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hunter

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20. I don't watch any television.

Reply to The empressof all (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 02:17 PM

Jun 2019

Our television plays Netflix and DVDs. That's all it does.

"Traditional" television -- broadcast, cable, or satellite -- is an anxiety machine. Even if you don't watch the news, the commercials work by making you anxious about something... be it politics, your appearance, your social standing, or your health

Ask your doctor...

I get my news from my local papers and international news sites like the BBC mostly. Unlike television, I can simply skip over the stories that uselessly infuriate me, and I never have to hear Trump's voice.

If I owned a television or radio station I would always replace Trump's voice with the quacking of an angry duck. There is no more meaning to his words than that.

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How are you all coping and How are you doing it? [View all] The empressof all Jun 2019 OP

First off, I turned off 24/7 news. Archae Jun 2019 #1

I tunred it off too...Rachel on occasion, but that's it. nt Baltimike Jun 2019 #27

I hate that I grab my phone constantly when I'm away from the computer with a sense of dread hlthe2b Jun 2019 #2

You don't have a Apple Watch clearly ismnotwasm Jun 2019 #9

I moved to Germany DFW Jun 2019 #3

Alcohol, and lots of it ... & I honestly won't survive if we lose in 2020 mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #4

I refuse to die until He is gone..... The empressof all Jun 2019 #6

I was using that coping method for awhile shanti Jun 2019 #15

Until the shit storm abates, I cut back on watching the news The Blue Flower Jun 2019 #5

I agree, sometimes I just have to take a break from the news cycle captain queeg Jun 2019 #7

I'm not coping well. OliverQ Jun 2019 #8

I hear you... The empressof all Jun 2019 #16

I removed the major news BillyBobBrilliant Jun 2019 #10

BBB. That pretty well describes me. nt Lucid Dreamer Jun 2019 #37

Not at all well. nancy1942 Jun 2019 #11

I'm cleaning my garage handmade34 Jun 2019 #12

I dont watch the news seltzerwater Jun 2019 #13

... SammyWinstonJack Jun 2019 #42

I got tired of being outraged msdogi Jun 2019 #14

Not good. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #17

Actually I am doing wonderfully marlakay Jun 2019 #18

Whiskey, cigarettes, and antidepressants Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #19

I don't watch any television. hunter Jun 2019 #20

Like many responders I am depressed and anxious. Boomerproud Jun 2019 #21

I haven't watched or listened to news broadcasts since 11/9/16. musette_sf Jun 2019 #22

I've got the best garden I've had in years. Hardly a weed in sight. Vinca Jun 2019 #23

Don't live politics 24/7 Raine Jun 2019 #24

I swear a lot more than I used to. GoCubsGo Jun 2019 #25

I find listening to young "committed to justice" people to help alot happyaccident Jun 2019 #26

Republicans are Nazis Liberalhammer Jun 2019 #28

I let myself go off the rails when GWB invaded Iraq. Crunchy Frog Jun 2019 #29

I did that when Raygun was President Raine Jun 2019 #38

I cut off 24/7 news maryellen99 Jun 2019 #30

One thing wryter2000 Jun 2019 #31

Very little TV news comes in here; actually most TV I hear is from the Public----- northoftheborder Jun 2019 #32

Stress-reducing practices trev Jun 2019 #33

Walking and exercising malaise Jun 2019 #34

In Illinois, a bit of relief, with new Democratic Gov taking over from conservative crank conman Midnight Writer Jun 2019 #35

Regular excercise helps me. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #36

I'm on Zoloft AwakeAtLast Jun 2019 #39

I started muting Rs on NPR when they got all corporate-friendly during Bush I pecosbob Jun 2019 #40

vodka & tonic, cigarettes, & chocolate orleans Jun 2019 #41

Like many others here mnhtnbb Jun 2019 #43

Midsomer Murders. Father Brown. mainer Jun 2019 #44