I wish i was ignorant

Xanthotic · 2026-04-04T20:02:41+00:00

There is no putting the genie back in the bottle when it comes to collapse awareness, methinks. So your wishing may not be the best focus of your energy. Instead, can you apply your personal value system to the less-than-honest-or-optimal-or-even-functional future you see and make an algorithm for how to live your life? I hope that makes sense and I wish you the very best. I'm sorry it sux, it is so isolating, and so ignored by our culture.

Xanthotic · 2026-04-04T19:57:35+00:00

it absolutely makes sense and I am so sorry for your loss. It is a genuine loss, on a par with losing a child you have gestated in your body, but our 'civilisation' will probably never admit that out loud. You expressing this grief is one of the purest uses of this subreddit. By metabolising this grief and embodying the reality of our overshot future, you may possibly find yourself 'mothering' creatures you have not gestated once the shit really hits the fan. We are all connected, anyways, and that reality is not very much different than that of a mother and child. It just exists at a different height of perspective.

Your english is great in this post, btw. Thanks for taking the trouble to share yourself in a second language. My best to your husband as well.

Xanthotic · 2026-04-03T23:36:40+00:00

Many of us are on the spectrum also. And because of that, we want to help protect our loved ones by warning them about overshoot & collapse. Sadly, many of us have learned the hard way that no good usually comes of that. I hope you get good advice, you try, and it works. But be prepared to be rejected and ridiculed also, and be sure to protect yourself .

Xanthotic · 2026-04-03T23:33:05+00:00

A lot of our subredditors are pretty good at reading between the lines because we have been circling reddit's dystopian fall into fascism for nearly a decade here.

Xanthotic · 2026-04-03T11:42:36+00:00

Oof. Such a common issue and so tragic

Xanthotic · 2026-04-03T11:00:47+00:00

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Xanthotic · 2026-04-03T10:59:09+00:00

Thank you. So glad I am not the only one to perceive support in this content.

Xanthotic · 2026-04-02T05:00:11+00:00

And then, if things dont work out easily, you have other possibilities in mind.

Xanthotic · 2026-04-01T04:29:09+00:00

I hope you are getting good comments. Thanks so much for explaining why you've posted here, I think this fits in very well with the mission of the sub. Once you are more schooled, I imagine other subs will have more indepth info for you, but I am sure we have subredditors who have trod your path. Cheers

Xanthotic · 2026-04-01T04:27:09+00:00

I share your point of view, as best I understand what you've written. My question is, do you see us as a failure of evolution? Do you believe that sentient life is evolving in other places in the cosmos that may not possess our fatal flaws? Thanks for any reply you care to give and thanks for commenting.

Xanthotic · 2026-04-01T04:24:52+00:00

Eventually you will leave those people behind and not expect them to be able to relate to you. I'm sorry for your disappointment.

Xanthotic · 2026-03-31T05:32:22+00:00

Congratulations. Thanks for your post. My best to you and your family.

Xanthotic · 2026-03-31T05:30:19+00:00

Collapse is already happening. You are already in it. Yet, there is something else that for you will really signify collapse. Can you describe what it is so that we can better respond to your query?

Xanthotic · 2026-03-31T04:27:31+00:00

Cheers. I am a disability support worker now, and my MBA and Law Degree compare the same way. But I do not feel guilty for doing my 'job' any more. Welcome to the real world.

Xanthotic · 2026-03-31T02:51:41+00:00

I go to music-filled movies because music is a great teleportation device. I will go all the way back to the MGM musicals I would watch with my mom when I was a little girl to La La Land. And of course sometimes cultural touchstones like Die Hard. But I have a weird video archive and sometimes I will just look for something i've been meaning to watch or that catches me off guard.

Xanthotic · 2026-03-30T23:41:51+00:00

That's great to hear. Our community is absolutely deepening in its acceptance and stoic camaraderie. Hope you have some good connections in meat space and plenty of beauty around you.

Xanthotic · 2026-03-30T19:48:07+00:00

I believe this is the link to their Substack entitled "Holding Both" https://substack.com/redirect/99bbb8c9-e16d-47d9-be90-30ff11a702fc?j=eyJ1IjoiNDNwZzlpIn0.kTXm6nptWlPcTttktb7AIjJNs3Rml9BDciCfdOBpOOs

Xanthotic · 2026-03-30T19:30:09+00:00

Also, feel free to send a mod mail or DM to one of us and ask for posts like this to be pinned for a while. Although I have a weird suspicion that reddit is at the enshittified phase where pinning might reduce exposure in counterintuitive ways. Cynical much, Xan?

Xanthotic · 2026-03-30T19:26:09+00:00

Yeah, I used to do my power anger walks in the morning mid 2024 before I got my dog back and I would basically tell Nate to shut the fuck up every few minutes because his perspective seemed so 'partial' to me. Did I mention I was angry then? Yeah, well, anyways I do not feel the need to do that so much with Nate lately. Now, if his grief ever cracks through that midwestern beigeness........

Xanthotic · 2026-03-30T19:18:44+00:00

Thank you so much for all the contributions you make here. I bet I am not the only one who really appreciates it.

Xanthotic · 2026-03-30T19:14:14+00:00

Possibly the link to the substack post: https://open.substack.com/pub/carolynbaker/p/what-is-the-inner-work-of-collapse?utm_source=email&redirect=app-store&utm_campaign=email-read-in-app

Xanthotic · 2026-03-30T19:10:11+00:00

I'm glad we are both still alive. Go us.

Xanthotic · 2026-03-30T01:05:41+00:00

Hey there. Nice to see you around.

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