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

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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