I can’t just assume everyone is just giving up

But if people really are just giving up, we need to recognize it.

I think a lot of people are unhappy but don’t know what to do. Just going to a general protest doesn’t seem like enough. And there’s no obvious leader to the opposition.

This is the stage of the conflict where we try to minimize the damage until the next election. That’s not a very motivating message, but that’s where we are. I suggest you pick an organization and do what you can with them. There are others, but personally I picked Indivisible:

• https://indivisible.org/resource/guide
• https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/

Thanks, it’s amazing how I can log in to lemmy every day and there are still live interesting communities that I didn’t know existed. We’re really not that small after all.

also see: https://indivisible.org/resource/guide

This is literally you, buddy:

be a chad… speak the truth. At !chadmctruthstruth@lemmy.world

Have you tried posting to !chadmctruthstruth@lemmy.world ?

np fam! There’s a lot more stuff out there, those really are just the ones I like.

These are my favorite:

They were very pro-r$ddit during the API purge.

Still, it’s good to see them “on the right side of history” now.

thx!

You’re on a good instance. Go crazy, fam.

Now that you mention it, there are a couple of us posting regularly on !bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world and !fullmoviesonyoutube@lemm.ee and I sometimes post to !martialartsmovies@lemm.ee , !badmovies@lemmy.world , and !cultfilms@lemux.minnix.dev. If you add them all together you have a pretty vibrant community.

Maybe we should do that thing where we link to each other’s communities in the sidebar, like a “movie ring” or something?

agreed. at most it belongs on !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com so we can consider how we can use it to advertise lemmy to disenchanted r$dditors.

Trump supporters feel insecure about the world. By bullying someone, they feel better.

That’s why they never turn against Trump when the policies inevitably backfire. It just makes them feel more insecure, and therefore even better about bullying someone. And there are plenty of us to bully.

omg you’re right… I’ve been off r$ddit long enough that I didn’t recognize that… I guess I’m starting to heal…

How could 501 people downvote such a brilliant work of fiction?

whatever was between Digg and usenet

for me, it was a mix of Slashdot and a bunch of discussion boards.

but still struggle to socialize. I often find it hard to keep conversations going, and honestly, I sometimes feel bored even when I’m talking to people.

I suspect there’s something there. It may be nothing, or it may be just a lack of maturity (nothing wrong with that, you’re still young), or it may be a defense mechanism, or it may be a lack of empathy of some kind. There’s a bit of a skill to really finding interest in other people. If you talk with someone long enough, you can usually find something interesting about them. But it can be a skill to build rapport and to have genuine empathy – if you force it, you can sound “fake” or like you’re interviewing them. I’ve had some friends who were great at this, they could hold a conversation with basically anyone, I’m not a natural but I just watched them often enough that I try to do what they did. You may want to look around for some kind of social skills training or counseling if that’s available.

I’ve also faced rejection from women about 4-5 times in a row, which I know is mostly my fault because I come off as desperate or just don’t know what I’m doing.

There is so much benefit to having a platonic girfriend. Someone socially competent who you have zero interest in hooking up with but you’re good friends with. Then you can say: I have no idea what I’m doing wrong, I went up to (whoever) and said (whatever) and I think I just came off as desperate! And then your platonic girlfriend will tell you what you’re doing wrong.

Well there are two issues there.

• First, where’s the right place to organize? This community has decided to not focus on politics, and instead direct people to !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world and !askusa@discuss.online which is fair enough.
• Second, what can we do that is more than just a big protest/rally? There are plenty of organizations that do important work but a lot of progress isn’t big and flashy enough to make the news. The 50501 demonstrations came about in part because people felt not enough was being done and wanted something bigger and flashier, and several organizations went to the 50501 demonstrations to offer “next steps.” But to answer the question “what can we do?”: find an organization that does more than just demonstrate, i.e. maybe they pressure congressional reps., maybe they focus on state- or city-level policy, maybe they support legal challenges, maybe they help protect vulnerable communities, etc.

Your post will probably get removed. You may want to go look at !Resist@fedia.io instead. There’s a sticky post there with useful links too. Personally I favor https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/ because they’re organized locally and perform targeted demonstrations e.g. to get a specific congressional rep to act a certain way.