gonna make a significant international event about myself for a sec I hate geopolitics well no I don't hate learning things about geopolitics or even that humans engage in them trying to figure out what it is
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lots of potential stories come to mind I had an ex who was 1) politics-obsessed and 2) pissed off easily for a while I quietly followed the news to guess what kind of mood he'd be in when I got home
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but who knows how explanatory that is what I feel when a spooky Event happens, when people are worried and mad but the consequences globally and in my daily life are unclear is more like stubborn pissy eye-rolling, go-away-I-don't-care adolescent bullheadedness
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and then almost immediately a wave of guilt then resentment that I'm feeling guilty feels like my reaction to, say, the HR lady cornering me in my office and venting at me, clearly making a bid for me to mirror, when I'm engaged in other things
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the implicit "you're an asshole if you don't respond with the correct emotion to this" I hate this in groups even more I used to skip pep rallies in high school
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and with Big Scary Geopolitics, the guilt is worse because what if it IS important?! not like I'll develop any opinions about it on my own ofc
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So what if it is? Are you in a position to do anything about it? Should you change anything in your life to prepare for the consequences? If not, and you aren't in the politics fandom, why should you care?
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because the implicit message is if something is Actually Important you are a terrible person for not caring
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like yes this is a very sensible take but realistically I am very vulnerable to social judgement that I'm Bad even if only because I fear being punished or ostracized and to protect myself from being hijacked in this way, I get spiky
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remember the sacred words
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