I scrolled past this at first, then went back and man, it brought a smile to my face. I’m going through a stressful time in school (since the education system is ass, especially for neurodivergent students) and this gave me a bunch of hope.
And I gotta say, lots of our feeds are packed with depressing news stories and Lemmy infighting, but where’s the feel good content? I’ve only seen a few of them so far.
If you still want to keep up with the news, get an actual paper subscription to something like The Atlantic or The Economist. You still get the overarching themes of the day, but with more nuance and a larger view. It is also more limited - you get that news, but you aren’t doom scrolling. Plus less time staring at a screen. Plus you can put them on your coffee table and look like a hoity toity intellectual when you have company over.
A good alternative to Lemmy is going outside and talking to people. And yet, here we are.
I scrolled past this at first, then went back and man, it brought a smile to my face. I’m going through a stressful time in school (since the education system is ass, especially for neurodivergent students) and this gave me a bunch of hope.
And I gotta say, lots of our feeds are packed with depressing news stories and Lemmy infighting, but where’s the feel good content? I’ve only seen a few of them so far.
Negative feelings do for more engagement. Not really anyones fault but our brains.
Yeah, is basically why I don’t watch tv news anymore, it’s always negative stuff that I really didn’t need to know.
If you still want to keep up with the news, get an actual paper subscription to something like The Atlantic or The Economist. You still get the overarching themes of the day, but with more nuance and a larger view. It is also more limited - you get that news, but you aren’t doom scrolling. Plus less time staring at a screen. Plus you can put them on your coffee table and look like a hoity toity intellectual when you have company over.
A good alternative to Lemmy is going outside and talking to people. And yet, here we are.