https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/style/the-man-who-knew-too-little.html
This doesn't sound like a healthy/practical idea.
This doesn't sound like a healthy/practical idea.
Man completely “blockades” himself from the news after Trump elected.
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imagine if the "teaser trailer screenshots are spoilers" people on ERA had this level of dedication
There's a thread blocking script so I'm sure they're out there somewhere
I can agree we're collectively over-informed about Trump, but a complete blackout can't be a good idea
It actually makes sense that he is more healthy now, not having to deal with the constant bullshit news everyday sure has to make it worse.
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At first I was like "surely this man has a job" and then I saw that he's a retired Nike executive and suddenly it all made sense that he could just fuck off to Ohio and still wear nice suits
It's probably for the best. What piece of news directly affects you or is something that you can do something about? It's rare. Especially with Trump. There's really not much benefit to being very informed, practically. Hell, there's a bunch of posters on here that have given up on life because they read the news too much (there's an active thread right now).
It's not healthy but I would still do it in a heartbeat if I could.
It's honestly at the point where just seeing "Dona-" in a headline makes my stomach churn.
It's honestly at the point where just seeing "Dona-" in a headline makes my stomach churn.
Practical? Maybe not, healthy? Well he probably is not stressed and quite happy :).
I'd never go as extreme as he did, but I can understand it. And there's a tiny bit of me that's envious.
After Trump's win, like most people I was flooded with news about him constantly. Not just big news, but "Trump likes his steak well-done" type shit that's literally only shared so you can hate him even more.
I still read the news and talk about it with people, but it's something that I had to take a break from in the months following his win. It was just too much and too annoying.
After Trump's win, like most people I was flooded with news about him constantly. Not just big news, but "Trump likes his steak well-done" type shit that's literally only shared so you can hate him even more.
I still read the news and talk about it with people, but it's something that I had to take a break from in the months following his win. It was just too much and too annoying.
To be honest I try to isolate myself from much of the Trump news and other terrible shit happening. I still see headlines and such, and many times that's all you need but fuck I'm tired of directly going out of my way to take in terrible fucking news by watching news or opening a newspaper. And I actually think I'm a better person for it.
Both his author and the dude's sister acknowledge this in the article. Even the guy acknowledges that it makes him a shitty citizen on some level.
There's actually studies that have been done that shows people who watch news constantly exhibit symptoms similar to PTSD.
Which, ironically, makes him much like a typical Trump voter. Scared, ignorant, frozen in the past.
Eh, I dunno what's so bad about the guy. All he ever did wrong in life was dodge the Vietnam draft, star in The Apprentice despite being a complete disaster of a businessman and become President of the United States by spewing more hateful rhetoric and blatant lies than Boris Johnson during Brexit.
What's not to love about the guy? I certainly don't see why you'd want to block yourself off from all news because of him.
I'm normal, and I ignore it for the most part. Not that hard, and I'm much happier for it.
I dunno, its kinda endlessly depressing and draining to keep reading endless bad news and seeing how the world keeps getting worse and worse.
Watching news is bad for the mind/brain. It's a constant barrage of negativity being blasted 24/7. I remember Vice did a documentary on this lonely old lady living alone in Siberia. The reporter asked about lack of television and news, her response was something along the lines, "why do I care? how does it affect me?" It was great to hear
fuck news
fuck news
It seems like it's easy to do this if you're rich and can just live on a farm working on art projects.
I consumer too much news, info and it can be debilitating when we intake too much news/info where we are helpless to do anything about.
living our own lives without news perhaps is the best way to be productive
living our own lives without news perhaps is the best way to be productive
I do sometimes wonder what it would be like to shut everything out for your own sake. News is very depressing, especially right now in the west.