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Things you notice when you quit the news (2016)
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I just wish there was a similar Right leaning news source to offset their very Progressive filter.
The Economist and Wall Street Journal (minus the opinion pages) basically fills that niche for me.
The Wall Street Journal needs an option to subscribe without the opinion pages.
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#343Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm a firm believer in quality over quantity when it comes to news. Google News has gotten increasingly annoying though, forcing me harder toward the "personalized" results, the kind of filter bubble I'm intentionally trying to avoid. What worked well for me was getting a print subscription to the Economist. They definitely have a bias (particularly in their editorials), but it's mostly of the "free trade" variety, w…
I can fully attest to the quality of the Economist but I caution anyone to subscribe because they don’t provide any way to easily unsubscribe. It’s either to call some phone number or attempt it via live chat. I tried the second option and the representative just went on with the script trying to fatigue me out of it, no matter what I said.
Tell them you're moving to an unspecified international location. Usually that's a script flowchart path that actually allows them to cancel you.
Re: Things you notice when you quit the news (2016)
#344Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm a firm believer in quality over quantity when it comes to news. Google News has gotten increasingly annoying though, forcing me harder toward the "personalized" results, the kind of filter bubble I'm intentionally trying to avoid. What worked well for me was getting a print subscription to the Economist. They definitely have a bias (particularly in their editorials), but it's mostly of the "free trade" variety, w…
I can fully attest to the quality of the Economist but I caution anyone to subscribe because they don’t provide any way to easily unsubscribe. It’s either to call some phone number or attempt it via live chat. I tried the second option and the representative just went on with the script trying to fatigue me out of it, no matter what I said.
When it comes to magazine subscriptions, I just cancel payment via credit card dispute, it auto-resolves itself. Generally I frown upon this kind of thing but yeah it's so hard to cancel that you sort of have to pick the nuclear option with them.
Re: Things you notice when you quit the news (2016)
#345There are things that happen in the news that may affect your day to day life. Apart from the obvious things such as covid, there are a lot of things going on all the time that may influence your voting decisions (not just in the run up, but the entire time someone is in office), purchasing decisions, where you go on vacation, who you want to work for, how you get to work today etc. I guess if that is fine for you, t…
this is a false dichotomy.
I'm the textbook "i do not watch the news person" and when things like Covid happen you cannot just ignore them.
Not only that, but there are many things where paradoxically I'm better informed than people "watching the news". You see, there is being informed and there is actually spending your mental resources on problems you don't have or you have 0 say in them.
to debunk some of the things you brought up: - you don't decide to go to Ukraine and you book your vacation without at any point learning about this (you will learn about this from the booking agency, you will learn about this at the airport, you will learn about this from people around you). The odds of you landing in Ukraine are 0 unless you really want to go there.
- if you drive a a VW you may not be in a position to stop driving it. Choosing your car based on a scandal screams privilege. You may choose to pick your next car based on it, but again: you will learn about this no matter way. Other car manufacturers will tell you, people around you will tell you about how crappy VW is when you bring it up (are you going to buy it solo without talking with anyone?).
- work for Facebook: it's cool to hate Facebook and I have personally stopped using it eons ago. But not suspecting that some of the things that they are doing aren't exactly heavenly and ending up working there? again, the odds are zero
- use to much water? how can you be in a drought season and not see the drought. Also: everyone likes capitalism until the fish from the lake is depleted. If you can afford to use the water and pay for it, why not? The pricing should be tiered in such a way that there is a strong incentive against you using the water - we should not expect people to just do the right thing. this rarely work s without economic incentives.
- BBQ in during fire season? I think there are legal and economic things in place that should prevent this. - using condoms? really? really? you're gonna put the equal sign between the news and basic sex ed. really?
Re: Things you notice when you quit the news (2016)
#346As someone who just stepped back into pop culture after being in prison for years (so might as well been on the moon) my first shock was just how horrible it all is now. There is no news worth watching. Cable news is just a pile of filth excremented by a Labrador Retriever that solely eats baby diapers. I thought I will watch Bloomberg since if real money is involved it can't be too manipulative. Nope, wrong. The int…
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Specifically about covid - I think everyone knows that nothing is perfect. Arguing that other people think either vaccines or masks are perfect is a classic strawman argument. [1]
Vaccines are less-bad than a Covid infection, training your immune system without actually exposing it to the dangers of Covid-19 itself. Masks reduce viral loads - mostly through reducing shedding and partially through reducing intake.
Assuming lock-downs have impacted you personally, I'm sorry about that. We're all experiencing that pain together, personally I find most things about the lockdowns horrible. But still better than lots of people dying.
Masks, Vaccinations and lockdowns only benefit society with high compliance. So expect strong social pressure to comply or you invalidate everyone else's efforts.
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#347Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you don’t mind when did enter prison? Basically what time period are you comparing against?
Come to think of it have you considered writing an article about this? You have a very unique perspective since most people experienced it as it happed (proverbial frog in the boiling pot). I bet a number of outlets might be interested in publishing it, or you could DIY on Medium or Substack or something.
Yeah no. Already have a heavy load and my life is already F'd enough, I can't be putting any more rocks into my load by amplifying attention on me in any way thanks. Plus a guy six months out still has a lot of mental issues, not back to being human yet :) A year living in a space smaller than an elevator with another person, a bunk bed, and desk with no out time because COVID doesn't help. On the plus side when you read the same magazine cover to cover 50 or so times you get a different take on it and feel expert enough to spout nonsense about it :)
Re: Things you notice when you quit the news (2016)
#348I've found that I quite enjoy reading Wikipedia for a really big news event. It's the only unbiased, non-sensational, and informative source I have come across. It's basically impossible to get the facts of what's going on by reading a CBC article about the Freedom Convoy, but Wikipedia does an incredible job of breaking it all down. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_convoy_protest
That’s funny you mention the freedom convoy article. I thought Wikipedia was pretty unbiased until I read that article the other day. It’s incredibly biased against the truck drivers.
Re: Things you notice when you quit the news (2016)
#349Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Watching/reading/consuming modern news is too stress-inducing Let's not project. I was a news junkie for years, and the news itself was not stress inducing.
You're both projecting, and the only answer is data. This APA survey shows that: > While most adults (95 percent) say they follow the news regularly, 56 percent say that doing so causes them stress https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/11/lowest-point
Which is consistent with what I said: It is not stressful to many. I did not claim it didn't stress some people out.
Re: Things you notice when you quit the news (2016)
#350I've found that I quite enjoy reading Wikipedia for a really big news event. It's the only unbiased, non-sensational, and informative source I have come across. It's basically impossible to get the facts of what's going on by reading a CBC article about the Freedom Convoy, but Wikipedia does an incredible job of breaking it all down. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_convoy_protest
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