We haven’t even made it to January 20 (Trump inauguration). We already have major fires in our second largest city, terrorist attacks, talk of invading Greenland/Panama/Canada. almost no one talking about what we really need to do to cut carbon. Hospitals are full in my area and people talk about washing hands, but not about masking. I am already so weary. I don’t know what is going to happen after January 21.

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
    71·
    5 days ago

    I found it a lot more peaceful once I started filtering out certain word combinations that indicate a ragebait bullshit headline. I considered just filtering out “trump”, but I want actual news to come through, so here’s the list:

    Trump wants
    Trump says
    Trump will
    Trump hints
    Trump demands
    Trump indicates
    Trump claims
    Trump considering
    Trump tells

    …and repeat the list for Musk and Vance. Those verbs target the nothingburger headlines only meant to attract clicks. Basically, we learned 9 years ago that he says loads of stupid shit that doesn’t deserve a headline. I might be interested if he signs something.

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        14·
        4 days ago

        “Goes to war with” might not be a great idea to filter on, because that fuckin imbecile will very probably start an actual war with a country that can hit back, now that he’s emptying out all of the career + nonpolitical people in the state department, DoD, and alphabet agencies who stopped him from doing that last time.

        • RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works
          6·
          4 days ago

          Probably, but the headline will start with "US invades“ or "US demands“ or something along the line. Filtering out anything that starts with “Trump” is safe

        • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
          2·
          4 days ago

          Paragraph? This is Trump we’re talking about. He can’t hold a thought for longer than two sentences, max.

          • Zonetrooper@lemmy.world
            1·
            4 days ago

            I wasn’t talking about him, but more other people who - if you see a headline of “XY succinctly summarizes [issue]”, all it will be is distilling a messy, nuanced topic down to “You should feel A,” often with ragebait to convince you.

    • idunnololz@lemmy.world
      3·
      4 days ago

      I just filter trump and Elon entirely and read the news once a day. If the news is that big it should hit my local paper.

    • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.socialEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      We need an AI agent that filters out all news articles that are just people flapping their pie-holes, whether that be the President-elect, or Twitter randos.

    • Devorlon@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      I couldn’t be bothered anymore, and a revolution isn’t getting organised in a Lemmy comment section under a Trump article

  • Grass@sh.itjust.works
    41·
    4 days ago

    well if a luigi copycat appears in the news and they find on him a fake ID naming him mario nintendioni, you know its me…

  • Agent641@lemmy.world
    23·
    4 days ago

    2025 is the year my arduous journey of radicalization has been completed.

    So +1 for personal growth.

  • Cool_Name@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    Yes I am exhausted. Most of all I am exhausted by the rapid rush to capitulate to and appease trump.

  • Tujio@lemmy.world
    26·
    5 days ago

    “My god, I’m exhausted! Aren’t you tired of always caring about everything?”

    “No, Jinkx. I’m tired of other people NOT caring about everything.”

    • KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works
      10·
      4 days ago

      I am usually up on news and I had a political conversation with someone who isn’t. The person I was speaking with said talking to me was depressing.

      Well, the subject matter, politics, is currently quite depressing.

  • LucidNightmare@lemm.ee
    7·
    4 days ago

    I’m crashing the fuck out guys. I’ve put up with these shenanigans for way too long. I am now just waiting for whatever pushes me passed the edge.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world
    15·
    4 days ago

    To my recollection, this feeling happens every January. I’ve seen posts like this for years and years. January is known as the most depressing month. Many people fast from alcohol, maybe fast from media til 1st Feb? I don’t know if it’ll make you feel good. It might make you feel less bad?

  • Shardikprime@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 days ago

    Nop. Plenty of energy here.

    You should check your carbon dioxide levels at home just in case. Mood swings are common when these levels are too high

  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 days ago

    I’ve been sick for six weeks so all of January has been an endless round of trying to work, not being able to work, and going to the doctor for another note for work. I might have atypical whooping cough and am waiting for results. I do not have a cough but my immunologist friend tells me the spectrum of symptoms is wide, and it doesn’t always include coughing. I am vaccinated of course. But yeah, 14 days of January of not being able to talk above a whisper is fun.

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
    6·
    5 days ago

    Well, I’ve had a bad case of the flu. It slow-walked through my family over the entirety of winter break, but I got it last and it’s mostly down to sniffles and a hoarse voice.

    …. But somehow it turned into a relaxing time, letting me recharge. I still had nowhere near enough sick time to take but I spent the last week working from home and mostly taking it easy. I even got enough sleep some of those nights