Don’t worry about what Seagoon said tbh. My urgroßvater (great grandfather) was captured by the Russians and spent the rest of the war in an actual gulag, he suddenly returned home after the war ended. He could not and would not eat with his family, and would only make himself a sandwich when everyone else was finished (he didn’t trust anything he didn’t make himself due to his experience). And yet, I have joked many times, while going to work, “welp back to the gulag”.
It’s an offhand joke, and not worth worrying about tbh. I only said the above to state that everyone has different opinions, and different ways of coping and joking, and I personally do not see an issue with what you said.
But yes, doom scrolling, reading about the US and worrying, it doesn’t help our mental state. It’s feels heavy and insurmountable.
But, you have us and your hobbies, and while it may be difficult to do everything you want, you can still find joy and peace away from those news sites/reddit/whatever. They are nothing more than enragement engagement machines designed to make us feel angry, sad, and helpless. But you are amazing, kind, considerate, thoughtful, clever, you have so much to offer the world. Don’t have to take any advice from me, but overall it’s better to avoid the sites that bring us down. You are an integral part of this community 💜💜💜
I do have gallows humour. I don’t think this will happen openly and immediately. However I do get quite nervous at seeing certain trends due to historical events, similarities in patterns, and the slipperiness of the slope.
And the fact that more currently people do lack critical skills and keep buying into certain kinds of ideological manure
I use dark humour every day to cope, whether I vocalise it or not. I insult my mother and make jokes about her, I joke about my ex, I joke about my trauma. You joking about gulags is not a big deal. It really isn’t. If we cannot joke and find humour in our darkest times, that is when all hope is lost.
You apologised, whether it is accepted or not shouldn’t matter to you. It’s okay. Do not let this curb your funny self!
Don’t worry about what Seagoon said tbh. My urgroßvater (great grandfather) was captured by the Russians and spent the rest of the war in an actual gulag, he suddenly returned home after the war ended. He could not and would not eat with his family, and would only make himself a sandwich when everyone else was finished (he didn’t trust anything he didn’t make himself due to his experience). And yet, I have joked many times, while going to work, “welp back to the gulag”.
It’s an offhand joke, and not worth worrying about tbh. I only said the above to state that everyone has different opinions, and different ways of coping and joking, and I personally do not see an issue with what you said.
But yes, doom scrolling, reading about the US and worrying, it doesn’t help our mental state. It’s feels heavy and insurmountable.
But, you have us and your hobbies, and while it may be difficult to do everything you want, you can still find joy and peace away from those news sites/reddit/whatever. They are nothing more than enragement engagement machines designed to make us feel angry, sad, and helpless. But you are amazing, kind, considerate, thoughtful, clever, you have so much to offer the world. Don’t have to take any advice from me, but overall it’s better to avoid the sites that bring us down. You are an integral part of this community 💜💜💜
No, I do have to learn to curb the dark humour especially without context.
I say some horrific things coping with my own stuff but it doesn’t apply to other peoples struggles and I forget how my gallows humour comes across
You have gallows humour? All this time I have been thinking you are serious.
And I say that sincerely.
I do have gallows humour. I don’t think this will happen openly and immediately. However I do get quite nervous at seeing certain trends due to historical events, similarities in patterns, and the slipperiness of the slope.
And the fact that more currently people do lack critical skills and keep buying into certain kinds of ideological manure
I use dark humour every day to cope, whether I vocalise it or not. I insult my mother and make jokes about her, I joke about my ex, I joke about my trauma. You joking about gulags is not a big deal. It really isn’t. If we cannot joke and find humour in our darkest times, that is when all hope is lost.
You apologised, whether it is accepted or not shouldn’t matter to you. It’s okay. Do not let this curb your funny self!
If it’s any consolation I wouldn’t be laughing long. Due to multiple intersections my arse would be collected quite quickly