#doomscrolling

[estonian-is-horrible]

An Estonian made this, so I'm posting here: you can scroll Wikipedia (in Simplified English) as if it was a social network:

Wikipedia you can doomscroll

[cat-cosplay]

It's dangerous to go alone.

Take this.

[akontreeservice]

Born in the uncanny valley between home‑ownership and influencer stardom; currently vibing through the digital apocalypse.

[dreadlord-mr-son]

Hey.

I'm not going to tell you "stop doomscrolling" or "get off the site until everything is over".

I'm just going to make your dash just a little bit nicer with some pretty photos I found on a free stock photo site.

ETA:

Flowers: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-lavender-flower-field-under-pink-sky-1166209/ Kitten: https://www.pexels.com/photo/white-and-grey-kitten-on-brown-and-black-leopard-print-textile-45201/ Water: https://www.pexels.com/photo/body-of-water-between-green-leaf-trees-709552/

[elijahhewsonswifelol]

when the a/n says ‘english isnt my first language’ so you know the fic is gonna feel like shakespeare reincarnated

[cipheramnesia]

Living under hypercapitalism is hilarious because it's like some guy stomped out of physics class because he insisted infinite acceleration is always possible for everything and he was like "I'll show you, I'll make my own math and prove everything can always get larger faster FOREVER!" Then like a week later he smugly shows the physics prof his economics excel chart and he's like "You forgot one key factor! I found a way to create infinitely increasing growth using a resource you didn't account for and which never runs out! Human labor!" And then he goes off and is put in charge by people who also hated the dumb physics professor who wasn't even talking about like finances or anything. But then it turned out line still doesn't go up forever so the same guy comes back and is like don't worry I have a solution for this problem too, and it's that you always have to remember the line does go up forever no matter what and everyone else is wrong, it's what you want that matters, so they come back and are like okay throw more babies into the line go up machine and now we're here.

[drchucktingle]

After coming down with a mysterious illness, Gary is at the end of his rope. His brain is fried and he can barely function, but after a conversation with his doctor, Gary learns the terrible truth: it’s just not healthy to stay up for ten days scrolling through social media posts on your phone.

Gary’s doctor orders him to get some sleep, but it appears this action plan is easier said than done. Now, Gary is in a bedtime standoff with Kogan, the physical manifestation of his obsessive scrolling, and the results of this conflict could be life or death.

Fortunately, these two find a positive way to work out their differences… with a hardcore gay encounter!

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[jmtorres]

doomscrolling is not activism

doomscrolling is not activism

doomscrolling is not activism

"don't look away" is a meaningless phrase. who are you benefiting by inundating yourself with misery porn?

DO something about things you care about. Go to a protest for something you believe in, if you can. Donate money to a cause if you have it to spare. Volunteer your time to help people if you have the energy. Write a letter to your political representatives if that's something you can do. These are meaningful ways to try to make change in the world.

And then? don't feel bad about insulating yourself from horrible news. Don't make yourself look at images that make you feel sick. Don't read endless things that depress you. Because frankly it gets harder to actually do the more you doomscroll. Reading constantly about things you can't change because they're happening at a systemic level or on the other side of the world is paralyzing. It makes you less able to help where you can.

I'm not saying be willfully ignorant. I'm not saying pretend horrible things aren't happening. I'm saying don't destroy your mental health going in-depth and cycling through horror after horror on your phone. I'm saying there is no virtue in making yourself experience other people's traumas because mere awareness is not activism. you inflicting suffering on yourself is not activism.

doomscrolling is literally sapping your energy and focus away from doing anything useful to help other people. you can burn yourself out without ever lifting a finger by exposing yourself to all the bad news in the world and who does that help? no one.