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Life can be deeply dystopian—brutal, nasty, cold, unfair, and harsh. Even if you’re aware that negativity bias makes you focus more on negative than positive news, looking at the current state of the world can feel overwhelming and make you cynical. You wonder where things started going wrong, and how we ended up in this creek with no paddle.
There is one Facebook page that shares insightful social media posts that show just how dystopian things have gotten. We are featuring some of the most eerily accurate ones with you to make you think about society, your role in it, and what you can do to make things better, even if just on a local level. See you on the other side.
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#3
Megalodon Meg 19 hours ago
Breaks also f*****g exist. He could be off shift and texting his ride. He could be actively talking to his boss asking for work to do. Crusty a*s Randy should mind his own business.
Being a cynic might sound wise, but it is anything but. Universal cynicism harms your social relationships and can hurt your physical and mental health.
One of the things that helps you cope with the sad situation in society is realizing that we, human beings, are fundamentally hardwired for negativity.
When you understand this, you can take a step back and try to look at things more objectively: yes, horrendous things are happening in the world, but that is not the full picture, and we are not powerless to make the world a better place.
In brief, negativity bias is our tendency to focus on bad events more than good ones. And this is what helped our ancestors survive.
#6
StretcherBearer 17 hours ago
Saying we're the freeist country is just neurotic self soothing and denial at this point.
Negativity bias is actually the reason why someone criticizing you hurts more than the happiness you feel when you get a compliment. One negative experience can derail an otherwise good day.
What’s more, people tend to base many of their decisions on what they would rather not lose, rather than what they stand to gain, Verywell Mind explains.
#8
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 21 hours ago
One is a disgusting life style choice being forced upon decent, hard working people. The other is homosexuality.
Negativity bias is the reason why we notice and remember negative experiences much more than positive ones. It is also the reason why traumas affect people for such a long time after the event.
Though unpleasant and inconvenient in the modern world, negativity bias is likely what helped our ancestors survive and thrive. In short, people who were more attuned to potential dangers and threats were more likely to survive and pass on their genes. In other words, your brain focuses on negative events as a way to try to keep you safe. Or, well, safer.
#11
Rachel Reynolds 19 hours ago
" *checks history books* I hate to tell you this, but violence is usually the answer
#12
The downside of negativity bias is that it forces many people to be constantly on alert for danger pretty much everywhere: at work, in their community, around the world, in their relationships, etc.
For example, this bias can make you suspicious of other people, including those closest to you. In other words, you expect the worst from other human beings, even if they are kind, caring, and do their best.
“Because it takes more for positive experiences to be remembered, it is important to give extra attention to good things that happen. Where negative things might be quickly transferred and stored in your long-term memory, you need to make more of an effort to get the same effect from happy moments. So when something great happens, take a moment to really focus on it. Replay the moment several times in your memory and focus on the wonderful feelings the memory evokes,” Verywell Mind suggests.
#13
Yayheterogeneity 17 hours ago
It's just the cherry on top of everything the toddler's administration does. You need to get rid of him ASAP.
Of course, overcoming what you’re hardwired to do is no easy feat. Negativity bias won’t ever fully go away. Nor will you significantly shift your mindset overnight. It will take weeks and months of effort to consciously remind yourself that the world is more nuanced, not just a dystopian hellscape.
That’s not to say that you should ignore serious problems (they need to be addressed), but if you constantly live with chronic stress, feeling overwhelmed, your mental health will suffer.
#18
Roman Arendt 18 hours ago
To be fair: She failed the (full) bar exam just once as of yet. The one she failed the first few attempts was the "baby bar", which is required in California for students who did not attend a law school full time. And she seems to not have given up on becoming a lawyer. Don't get me wrong: I don't really like her, better: care about her very much, but there is enough fake news around, no need to add to it, even if it concerns people like her who probably couldn't care less because of their money. 😐
If you constantly dwell on dark thoughts, find it tough to be optimistic, and your relationships with your loved ones are suffering, something needs to change.
One thing that you can do is limit negative self-talk and increase the amount of positive self-talk. The idea here is to shift how you view events and experiences, and reframe them in a more positive light.
“This doesn’t mean ignoring potential dangers or wearing rose-colored glasses—it simply means refocusing so that you give fair and equal weight to good events,” Verywell Mind stresses.
#19
Bartlet for world domination 10 hours ago (edited)
Well, when I was 18 and first allowed to vote, I was slightly left of center. Then everybody shifted to the right.
Another strategy that you can employ is to change your behavior patterns by redirecting your attention elsewhere. For instance, if you are ruminating on unpleasant things, actively try to distract yourself with something enjoyable or redirect your thoughts elsewhere.
As simple and cheesy as it sounds, try going for a walk, reading a quality book, or putting on some good music.
Again, the issue is not that you’re recognizing very real, serious challenges in your social circle, local community, and around the world. The problem is that you constantly think about these issues, which hurts your mental health and relationships.
At the end of the day, remember that it is not a sign of weakness to ask for help. If you’re struggling with anxiety, stress, negativity, cynicism, and the like, reach out to your family and friends for support. Meanwhile, get in touch with a therapist so that they can guide you in reframing your experiences in a way that empowers you and makes you more resilient.
#22
Megalodon Meg 19 hours ago
"Aliens are real" Yeah I know, arrest everyone in the Epstein Files.
Currently, the ‘I quit my job by text’ Facebook page boasts 121k followers. At this point in time, the project primarily shares social commentary from all over social media about the dystopian state of the world.
However, earlier, the page used to focus on workplace, management, and job-related toxicity content. It was a “safe space to share that final message to your boss.”
