A Facebook friend is doing the, “I can’t believe you all are getting distracted by a celebrity death when the world is burning down around us” and I’m just so tired. Please let people have the occasional human reaction. - ThreadSky

jsands84.bsky.social • 1 day ago

A Facebook friend is doing the, “I can’t believe you all are getting distracted by a celebrity death when the world is burning down around us” and I’m just so tired.

Please let people have the occasional human reaction.

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lisachambers55.bsky.social•18 hours ago

When a human death is a distraction, we’ve drifted farther away from humanity. You can’t want humanity to survive without having empathy and concern. Also, we are able to multitask as well. The most popular time in movie theatre history was during the Great Depression because people needed escape

hostilepatriot.bsky.social•1 day ago

The irony of them still posting to Facebook.

jsands84.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Someone else did engage with them and their response was… not encouraging.

I guess if I had concerns about how well I was coping with all of this, I know now that I could be worse.

jsands84.bsky.social•1 hour ago

To clarify, initially they seemed to be criticizing the media for using the death of a 40 year old actress to distract from other, more important events.

But then explained that the world situation was dire enough their own parents’ death wouldn’t be a priority.

mxrmax.me•1 day ago

duo2000x.bsky.social•20 hours ago

It does get really old how people act like someone typing "Oh how sad RIP" is akin to ceremonial worship of the fallen. Ain't that deep.

mandemcd.bsky.social•9 hours ago

FB is such a cesspool where people are incapable of being human. We are feeling all of it, like our skin has been ripped off, pinky promise

wessoman.bsky.social•20 hours ago

My reaction to those kinds of comments are "Well you could be out throwing molotov cocktails at fascists instead of complaining about people being sad that Michelle Trachtenberg/Gene Hackman/Roberta Flack died. Why are you wasting your precious militant revolutionary skills by being online then?".

bruininia.bsky.social•1 day ago

Distracted only by the thought that the Hackmans are probably the lucky ones. Their dog doesn’t know any better so that’s a definite tragedy.

blacniss.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I'm probably in the minority but tictok serves a purpose

joethemo.bsky.social•1 day ago

My petty ass would've responded "i can't believe you're on social media posting when the world is burning down around us" uno reverse that bitch

jsands84.bsky.social•1 day ago

On the one hand, I get where they’re at, where they’re coming from, and I know they’re hurting.

On the other hand, I won’t deny I definitely felt a twinge of the impulse you describe. Like, the 24/7 activism (political anxiety?) mindset isn’t sustainable, recommendable, or possible.

angelsadorableart.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I don't know how anyone does 24/7 activism. Too much bad news on my feed makes me depressed beyond belief. I couldn't survive doing 24 hour activism.

grainneproinseas.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Yup. Folks gotta understand that we can’t all be actively panicking all the time.this could take years-months at best-and being mad and over serious all the time is a recipe for burnout. Ppl living in oppressive state structures cultivate joy and humor and live regular lives AS a form of resistance.

hailboogie.bsky.social•22 hours ago

THEIR world. Their world is burning down around them. For a good section of the world, that fire has been burning a lot longer. Don't get me wrong, things really, really suck, but thinking suddenly everyone has to drop everything now that it's scaring them is gross and self-centered.

winteringlife.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s about control. They’ve decided they can control peoples emotions on the grounds of being morally superior. 🙄

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