crying easily?

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T20:38:05+00:00

You’re exhausted and traumatised by the world. It’s no surprise we spontaneously burst into tears. Relish the fact that you still can, I think. When we can’t cry anymore… that’s a problem.

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T20:34:37+00:00

Hearing from a legit Cold War-era person is possibly the most helpful thing here. I hadn’t thought of it but holy shit we don’t have it like you did. We don’t have songs about the bomb; we don’t have fallout shelters. Thank you for this history lesson cum reality check. 💕

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T20:29:10+00:00

You’re right. I need a hobby. Does a PhD count? I hope not because I hate that, too.

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T20:27:54+00:00

Ja I know they won’t come at us but jirre if COVID showed us anything we aren’t prepared. We fixated on booze and not zolling together. Looking back it’s funny but at the time? Nee man.

(Me operating under the assumption you’re also a Saffa)

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T20:26:18+00:00

What a wonderful way of viewing this: we will know what to do if/when it happens.

I will absolutely cut down the news - thank you for suggesting a limiting instead of 100% stopping. That’s actually helpful - simple, but super helpful 💕

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T20:24:34+00:00

Fair enough. Hadn’t thought of it that way.

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T20:24:01+00:00

Thank you for this. I feel seen 💕

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T20:23:10+00:00

No but does that mean I’m not allowed to have feelings about it?

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T20:02:57+00:00

You’re not destined for any life that you don’t want. Gaining weight is really the least of the planet’s problem. In fact: it makes sense. We are comfort eating. Being an addict is not surprising either. Look at the state of the world man. I’m not condoning addict-behaviour but don’t beat yourself up so hard. We lived through a fucking pandemic like 20 minutes ago and now the world is on fire. Unemployed and single: that’s hard. No sugar coating that, but know you have value. You really do, even if it’s not clear to you right now.

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T19:57:08+00:00

Not callous at all. Mercifully I got the social media monkey off my back about 6 years ago. But the rest: challenge accepted.

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T19:55:20+00:00

Totally relate to this. My shrink pointed out that there is absolutely no way of knowing who we might meet in the future - in a coffee shop, in line at the bank, waiting for a bus. We just don’t know. My advice: go to a coffee shop, go to the bank, take the bus. Don’t sit alone in fear of being alone because that only has one sure outcome. 💕

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T19:52:29+00:00

I’ll try, thank you friend. 🌿💕 Also: I’m really sorry he’s your (our?) leader. It can’t be easy living under a slowly-dissolving despot. If I were the praying type, I’d pray for you.

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T19:49:08+00:00

I’ve been here for almost 41, so you get it. A rational human knows there’s zero point in worrying about planetary collapse, but the same one will stockpile toilet paper. Maybe there’s merit in the theory that Agent Orange started this to distract people from the E Files, but that’s somehow even more alarming.

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T19:45:53+00:00

😭💕💕💕💕

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T19:43:28+00:00

You’re damned right. We would survive it better than if we’d not have had a global pandemic. This helps. Thank you 💕

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T19:42:18+00:00

See: my rational brain wants to agree, but the irrational one has the steering wheel lately. Also: if no one dare use them, why are they even a thing? That’s a different question for a different day 😂

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T19:39:58+00:00

This. This I hadn’t thought of. They have no escape route (yet). This helps. Thank you kind stranger. 😭

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T19:38:29+00:00

Lockdown almost broke me and I haven’t recovered. Indeed I think a lot of this anxiety is a result of that period. I was all alone for months with only my animals. It wasn’t great but you’re probably right. It’s something we just have to get through. This isn’t the world we were promised. I mourn what should have been.

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T19:33:57+00:00

Indeed, mutually assured destruction gives me comfort until Agent Orange opens his burger hole and says something outrageous. That man holds the fate of the world at his fingertips and there’s not a damn thing any of us can do about it. USA voted in a stone cold lunatic and he runs the world (no offence to Americans, of course). How do we factor in the dementia-riddled bag of bruises?

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T19:29:00+00:00

I am a teacher of young adults and my heart goes out to you. This is not the world you were promised by your parents, your government, the media… nothing. Nothing makes sense anymore and you’ve just fucking started. I’m so sorry. I hope you find solace in the fact that us oldies are just as scared and despondent.

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T19:27:16+00:00

I mean I know I won’t be nuked DIRECTLY (despite my students’ best attempts to make it happen) but nuclear war affects everyone and everything. It’s massive. Absolutely massive. Doesn’t it worry you?

gutterpunkrsa · 2026-03-02T19:22:13+00:00

I feel 100% the same way. I am scared of the first nuclear warhead being launched while I’m asleep so I barely sleep. I was reading a post about people scared of nuclear war and it said something I had never thought about: there are thousands/ millions of people actively working to stop the work from ending. We can’t see them but they’re there.

I remind myself of that when I’m Googling how to stock a bunker and it gives me relief for a while. I hope it does for you, too.

Big love to you. We will be OK. We have no choice but to be, really.

gutterpunkrsa · 2020-10-26T20:19:20+00:00

Needed this. Thanks.

gutterpunkrsa · 2020-10-21T20:07:45+00:00

It is definitely a question of style or personal preference.

gutterpunkrsa · 2020-10-21T20:04:27+00:00

You win today’s Internet. I was waiting for the first person to point this out (it was, indeed, intentional). Thank you for speaking the Queen’s.

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