When ever I take the rage bait (which happens so often even though I know better), a quote from the memoir Wine Girl by Victoria James always grounds me. She writes "the sharks eventually stop swimming." They will stop swimming when we stop taking the bait. I do think this weird, vapid, desperate content bubble will pop soon, especially in Italy. People forget that Italy also exists the other nine months out of the year, so when their summer of spritz is over, we will continue to drink, eat and enjoy our lives in peace. I truly believe that. :)
While I agree it's not worthwhile to engage with the content, my bigger frustration comes from the fact that, in the meantime, this content is spreading its negative influence in a sweeping fashion. I'll keep creating my counteracting content, but I'm hoping people get bored of being triggered and purposefully enraged online sooner rather than later.
There are people who are trying very hard to get likes and followers and are willing to say or post anything to that end. I'm sure if we were there we'd see that they actually enjoyed themselves immensely!
When ever I take the rage bait (which happens so often even though I know better), a quote from the memoir Wine Girl by Victoria James always grounds me. She writes "the sharks eventually stop swimming." They will stop swimming when we stop taking the bait. I do think this weird, vapid, desperate content bubble will pop soon, especially in Italy. People forget that Italy also exists the other nine months out of the year, so when their summer of spritz is over, we will continue to drink, eat and enjoy our lives in peace. I truly believe that. :)
While I agree it's not worthwhile to engage with the content, my bigger frustration comes from the fact that, in the meantime, this content is spreading its negative influence in a sweeping fashion. I'll keep creating my counteracting content, but I'm hoping people get bored of being triggered and purposefully enraged online sooner rather than later.
There are people who are trying very hard to get likes and followers and are willing to say or post anything to that end. I'm sure if we were there we'd see that they actually enjoyed themselves immensely!