I like the topics we discuss, and I especially like the no-tolerance policy toward the bigotry and anti-social justice bullshit that has poisoned so many other forums and comment sections, but more and more I'm feeling worn down.
I'm a gay nonreligious
very socially liberal millennial, and just about every thread about a piece of media, politics, or a controversial topic seems packed with joke characters who make me feel like 1) I'm an uncritical easily mollified no-taste jerkoff who foolishly focuses on what he enjoys in his entertainment and hobbies, or 2) I must be some sort of filthy unwoke moderate who loves to make excuses for intolerable views and behavior.
The relentless negativity about everything from entertainment media to the general state of the world, the attribution of the least charitable intentions to fellow posters and other people in general, and the tendency of many posters to rail against nuance in discussions about hot button issues, is exhausting. I couldn't believe some of the farcical unhinged garbage I was reading in that thread about male managers reporting discomfort with female coworkers.
But anyway, this place still seems better than any of the alternatives I've seen, because it acknowledges that equality and human rights aren't matters of opinion. So here I am.
I feel like I'm addicted to this place, and ninety percent of the time it brings me nothing but misery. Era, and GAF before it became Nazi Germany, is unparalleled as a news feed, be it gaming news or OT stuff. But everyone here is so exhaustingly miserable and outaged about absolutely everything all of the time and it just sends me into a spiral of depression. I'm happier when I'm not here, but I feel like I'm missing out, so I always come back.
I hear that.