It's not grief over a lost decade, it's grief over a lost country. Grief over the beautiful potential becoming a good country, or even a functioning country, that will remain unrealized now forever in America.
I'm already at acceptance.
I can't fix this mess in any sort of short time span. I'm training the neighborhood kids to be empathetic. That's the best I can do.
Im most certainly at depression. Denial was like the 90's, anger the aughts, and bargaining in the teens.
There is a common misconception about the five stages.
The order is arbitrary, not everyone experiences them in the same order, and often don't experience all 5.
I think most people actually fluctuate between stages
I know I do
Anyone who was around in the 50s and old enough then to have been aware of the economy and wages at the time would have been born in the 30s.
Which means they would be between 85 an d 95 years old right now, if they're still alive.
The people who are nostalgic for the 1950s are nostalgic for what they've been told about the 1950s.
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.