Ask HN: How do you deal with self-help meme?

[HNLurker2]

How do you deal with the cliche content you find on internet? E.g: content like follow your dreams/hobby. Self improvement hacks and platitudes like grit. (Industry is 10$ billion. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/15/improving-ourselves-to-death) What is beyond the self improvement meme?

[DanBC]

I have to spend some of my time trying to correct it, because some of it is actively harmful. Here's one example from someone trying to reframe "toxic positivity": https://twitter.com/survivecourt/status/1093599908509216770

[HNLurker2 → DanBC]

Well then I ask you how do you deal with the time correcting someone on the internet? What is the fine line between good discussion and time-wasters? https://xkcd.com/386/

[cimmanom]

Ignore it and focus on more interesting content? Who’s forcing you to consume this stuff?