We aren’t that important on a broad scale, unless one is in an overtly totalitarian country (then ignore my comment lol)
You could say that I live in an overtly totalitarian country. I live in India and with the path we are going, we'll mostly be a dictatorship within 2027 with the new "one nation one election" bullshit.
Solution: disconnect from the news for a bit and reconnect with the ppl around you.
I actually don't consume news. I don't watch news on the TV or YouTube. I don't read newspapers either. Some rare "once under a blue moon browsing local news subreddits thing" that's it. But even that rare news consumption makes me feel nervous with all the crazy and vile shit going on in my country.
So, maybe a good question so answers can be in context is, where are you from?
I'm from India. The shittiest of the shittiest third world country to exist in my humble opinion.
Here politicians do all sorts of shady illegal stuff starting right from natural resources smuggling (like sand, gravel etc.,) to human and organ trafficking.
The elites over here are literal pedophiles and rape and torture children and women for their own crooked pleasure (Here's are some news article regarding Nithari serial murder case from top of my bookmarks for your reference. This case revolves around pedophilia, necrophilia, cannibalism and sexual trafficking. The businessman Moninder Singh Pandher involved in this case was regarded as "India's Epstein". He said in an interrogation that he knows powerful ministers and actually named a few. It is regarded he "supplied" children to powerful politicians. Links: wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Noida_serial_murders BBC news article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-67119737).
And don't even get me started on the Indian police! They are the most powermonger police force you'll ever meet in your life! Those mofos will try to do any vile thing which is in reach within their powers!
So what STD test should I take? Anything in particular like HIV? Sorry I have no knowledge on this.
Thank you so much for your reply! It gives me a general idea. I'm currently doing an MBA and thinking of working in the tech industry in a management role. I've already declined job offers which required me to wear headphones most of the time, so I think I should do fine. But it's just the fact that I can't enjoy any media with audio as I used to do once anymore which hurts me the most. I'm a big audiophile, movie buff and a gamer. I love listening to audio in depth. I have 2 Sony Walkmans and specialised Sennheiser and Sony headphones. I have a large home media collection in CD, VCD and DVD formats. I have a quite nice collection of PS2 games which I love to play. I can't accept that I can't enjoy any of these things in their full glory anymore. Sometimes I think "fuck it" and watch Anime with audio on TV even though I know I'll get that "blocked/popped/fullness" sensation in my ears. But sometimes I think I should preserve my ears for more meaningful things. I'm only 22 and I have a long life ahead, I can't become deaf at such an young age. If I was 60 I wouldn't bother much. I still need to hear my future wife's voice and future kids voice. Sorry if this reply sounded like a rant I got a bit emotional.
I had to scroll this far to get a laugh but hey thanks!