Denethor's Despair
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to lotrmemes@midwest.social on 02 Jan 13:40
https://mander.xyz/post/44755838

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dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net on 02 Jan 16:51 next collapse

And the people proselytizing despair get away with it because toxic positivity has been such a powerful negative force. Hope isn’t smiles and ignorance, it’s riding to the black gate trusting that Frodo and Sam are doing their jobs even though you can’t personally see them.

nixon@sh.itjust.works on 02 Jan 17:55 collapse

I like your take on hope. Doing your part hoping the rest of your battle group is doing theirs too.

It relies on trust, which there is also too little of nowadays.

greenskye@lemmy.zip on 02 Jan 17:38 next collapse

I think this is because we’re missing our Aragorn. We need someone to rally us and nobody has yet risen to do so.

explodicle@sh.itjust.works on 02 Jan 19:05 collapse

Sounds like Greta

nixon@sh.itjust.works on 02 Jan 17:55 next collapse

As they say, “misery loves company.”

ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net on 02 Jan 18:21 next collapse

My eyes roll out of my skull every time I see some “humanity is doomed, it’s our nature to kill ourselves, if only we weren’t so selfish and shortsighted” spiel, which always ignores the actual structural causes of the problems in favor of some weepy original sin diagnosis.

Etterra@discuss.online on 02 Jan 21:35 collapse

This is just “misery loves company” with more words.