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   mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 00:41:04 JST mekka okereke :verified:

   Reminder:

   If you get exhausted and burn out and give up, you lose. If you stay in, you win. Just by existing, you win!

   So taking little breaks for joy is fine! Good actually!

   Helping other people find joy, gives you joy too! Joy is conserved! The laws of thermodynamics have nothing to say about joy!

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     mhoye (mhoye@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 00:50:34 JST mhoye

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     @mekkaokereke English pulled in " schadenfreude" as soon as that option on the table, but "mudita"? - literally "vicarious happiness", taking happiness from the happiness of others - is just sitting there barely used. Come on, anglos, there's a word for this! You can use it, that's allowed!

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudita

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     Katie (katieashborn@girlcock.club)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 00:50:41 JST Katie

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     @mekkaokereke I needed to hear this. I need to keep hearing this. Thank you

     mekka okereke :verified: repeated this.
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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 00:51:54 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     • klimpner

     @klimpner

     🤗 Aww!

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     klimpner (klimpner@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 00:51:55 JST klimpner

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     @mekkaokereke I love reading your posts! I don't know how you do it, but you can make words feel like a warm hug.

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     Binsk​ ​:donor: :blobcat_thisisfine: (binsk@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 00:55:05 JST Binsk​ ​:donor: :blobcat_thisisfine:

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     @mekkaokereke great timing, I'm just now having this conversation over a cup of coffee. it's going to take a while, so we gotta take care of ourselves along the way.

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     Rocketman (slothrop@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 00:55:06 JST Rocketman

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     • mhoye

     @mhoye @mekkaokereke Oh, I had never heard that word! It's beautiful!

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     Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 01:06:29 JST Catherine Schmidt

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     @mekkaokereke thank you…need this reminder often these days. I’ve always had problems with the concept of faith but I now believe we must put out the light energy it is….this too shall pass. 🙏🤞🏻🙏🤞🏻🙏🤞🏻🙏🤞🏻

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 01:22:41 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     • Preston MacDougall

     @ChemicalEyeGuy

     Oops! 😁

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     Preston MacDougall (chemicaleyeguy@mstdn.science)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 01:22:42 JST Preston MacDougall

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     @mekkaokereke I think you mean “Joy is *not* conserved.”

     The same failure of ‘conservation laws’ in #physics , #chemistry and #thermodynamics applies to love!
     “Chemical Eye 👁️ on Love” 👉 http://www.sitnews.us/MacDougall/021306_macdougall.html

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     The Animal and the Machine (taatm@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 01:48:46 JST The Animal and the Machine

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     • Katie

     @katieashborn @mekkaokereke
     If there is one message I want to communicate to people this year it’s:

     Joy is resistance.

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     Kevin Gamin (kevingamin@twit.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 01:47:22 JST Kevin Gamin

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     @mekkaokereke The phrase that I always come back to is “Take care of yourself so you can take care of others”.

     Thanks for taking care of us, Mekka. I hope you take care of yourself, as well.

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     Jo-chin up, elbows up. (joblakely@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 10:02:29 JST Jo-chin up, elbows up.

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     @mekkaokereke
     There is a possibility of infinite joy!
     I like this. It gives me joy!

     Thank you!