• @SassyRamen@lemmy.world
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        705 days ago

        Please don’t ask me to explain my use of english 🙈

        I hope for the best, but I know how this world works. Her death will not move mountains, just add another name to the list of innocent people that have died from this “conflict”. It will be a blip across the screen for maybe a day, and then the next horrible thing will happen to take it’s place.

        • @Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org
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          495 days ago

          Save the obituary for if it plays out that way though. Letting your mind run wild with pre-emptive defeatism depletes your energy without giving you any productive results. I’m sorry if I sound patronizing but I see so much of this lately and I think we need to address it more because so many people are paralyzed in fear and hopelessness at a time where maintaining one’s agency is crucial.

          • @onion_dude@feddit.uk
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            174 days ago

            It’s so often the first comment I see on an article… Sad and defeated. Kind makes me feel apathetic. So I appreciate you posting that

          • nkat2112
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            54 days ago

            Thank you for posting this comment - I fully agree.

            Pre-emptive defeatism certainly depletes energy.

        • @SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world
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          94 days ago

          Thank you for the explanation. I don’t think you’re wrong, but I do think you underestimate the protective power of name recognition. It’s stupid it works this way, but simply by being there she offers some additional protection to all the other brave individuals participating and thus reduces the chances that they all become names on that list.

          I wish others in her position could realize that fact and be brave enough to put themselves in harms way to reduce the risk us mere mortals face.