#Because nearly everyone does what's easy: nod and reblog whenever you feel compelled to without questioning what compels you.

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Tooth Wisdom #12

Hey buddy? The tears we shed will not heal the world, and to demand our unending mourning is to demand a sadder world, not a kinder one. Leave room for mourning, but do not expect the salt in your tears to make a flower bloom again. You are not obligated to bear this burden.

Or in simpler words: If you are doomscrolling, or otherwise making yourself suffer in any way just because the world suffers, without actively alleviating the world's suffering, you are not helping anyone, you're only adding your own suffering. To demand this of others is, in my humble opinion, obscenely arrogant and misguided.

#ok to reblog #philosophy #politics #Tooth Wisdom #sfw #There's a second part to this I wanna write (about how you physically cannot be informed and correct on every topic) but I must head to bed #Hopefully I'll get around to it tomorrow #ugh maybe a third part about how If You Can't Be Bothered To Think Carefully Before You Speak On A Topic Maybe Don't Bother Speaking #I am. SO tired of this nonsense. The ceaseless stream of thoughtless misinformation and shame labeled activism. #Because nearly everyone does what's easy: nod and reblog whenever you feel compelled to without questioning what compels you. #I myself am very angry and tired and will now stop talking. But I've spent a lot of time thinking about where I stand here.