Because I'm sick of seeing the same trite "how is this satire" comments every time I post in this community, I've decided to start including the definition for everyone:
this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2024
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Well shit, what school got shot up today? Haven't looked at the news yet, but odds are depressingly good that there was a school shooting somewhere around the US most days.
It was a k-12 private school in Madison, Wisconsin. It's being reported that one teacher and a student are dead (the shooter is believed to be the dead student), and two more students are in critical condition.
There’s also 3k and 4k. There used to be younger aged daycare too, but that part closed down
I don't know what's worse: the fact that these don't make national news anymore because they are so common or that I found out about the shooting through The Onion of all places.
this is what living in a terror state looks like. eventually the terror is so constant and ever present that you become numb to it. the best thing you can do is talk to friends and loved ones about how all this makes you really feel and how your proximity to this terror in your personal life has impacted you. we the people must take responsibility for weaving the narrative of this terror because the powers that be benefit from it and nurture it.
Yeah, I find out from seeing this infamous Onion headline. Again. Unfortunately we all know what it means by now.
News stations local websites usually have tabs at the top of their screens now for news that is a daily thing. Stuff like sports, weather, traffic, school closings for cities that live in snow regions. That sort of thing.
"Public shootings" is now a tab on some local news stations....like this is the new normal.
It's depressing but seemingly true.
https://lemmy.world/post/23217678