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All the news media does is rile people up and make us angry. Everywhere I look in the news it's people blaming each other and hating on each other. I've changed my browser home page to Google.com. I'm tired of living in anger, fear and anxiety. It's no way to live. News only creates animosity. That's all it's designed to do. It's all clickbait to promote advertising.

You forgot to add 'in my humble opinion' at the end

accelafine wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 2:28 am You forgot to add 'in my humble opinion' at the end

In my humble opinion.

Out with the News, in with the old.

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 2:25 am All the news media does is rile people up and make us angry. Everywhere I look in the news it's people blaming each other and hating on each other. I've changed my browser home page to Google.com. I'm tired of living in anger, fear and anxiety. It's no way to live. News only creates animosity. That's all it's designed to do. It's all clickbait to promote advertising.

It’s all designed to instil fear into you.

The truth could be a pack of lies for all anybody knows. Trust nothing.

There might not even be any nuclear weapons existing at all. All those objects that look like weapons could well be duds for all you know. No one will ever know for sure if nukes are actually real until one goes off. Until then, relax and enjoy your garden.

Fairy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 7:09 am

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 2:25 am All the news media does is rile people up and make us angry. Everywhere I look in the news it's people blaming each other and hating on each other. I've changed my browser home page to Google.com. I'm tired of living in anger, fear and anxiety. It's no way to live. News only creates animosity. That's all it's designed to do. It's all clickbait to promote advertising.

It’s all designed to instil fear into you.

The truth could be a pack of lies for all anybody knows. Trust nothing.

There might not even be any nuclear weapons existing at all. All those objects that look like weapons could well be duds for all you know. No one will ever know for sure if nukes are actually real until one goes off. Until then, relax and enjoy your garden.

Actually that's a really good point

All those old Soviet and Eastern Bloc parades of giant, phallic missiles and other weapons were just fakes.

nothing new here

and history never repeats

-Imp

Walker wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 7:01 am Out with the News, in with the old.

One NYT editor objected to the ubiquitous plural in "news". A single article should, he thought, be a piece of "new".

Walker wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 7:01 am Out with the News, in with the old.

One NYT editor objected to the ubiquitous plural in "news". A single article should, he thought, be a "new".

Even if the nukes are for real and fully loaded. That just makes the creators of these weapons really stupid, not smart.

The dinosaurs were pretty successful creatures dominating the earth for millions of years unchallenged and with no obvious predators, that was right up until an asteroid caused their mass extinction that led to an eventual human presence with the intent to voluntarily extinct themselves. I guess that’s kind of a dumb and not so intelligent or successful thing to do. But then another asteroid could hit, who knows. Shit happens, and death is the only prize.