Im becoming unsettled. Maybe a few memes total on first two pages. How could things go so bad? Where are the yester beans gone?

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    OP is onto something.

    maybe people are getting sad out there. maybe news is coming at us fast… because change (unprecedented bad bad change) is happening faster than ever before?

    it’s a sign of the times. people blaming news junkies or whining about blocking comms don’t get it. we’re no longer living in a time when we can afford to ignore what’s happening around us.

    ps, I’m not arguing against memes. in fact go check [email protected] it’s been turned into a satire comm under new mods and it’s wonderful!

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      Yeah that’s unfortunate. I joined that community to listen to concerns of my compatriots.

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        The amount of polarization right now is pretty concerning. People can’t imagine how someone could possibly have a different view. Conservatives and progressives both see the other as dumb and extreme. I don’t need to agree with someone to understand where there beliefs come from.

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          Whoop! There it is. I’ve definitely been guilty, up until very recently. It’s time to wake up, now. I’d wager we’ve all been asleep at the wheel, for decades, now.

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          No, I will stay and hope our conservative brothers and sisters return and we can welcome them with healthy dialogue. It’s a multilane two-way information superhighway. We can visit each others ’ spaces and stay in our lanes, unless we use turn signals, like responsible, respectable drivers.

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            With the mod team driving the current environment you’re very likely better off building somewhere new. It’s the main benefit of the fediverse after all

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              Easier isn’t necessity better. Let’s wait and see if “left” can stop behaving like ultraright*.