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What we get upset about
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44201627
by Tjeerd Royaards
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this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2026
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I'm so tired of this take.
It's been bad news after bad news every day for years and a lot of it is happening locally. Most people don't have the mental capacity to think about every problem that doesn't affect them.
And as for gas prices in particular, people are barely scraping by and any drastic fluctuation in the cost of essentials threatened stability. Gas is up like 35% and it's going to continue to rise.
I think everyone should care but let's be real - stressing about dead people doesn't do anything. It doesn't stop them from dying, it doesn't bring the prices down, and it doesn't make you feel any better.
To be fair, pretty much all cable news and print media is intentionally lying to the people about everything that is happening. If you read the paper and watch cable news, trying to be an informed citizen, your world view is so far from reality it’s almost laughable. 😭
Keeping up with the truth takes a lot of effort and people who have been doing it for awhile often seem to forget that. It's practically a hobby.
I think I am either literate, or smart, or both, or neither. Thankfully at least one of these options is true for me. Just meaning I don’t have to keep worrying about it regardless.