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Is everything the worst? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by boaratio@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm 43, almost 44, years old and went through a bought of alcoholism during the early part of the pandemic. I went through treatment and have been fine since. However, I can't help but feel that all the news in the last few months is just the worst. Between the AI bullshit, the wars, the effects of capitalism, and the political situation in general it's just the worst. Is it just me or have other folks noticed the same trend?

Edit: I should have also mentioned the enshitification of everything tech related.

Edit 2: Thanks for all the thoughtful replies. For some more context, yes I'm American and live in a state that's about to ban the wearing of masks in public. I haven't had a drink in over year and have been in therapy for 3 years. I don't watch any news sources and rarely read media websites. But yet, that information seeps into my life somehow. I donate blood, I make charitable donations, and try to live a good life. I have 2 amazing kids and a great wife. It's just hard to not end up in a doomer mindset at times. A Bitcoin company bought a power plant up here that has an existing lease to use a lake as cooling water, and it's heated up the lake to the point that it's killing fish.

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[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 12 points 5 months ago

There are only about six news sources left. All the rest are simply trying to get a reaction out of you so they can sell you advertising.

There's very little you actually need to know. You don't need to know about what some pedo did to a kid. You don't need to know what some celebrity thinks about Hamas. You don't need to know which little kids got shot today because the yanks still think a 300 year old law is relevant.

Stop clicking the links.

If anything major happens, Associated Press, Reuters, the BBC and a few others will let you know the facts without any opinions or speculation.

The rest is just horseshit being spewed by people who don't have enough talent to be an actual writer, and there's an absolute fuckton of talentless cunts out there.

Start by blocking websites that have headlines containing the word "slams" and take it from there