Def! I still read two of our local papers because the news they provide is unbiased and relevant. But being online, knowing what happens everywhere and what everyone thinks of it? I personally don't find it worth the psychic damage, ever. It doesn't make me more useful to my community at all.
Witnessing isn't national and global pressure. Witnessing is literally just sitting there ingesting information, accurate and not, and having feelings and telling yourself stories about what you see. It's not only useless, it's counterproductive. Pressure requores actual action in the real world.
if i ever catch you filming me with your meta glasses i will break them. go ahead call the cops lol i’d be proud to do the time for that crime
I don't ever look at the news and I'm probably more well informed about what's going on around me than most people who are extremely online or have the TV on 24/7, because I'm out talking to people and engaging with the world around me. Which is the place the news comes from.
That totally makes sense. I've glad you've found a way to get the info you need without dealing with too much nonsense!
That's fair. I do think it's possible to access news that's actually relevant to you and your people without resorting to social media or the 24 hour news cycle. There's literally no reason to take the psychic damage unless you absolutely have to (like being a hooker who has to post for work lol)
"We must all bear witness" To 24/7 horrors? Why? What does it do other than cause mass burnout and hopelessness? Someone around you needs something you can help provide- the well of need is literally bottomless- go find the place in your community where you can effect real change and get offline.
Just knowing bad things are happening doesn't help in any way. If it's something that you have some control over (local elections, people you actually know, etc.) you'll find out about it if you're active in your community, and if it's not, then seeing it and being unhappy does absolutely nothing.
I promise you that the cure to feeling totally insane every time you look at the news is to A) be active in your own community. Not just chilling with people, but being genuinely useful to those in need. And B) don't look at the news. This idea of "witnessing" as praxis is bullshit.
I don’t like quid pro quo energy around me. Those who do something because they want to are often rewarded. Those who do something because they think they’ll get something out of it are not! I would never gift someone something with an expectation. I gift someone because I want to.
Thanks for sharing this! Really interesting!
I'm very interested to hear more about that last bit, but also yay! Hello fellow mark! If you ever make it to indy and the timing is right, we have some awesome local queer BIPOC pro wrestling that's super fun to support.
They're both so cute 🥹
I'm not currently supporting WWE because Trips can't seem to keep his shit ass politics out of the ring, but it does bring my heart joy to know that CM Punk and Rhea Ripley are in the same city as me today 😍
I'm so proud of the incall and the experiences I get to offer there. I just love seeing the stress melt off when someone comes in and sits down. FINALLY getting professional photos in there fills my heart with so much joy. @taryncarterphoto.bsky.social really captured how cozy it is 🥲
It's so wonderful!
It's the most rewarding thing I've ever done!
Men have approached me my whole life, but something has happened lately, and now (ostensibly straight) older women pretty regularly come up to me and quietly tell me that I'm beautiful. It's happened at least 7 or 8 times in the last year and I absolutely love it.
I had a very intense sexual fantasy about someone in my personal life tonight that involved ashing a joint onto his tongue and fucking his face with my cute lil foot and not letting him cum untill he whimpers like a little girl. So I guess that side of me isn't completely in hibernation 😈
The free store was awesome and so busy today. Thank you to everyone who has donated so far. I didn't need to bug y'all for donations this month because a few people really went above and beyond, but I'll be back to share the wishlist a million times in March 😁
Hmmmm. Maybe The Gone Away World? But still not even close
How are you so beautiful 😭
Same! I read that one so many times the book started to physically deteriorate lol. And yes, I agree about her others.
I think I've spent my entire life trying to recapture the feeling of reading A Wrinkle in Time for the first time at 7 years old.
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Amazing!
We need to hang!
Highly (lol) suggest finding a friend with a good porch and bringing them a joint. 10/10 way to spend a sunny, perfect afternoon.
I know it's climate change and probably Bad, but I'll gladly take the most goddamn beautiful day February in Indiana has ever had to offer. It's magnificent outside and if you live around here and get a chance, you should go enjoy it.
