How do you cope with spectacle? I know it sounds silly, but it's a genuine question.
I find myself getting drawn into the antics of e-celebs and flavor-of-the-week social media drama without even fully realizing it, and by the time I realize what happened, I've already wasted a disproportionate amount of mental bandwidth on it. I know none of it matters in the grand scheme of things, I know that none of these people hold any significant amount of real-world cultural relevance. But I have so much trouble convincing my reptilian brain of that fact.
If anyone has any suggestions, I would very much like to hear them.
>>2576282Does this board count as social media?
>>2576313I don't think so? The imageboard format predates a lot of that, and e-celeb stuff is usually discouraged here because it's normiecringe. There's a containment thread where we see Hasan do something embarrassing but it's not like leftypol has a dedicated thread to that himbo.
>>2576326This place has le spectacle too
Unironically, just start learning something. Your mind is a sponge for knowledge and the powers that be are making sure absorbing shit that's of no value beyond keeping their celebrities or their network of e-celebs in your headspace.
If you bury yourself in books, or learning to code, or practicing an instrument then you're taking charge of your own headspace before the slop merchants can fill it for you.