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It goes from bad to worse. I know people who refuse to watch because it gets them depressed.. It makes me sad but I have a need to know what's going on.
Maybe when the trees get blossoms and the birds are all back from the south it might be pleasant to wake up....the snow is almost gone.
liberal N proud
(60,289 posts)They say it just freaks them out.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)I do the same. Just a bit of AJ and listen to BBC/NPR on the way to work.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)I stay informed by reading news online, talking with friends. Thoreau said most 'news' is a fire here, a murder there, a catastrophe over there. He found more news in history books & walks at Walden Pond.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)I figure the day is already ruined by being at work
My snow is still feet deep. I can see the top of the reflector by my wellhead now. This time last year the ground was bare and I could walk the dogs. Still no shoulder to the road here. Even the slow thaw of last week is gone. The wind was howling all night and a cold front blew in. Single digits. At least they're above zero this time.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Oh, and we got more snow last night.
Not to mention there is a forecast of another few inches on Friday just in time for the first day of Spring 2015.
LeftinOH
(5,339 posts)it gets repetetive:
>politicians (usually Republicans) being assholes
>strife/war/mayhem in the Middle East
>crime, crime and more crime
>celebrity gossip that I couldn't care less about
>and *ENDLESS* chatter about sports
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)The TV news is so depressing.
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)I gave the box back to Time Warner about 10 years ago. I started a home business, took up farming on the side and got 2 happy dogs.
I feel 10x more alive without TV.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,070 posts)to make me want to buy a cabin deep in the woods and never talk to another human being.
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)Since doing so I'm so much more informed and my friends that still do watch seem like ignoramuses in a way I never noticed years ago.
sinkingfeeling
(51,201 posts)sarge43
(28,935 posts)ailsagirl
(22,833 posts)It's meant to be. Some sources are worse than others. I don't listen because every time I have in the past, I could kick myself afterwards.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Get my news on DU, it's easier on the emotion button.
ailsagirl
(22,833 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)orleans
(33,949 posts)i had enuf tragedy going on in my life and my head, my heart, and my spirit, couldn't take any more
Skittles
(152,918 posts)but yes, it's depressing to read about later
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I can get the headlines at DU.
I can't take all the tragedy and terror anymore either.
hunter
(38,240 posts)I glance through the topics on DU and skip the troubling among them until I've had my coffee and my meds, fed the birds, welcomed the day, flitted through the usual business, etc.
Some days I don't even get to the depressing news at all.
It's a big world. Somebody is always experiencing some great horror.