Are they cops?
Are the ICE?
Are they cosplayers?
Source: https://redlib.northboot.xyz/r/LosAngeles/comments/1lfe5gb/ice_brandishing_silencers/
Are they cops?
Are the ICE?
Are they cosplayers?
Source: https://redlib.northboot.xyz/r/LosAngeles/comments/1lfe5gb/ice_brandishing_silencers/
why do we all need to continue this giant circle jerk? is there a single person here who doesn’t understand that republicans are evil, that cops are fascists, that capitalism is killing us, that our president is a fucking moron, that corporations are run by sociopaths, and that religion is the scaffolding that holds it all together?
i mean seriously. i’m confused. do you guys just enjoy joking about it all? do you need the dopamine high of dunking to the choir? why don’t we talk about solutions instead of rehashing the same old bullshit day after day?
God damn if you didn’t sum up lemmy in two fucking paragraphs.
All those issues are real, and I have no idea what the best solution is.
Being on here WILL get you depressed… But knowing this info is also important… I don’t know man…
Yes.
Morale matters.
Humor is a weapon.
Preaching to the choir is an important part of a pastor’s job - because who wants to hear the Word more than true believers do?
Online circlejerks are powerful community building tools - they reaffirm true believers’ loyalty, strengthen the commitment of moderates, and expose visiting lurkers to the movement’s perspective and the passion of its members.
Let’s not forget how racist circlejerks on FB and Reddit and the chans memed Trump into office in 2016.
Jerking about problems can’t be all a movement does, of course - but an online movement that doesn’t share memes, and in-jokes, and news that supports it, and similar kinds of community building, is dead on the ground.
It helps morale, and makes stress easier to deal with, and can build solidarity. Several years ago, in a situation where me and 131 other people were waiting for our imminent deaths, and were powerless to do anything about it, some people were freaking out, some sat in silence, and others of us joked and laughed about the situation. I actually asked one of my friends if he’d like to retake an exam, so he could maybe pass it, and sue with a better grade. He really bombed an exam badly, the day before, and there obviously wouldn’t be time for other remediation. He he told me to fuck off, we both laughed, did a “cheers” with our half empty coffees, and finished them off.
I was one of the laughers/jokers, but when the situation changed, giving us hope of survival, the laughing and joking went silent. Hope brought the stress for the rest of us. Obviously, we survived (I’m thumbing this missive out on my phone). I’ve been married over 20 years, have a couple kids.
maybe i never saw the internet as a social environment. just a space for organization.
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To feel like you are a part of the solution without any real effort… oh and internet points.
then maybe more of us need to be pointing that out
So we can feel like we are part of the solution without any real effort?
well, the real effort seems to be organizing people.