Re:Endless Doom Scroller
by Spivak on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @09:40AM
(#24049819)
Because negative news that's not relevant or actionable to the reader is just "feel bad" stories.
* "The governor of $not_my_state thinks that COVID is one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse."
* "President famously known for making ignorant and inflammatory statements makes ignorant and inflammatory statements."
* "Climate change is going to kill us all and since you're an individual with no political power or academic clout there's nothing you can do to stop it! Try these 17 green virtue signaling rituals to give you the illusion of control!"
* "Actual act of god is terrible for $city/$town! Feel the pain of their lives being destroyed while sipping your morning coffee."
* "Politician makes obviously misleading statements that you would have never known about except for this article. We spend 10 pages fact checking crazy make you feel good even though this article will never reach the people that will believe it."
Like god damn news is just exhausting. I wish it was empowering instead.
* "The governor of $not_my_state thinks that COVID is one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse."
* "President famously known for making ignorant and inflammatory statements makes ignorant and inflammatory statements."
* "Climate change is going to kill us all and since you're an individual with no political power or academic clout there's nothing you can do to stop it! Try these 17 green virtue signaling rituals to give you the illusion of control!"
* "Actual act of god is terrible for $city/$town! Feel the pain of their lives being destroyed while sipping your morning coffee."
* "Politician makes obviously misleading statements that you would have never known about except for this article. We spend 10 pages fact checking crazy make you feel good even though this article will never reach the people that will believe it."
Like god damn news is just exhausting. I wish it was empowering instead.