Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon… by Bill Amend
1d 10h ago by slrpnk.net/u/nocturne in politicalmemes from slrpnk.net
'I knew you'd ask that because you're horrible people and you should be ashamed '
That's absolutely brilliant.
He's so stupid that you even know who I mean when I say "he's so stupid".
" I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody."
O'Donnell said, " Oh you think— do you think he was referring to you? ""
The tears are from his stench!
I heard Seth Meyers' voice on this one XD
This isn't really the place but I don't really know where to ask it, what do you do when you vent about these things, seldomly, and your friends shut down not because they're evil but because modern existence is exhausting and in and of itself and their cup is overflowing.
You could say what's on them to communicate but sometimes even giving them the burden to communicate their feelings is a lot but also walking on eggshells is perpetually alienating.
You're left with no good options because sharing a burden feels selfish, yet you understand that no person is an island onto themselves.
Purposely alienate yourself and share others burdens and you become a portrait of toxic masculinity, ignore the warning signs and you risk pushing people away. Feels like the world's cruelest catch 22.
I feel like I have to extremely audit myself to be palatable and I'm not someone who stews in an unending slew of this stuff, I maybe talked about it twice a month but still seems too much for most, leaves me in a position where I feel like I am perpetually auditing myself.
I guess the moral of the story here is I need a therapist.
People dont want to look inwardly especially if they voted for the dump and have to admit they're no different from the Nazi soldiers "taking orders" and will be remembered as scum.
I just try to avoid any topic that could ever steer politic becuse outside of a few safe places where im at, it's magaland and they all agree ice is doing a great job and the no kings rally's are all staged. Oh and daycares in Minnesota took all their tax money.
Yup, it can be exhausting when all people want from you is hold up a mirror to their own opinion.
The deeper problem is: I have to be my own checks and balances which is dangerous because I can't live outside my ego and anyone who they can has tricked themselves.
It's not that people are stupid. It's that belief isn't about truth anymore, it's about social cohesion and identity protection. To posit another reality is an attack on their very sense of self.
When you can't even share a reality, how can you bond on a deeper level, how can you look to them for feedback when they live an unexamined life?
Therapy would help, but also "hey I'm stressed about the world right now, can I vent?" is often better than trying to figure it out. And make sure that it's not all or even most of what you talk about with friends. The line between the friend who always talks about politics and the friend who is invested in it, but talks about a lot of other stuff too can be huge.
I've mediated on it and I agree, for my own sanity, I would ask them express that I'd like to understand why they went silent because I cannot guess at what needs to change
And then if I don't get feedback accept it is on them to communicate their needs
Love it!