i just wish we could just mentally go back to the 2000's as a collective, im the only one doing it right? am i?
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suicidaltransgirl
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hell no. there were some things that were better back then for sure, but being less "woke" was not one of them.
i wanna escape mentally again, age regress please help me with that either that or my aesthetics
suicidaltransgirl
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This is still unclear. Have you tried watching TV, playing video games, reading a good book?
EvisceratedJester
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The type of people who unironically use the term "woke" (except those using the word in the context of its original meaning in AAVE) are the type of people I can't take seriously. I'm sorry, but I'm honestly happy that we are past the early 2000s mindset. Things changed for a reason and I feel like it's better to educate yourself on why that is instead of complaining about it.
i wanna just have some way ot returning whenever i want, atleast for myself please
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People always complain about shit being "too woke" while ignoring how poorly those from marginalized demographics were being treated back then. The term woke will literally be brought up, even in contexts where nothing is going on outside of a piece of media maybe having a POC character, a female character, or a queer character as the lead. Even when it doesn't get shoved into people's faces you guys still complain about that.
I'm just going to leave you with this.
WhiteRabbit
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Is the "woke" in the room with us right now?
What are you even talking about?
What are you even talking about?
EvisceratedJester
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It's a meaningless term at this point that is mainly used by those who have biases against marginalized groups but are in denial of it.
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I would also like to go back to the 2000's, but not because I think the world has become too progressive.
"Why are there black people and gays in my vidya game
"i just wanna go back to those days just to atleast beat up my past self before its too late, and enjoy it againI would also like to go back to the 2000's, but not because I think the world has become too progressive.
"Why are there black people and gays in my vidya game
I don't know what games or systems you own. Choose something you're interested in. Tetris, Mario, whatever.
EvisceratedJester
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"Ugh, why does this women have facial hair. The woke crowd keep on trying to make women ugly and manly now""Why are there black people and gays in my vidya game
how does one disable notifications from a thread, im kinda getting triggered here also please give me ideas on how to just escape to my era mentally right now
zenirsar
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Press "ignore" at the top of the thread. You can pm me to me if you wanna talk.
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I'm starting to wonder if you are trolling or something, ngl.
Anyway, you can turn off notifications for a thread by going to the top of the thread and pressing ignore.
how does one disable notifications from a thread, im kinda getting triggered here also please give me ideas on how to just escape to my era mentally right now
thanks
Wokism is like an infectious disease, there's multiple reasons why it has spread:
Leftist globalists targeted and captured so many institutions. School, universities, hospitals, anything state-run. They've then gone after the media and corporations.
The problem is that there simply isn't enough push back. The nature of the right is generally a belief in freedom': free speech, freedom from the state etc. The woke mob absolutely detest freedom, but can of course exploit it where it exists to push their agenda and to attack dissenters.
Another issue seems to be the decline in religion. I'm personally not particularly religious myself but in a lot of people it does seem to fill a void in their lives. Wokism seems like a cult because it is one and thus adherents have Wokism as their religion now. Thus if you disagree with their far left politics they're no more going to use facts or debate than a Muslim or Christian is going to be interested in discussing their beliefs with Richard Dawkins. They don't need evidence, they don't need to prove anything, they're part of an extremist cult and disagreement it even questioning anything is blasphemy and must be punished. Of course there all kinds of events throughout history which completely refute their ideology, hence to huge desire to destroy monuments and rewrite history.
I agree that the rise of Wokism is not only depressing but extremely dangerous. Sports, games, movies and tv now all 99% ruined.
The good news is we have the internet, X, plus of course there plenty of uncorrupted media from the past too enjoy (at least until they figure out how to erase that part of history too). Plus there's nature to enjoy, I mean the entirety of biological science in almost every animal completely debunks their agenda, so they must really hate the outdoors!
Leftist globalists targeted and captured so many institutions. School, universities, hospitals, anything state-run. They've then gone after the media and corporations.
The problem is that there simply isn't enough push back. The nature of the right is generally a belief in freedom': free speech, freedom from the state etc. The woke mob absolutely detest freedom, but can of course exploit it where it exists to push their agenda and to attack dissenters.
Another issue seems to be the decline in religion. I'm personally not particularly religious myself but in a lot of people it does seem to fill a void in their lives. Wokism seems like a cult because it is one and thus adherents have Wokism as their religion now. Thus if you disagree with their far left politics they're no more going to use facts or debate than a Muslim or Christian is going to be interested in discussing their beliefs with Richard Dawkins. They don't need evidence, they don't need to prove anything, they're part of an extremist cult and disagreement it even questioning anything is blasphemy and must be punished. Of course there all kinds of events throughout history which completely refute their ideology, hence to huge desire to destroy monuments and rewrite history.
I agree that the rise of Wokism is not only depressing but extremely dangerous. Sports, games, movies and tv now all 99% ruined.
The good news is we have the internet, X, plus of course there plenty of uncorrupted media from the past too enjoy (at least until they figure out how to erase that part of history too). Plus there's nature to enjoy, I mean the entirety of biological science in almost every animal completely debunks their agenda, so they must really hate the outdoors!
WhiteRabbit
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You don't think it's dangerous to bully everyone to have the same opinion, to silence dissent, every media outlet to push the same agenda, even these options and messages are typically the complete opposite of reality or at least severely flawed?
They literally have to rewrite history and science to try to make it fit the woke agenda.
WhiteRabbit
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But what exactly are you talking about? What opinions? LGBT rights? Diversity in media?
Chinaski
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Look, I think OP said something a little bit silly but that he wasn't hugely committed to, and he was mostly just saying he was nostalgic without being hugely concerned about "wokeism".
