Our brains our broken. I don’t know how else to put it. They turn us into husks. Myself included.

Still very much an ongoing thing that they will face basically no repercussions for

The NYT and CNN polls tend to be the best tbh. They seem to have the most sophisticated methodology for properly weighting responses to reflect who will actually be voting. They have had a bias towards Dems of about 2 or 3 percent in recent years but they are consistent

Tanuki raccoon DOGS

It’s important to note that it wasn’t just drugs, it was ALL “crime” that became over policed and overpunished.

I wish all of these people would say this in front of leftist groups and organizations and see how overwhelmingly queer these spaces are, and then I hope those leftists would beat the shit out of them

What do you mean, the polls show that Texas is definitely in play for the Dems, for real this time!

Tough to say. Historically, the error around polls is inconsistent i.e. polls could bias towards Republicans in one cycle and then flip and favor the Dems the next. But when you have literally the same candidate for one party running in each of the last three cycles and the same inner circle of people running for the other, it’s very plausible that the polls are biased similarly in each cycle. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if we see similar results this time, but it’s impossible to know for sure.

Oh yeah, there is also basically a polling industrial complex now where polls that look good for the Dems blow up on Reddit and other social media. Creates an environment that incentivizes polling companies to fudge numbers. Impossible to know for sure if this is happening but I don’t discount the possibility

They kinda represent the last vestige of the wild west Internet now that I think about it

I think he’s a goalkeeper. Well he used to be at least

PayPal and Venmo ban our news sources because that’s how foreign governments fund their operations right? That’s definitely not because they rely on reader donations or anything, obviously.

Movies have gotten so bad and simultaneously showings of indie movies, classics, etc. have gone way down since the pandemic, at least in my town

Graphics get better, I enjoy games just the same. Just an excuse to sell new consoles.

A lot of it stuff that used be like 80 cents is now 2 or 3 dollars instead so it’s hard to realize how much you are spending until you get to the register

Curious how they never turn inward and levy any similar sort of criticism to mainstream western economists. They never acknowledge that Marx was literally building off of Adam Smith who they treat like Moses writing down the word of their god first of all, let alone dive deep into Keynes, Hayek, or whoever else the fuck they base their religious fervor for capitalism off of. Just such fucking hypocrites

Damn I relate to pretty much all of that. Good luck fighting the good fight out there, we all deserve better.

Fr why is crying like the most reliable way to reset my brain

Unfortunately self-care stuff tends to not be super helpful for neurodivergent folks. Exercise can be helpful if it is rigorous enough to produce a lot of feel good chemicals but sometimes it makes it worse for me. If I’m at home, sometimes all I can do is put an eyemask on and some headphones with some relaxing music and just lay like a potato in bed until it goes away. My animals and my partner comforting me can also really help, but sometimes not.

Since it sounds like you are still figuring out what sensory output messes with you, part of the solution might just learning what consistently bothers you and avoiding it as much as possible. Do you have any sensory input you really like? I personally really like being in water so baths can really help regulate me. Engaging with special interests is also really important and beneficial, but identifying and maintaining special interests can unfortunately be difficult for AuDHDers, well at least it is for me. Sometimes it seems like trying to fight it just makes it worse too and you just have to kinda let it happen and run its course.

I’m in a similar boat so I’m still figuring it out too. I hope these suggestions can be helpful and I’ll definitely be checking back in on this thread.

This is nicer than any city street in America

Ah that’s true, I was still partly lib during that time. I just remember when Biden came into power and began the “end of the pandemic” propaganda which involved a lot of reining in of non-corporate media. A lot of websites and journalists that kind of served as my entry point were affected or straight up banned. Then yeah Russia and Ukraine just kicked it into overdrive.

The campaign started under Biden to eliminate dissenting information on the internet and social media has been a rousing success. They have made the internet a liberal bubble again.