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Im becoming unsettled. Maybe a few memes total on first two pages. How could things go so bad? Where are the yester beans gone?

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

OP is onto something.

maybe people are getting sad out there. maybe news is coming at us fast.. because change (unprecedented bad bad change) is happening faster than ever before?

it's a sign of the times. people blaming news junkies or whining about blocking comms don't get it. we're no longer living in a time when we can afford to ignore what's happening around us.

ps, I'm not arguing against memes. in fact go check [email protected] it's been turned into a satire comm under new mods and it's wonderful!

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

What happened?

People pay attention to memes more than news...

I blocked all the stupid meme communities as soon as I started using Lemmy, glad to see actual discussion is replacing brain rot tho.

It's a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

God forbid we have any space without the constant never ending same arguments right?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

You can.

You can subscribe to every stupid brain rot meme sub you want, and when you're ready to turn your brain off just switch to only viewing subscribed communities.

No one is saying not to do that, burnout is real and what fascists hope for.

So by all means, take your breaks. Check out and don't think about it for a day or two. But come back and care about the important shit again.

But when viewing /all and seeing the top post be actual discussions on serious topics it's a good thing.

It means right now more people are choosing that over the brain rot. Hopefully it becomes the norm, but we still need to rotate off for a break, it's not gonna be a short fight against fascism. No one is going to make it to the end without some breaks.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's not just Lemmy either. Every platform is looking like this. At least people have woken the fuck up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

some truth here, reddit deff has the sentiment slip through despite the ban hammer

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

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(But yeah, things will never quite go back to the way they were, nor would we want them to exactly.)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i was just thinking this.. it used to be 80% memes and now its just the downfall of western society. depressing.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I actually saw some news bleed into shitpost the other day. It's that bad.

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