On the other hand:
For starters, the idea that every media outlet pushes the same agenda is transparently nonsense to anyone familiar with the media. There's huge variety of views expressed, sometimes even within one outlet (look at the variety of views found in papers like the New York Times or the Independent for instance, which tend to span from "wet" social democrats to neocons and One-Nation types). You can find everything from newswire services like Reuters and AP, to communist outlets like Morning Star and Jacobin, to deeply conservative outlets like Fox News and the Daily Mail, to stuff that's hard to characterise like the Epoch Times and Al Jazeera. It's hard to seriously make the case that conservative viewpoints are being silenced in the mainstream media - if anything, it seems like conservative viewpoints are more common.
But also... how does this make 99% of TV, games, and especially sport "ruined"? There just doesn't seem to be any connection there. Normal people would view that as a completely insane statement. If you enjoy getting angry because the sports leagues aren't racially segregated any more then hey, who am I to take away your fun? But idk, maybe you'd enjoy it even more if instead of seeing the woke monster everywhere, you tried enjoying things?
On the other hand:
What are you even talking about?
For starters, the idea that every media outlet pushes the same agenda is transparently nonsense to anyone familiar with the media. There's huge variety of views expressed, sometimes even within one outlet (look at the variety of views found in papers like the New York Times or the Independent for instance, which tend to span from "wet" social democrats to neocons and One-Nation types). You can find everything from newswire services like Reuters and AP, to communist outlets like Morning Star and Jacobin, to deeply conservative outlets like Fox News and the Daily Mail, to stuff that's hard to characterise like the Epoch Times and Al Jazeera. It's hard to seriously make the case that conservative viewpoints are being silenced in the mainstream media - if anything, it seems like conservative viewpoints are more common.
But also... how does this make 99% of TV, games, and especially sport "ruined"? There just doesn't seem to be any connection there. Normal people would view that as a completely insane statement. If you enjoy getting angry because the sports leagues aren't racially segregated any more then hey, who am I to take away your fun? But idk, maybe you'd enjoy it even more if instead of seeing the woke monster everywhere, you tried enjoying things?
Worndown
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- Mar 21, 2019
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Woke has been confused with empathy.
Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share another person's feelings, experiences, and emotions. It's a broad concept that involves both cognitive and emotional reactions to the experiences of others.
What we have is people complaining about all advances in our humanity since the early sixties and calling it woke. Well, many here would benefit from a little more empathy. To awaken and see some of the troubles faced by others is supposed to be a good thing.
I will be a little rude and question the cognitive and emotional abilities of those complaining.
Putting the soap box away...
Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share another person's feelings, experiences, and emotions. It's a broad concept that involves both cognitive and emotional reactions to the experiences of others.
What we have is people complaining about all advances in our humanity since the early sixties and calling it woke. Well, many here would benefit from a little more empathy. To awaken and see some of the troubles faced by others is supposed to be a good thing.
I will be a little rude and question the cognitive and emotional abilities of those complaining.
Putting the soap box away...
Angst Filled Fuck Up
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I hate it from a corporate and media standpoint, sure. I've never believed it has anything to do with proper treatment of marginalized groups.
Now I would support natural and organic awareness towards kindness and inclusivity. If we collectively decided as humans that a, b and c cannot go on any longer in the interest of raising our combined consciousness and ensuring truly fair treatment for everyone, then awesome. But I can't get behind it at this artificial level. I mean when Coca Cola and universities are ramming "acceptance, acceptance" down your throat at every possible turn, it's like come on dude. This isn't about kindness. I tend to think it's mostly about integrating all population groups to smooth over things like mass immigration (whether or not it's feasible). As well as buttering up political constituencies and marketing to everyone at a perfectly representative percentage so that nobody feels alienated to the point of not buying your product.
Ultimately we've had a lot of societal spillover from the above. It bled into Twitter and Gen Z as a whole, and now it's like, anyone who feels even some semblance of anything different to what Kellog's or Unilever tells them to feel is a racist, homophobic asshole. But again, it's all pretty superficial. Almost like having your moral compass spoon fed to you by corporations and (social) media rather than being secure in what makes you a good person.
And if we're going to be good, let's be properly good, not just symbolically. If Musk is worth 247 billion while 25,000 people die of starvation every day, then I just think, let's do this the right way. Instead, we have everyone take a knee against racism before a Premier League game. Slacktivism as far as I'm concerned.
Anything from the heart though, with love and a genuine desire for change behind it, that's good stuff. And +1 on Hungry Hippos.
Now I would support natural and organic awareness towards kindness and inclusivity. If we collectively decided as humans that a, b and c cannot go on any longer in the interest of raising our combined consciousness and ensuring truly fair treatment for everyone, then awesome. But I can't get behind it at this artificial level. I mean when Coca Cola and universities are ramming "acceptance, acceptance" down your throat at every possible turn, it's like come on dude. This isn't about kindness. I tend to think it's mostly about integrating all population groups to smooth over things like mass immigration (whether or not it's feasible). As well as buttering up political constituencies and marketing to everyone at a perfectly representative percentage so that nobody feels alienated to the point of not buying your product.
Ultimately we've had a lot of societal spillover from the above. It bled into Twitter and Gen Z as a whole, and now it's like, anyone who feels even some semblance of anything different to what Kellog's or Unilever tells them to feel is a racist, homophobic asshole. But again, it's all pretty superficial. Almost like having your moral compass spoon fed to you by corporations and (social) media rather than being secure in what makes you a good person.
And if we're going to be good, let's be properly good, not just symbolically. If Musk is worth 247 billion while 25,000 people die of starvation every day, then I just think, let's do this the right way. Instead, we have everyone take a knee against racism before a Premier League game. Slacktivism as far as I'm concerned.
Anything from the heart though, with love and a genuine desire for change behind it, that's good stuff. And +1 on Hungry Hippos.
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