Lula is such an inspiration to the world. A great progressive.

Adorable kitty!

I belive in standing on your square. I post something because I belive in it, and at the end of the day it's just text on a screen. Like other ppl posted you aren't obligated to response.

Very relatable.

I'd have gotten to a place where I don't despair any more. Like, I care very deeply about the climate but I have resolved it in myself that it's not getting better. That's a pessimistic view, but just following the news and hearing about the extreme weather and the impacts happening now, I don't even want to think about what's it's going to be like in 10,20 years.

I know going forward that my whole life is going to be affected by the climate, and I have accepted that it's going to get worse. I have gone through a major depressive doomer stage before and realize that's not productive or beneficial to my mental health.

I have gotten to a place as Micheal Dowd, puts it "post-doom".I'm going to approach each day as a miracle and with all the loving kindness I can muster, even if things look bleak.

I want to say, you are not alone in your experience. Millions of people are dealing with social withdrawal. Alot of ppl misunderstands and assumes it's a choice when its often not. There are numerous reasons be they - environmental, Social, and personally that leads people to that situation. This phenomena is global and the numbers of ppl across the world socially withdrawing is startling. The rates of social dislocation, loneliness and disconnection are at sky-high rates as well. So this is a global social crisis that is happening.

I'm not going to give cliche solutions but I think checking out Dr. K's videos from HealthyGammer gives alot of insights on Psychology and mental health for today's digital age, so check them out, could be insightful. He made a video on this topic called 25 year old loner

This is a major problem that isn't being addressed. So many ppl are suffering and this issue isn't enough respect it deserves. To help people socially withdrawing the answer to the problem isn't just getting out there as you said, but adressing other underlying mental health problems.

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I put that hum on to go to sleep sometimes.

Star Trek is what I go when I just want to feel happy. Doesn't matter the emotion, Depressed, anxious, self conscious, whatever, I'll put on some trek and to feel a bit better.

Yeah exactly ppl need to start standing lemmy up on its own. Let Lemmy grow into something new and exciting. I kinda feel it's just growing pains of a new site. And it's going to take years for it to grow into it own.

This is so adorable!

Thanks for the tips! I'll most definitely look newly awarded federal contracts then look for opportunities there.

Any recommendations to look at? My brother used to work for a government contractor doing UX and made good money? Is there a job board for government contracting? I did quick search and didn't find an obvious one...

I'm in urban planning but I'm about to try to use my minor in management information systems instead. There just seems to be more data jobs than planning ones and I'd realize I can volunteer and still be active in public service that way.

It just seems harder to break into tbh. I have been looking at business jobs in insurance, data management/analysis but my degree isn't the best fit tho. Idk, I'm going to go with the flow if things tbh.

I enjoy taking nice soaks in the tub. The warm water really helps to calm me down and slow down my mind.

Yeah my part time job is tipped and I hate it. It's a a scam for both the consumer and the worker. I just want a higher wage and not be at the whelm of ppl

My gawd, zoomers are so effed. I have loads of internships but I'm sure getting a job will be so hard. My internship right now encouraged me to apply for a open job but my application was denied due to lack of experience! Granted, I still have a year left of school to do but still its government they take months to hire and by then, I'll be close to graduating! I dunno, I'm just going to hold out hope and wish someone will hire me.

where? lol, I haven't really seen any porn beside someone spamming a scat gif in the comments, but other than that it has been pretty family friendly.

It's the social aspect that is pretty fun, filled the void caused by Tumblr nuking NSFW stuff. I had both a swf and nswf account if that makes a difference, I didn't use reddit just for porn...

Qgis, Firefox! Comes top of mind