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doomscrolling is not activism
doomscrolling is not activism
"don't look away" is a meaningless phrase. who are you benefiting by inundating yourself with misery porn?
DO something about things you care about. Go to a protest for something you believe in, if you can. Donate money to a cause if you have it to spare. Volunteer your time to help people if you have the energy. Write a letter to your political representatives if that's something you can do. These are meaningful ways to try to make change in the world.
And then? don't feel bad about insulating yourself from horrible news. Don't make yourself look at images that make you feel sick. Don't read endless things that depress you. Because frankly it gets harder to actually do the more you doomscroll. Reading constantly about things you can't change because they're happening at a systemic level or on the other side of the world is paralyzing. It makes you less able to help where you can.
I'm not saying be willfully ignorant. I'm not saying pretend horrible things aren't happening. I'm saying don't destroy your mental health going in-depth and cycling through horror after horror on your phone. I'm saying there is no virtue in making yourself experience other people's traumas because mere awareness is not activism. you inflicting suffering on yourself is not activism.
doomscrolling is literally sapping your energy and focus away from doing anything useful to help other people. you can burn yourself out without ever lifting a finger by exposing yourself to all the bad news in the world and who does that help? no one.
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hellraiser is so funny like ohhhhh you touched our fidget cube now you have to go to bdsm hell forever
Double posting to catch up with @ghoulfriendfangs apprenticemberΒ
Who is his love interest? What is their relationship like?
Andrzejβs love interest is Asra for sure! They share a deep connection that Andrzej canβt explain (until the plot unfolds that is hehehe). They have a problem about being a little too codependent with one another because they are both happiest when they are in their own world (and because I'm a sucker for yanderes). Before the resurrection I imagine Andrzej loved Asra a normal amount but afterwards their connection is so strong that it can get a bit obsessive...I love Asra so much I can see them ending up with either Asraβs upright or reversed ending, but they are so possessive of each other I imagine the reversed ending as their canon story....