LifestyleWho else here is experiencing "insanity fatigue"?

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[–]ImSuperCerial 18 insightful - 2 fun18 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

You aren't alone but there is a solution available.

Get away from social media and go outside.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 28 insightful - 1 fun28 insightful - 0 fun29 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Depending on where you live, you're likely to encounter these people outside as well, except you can't turn them off. For example, I went to a female bathroom a few days ago, only to see a man in an illfitting blouse and skirt waltz on in, stop, look over the women washing their hands with a smile on his face, as if he can't believe that he's able to do this, before going to the cubicles. That's definitely not creepy and something I won't encounter in the outside world, right?

Not to mention there's transwomen who come to my work that I have to interact with. One older AGP got way too close to me, then when I told them that we need to social distance, he put his hand on my arm and said in a falsetto 'sorry, sweetie, I didn't notice'. He knows exactly what he was doing and was trying to see how far he could go.

So no, going outside isn't any better if you live in a progressive city. I'd love to live wherever you are.

Edit: Getting too close is something that I've seen middle-aged to elderly men do in general (more so when I was younger, but it's happening again now that I've lost a lot of weight), so I wasn't surprised by the AGP's behaviour in the slightest, just made extremely uncomfortable.

[–]our_team_is_winning 12 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I will shout "there's a man in here, ladies!" really loudly. Damn these AGP creeps perving on us and the law being on THEIR side.

Laws to protect sexual fetish -- women's rights needs to start back at almost zero. At least we can still own property.

[–]verystablegenius 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

your comment seems a bit flippant. what i had to do was mute or remove people off my instagram that were behaving as OP described. THAT really helped. “go outside” isn’t a great solution when, say you live in a hyper progressive west coast city and going outside means having to engage with these same concepts and behavior.

[–]JulienMayfair[S] 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I actually think it's good advice. I've had to unfollow a bunch of people on FB, including, sadly, one of my best friends from high school. She posts ~5-6 scold memes every single day, to the point where I was thinking, "Do you really think all your friends are so dumb and/or ethically unevolved that we need to be preached at by you every single day?"

[–]our_team_is_winning 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The inner tyrant has come out in full force with the Woke the past couple years. Who knew so many of our acquaintances, and friends and family sadly, couldn't wait to go full Maoist Cultural Revolution?

Maybe send them a one-line "you're in a cult" and a cult recovery help resource links before cutting the off.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

At this point, I think that cities are a failed experiment. I used to want to live in a city, but now I would rather live in a small village where I know all of the locals and the community is strong.

[–]reluctant_commenter 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You aren't alone but there is a solution available.

Get away from social media and go outside.

That's no solution for me, transgender ideology is extremely popular where I live. I am unlikely to encounter AGP insanity in real life, but the rest? It IS outside, lol. That's the problem.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I’m just glad I live in a town of about 20,000 people and don’t know most of the people there. That way I can go for a walk and get peace. People living in woke cities are fucked however.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm about the same, although it's the sort of place where if you're going down a side street, people still say hi even if they don't know each other. A perfect mix of small enough for those things and big enough that you barely know anyone there.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I studied in a city of about 80,000 people. I loved it there, but I prefer the town I live in because 20,000 is much more manageable. The only two advantages to living in the city are jobs and dating options. Maybe I will live in a city for a few years for career development and to get a man, but as soon as those two things have been achieved, I’m moving out to the country.

In fact, why don’t gays, lesbians and bisexuals just do away with cities altogether? Why don’t we build villages out in the middle of nowhere? Why don’t we set up gay bars and lesbian bars in small towns?