[engeljohnb]

I think being constantly outraged over stuff happening to no one I personally know for twenty years that will never affect my daily life has become too exhausting for me to keep it up, and I'm not convinced my learning about it is helping anyone. It's not changing how I vote.

Apply whatever insult you want to it, but I'm finished.

Making a data center in my home town? I'm going to do anything I can to stop it.

Entertainment companies serving slop instead of art? Meh, I'll just rewatch old favorites.

[Papazsazsa]

You have a voice. Don't give up.

[engeljohnb]

That's true, but I have limited capacity to use my voice to enact material change in the world.

Some people put their efforts towards changes that will reduce the most suffering for the most people.

Others enact change that will most individually benefit themselves.

Still others enact whichever attempts at change require the least effort.

And some (like me) want to enact whichever changes will reduce suffering specifically for the people close to them.

[sumeno]

It's a pathetic outlook to just roll over and let everyone screw you over constantly

[engeljohnb]

I agree. That's why I was careful to mention that I'm still trying to stay informed about things I think will actually affect me personally.

If the only thing that changes from me reading headlines is my emotional state and not my decisions, I'm going to just stop with the headlines because they exacerbate anxiety and insomnia and my family needs my attention more.

I don't find this position pathetic at all.