#25
Megalodon Meg 19 hours ago
What a horrible loss of life and risk to so many others who just showed up to work that day. The bees obviously, RIP those poor 1000 bees 😔 We already don't have enough of them. They died heroes.
Once you’ve looked through these posts, we’d like to hand the conversation over to you.
What is your personal perspective on the current state of the world? Are you cynical, exhausted, scared, powerless, and overwhelmed? Maybe you’re determined, optimistic, hopeful, and feeling empowered? Or maybe you’re feeling a mix of all of those things?
What do you think the biggest problems affecting the world and society are right now, and what can realistically be done to solve them? What are you doing to make your local community better and stronger? Let us know in the comments.
#29
Megalodon Meg 19 hours ago
Horrific that babies are dying due to straight up stupidity. The only silver lining is that these f*****g morons will struggle to successfully continue their bloodlines.
#30
Apocalyptic Excavator 6 hours ago (edited)
I mean it's simple maths. Men are 50% of the USA workforce. 60% (so 30% total) are white. 75% of them (so 22% total) are able bodied. 90% of them (so 20% total) are cishet. DEI policies still don't result in 20% of population being 20% of the hired paid employees, which means we still hire them mostly because they're white cis her able-bodied men, not because of their qualifications.
#31
#32
Sarah Belt 16 hours ago
My favorite dentist told me that when I was moving and looking for a new dentist, find one that had their own practice. Don't go to a chain office.
#34
TotallyNOTAFox 4 hours ago (edited)
The comparison lacks a lot, the "Cinco de Mayo" celebrates the mexican army's victory over the French Empire while 9/11 was a terrorist attack on civilians. Using the memorial day of a victory of a foreign nation over another foreign nation for drinking can be seen as tasteless in the sense of cultural appropiation but is harmless, celebrating a terrorist attack with over 3.000 victims directly and many more as result years later paints you as an outright arsehole that doesn't deserve sympathy. That's like saying celebrating the norwegian "Constitution Day" (Today, 17.05) is the same as having a celebration party for the 7th October. (And as german I say, if you want to have a party on the 3rd October and base it on our "Unification Day" go ahead, cool that it gets recognized)
#35
Tom Brincefield 20 hours ago
I know exactly what makes that watch so expensive. Someone is stupid enough to pay that much.
#36
Bartlet for world domination 10 hours ago
I'm going to say the dreaded 'this should be higher' because Chrome actually did that, Google is offloading its AI workload on personal computers and what the AI does in there is anybody's guess. Don't use the browser, and stay the f away from the operating system.
#37
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 5 hours ago
Hmmm... This sounds like a new quest level challenge.
#39
Luke || Kira (he/she) 8 hours ago
That's a MIGHTY good argument. Experiencing $hitty men was one of the things that pushed me towards being genderqueer, but every decent man I meet makes me proud of that part of myself that's still a man.
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#41
Luke || Kira (he/she) 8 hours ago
Remember that PragerU post that goes like "Young people are so enamored by 'anti-racist' rhethorics, but the TRUTH is that they're against America and the fundamental values the country was built on"? Said the quiet part out loud
#42
#48
Geoffrey Scott 8 hours ago
GEO group's prison in Baldwin, Mi was closed, now with new life as an ICE detention facility.
#52
Megalodon Meg 19 hours ago
Or, hear me out, we stop having a f**k a*s two party system all together because it's f*****g broken.
#53
Luke || Kira (he/she) 8 hours ago
Books: by mentally unwell people, for mentally unwell people 😆
#54
#55
Luke || Kira (he/she) 7 hours ago
IMO he was doing more of God's work than all right-wing pastors combined
#59
TotallyNOTAFox 3 hours ago (edited)
Reminder: Hasan Piker also glazes up the Taliban, Hamas, Hisbollah, North Korea and the CCP... His whole brand is about being anti-west and communist while being part of a wealthy turkish family and living in a very expensive mansion in the US. He is also very unhinged and rages a lot about other people.
#61
lightlywhispereddestruction 13 hours ago
Do you understand that putting all white people in the same bucket makes you as bad as the white people that you despise? Not all white people are the same. Just as not all people of any race are the same.
#63
Geoffrey Scott 8 hours ago
Start the downvotes: The line starts behind the Chippewa, the Sioux, the Seminole, the Cherokee...
#64
TotallyNOTAFox 3 hours ago (edited)
The internet and the World Wide Web are two different things, what we have access to in our homes is like 10% of the Internet, the rest are enclosed-, specialised- or private networks
#68
David 17 hours ago
This is false, there is no d***h penalty for this. In Israel the new law you need to k**l an Israeli Citizen in the act of t*******m to get the D***h Penalty. This is a pure lie. But yes, these 2 members are part of a group banned in the US, UAE, and several European Countries for being a Hamas front. They are being tried for t*******m. Also their boat has no humanitarian aid or food. The whol flotilla had 2 vans worth of aid, mostly expired baby formula, while that same day over 500 trucks entered Gaza through legit humanitarian orgs to bring supplies. Dont lie, tell the truth
#69
David 16 hours ago
Thats not an arguement any Pro-Israel people make. Its if Israel doesn't have a right to exist, than neither does Lebanon (1943), Syria (1946) , Jordan (1946), Pakistan (1947), etc. All National identity based states, created in the 20th Century by European Powers, through carving up larger colonial holdings, and all conraversal with some minority groups complaining about how it was divided up (Druze in Syria and Lebanon, Kurds in Syria, Jordan the old clans vs the Arabian Clans, Pakistan the millions of Hindus expelled, etc)
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