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Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by tmcz26 »

james-bcn wrote: post #43
sjw987 wrote: post #4

I think it's important to keep reading the news occasionally. Personally, I, as a programmer, read the news in the same way as my grandad who was a farmer. I read a printed weekly publication (in my case The Economist) on Sunday morning. Outside of Sunday morning I don't read the news at all. I prefer printed news to media-supported news, because I think the imagery (I acknowledge The Economist still has images) and…

The Economist rocks. They also have a wonderful daily summary of the news that takes five mins to read.

Would that be this? Just checking:

https://www.economist.com/the-world-in-brief

Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by voidUpdate »

berrycan wrote: post #33
voidUpdate wrote: post #2

My entire existence is politically controversial. I pretty much have to at least be aware of recent political developments since they could affect my ability to live as myself

Your entire existence? That sounds kind of hyperbolic, unless you're being targeted by genocide.

I'm trans. I live in the UK. I know it's not as bad as some middle eastern countries, but I'm still being actively legislated against

Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by throwaway315314 »

I don't think mainstream news is news anymore, its just become pseudo high brow reality tv with various organizations panhandling for your attention with whatever outrageous thing they can. There is that exercise of looking at the headlines from a month ago and realizing that most of them didn't matter at all or had very little effect on ones daily life. Its no wonder things are getting more extreme when every news outlet is falling over each other to farm that engagement.

Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by voidUpdate »

M95D wrote: post #11
voidUpdate wrote: post #2

My entire existence is politically controversial. I pretty much have to at least be aware of recent political developments since they could affect my ability to live as myself

Then why read news and not directly read the new laws and regulations that were voted and passed, or new proposed laws under discussion? https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-sa...

Because I live in the UK, and we aren't part of the EU anymore

Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by StefanBatory »

M95D wrote: post #11
voidUpdate wrote: post #2

My entire existence is politically controversial. I pretty much have to at least be aware of recent political developments since they could affect my ability to live as myself

Then why read news and not directly read the new laws and regulations that were voted and passed, or new proposed laws under discussion? https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-sa...

Anti-LGBT zones in Poland were not officially introduced via state law.

Neither were out bishops speaking about rainbow disease and calling us all ideology, not people.

You are privileged if you can afford to only rely on official sources.

Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by StefanBatory »

berrycan wrote: post #33
voidUpdate wrote: post #2

My entire existence is politically controversial. I pretty much have to at least be aware of recent political developments since they could affect my ability to live as myself

Your entire existence? That sounds kind of hyperbolic, unless you're being targeted by genocide.

Tell me you're in majority without saying you're in majority.

Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by josfredo »

nialv7 wrote: post #47

What a privilege, what a luxury, to be able to turn a blind eye to all the injustice that's currently happening in the world... Sure, do what you want, ignore news if that makes you feel better, but do realise for many, they are not afforded this kind of luxury.

The consequences are exactly the same, unless you hold an enormously influential platform.

Re: I stopped following the news

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Post by nicbou »

kornaki wrote: post #18

I’ve had similar experiences. These days I only visit Hacker News to read some tech-related stuff. For me, not reading the news to the point where I ask my mom to turn off the TV when I visit is important, because I want to avoid hearing anything about wars, etc. As someone who lives in Poland, I followed so much news about the war in Ukraine in 2022 and 2023, and it was really bad for my well-being and my behavior.…

It’s unfortunate that American news slip into the HN feed, and that Americans get indignant when it gets flagged. I took so much flak for saying that I already know where to hear about US politics, and don’t need it forced into every unrelated forum.
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