kids unsustainably anymore.
Edit: Oh, never mind, I just missed it.
Maybe I'll just add the abstract idea of hope, then. Things still could turn out okay even if they're bad now.
If you're noticeably weird in some way, any way, IRL can be harsh. On the internet, there's more hostility total, but it's not usually directed at you.
Yeah, it's tough. We're kind of raised with the expectation there's good people and bad people, right? Some are savvy enough to know that's bullshit really early on; others don't care if it's literally true and can just live in the fantasy. The rest of us have to deal with it if and when we figure it out.
It seems like there should be a way to live a good life in a world full of morally neutral people. I can't really say I've figured it out.
Old conservative gentleman -> definitely is a freak on the internet. The hard data I know about is limited to which US states visit porn sites the most, but there's a lot of anecdotal data.
The repression has to come out somewhere, I guess.
Anybody can trade like they're a registered broker on Wall Street, so that's new, and gig work with no employee protections is increasingly the norm. Antitrust regulation is old-fashioned, while it was still kicking in the 80's. Whether monopolies are more or less capitalistic is up for debate, but we all know they're not good.
On the other hand, the financial markets are still much more regulated than before the Recession (or, we hope so), and you can't get away with money laundering or creative accounting quite as easily. There's also more environmental regulations, especially outside the US.
I genuinely have learned a lot of useful things from threads like this, though. Reddit/Lemmy gets you that firsthand experience stuff you can usually only get from your small collection of IRL friends.
IIRC Reddit was like 2/3 male at one point, although I think it was improving when the APIcalypse happened. Plus, so many people here are in tech jobs, which are (self-perpetuatingly) like 90% male.
I know it's an outdated idea in general. Hmm, is there a fediverse version of Pinterest?
Skin colour being the distinction is actually pretty recent, so maybe not racism. One that used to be a big thing and now isn't as much is slamming people for eating different food. The torah/old testament does that a lot, as do other various ancient texts.
The general idea of hating outsiders is of course eternal.
I haven't seen "look on the bright side" yet.
That's frequently dumb, unhelpful advice, because it's presented as a cure-all. But, the way anything negative gets amplified, it's worth considering if you're overlooking the good stuff.
Like, most Lemmings have flown on a plane, at near the speed of sound above all the clouds. Cavemen would have killed for that opportunity. When we look at the stars, we know what they actually are. We're not having more and more kids unsustainably anymore.
Edit: Oh, never mind, I just missed it.
Maybe I'll just add the abstract idea of hope, then. Things still could turn out okay even if they're bad now.