Rest for a moment before continuing on the internet today

One of the first posts I've seen today but NGL I already needed the break

I don't need to waste the last day of my vacation doomscrolling

The weather is fine and I've got trees to nap under

Keep that feeling going!
I hope you don't see my comment today ;)
- This is the nicest comment you could leave someone
Nice. Happy napping, it's drizzly af here or I'd do the same
- It was pretty drizzly in the morning but it cleared up by afternoon
  
  It was a good nap 7/10, should have packed an extra set of socks

This was literally the first post I saw, but alrighty.

Same for me but that doesn't make it untrue
- It was my third, but maybe I should take the evening off

Might be my selection, but my scroll doesn't feel doomy...

I got rid of all the doom in my scrolling. Nowadays I wholesome scroll ❤️ it's doubly beneficial: I neither have to scroll as long, nor do I feel a crushing hopelessness when I'm finished ❤️
- So you see 4 posts and then dip out?
Yeah I'm usually looking at memes lol
Sometimes I've heard people complain about how their feeds are just doom & gloom, then you ask them what sort of stuff they follow and it's the doom & gloom sort of stuff

:/
- It's also frequently the case that people are just scrolling everything, rather than a curated list of subs. In which case, there's no shortage of doom and gloom, even after filtering out obvious bad actors. I tend to alternate between this and my subscription feed, which is mostly Star Trek memes.

But I just woke up and this is literally the first meme I've seen today :(

Quit while you're ahead, maybe?

In case anyone wants more adorable hamster pictures, the hamster's name is Sukeroku by the artist Gotte.

Main site

Compilation

But what if I miss something really horrible that will make me feel bad?!

I'm only five posts in and I'm already mentally tired

But this is lemmy. Without fear mongering, there would be little content to share here.

wanna see my guitar?
- Sure! I’ve got a few basses as well.

Thank you.

spoiler

Now get the fuck out of my pantry or I will start using glue traps.

I still upvoted but I feel like making this the top post misses the point.

I need a big print of this hanging by my pond. It is so calming.

I see hamster, I upvote

Thank you little lemming, I select.my feed for sanity. Fear mongers can scream all their want, the wind takes their screams away

The "filter all the doom out" option is still dystopian and fucked up. And arguably irresponsible, even.

The whole house IS ACTUALLY ON FIRE, but your proposed solution is to don earplugs and a blindfold, and inject yourself with a shitload of novocaine and opium, so you can go "this is fine" as you roast.

Yes, you've got every right to do that. Yes, fighting the fire is incredibly difficult (and may be impossible). However, pitching "just ignore the problems" as the sane solution? That's not actually valid. That's not actually sane.

Again: you can do it. I'm not judging you, per se. But sticking your head in the sand is not some kind of big-brain thing, that everyone should be doing, or else they're a "doomer."
- Not OP, but it seems to me the assumption you're making here is that Ignoring problems = not listening to every problem at every possible moment on every platform. Nah. Fuck that. I don't come here to become informed on world issues. That'd be fucking stupid. This is a social media website. I come here from a distraction from the work I do.
- Well thanks for your insight be there is room between staring at the fire in constant angst and sticking one's head into the sand. I keep informed regularly albeit briefly and through non sensational media. I also keep well informed adout the climate crisis and possible solutions through various science podcasts. Staying sane allows be to make decisions that improve my daily life while helping a bit: walking to work, taking the train, buying local...
- And you think that going insane in replies here is helping in any way? You live in an illusion too, but yours is even worse because you bother other people with your mental troubles.

Giving me some Redwall vibes

Man, my 80 year-old parents, whose only income comes from DoorDash had their car die this week, on top of their furnace and A/C going out.

And we live in the US, where no one gives a fuck about the elderly.

So, respectfully, I'm not feeling particularly optimistic. The thousands I'm going to have to spend to keep them alive is going to add years of work before I can retire, and that's just the reality of living in this shitty, goddamn capitalist hellhole.

At least like four people will get to be even more disgustingly rich, though. Yay. Vote Biden and Trump, friends.

I think the point is not "don't care about bad things happening in your life," it's, rather, "don't get so upset about the bad things happening everywhere else first thing in the morning."
I'm sorry to hear that
And we live in the US, where no one gives a fuck about the elderly.

36 cents of every U.S. tax dollar goes to social security and medicare. The elderly being the primary beneficiaries of these social programs. That's before we start talking about senior discounts, rent controlled age restricted communities, and a long list of other state, county and city programs designed to benefit the elderly.

I'm sorry to hear about your parents struggling. But stating pure lies is unacceptable.
- I'm sorry to hear about your parents struggling. But stating pure lies is unacceptable.
  
  I can hear your empathy dripping off the screen. Thank you so much.

*deep breaths*

Clearly not enough

So, what's every one up to? I'm having a brekkie at the moment.

Just a few more scrolls...

Thanks @DDC_DUMP