| >Also, I think commenting on voting activity is considered bad form here. OK, sorry if it was a personal attack. As far as the actual commenting on downvotes - well, if such downvotes are in support/defense of obvious signs of mental illness (e.g. the exact term in this case is "learned helplessness") then I will point that out even if it is against the HN culture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness Medical reality trumps culture any time, at least for me. >Whether I'm /s or not is, frankly, immaterial. My comment is true de facto. It actually matters, a lot. If a significant portion of the population acquires "learned helplessness" that will in and of itself lead to collapse. I have to ask - does this approach work for you? Namely, being disengaged from life and trying forcing yourself to enjoy it when it is quite obvious things are pretty bad right now? So bad in fact, that 1 in 4 young Americans are seriously contemplating suicide - an "unraveling" of the social fabric? https://theintercept.com/2020/08/28/the-social-fabric-of-the... |