I also want to have the privilege of ignoring the news, and everything will be fine.
Except while I do that, some people actively make my life worse. I still experience the consequences, just much later and firsthand.
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ivan@piefed.social 9 hours ago
My previous phone unexpectedly became a brick, that I haphazardly tried to reanimate and probably made whole situation worse.
On a new one I proceeded to not install most of doomscrolling apps I used, and my main source of news now are my 70+ y.o. colleagues. Quality of life significantly improved, zero regrets.
dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 hour ago
mobyduck648@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I’m a huge advocate of e-ink phones for a similar reason.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
Sounds nice, except for this part:
Since people their age will generally tend to get their news from Faux News and/or the worst parts of Facebook…
ivan@piefed.social 2 hours ago
Nah, in this part of the world 70 is a bit above Facebook age bracket, and people will roll their eyes if you try to tell them what is happening in US, partly due to unflattering opinion on Americans.
djdarren@piefed.social 6 hours ago
I’ve decided to shake up my news gathering, and will now only take on board what my 75yo mother in law has read on Facebook.
What could go wrong?
im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 3 hours ago
Stderrnia
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
…you alright?
im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 3 hours ago
My bad. I must have nodded off on the keyboard.