yeah now whenever i visit reddit (when i run out of fresh lemmy content) i constantly see things i would rather not. I’m doing my best to limit my “bad news and shit happenings” exposure and reddit recommends i watch all the tragic traffic accidents when people post them to r/maybemaybemaybe, right inbetween the freshest news from the genocide frontlines, and the newest bullshit coming from American politicians
If you don’t mind, I have a suggestion that could help with avoiding running out of stuff to check.
To see the same posts over and over is pretty annoying, me thinks. So while I don’t use much lemmy world, when I do, in the lack of a native function, I hide posts through ublock origin.
For example, the link of the OP over at your instance is:
lemmy.world/post/18355071
So I pick the number at the end of the link and add to a custom filter in ubo:
oh i have feed wide filters for lemmy things in my boost app, hiding everything that has “Trump, Musk, Elon, Israel, Palestine, USA, Genocide” in the title. i don’t mind seeing the same meme 3 times a day, but i am taking active measures against being constantly reminded that the world is shit and misery is at every corner. The internet is great and all but the human tendency to report on tragedies instead of nice things is awful for my, and everyone’s, mental health. It’s always a “16 year old who was about to cure cancer died in a tragic accident” and never “92 year old grandma had ice cream that reminded her of her first love”, just ugh,
I know we’re wired to focus on the negatives and dangers for our own survival, but I don’t think nature ever planned for us to be able to access a constant stream of reports about everything going wrong on earth, this instinct was supposed to make sure we remember where the bears are so we don’t get killed, not make us depressed :(
“92 year old grandma had ice cream that reminded her of her first love”
"And as she looks upfront, she meets the eyes of her first love. Or of a wrinkled, bald version of him. The seventy four years spent together took a toll on his handsome looks.
The decades that they spent together also had their benefits, though. She didn’t need to say anything - he knows that ice cream reminds her of when they started dating, and she knows that he knows.
And some things don’t change. The smile that she sees on his face is still the same weird, goofy smile that she saw when she was still 18; he’d ride his bike all the way from the ice cream shop to her house, with two little servings. It is not a smile that you’d see in a magazine cover, it was a genuine smile of someone who’s happy.
It’s also the reason why she’d rather have her ice cream slightly melted. Her children always poked some light-hearted fun at that, saying stuff like “Mum would rather drink it than eat it.”
From the corner of her eye, she can also see her grandson. He was also busy with some ice cream - but instead of eating it, he was feeding it to his own daughter.
You’re welcome! Frankly, I saw it like a cute writing prompt. (I agree with the main stuff that you said, by the way. We humans simply don’t deal well with the flood of bad news out there.)
yeah now whenever i visit reddit (when i run out of fresh lemmy content) i constantly see things i would rather not. I’m doing my best to limit my “bad news and shit happenings” exposure and reddit recommends i watch all the tragic traffic accidents when people post them to r/maybemaybemaybe, right inbetween the freshest news from the genocide frontlines, and the newest bullshit coming from American politicians
If you don’t mind, I have a suggestion that could help with avoiding running out of stuff to check.
To see the same posts over and over is pretty annoying, me thinks. So while I don’t use much lemmy world, when I do, in the lack of a native function, I hide posts through ublock origin.
For example, the link of the OP over at your instance is:
lemmy.world/post/18355071So I pick the number at the end of the link and add to a custom filter in ubo:
lemmy.world##a[href="/post/18355071"]:upward(div[class="post-listing mt-2"])And yes, needs to be done to each post you want to hide. It can be a bit slow, but not as bad as seeing the same posts over and over again, me thinks.
And as a last note, if you want a native post hide feature, places like where I’m talking from now and lemmy.ca have it.
Indeed. People might consider getting alts on instances that are on 19.5, it’s quite neat
Oh? It’s a site software update? Interesting! =O
oh i have feed wide filters for lemmy things in my boost app, hiding everything that has “Trump, Musk, Elon, Israel, Palestine, USA, Genocide” in the title. i don’t mind seeing the same meme 3 times a day, but i am taking active measures against being constantly reminded that the world is shit and misery is at every corner. The internet is great and all but the human tendency to report on tragedies instead of nice things is awful for my, and everyone’s, mental health. It’s always a “16 year old who was about to cure cancer died in a tragic accident” and never “92 year old grandma had ice cream that reminded her of her first love”, just ugh,
I know we’re wired to focus on the negatives and dangers for our own survival, but I don’t think nature ever planned for us to be able to access a constant stream of reports about everything going wrong on earth, this instinct was supposed to make sure we remember where the bears are so we don’t get killed, not make us depressed :(
"And as she looks upfront, she meets the eyes of her first love. Or of a wrinkled, bald version of him. The seventy four years spent together took a toll on his handsome looks.
The decades that they spent together also had their benefits, though. She didn’t need to say anything - he knows that ice cream reminds her of when they started dating, and she knows that he knows.
And some things don’t change. The smile that she sees on his face is still the same weird, goofy smile that she saw when she was still 18; he’d ride his bike all the way from the ice cream shop to her house, with two little servings. It is not a smile that you’d see in a magazine cover, it was a genuine smile of someone who’s happy.
It’s also the reason why she’d rather have her ice cream slightly melted. Her children always poked some light-hearted fun at that, saying stuff like “Mum would rather drink it than eat it.”
From the corner of her eye, she can also see her grandson. He was also busy with some ice cream - but instead of eating it, he was feeding it to his own daughter.
She really liked it vanilla."
thank you ❤️
You’re welcome! Frankly, I saw it like a cute writing prompt. (I agree with the main stuff that you said, by the way. We humans simply don’t deal well with the flood of bad news out there.)