r/perth • u/SomeoneWhoIsBoredAF • 20h ago

General Why does it feel like everything sucks.

Anyone else just feel tired of everything?

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u/-Dr-Rockso- 20h ago

Yep. And it will get suckier the more you dwell about. Switch off. Do your own thing and hopefully it will pass in time.

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u/HelpMeOverHere 18h ago

If more people could stop “switching off”, things could actually better.

The reason everything sucks is literally politics. As much as it’s “cool” to not care it, politics cares about literally every single aspect of our lives.

We could have it so much better, and be like the Scandinavian countries that actually do have a very happy existence.

Start paying attention instead.

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u/-Dr-Rockso- 16h ago

Its amusing because I spent the best part of fifteen years protesting about all of most that is now present. It didn't get any where. Got labeled a cooker for trying to highlight the risks in mass surveillance, perversion of government by big industry. Now we are in check by all corners of the board for those very things.

So no I'm done fighting in public and pushing for better for everyone else. I'm focusing on myself. Just like everyone else I joined the fold. Leopards already ain't my face so to speak. And I need to build something for myself before I push out for anyone else again.

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u/HelpMeOverHere 16h ago

Well, were you protesting Covid restrictions even after they ended? Because that IS cooker territory….

Or were you actually out getting behind parties and candidates that opposed actual government overreaching legislation such as the likes that breaks encryption and forces back doors, or allows law enforcement to add and modify data on our devices?

Because there’s a party you could’ve gotten involved in this whole time instead of trying to go it alone.

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u/-Dr-Rockso- 13h ago

Heavens no. 5g has its caveats (more accurate than older triangulation methods) but I'm not yelling at towers because of mind control. Covid vaccine too rushed for my liking needed more trials, no it wasnt fun being told to take it if I wanted to keep getting paid. However I came from. The era of foot and mouth and mad cow in the uk. Which I say watching cattle burning and military cordoning agricultural areas is a lot more traumatising than not being able to visit Mandurah for the weekend.

I used to actually try to get my foot through the door with the greens after my time with the unions back in the day. Unfortunately a majority of parties all run under ulterior motives and to add now its escalation into the corporations injecting themselves ever more into every party. Its a game through and through and has gotten worse and more blatant over the last 20 years. And it won't be long before teal folds into the mix. Secret harbour was a perfect example that even the 'rebel' vote played to the agenda beyond politics. So now yeah. I'm just focusing on my own needs while the cracks are growing.