I may have mentioned this before, but my best friend consumes no news. Zero. Not from TV, radio, internet news sites, newspapers… she doesn’t use social media. The other day she asked who the Prime Minister is right now. I reminded her that this a basic piece of information medics check you can remember to see if you may have a brain injury. I don’t know if I’m appalled by or envious of her stance. It’s a conscious decision, and she says it brings her happiness
@purplepadma I'm in actual awe. I'd very much like to have a break from the crap show that is the current timeline but unfortunately I give a fuck about the world
@musingoddity Yeah, it’s very strange, she gets really angry about people who are racist/homophobic/transphobic/anti-immigration and know full well what the DWP are like as she assists her housemate with his PIP claims… but she doesn’t vote and would never sign a petition or join a movement
@purplepadma I certainly limit my news input to the minimum to stay informed for the benefit of my mental health. Think it started with the Iraq war.
I do sort of envy her, but would not be able to do it myself.
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I think your friends blissfully unaware approach is probably less stressful. We have an election in November and neither option is a winner.
@That_One_Guy Same here. I’ve voted Labour all my life but the party as it is at present is virtually indistinguishable from the Tories. But it feels like there is no point voting for any other smaller parties (we’ll probably have at least a Liberal Democrat [very centrist] candidate and a Plaid Cymru [Welsh independence party] candidate on the ballot, but they have no hope of winning)
@That_One_Guy I saw that! Apparently such things do happen, but if it was me and I was trying to be seen as presidential material, I would probably have kept quiet about it!
@eclectech@purplepadma I mean, I’ve rarely felt better after learning about most news, so I can see where she’s coming from. But at this level, it feels like a severe retreat from society at large.
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