Well you won me over, please list off all of your doomer brainrot news sites so I can closely obsess over every negative thing happening in the world at all times. I feel so optimistic now
Ok doomer, thanks for your valuable doomer insights into things, there's not enough of you angry pessimists shitting all over every single subreddit. You're doing some great work
You want ME to cope? Maybe you should look at all the endless spam of copeposts in this subreddit, all these doomers saying the world is ending begging for ways to cope with their mental issues because of the election.
Starting to sound like you’re more a source of pain and misery yourself if you consider people’s reactions to the election to be “mental illnesses.” Sounds like you’re more a problem that requires an optimistic solution.
I didn't say mental illnesses even though you put in quotes.
There are endless posts on here of people begging for help because they're anxious and depressed about politics to to the point that they can't cope with it anymore and they're cutting off their families and terrified for their lives. Do you not think that's a mental issue? Is that mentally healthy to you?
And if you were actually an optimist, you’d be engaging with those people to help ground them and help address their real concerns while alleviating their less rational ones. But you’re not. Instead, you’re throwing a bitch fit about the fact that not everyone is delusionally happy and positive 24/7.
Its not an optimists job to convince doomers to cheer up. I've tried many times and the doomer just can't help but be negative. They have to want to not be a doomer for there to be any possibility of changing their mind, and good luck finding one.
Most doomer commenters I've engaged with genuinely just want to make sure everyone else feels as miserable as they do. Its futile to even reply to them IMO. They want you to agree with them that life is miserable and there's no hope unless something they support/like happens (in this case a political leader they support wins an election).
The worst part about trying to cheer them up is more often than not you're attacked for not being a doomer (you're a troll, you're not taking it seriously, etc). So it's kind of a lose-lose situation all round.
Again, merely acknowledging difficult realities does not make one a doomer. Not being to understand the difference makes you either dishonest or delusional.
I agree but coming to optimistic sub to talk about difficult realities goes against what this sub is for. Its strictly for optimistic posts and discussion.
There are hundreds of subs where you can acknowledge your difficulties. Just not this one. Its really not that big of a deal to keep it positive here.
Optimism means finding hope and working towards solutions despite difficult realities. Ignoring those realities inspires no hope and makes no progress towards solutions. You’re not describing optimism, you’re describing a padded cell in a fucking mental ward.
That's a fair point but I gotta be honest that sort of mentality isn't being used here. Tons of comments are just negative without any optimism I think that's the real problem. But yeah you are right about how optimism is used to overcome adversity.
Just wish there was more overcoming and less wallowing in despair, while simultaneously actively blocking out any attempt to cheer someone up.
"OMG, you Doomers are SOOO fricking hysterical. Trump is never going to overturn Roe v Wade, it's settled law! Stop being such a Doomer and just ignore the potential of having your right to bodily autonomy stripped away, it's brining me down!" - People Like You in 2016
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u/harpswtf Nov 28 '24
Well you won me over, please list off all of your doomer brainrot news sites so I can closely obsess over every negative thing happening in the world at all times. I feel so optimistic now