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Unrelated tangent: Can I just take a moment to say how utterly exhausted I am with reading about how such and such OSS project is against the invasion of Ukrain

Unrelated tangent: Can I just take a moment to say how utterly exhausted I am with reading about how such and such OSS project is against the invasion of Ukraine, or for BLM, or against BDS, etc…? I really just don’t care and don’t want to hear about it anymore.

eyelidlessness 4y ago
You’re welcome to not hear about it anymore, the door is -> any other focus of your attention. I’m personally in favor of you availing yourself of that freedom.
- eyelidlessness 4y ago
  Judging by the downvotes I guess other like minded people want you to be free from other people caring about things by their own silence. What a pathetic sensitivity, to demand other people provide you free software without any expression of their own humanity.
lathiat 4y ago
I sympathise with your feelings. Honestly, I'm tired of it too. But the invasion hasn't stopped. Most in the Ukraine are surely utterly exhausted from hearing decades of their infrastructure, cities, housing and culture being destroyed on a daily basis. Exhaused from the daily disruption, broken families and the mental and physical impact of having to actively protect themselves or fight against it. But they have to keep living it and fighting against it, daily, right outside their own doors. They don't have a choice. I am sure most in Russia are equally exhausted by the daily impact on their lives of sanctions, fear of reprucussions for an opinion let alone any attempt at change, by being implicated in actions and conflict they don't agree with or by being effectively forced to personally and physically go to the front lines. It is exhausting, it is uncomfortable, and that is OK. Globally we need to keep rallying against this fight against Ukraine. But maybe even more importantly, especially if you want to be selfish about it, we need to remember and be uncomfortable so that we're part of avoiding the next conflcit from starting. For your personal mental wellbeing, if you're overwhelmed which I'm sure you are given the comment, my best piece of personal advice is to try and take a solid break from the news for a while. At a minimum try to avoid the hourly and daily scrolling on social media that exposes you to so much negativity and minimise the time on that to a smaller part of each day or week. It's really hard to do that, but it's the best I've got.
- beachy 4y ago
  > But maybe even more importantly, especially if you want to be selfish about it, we need to remember and be uncomfortable so that we're part of avoiding the next conflcit from starting. I agree with some of your points, but not this. Personally I don't have any need to have a background level of discomfort in order to stop the next conflict. This one was started by a deluded megalomaniac who did not consult me (or my country for that matter) before he invaded a neighbor and placed us all at risk of WW3. I'm sure the next one will likewise start without my input and against my wishes.
  - lakomen 4y ago
    And who's fault is that? What happened in the Cuba crisis? How is that different from what the US is doing with Ukraine. How is Crimea different from Kosovo or Israel? How can the US mass murder people, children in Iraq and Afghanistan and not a single soldier stand trial? How can the US have concentration camps on Guantanamo and nothing is done about it? Shup the fuck up
sitkack 4y ago
You live in a society.
lakomen 4y ago
I adblock them all. I the hypocrisy is over 9000

eyelidlessness 4y ago

You’re welcome to not hear about it anymore, the door is -> any other focus of your attention. I’m personally in favor of you availing yourself of that freedom.

eyelidlessness 4y ago
Judging by the downvotes I guess other like minded people want you to be free from other people caring about things by their own silence. What a pathetic sensitivity, to demand other people provide you free software without any expression of their own humanity.

lathiat 4y ago

I sympathise with your feelings. Honestly, I'm tired of it too. But the invasion hasn't stopped. Most in the Ukraine are surely utterly exhausted from hearing decades of their infrastructure, cities, housing and culture being destroyed on a daily basis. Exhaused from the daily disruption, broken families and the mental and physical impact of having to actively protect themselves or fight against it. But they have to keep living it and fighting against it, daily, right outside their own doors. They don't have a choice. I am sure most in Russia are equally exhausted by the daily impact on their lives of sanctions, fear of reprucussions for an opinion let alone any attempt at change, by being implicated in actions and conflict they don't agree with or by being effectively forced to personally and physically go to the front lines. It is exhausting, it is uncomfortable, and that is OK. Globally we need to keep rallying against this fight against Ukraine. But maybe even more importantly, especially if you want to be selfish about it, we need to remember and be uncomfortable so that we're part of avoiding the next conflcit from starting. For your personal mental wellbeing, if you're overwhelmed which I'm sure you are given the comment, my best piece of personal advice is to try and take a solid break from the news for a while. At a minimum try to avoid the hourly and daily scrolling on social media that exposes you to so much negativity and minimise the time on that to a smaller part of each day or week. It's really hard to do that, but it's the best I've got.

beachy 4y ago
> But maybe even more importantly, especially if you want to be selfish about it, we need to remember and be uncomfortable so that we're part of avoiding the next conflcit from starting. I agree with some of your points, but not this. Personally I don't have any need to have a background level of discomfort in order to stop the next conflict. This one was started by a deluded megalomaniac who did not consult me (or my country for that matter) before he invaded a neighbor and placed us all at risk of WW3. I'm sure the next one will likewise start without my input and against my wishes.
- lakomen 4y ago
  And who's fault is that? What happened in the Cuba crisis? How is that different from what the US is doing with Ukraine. How is Crimea different from Kosovo or Israel? How can the US mass murder people, children in Iraq and Afghanistan and not a single soldier stand trial? How can the US have concentration camps on Guantanamo and nothing is done about it? Shup the fuck up

sitkack 4y ago

You live in a society.

lakomen 4y ago

I adblock them all. I the hypocrisy is over 9000