Americans' life ratings reach record high

Re:Americans' life ratings reach record high by somehnacct3757 on Sunday July 25, 2021 @11:35AM (#27949907)

You can both acknowledge economic bubbles and have life satisfaction. It's as simple as not tying your own happiness onto gargantuan systems well outside your individual control.

I bristle when others captured by internet outrage loops suggest that I too must share their outrage or I'm unreasonable, out of touch, etc. Did you recognize that you have become a recruiter for social media algorithms?

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Re:Americans' life ratings reach record high by nemo44x on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:03PM (#27951914)

I estimate around 20%-30% of the country has a mental health issue ranging from depression to narcissism to outright sociopathy and misanthropy. And they occupy a disproportionate amount of social media, etc congregating and spreading their sad world views everywhere.

I think it’s difficult for people with these types of issues to cope with problems that are out of range for any one person to fix, for coming to terms with change, and to fixate on these things. Just bring in a constant panic state while everything seems so out of control.

It’s sad because it’s just a very bad way to spend a life when there’s so much good and beautiful everywhere.

The internet was great before everyone got in the pool and 30% of them started pissing in it.

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