YouTube is funneling me into a depression hole, what do I do?

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Now that I'm out of college and looking for jobs, YouTube has been recommending stuff with messages along the lines of "You'll never get hired", or "Most jobs in the world are Bullshit", or "You'll never earn anything decent", or "You'll be doing the work of three men for one man's salary", or "Your coworkers or managers are most likely garbage people", or "You have no chance because you're a man", or "You'll never find anyone who will stick with you through anything", or "Women are sociopathic narcissists". A lot of the depressive stuff is in the comments, which I find myself reading thoroughly before watching the videos.

I'm not sure if YouTube is trying to kill me, or if I've entered a negativity-focused algorithm strain, but I want to break out of it. I don't want to be mopier or more cynical than I already am.
 
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Are people really that retarded?.
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Edit: Don't login and clear cookies upon closing browser in the case you are really sad and hurting.
 
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It's working as intended, but it's not what you think. YouTube Comments™️ only senses your inner convictions and mirrors them back at you.

If it bothers you, it signals that you believe all these ideas. I wonder why this could be...
 
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Foxxo said:
Now that I'm out of college and looking for jobs, YouTube has been recommending stuff with messages along the lines of "You'll never get hired", or "Most jobs in the world are Bullshit", or "You'll never earn anything decent", or "You'll be doing the work of three men for one man's salary", or "Your coworkers or managers are most likely garbage people", or "You have no chance because you're a man", or "You'll never find anyone who will stick with you through anything", or "Women are sociopathic narcissists".
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That's weird, YouTube has been recommending stuff like "35 True Scary Stories in the Rain to Scare You To Sleep," or "Perturbator B-Sides & Remixes, Vol. 1" or "Bullet vs Newton's Cradle at 100,000 FPS" or "The Wild Hunt - Mythillogical podcast" or every shitty H3 episode Ethan shits out thrice weekly to me. Maybe you need to fix your algorithm to feel better on youtube, go watch 45 hours of Wendigoon conspiracy iceberg videos and tell us what changes on your homepage.
 
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Isn't the algorithm account based? So if you make a new account it will start you off "Blank" which can be done in case the algorithmic Gods have decided you like to watch some dumb shit that you don't actually want.
 
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You can clear your google account history along with your browser history to reset these things.

More importantly, you're letting something little like youtube doomers get to you. This is something personal you're dealing with and letting get to you, and really should get off the net for a bit if you're feeling down about this. Take care of yourself.
 
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