John2290 said:
Lads, I think Christmas is cancelled this year. I wonder if people will be doing FaceTime dinners and shit and Amazon deliveries of presents. Mentally navigating this shit is fucking exhausting, I can't get all the ways this can and likely will go sideways from circulating in my head and esspecially in the third world, How can we just sit by and watch developing nations be decimated in the most advanced age in human history, we are completely powerless to help besides pissing on the fire and hoping for the best.
I don't think this is off topic but how are you'll dealing with this shit mentally if ya'll don't mind answering? |
Most advanced is part of the problem, because people seem to think it means we're invincible superhero's, yet far from it. We're simply better than we once were, but what we once were not so long ago, was a joke. Calling ourselves advanced is more than just an understatement. At our core, we aren't much different than we used to be. We can be better though, and it's times like this that wake us up to it.
"Something's gotta go wrong because I'm feeling way too damn good". The petty bickering about the little things has blinded people from the real problems. When those real problems then show up, countries or the world grind to a halt and everyone wonders how it happened and how things went so wrong. There's many to blame for this, right down to the people themselves, to a lesser degree though.
People have stood by and watched others suffer from the beginning, and there's many reasons for it. One being a person or group can only do so much in general, let alone when those same people believe in free will. While helping other people can be good, too much help can be detrimental. Not to mention that not everyone wants your help, because not everyone believes what you believe, and doesn't necessarily want what you want. It's up to them to make the change necessary in the end if they want to better themselves as some might see it. Sometimes you can change their mind through direct communication and cooperation, and others you have to give them an indirect push, by making things a little bit hard on them. Usually a direct push, does the opposite you want it to, unless you decide to rule with an iron fist afterwards, which would go against your beliefs, and would set bad example.
Deal with it the way I usually do. Take care of myself and those close to me, and help those who want it and who will make good use of it. Set a good example and hope others follow suit. The world is beyond a complex place, so consistently worrying about problems to big to be solved as quickly as we would like to solve them, is simply worry for the sake of worry. You don't turn a blind eye, you just take it day by day, and be thankful for whatever good you've been able to accomplish.
Last edited by EricHiggin - on 11 April 2020
