The Who Cares Era

Re:The Who Cares Era by Nifty3929 on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @12:38PM (#44117828)

Yes, and also there's no sense of proportion as we are being asked to care about every single possible thing. There's only one volume setting for everything: 11.

It's exhausting.

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Re:The Who Cares Era by jmye on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @02:34PM (#44119155)

So… turn it off. Social media is 99% of the firehose, and people adamantly refuse to do anything about it.

There’s no reason anyone needs the minute-by-minute Twitter-esque “information” feed, just like 24-hour news stations are a laughably idiotic waste of time and attention. There’s no reason “you” need to spend hours refreshing and obsessing about where your 6th-degree ‘friend’ is on vacation, or their promotion, or their new car or whatever.

Turn shit off.

Or drown, I guess.

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Re:The Who Cares Era by testing22321 on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @02:55PM (#44119402)

100% this.

Turn off all notifications. Don’t listen to radio, don’t have a TV, don’t buy newspapers or magazines. Talk to your neighbours, friends and family. Join the community garden, go on toddler led walks, go hiking/fishing/swimming/camping.

Live in the real world and fill your life with things from the real world. The rest is pure noise designed for the specific purpose of grabbing and holding your attention and keeping you in a state of panic or concern.

You wouldn’t put toxic items in your pantry to eat, don’t put this toxic crap into your awareness.

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