Sometimes when the politics deeply affects you, you just need a little break from it.

You can't take a break from that. I have transgender friends who fear for their life every day. They don't know what is going to happen to their rights or their healthcare. I have diabetic friends who can't work and also fear for their life because losing Medicaid would mean they will stop being able to afford insulin and will die. This is what people mean when they talk about politics being important. It's not just things that don't affect you, which is what most people mean when they say they don't care about politics. As soon as something affects you, you will understand.

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subsistence234 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>You can't take a break from that.

Yes you can.

>I have transgender friends who fear for their life every day. [continues]

That's hysteria.

	▲	StefanBatory an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Who are you to decide that? Are you blind? Or do you just ignore what do you see? Do you not see the state propaganda against them if you're in America? "Why those Jews in Germany in 1935 are so paranoid?"

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jajuuka 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And if all you do all day is worry about someone else's or your own problems and politics you will not survive. Everyone has problems. Every single person has an issue that could cause them to die or a political event that could cause them harm. Your friends are not special or unique. There are billions of people who don't know if they will have food for their next meal, don't have money to pay rent, struggle with an addiction, etc.

It's okay to watch a show about knights and demons and enjoy it. It's okay to use a piece of software that doesn't code every release as a protest against something. Instead of judging other people for not burning out, maybe take a break yourself. It's okay and normal.