Everyone wears this mask of charisma, but it's suffocating and pretentious

I think the total rejection of anger is dangerous, similar to not allowing people to be sad.

TYL Toxic Positivity?

I, of course, love that there is a place all of that can concentrate to and I can safely ignore.

Yeah, the anti-consumerism, anti-selling out, etc. position got abandoned by liberals and is called "unrealistic" or "purist" by people now. 4chan nazis kept it but everyone else is like "you don't want [blank] to succeed?" if you criticize any artist getting worse to make more money.

Socialists should be able to channel righteous anger and disgust at the capitalist system. I too feel the misanthropy coming on lately and it's difficult to resist it but you have to remind yourself that we are all (other than the ruling classes) ultimately products of this evil system and victimised by it and it's not our fault that humans are unable to thrive under such oppressive conditions.

Even the videos meant to look like organic content are dressed up so bad and are obvious ads.

This is why I don't use tiktok or reels, and when I watch a YouTube short I never scroll up

But like, sometimes angry bitter people have a point? I think the total rejection of anger is dangerous, similar to not allowing people to be sad.

I've been struggling with that as well, modern society keeps forcing us in this charade to act like everything is goingto be ok, but it isn't and the writing is clearly on the wall. So what can you even say when someone feels anxious, sad and angry?

Try to use the energy from your anger to build something good, whatever that means to you. Personally I really enjoy growing plants and food

yeeaass

I think rampant consumerism seemed more tolerable when the products you could consume were both more affordable and less shitty. Every fucking product seems like its made to be as fucking annoying and disrespectful to the consumer as it can legally get away with, especially anything tech or computer-related.

I feel like I'm getting more misanthropic lately and I don't like it.

Real and same. I really think mine is unlikely to change tbh. Maybe if the cause of like 98% of my issues wasn't the majority of people I'd be able to feel differently.

Everyone wears this mask of charisma, but it's suffocating and pretentious.

Watch indie movies instead of consuming slop comrade. I watch a movie everyday.

The only thing close to a counterculture is anti-woke shit which I think is going to bite us in the end.

Yeah I don't really see much of what was around in the 90s and 2000s as a kid when counter culture was very much against office drone and Americana in general. I do feel we have some counter culture but it's based on disengagement from consumption and so it's a lot of move away from city and live in low cost tiny home or shack growing crops (i.e. not cottage or farm core which is rich white larping to feel superior).

Me too a 1000% even when it's niche interests

Just gimme some nerd who gushes passionately about a thing not a salesman making a pitch

Everyone wears this mask of charisma, but it's suffocating and pretentious

Yes I absolutely hate this. All my good friends voice their discomfort and internal struggles. They're real to me.

I feel like I'm getting more misanthropic lately and I don't like it.

You really are. The way you've been posting over the last months is definitely different than your usual demeanor. Tbh, I worry for the mental health of people who post in the doomer comm consistently, not just you.

It wouldn't be right to ask you not to be angry considering the state of the world, but I hope you can find something to counterbalance that anger in you life

It's the algorithms. They only promote the monoculture and everything else stays off your feed. Either people get sucked into the game or you never hear from them again because the algorithm has silenced them.

Are you talking about people in real life? I know stuff like being really into shoes and other products has gotten more popular but most people are just trying to get through the day without adding any more shit to their pile of shit they have to deal with.

Not necessarily a bloomer take but the average person on the street isn't wearing the mask of charisma in the way i think you mean. The mask is worn in service of keeping things chill and not their problem.

If you are talking about people in real life then I suppose it's more about the difference in people that we interact with most often. I wish there was more incentive to actually interact with people out in the world and not have it be immediately strange.

Nah, we are right to be angry at consumerist culture. But I channel that anger into aggressively ignoring every part of it I can, and doing absolutely anything I can to avoid ads of any kind without paying a subscription fee. My wife thinks I’ve lost my mind. I think of it as one of my healthier hobbies.

The only thing close to a counterculture is anti-woke shit

Is it counter culture though?

Go and visit Kalgoorlie. We've got a lot of work to do.

In all seriousness, touch grass. Go for a walk. Read a book. Start a zen garden. Either your worst fears won't come to pass and you're better off not unnecessarily getting worked up, or they will come to pass, in which case at least you'll have enjoyed the time until then.