Seems like I'm having a major case of General Discourse Polarization Fatigue.
I'm getting so tired of tribalism, pearl clutching, moral superiority olympics, pissing contests and people talking past each other on pretty much any topic relevant to today, to the point where honest and healthy conversation is becoming almost impossible, it literally affects my mental well-being.
Am I becoming a filthy centrist?
Replying to @drq@mastodon.ml
Radical woke vs anti-woke.
AI boosters vs NoAI.
Cryptobros vs anti-crypto.
Far-industrialism vs far-environmentalism.
Anti-vegan vs. vegan.
Tankies vs radical anarchists.
Etc, etc.
It's almost like the only two positions you're allowed to have nowadays is either "full of shit" or "out of touch".
You know, what. Fuck y'all.
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Replying to @drq@mastodon.ml
@drq in these situations, it is always useful to look at actual public opinion polls, most people are way more reasonable
they might dislike certain aspects of "political correctness" / "wokeness", but they still believe racism and sexism and other kinds of bigotry are bad
they may dislike the build-up of datacenters and corporations stealing people's info or driving folks into layoffs, but also see AI as a technology with valid uses
and so on, and so on