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[โ€“] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

sorry, I'm an old fart on the internet, my comment was covered in sarcasm haha. I get that negative people drain the positivity out of things, but I think history would call this era in america a trump-led republican-manufactured depression. Negativity happens in depressions, I don't think it's wise to curse it like the person I was originally replying to was alluding to. Positivity is useful as well, and much more so when it comes to organizing things that bring about immediate relief.

Saying 'stop being negative', right now in this moment, is saying "stop being unhealthy" to people losing their medical coverage or "stop being unhoused" to people being kicked out of their apartments or "stop crying" because your wife lost her white collar job too and now youre both working door dash to stay afloat in this economy. Some people are literally trying to survive to not die and don't have the literal privilege of being in a positive mood when a random person on the internet graces upon the comment section of a lemmy thread. How dare they. Fucking people who dare think differently than them because they forgot the random internet person who needs positivity constantly around them might feel a bit sad about negativity.

What people need are good neighbors. I'm obviously not one yet but damn just leave people alone please. Not you but people like the person I originally replied to

Thank you for the clarification. I agree 100%!