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Dude I was tired of 2025 nine goddamn years ago.

Yes I am exhausted. Most of all I am exhausted by the rapid rush to capitulate to and appease trump.

I'm crashing the fuck out guys. I've put up with these shenanigans for way too long. I am now just waiting for whatever pushes me passed the edge.

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I've been sick for six weeks so all of January has been an endless round of trying to work, not being able to work, and going to the doctor for another note for work. I might have atypical whooping cough and am waiting for results. I do not have a cough but my immunologist friend tells me the spectrum of symptoms is wide, and it doesn't always include coughing. I am vaccinated of course. But yeah, 14 days of January of not being able to talk above a whisper is fun.

I found it a lot more peaceful once I started filtering out certain word combinations that indicate a ragebait bullshit headline. I considered just filtering out "trump", but I want actual news to come through, so here's the list:

Trump wants
Trump says
Trump will
Trump hints
Trump demands
Trump indicates
Trump claims
Trump considering
Trump tells

..and repeat the list for Musk and Vance. Those verbs target the nothingburger headlines only meant to attract clicks. Basically, we learned 9 years ago that he says loads of stupid shit that doesn't deserve a headline. I might be interested if he signs something.

At least it won't be as bad as 2026.

well if a luigi copycat appears in the news and they find on him a fake ID naming him mario nintendioni, you know its me...

2025 is the year my arduous journey of radicalization has been completed.

So +1 for personal growth.

"My god, I'm exhausted! Aren't you tired of always caring about everything?"

"No, Jinkx. I'm tired of other people NOT caring about everything."

2025 has been pretty good so far. Helps not to be an American.

Focus on what you can control is pretty cliche advice, but it really is all you can do in situations like this. Something I've started doing is a "news diet" where I sit down on Monday and basically skim through the last week of political news. Then I just try and ignore political news as much as possible until the next Monday. It's not a perfect system, but it helps deal with the fire hose style news coverage the media gives to Trump.

Nop. Plenty of energy here.

You should check your carbon dioxide levels at home just in case. Mood swings are common when these levels are too high

You're not alone ❤️

To my recollection, this feeling happens every January. I've seen posts like this for years and years. January is known as the most depressing month. Many people fast from alcohol, maybe fast from media til 1st Feb? I don't know if it'll make you feel good. It might make you feel less bad?

Once that inauguration is through, I am not going to pay a lick of attention to media. I'd like to not hear about Trump, I will skim over his name and to give anyone an idea as to how much I avoid Trump, I mute any video/audio before a word is uttered from that shitty mouth of his.

People need to understand that they don't control everything and everything is out of their control in some cases, like the wildfires. It's a tragic event, yes, but things are going about as they can be in such a time.

If I get too wrapped up in everything going around me that I have no control in and how the media loves to shove a particular individual or a group of corrupted individuals down my throat, life will look ten times miserable.

eyup but honestly the end of 2024 already exhausted me.

Well, I’ve had a bad case of the flu. It slow-walked through my family over the entirety of winter break, but I got it last and it’s mostly down to sniffles and a hoarse voice.

…. But somehow it turned into a relaxing time, letting me recharge. I still had nowhere near enough sick time to take but I spent the last week working from home and mostly taking it easy. I even got enough sleep some of those nights

Fuuuuck yes.

Gotta focus on what you personally have control over. We can't directly influence the way other people behave, especially those we don't know. Refocus on how you can help (and be helped by) people in your own community and you will feel much better.

If you're not sure where to start just do an internet search for "mutual aid [your city/region]" and show up to an in-person event. That should get the ball rolling.

I don’t know what is going to happen after January 21.

You wake uo and realize its all just a nightmare. Surely reality cannot be this absurd? Right?

I mean this all feels like a movie.

Assassinations?

Convicted felon getting elected president?

CEO getting shot

Random Coup in South Korea out of nowhere

Wtf, this has got to be some weird dream, way too close to a movie plot, so this has got to be the brain making ship up based on movie plots.

The time will come and we'll wake up from this terrible dream, right? Right?

Carbon has never been a winning election issue. If anyone cared they would know that Harris would have carried on Biden's green energy. But it was the price of eggs and "it's the economy stupid" that won the election. No one will touch it in the next election either because the Dems learned all that matters is the economy. Do the math, in 4 years it won't be touched, then another 8 year cycle, means the soonest it may be run on is in 12 years. If Dems win they will focus on fixing everything from trump first, all you'll get is some stuff around the edges. (Inb4 Lemmy's famous misreading, I want it, but I know that no one will touch it because it loses them every election.)

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Don't read too much bad news, it's bad for the general mood. But still expect everything to go to hell, because it absolutely will, and sooner than anticipated. But you can still enjoy some amount of non-hellish time. And then make some preparations for an upcoming fascist government, rising crime/vandalism, and for climate change hitting everywhere with full force. Existing systems might not stay functional. Start building up local communities to support each other. Make the best of any situation and make forward-looking decisions. Don't despair, but also don't have false hopes. It will get much worse before it will get any better.

I find it extremely amusing what Trump is saying already. 2025 gonna be spicy AF IMO.