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buzzycrumbhunger

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1. Yup.

Reply to SamuelAdams (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2026, 06:39 PM

Monday

The doomscrolling is a big issue for me. I periodically have to go in search of totally “pointless” things to recenter myself—watching birds build nests and hatching babies, cat videos, gardening stuff, art, music, moronically funny things.

Used to be a once-in-a-while thing but now I have to do this several times a day (unemployment is NOT helping…)

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