anyone else oscillating wildly between "it's okay. it'll be okay. we have survived tough times before" and "all the good times are behind us things will never ever be good again" or just me
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Im seem to be bouncing between being energized and spoiling for a fight (yesterday) and introspective retreat, listening to music in the dark (today). But I tallied up all I did today and I think I’m just pooped out now
I hate doomposting because I don't find it helpful or productive but sometimes letting others know that they aren't the only ones thinking or feeling certain things can be okay. knowing that you aren't alone can be powerful in a time where the powers that be want us to feel isolated
Whenever I read about history and see parallels with now, I realize that the good times I’m worried are over occurred after some other terrible time, and it’s all just a pendulum. We’re way into the swing into the bad, but it feels like we’re past the first half of a cycle, back into good.
do you mean me posting about losing a DEI job? because that was just a joke format post, I don't work for the government and didn't lose my job. but thank you 🫶
Oh god, I think I read that, got upset on your behalf, realized it was a joke, loled, went about my business, forgot the joke part, saw these posts, and responded thinking you were in the depths of post-employment sadness. In my defense I watched Wicked today and I cried until I got a migraine fml
I mean, even in the worst case scenario, things probably won't get that bad for you personally. And in a bunch of likely scenarios, the world as a whole will muddle through.
But yeah, America is going to have it rough for a long time.
I was a teenager under Reagan, we've been here. The cold war was awful. But this is still terrible shit, bleak shit. Kindness is rebellion now. They want you to despair, that is their currency. Don't spend it.
I oscillate between "we're doomed, and I'm going to die soon" and "we're doomed, and I'm going to survive long enough to see more of the world collapse"
I know I have been through this once. I have been the support that most of my friends have had to rely on for years. I am the one that keeps people from suffering around me. And, right now, I cant even find the energy to be hungry... You are not alone. Please dont give up.
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But yeah, America is going to have it rough for a long time.
Frame that for yourself however makes sense to you. But that's what we're at the beginning of right now. It's a shitty place to be.