Reading too much political news is bad for your well-being

Re:Reading too much political news is bad for your well-being by powersnail on Sunday October 18, 2020 @10:51PM (#24822949)

I was living with a host family when I first saw American TV.

I just couldn't tell when the actual show is on. The shows, the news, the ads, and whatever else there was, they all had the same "air". The same kind of music, the same kind of cadence, the same kind of tone, the same kind of fake laugh.

TV is pretty shit everywhere; but I can't understand it in US.

Confusingly, some of the greatest TV shows are US shows. But I have to watch them on Netflix/DVD, because the actual TV breaks apart the show into tiny pieces that take away the enjoyment entirely.

I consider myself lucky that I never get sucked into the habit of watching TV.

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Re:Reading too much political news is bad for your well-being by Agentlien on Monday October 19, 2020 @01:40AM (#24823599)

I had a similar experience. I was a tourist in New York for a week and watched a bit of TV. It was like an exaggerated parody of itself. It felt positively dystopian.

Nowadays I can't even watch swedish TV. I can't stand the ads.

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Re:Reading too much political news is bad for your well-being by alickz on Monday October 19, 2020 @07:05AM (#24825172)

What surprised me was the drug ads.

A friend used to stream basketball games live, and when I watched every ad break had an ad for a (prescription?) drug.

It felt like something I'd see in a movie/TV show mocking TV ads. A parody, like you said.

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Re:Reading too much political news is bad for your well-being by Agentlien on Monday October 19, 2020 @07:22AM (#24825282)

Those are crazy. I think in general what struck me was the sheer volume of heavy handed and often poorly produced ads quite bluntly stating "buy our product or you might DIE!"

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Re:Reading too much political news is bad for your well-being by pak9rabid on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:43PM (#24830782)

Also: "take our product and you might die"

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Re:Reading too much political news is bad for your well-being by Shared404 on Monday October 19, 2020 @01:24AM (#24823540)

American here, and I have to agree.

I think it has to do with the fact that the only people left watching TV (As in cable), mostly just want noise and bright colors, while people watching TV (As in shows) have moved on to Netflix/Prime/Piracy.

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Re:Reading too much political news is bad for your well-being by N1H1L on Monday October 19, 2020 @01:36PM (#24828707)

TV has also become shit in India. Indian news is now on a whole new level of shitshow - leaving even the US behind.

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