I am European.
Here's an image I took on Friday:

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As an American I have no idea what this bizarre contraption is
this a commie bus to the despair mines
That sign has a Z and letters with accent mark over it.
So I think this a picture of communism?
Man, as an American I wish I had that kind of picture to take.
I have a filter on
- Trump
- Musk
- ICE
- Vance
- [Ai] slop
- Microsoft
- Grok
My All Feed is basically empty now or consists of posts with zero or very few comments. I love the filter option, but it has also made it quite clear what is being pushed the most on Lemmy.
Yeah just some of the most important world events going on. Odd how people talk about that stuff.
Sure, but i've just reached a point where I don't want to get bummed out, everytime I open a social media app.
There must be positive things to talk about, and not just the enshittification of everything and the end of the world.

All I ever hear off of here is about every mundane dull thing. Most people don't give a flying fuck about the state of world, it's distressing really. People are dying, rights are being lost, the planet's fucked, genocide is going on but people are more interested in TV shows and other distractions.
I definitely get that! And it is definitely an issue. Personally, I feel like the state of the world is constantly knocking on my door. It's almost claustrophobic. I vote for parties and politicians I believe in, I try to avoid supporting the ones who try to fuck up our world by not using their products or buy them.
But besides that, I not sure what else I can do, and I'm definitely up for suggestions.
Yes, reading every horrible news article 24-7 is your MORAL DUTY and any attention to anything else, even if due to mental health concerns, makes you one of THEM and a BAD PERSON. Any distraction whatsoever is EVIL.
Have you considered the effect our emotional landscape has over our mental health, our effectiveness to pursue the world we want and the wellbeing of those around us? Sometimes people need distractions, friend.
I can see why those are important, but I don't wanna be more angry lol
Along with your list, I have also blocked these communities. This is half list.

I'd love to make fun of European politics, there's no shortage of embarrassments.
not my fault my fellow Americans elected king dumbass.
Whoa whoa whoa whoa! Hang on a second. We didn't elect a king. You don't elect a king. We elected a dictator.
There's a difference.
Kings are born royalty. This jackass got elected. We CHOOSE him. This is OUR fault. Whereas with kings, nobody chooses them. They're just born into that role.
I don't think we did though. Before even one vote was counted he was bragging that the results don't matter because he has all the votes he needs. He literally announced that he'd rigged an election and nobody did anything about it.
It's impossible because Trump keeps doing things it can still be 3:00 in the morning over there and he'll do something. All Europe seems to have is the Germans, and they keep posting in their weird secret language.
As someone that can read German, das ist keine Problem. Es war sehr gut für Deutsch zu lernen. (My German is shit tho)
It is. Aber das macht nichts, man kann dich trotzdem verstehen.
The US is like turning on a morning soap opera. What absurd and dramatic contrivances have they come up with this time that could never happen in real life?
I assume it's because the life in Europe is better so people don't need to escape their reality as much. You can go out and see a cool castle or ride a train or go check out a new country. And then you can get really, really, really good food that won't give you diarrhea like the food here in the US.
You misunderstand, riding trains increases the amount of shitposting capacity one has.
Start posting. Please. I am begging you.
- An American tired of wallowing.
…and being boring is only one of Europe’s strong points.
Here I am from the Balkans.
But I feel like posting about USA, until it's never relevant again.
Well then post some articles about whats been going on in tge Balkins, I've got a buddy in Belegrade
Just block the rest. I blocked most of the USA stuff, because it's too much. Trump said this, Trump did that, and some of the news are clickbait.
Cuz My country is fucking the world over right now
Our country. We're fucking people unwillingly together!
From the other perspective, I love when I'm still up at 2-3 AM and start seeing the ich_iel posts come up.
I'm American, but I'll try to fill the gaps for a bit.
WHAT is the DEAL with this plentiful health care!? It's like...I'm thrivin' over heeeere!
"USA stuff" is affecting the whole world right now. You are coming to check out an English based social network for non-"USA stuff". What did you expect?
