Guy walks into a funeral, and says to all the people inside: “But seriously, why so glum? You gotta learn to LIVE A LITTLE, hey? 😜”
i.e., I have no problem with people outside of the situation not being as sad as we who are, but I also don’t enjoy my face being rubbed into the fact that I cannot simply turn it off as easily - that’s a privilege that not everyone has.
But I suppose this is your chance to convince me: why should I, at a funeral, not be sad?
Because no matter how sad you get, it isn’t going to bring the deceased back.
There’s also a huge matter of intent. OP didn’t stroll into a funeral you were attending and be an ass. Lemmy isn’t your personal space for anything in particular, it’s a public forum. At absolute worst you held a funeral at an amusement park and are getting upset that they didn’t shut down the rides and that others are still having fun.
More seriously: What could you possibly need Lemmy to inform you about regarding these things? Are you undecided still somehow?
There’s a big difference between not wanting to swim in this shit in one social media app, and trying to shut it out entirely. I don’t need additional reminders about how shit things are, especially not ones with a peanut gallery spewing the same dumb jokes I’ve seen a million times.
Okay but don’t forget the chain here: there was OP, there were responses to OP, and there were responders to the responders to OP. Somewhere in those someone said that it was great that someone could ignore the sadness (“What a privileged life you must lead where you can simply ignore all those things without it mattering.”), i.e. that they had that privilege. You seem to agree, and I also agree insofar that if you want to block something, then do it - I’ve long advocated for such. But instead of responding with agreement the next person said:
Almost anyone can ignore all those things without it mattering.
Okay so do whatever you want… so long as others can do the same. My point with the funeral analogy was to say that if someone wants to be “not sad”, that’s totally fine, but why rub it in others faces, especially those who want to be “sad”? (again, not referring to OP here, nor the person responding to them, but the person responding to them)
e.g. black people very much are fearful that the likes of the KKK will ride openly again, and women are likewise very much feeling the impact of the reversal of the Roe v. Wade decisions, plus there’s that whole SCOTUS ruling awhile back…
Anyway, do whatever you want. So long as you allow others that same freedom as well, you won’t be a hypocrite.
As an uninvested european, are you undecided? No? Could either candidate do or say anything that might sway your vote, but not make headlines you will learn of anyway with it? No? Then why burden your mind with a constant torrent of negativity?
Guy walks into a funeral, and says to all the people inside: “But seriously, why so glum? You gotta learn to LIVE A LITTLE, hey? 😜”
i.e., I have no problem with people outside of the situation not being as sad as we who are, but I also don’t enjoy my face being rubbed into the fact that I cannot simply turn it off as easily - that’s a privilege that not everyone has.
But I suppose this is your chance to convince me: why should I, at a funeral, not be sad?
Because no matter how sad you get, it isn’t going to bring the deceased back.
There’s also a huge matter of intent. OP didn’t stroll into a funeral you were attending and be an ass. Lemmy isn’t your personal space for anything in particular, it’s a public forum. At absolute worst you held a funeral at an amusement park and are getting upset that they didn’t shut down the rides and that others are still having fun.
More seriously: What could you possibly need Lemmy to inform you about regarding these things? Are you undecided still somehow?
There’s a big difference between not wanting to swim in this shit in one social media app, and trying to shut it out entirely. I don’t need additional reminders about how shit things are, especially not ones with a peanut gallery spewing the same dumb jokes I’ve seen a million times.
Okay but don’t forget the chain here: there was OP, there were responses to OP, and there were responders to the responders to OP. Somewhere in those someone said that it was great that someone could ignore the sadness (“What a privileged life you must lead where you can simply ignore all those things without it mattering.”), i.e. that they had that privilege. You seem to agree, and I also agree insofar that if you want to block something, then do it - I’ve long advocated for such. But instead of responding with agreement the next person said:
Okay so do whatever you want… so long as others can do the same. My point with the funeral analogy was to say that if someone wants to be “not sad”, that’s totally fine, but why rub it in others faces, especially those who want to be “sad”? (again, not referring to OP here, nor the person responding to them, but the person responding to them)
e.g. black people very much are fearful that the likes of the KKK will ride openly again, and women are likewise very much feeling the impact of the reversal of the Roe v. Wade decisions, plus there’s that whole SCOTUS ruling awhile back…
Anyway, do whatever you want. So long as you allow others that same freedom as well, you won’t be a hypocrite.
As an uninvested european, are you undecided? No? Could either candidate do or say anything that might sway your vote, but not make headlines you will learn of anyway with it? No? Then why burden your mind with a constant torrent of negativity?
I live in California actually. You can be sad, but like your joke said, live a little.