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DebJ

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21. I think the way websites track what you have read and give you more of the same

Reply to Gravitycollapse (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 11:16 PM

Jul 2014

makes it worse. I clicked on just one or two stories that were horrible tragedies
like someone did murder-suicide of the whole family or the like, and now this
seems to be the ONLY type of story except the top headline appearing in my
newsfeed on the CBS site. Gonna try switching to ABC for awhile. I did peek
at NBC and they had a good story or two up front.

I've stopped doing much except a headline perusal. My life is sorry enough without
all that crap.

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You ever read so many horrible things that you just have to step back and say "fuck it." [View all] Gravitycollapse Jul 2014 OP

It's why humans are my least favorite species... polichick Jul 2014 #1

yes, and I feel like it is getting worse Skittles Jul 2014 #2

I feel it every minute of every day. MoonRiver Jul 2014 #3

Yes. In_The_Wind Jul 2014 #4

Vonnegut's line about a "slow-moving glacier of hot meat" comes to mind villager Jul 2014 #5

i know MFM008 Jul 2014 #6

Fuck it Part Deux. nt valerief Jul 2014 #7

Yes, yes indeed. HereSince1628 Jul 2014 #8

Fuck it. Fuck threads and locks and rules and little adorable kittens. Gravitycollapse Jul 2014 #9

I would suggest you take at least two of these pills before bed. They work for me... madinmaryland Jul 2014 #10

The Democratic Party is well and truly fucked. The best leaders we can find are rudderless ex-GOP blkmusclmachine Jul 2014 #11

Do not bring party politics into this thread. This is a thread about saying fuck it to everything. Gravitycollapse Jul 2014 #12

No. When I was young, the Mother of one of my friends had passed through the death factories . . . Journeyman Jul 2014 #13

What a beautiful story! It is truly inspiring. MoonRiver Jul 2014 #17

Sometimes I get that way when I've heard too much "news." raccoon Jul 2014 #14

Fuck the news NV Whino Jul 2014 #16

All the time. n/t RebelOne Jul 2014 #15

Been doing that the last 2 weeks, actually. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2014 #18

I swear, GC Aerows Jul 2014 #19

Oh yeah a few years ago things got so bad I finally had to leave the US for a while. Initech Jul 2014 #20

I think the way websites track what you have read and give you more of the same DebJ Jul 2014 #21

We need a Happy/Funny News Forum to be started. n/t DebJ Jul 2014 #22