I'm questioning everything now. If I see something that legitimately makes me mad, I ask myself "Who am I mad at and why?" If it's a group or movement whose extremists I already am not overly keen on, I chalk it up as fake and move on. Even if it's legit, it's kinder on my blood pressure to ignore it and there are thousands who will be angry in my place, I'm sure.
To be honest, that's a really healthy outlook. I wish I had the self-control to not obsess over this shit. The constant stream of red flags and warning signs has me well over the edge into near constant anxiety.
Well I've thought things online have gotten particularly bad in the last couple of years, but if it's true that Russia has been shitstirring then it kind of all falls into place. I stopped using Facebook as I was just getting angry, and I was catching myself reading comments on news stories I knew would be full of people making me angry. I don't know why I did it, but it wasn't healthy. But maybe a good chunk of it is Russian shitstirring bitches, trying to make the West tear itself apart.
I mean, people are inherently bad, but this gives me hope that they aren't that bad.
It doesn’t even need to be Russian. Tons of people around the world can lie and make shit up just to stir the pot. Making far away faceless strangers go into all caps text rages is what brings joy to some people’s lives.
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u/shogi_x Oct 16 '18
Has to be satire.