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Everytime I go on Reddit I feel myself getting shittier and shittier. I know that not following current events is sticking ones head in tyevsand, but it has such an impact.
If it doesn’t make me laugh then I’m not interested. That’s what I use reddit for these days.
I recently joined Idiocracy. Not sure if it’s funny or not.
I think Reddit is better/less rabid than than aussie tv …lol
And following what current events? What is popular at the moment, what is being pushed for political reasons, what has had good press releases?
Because there is so much happening in the world and most never hits the newspapers on a regular basis.
Keeping up with current events is more about keeping up with the zeitgeist than anything.
Little of it ever impacts our own lives.
At my old age I just try to see trends and important local news, some foreign news too. 99% I ignore.
I find myself much more interested by international news.
Aussie news is basically all about housing/interest rates with the odd splash of violent crime.
Like what is Australia’s future exactly? Who do we want to be? What’s our goal? I feel like these questions are rarely answered, to say nothing of actual practical plans to get there.
Australia’s goal is that everyone can own a house which constantly increases in value. There are no practical plans talked about because it is not actually possible, the goal of constantly rising value conflicts with the goal of being available to everyone. Which is why talk about it around and around in circles.
@wscholermann @Seagoon_ And when politics is covered by most of the media, it’s basically presented as a clash of personalities and a footy game.
This Labor MP says this. This Coalition MP says that. Minister refuses to confirm. Party room sources say. This shadow minister made a gaffe. The opposition leader made comments attacking this. The prime minister responded by saying that.
And according to the latest opinion polls…
It’s really irrelevant to the everyday lives of most people!
Meanwhile, the thing that really matters from politics is the laws we live under. How government departments go about their job and deliver things like schools and hospitals. Which new train lines do or don’t get built. What the government funds, and who pays how much tax for it.
The focus should be on what issues people in the community are facing.
What kind of society do we have right now? What kind of country, state, and city do we want to live in?
What are the laws and policies right now?
What’s their impact on those issues? Are they helping or harming?
And how could they be different?
Colonies don’t have goals and who we are are colonial subjects.
The point of colonies is not nation building but extracting wealth.
Who are we subject to though? Banks and Google I suppose.
@wscholermann @Seagoon_ Mining companies, mostly…
Engagement is driven by rage. Engagement is also money. Hence, making readers angry enough to comment = profit.
It’s shit. Peeking your head out to check current events is alright, but hopping on the Enragement Engagement Train is a one way ticket to feeling bad all the time.
Mmm don’t wanna get up. But must close all three rings
I mean, I know what you mean cause I also have the rings to close, but if your not in the ecosystem this is gonna sound sus as heck!
Had the weirdest ‘sleep’ these last two nights. It’s been a struggle to get to sleep and when I do I feel like I have been awake the entire time, like my mind is still going and only my eyes are closed.
Yet I am not tired at all so I must be actually sleeping but it is a really weird feeling.
same, my mind is so busy lately
I kinda get like it when I have the flu but I haven’t been sick for yonks.
this was me during my brush with covid, but seems like a lot of people having the same issues.
Must be post effects/long covid. I havent been (noticably) sick for ages.
Yesterday I started watching YouTube on my phone then I thought why not watch it on my tablet. Then today I thought why not through the TV you fucking dimwit. Seriously, I turned the TV down, set up my tablet on the foot stool to watch while laying down with the dog and no one said anything to me.
I hate YouTube on TVs, and really smart TVs in general. It’s always so laggy, and I haven’t quite worked out how to sideload apps onto them so have been stuck with 50 ads so I just don’t watch them.
Plus I feel like YouTube videos are almost always made to be watched on a computer at biggest, so blowing them up to a 55" screen never looks right to me, and a lot of videos aren’t in 4k.
There’s also a creator I watch who doesn’t have stabilisation on his camera and I can’t watch him on anything bigger than a phone screen or I get motion sick (even though I don’t normally get motion sick)
Oh I just watch Freakin’ Reviews on there. He only road tests gadgets but its still good camera work.
I hate YouTube on TVs, and really smart TVs in general
Bro! I HATE smart TVs, and youtube is the bane of my existence! I can do an hour or 2 on how shit the whole thing is EASY.
Alrighty. Back home all snuggled in bed with Gibson. Water is back on. Nap time 😴
I want a cat so bad. They’re like portable bed heaters. They’d probably love my electric blanket, too…
Pangea Maps look cool but bloody hell they are outrageously expensive.
Cleaning’s just fucking constant isn’t it. It never ends.
Yep and it fucking sucks.
Alright. Round 3. Didn’t end up napping today so should get a full night’s sleep and wake up “refreshed” at 6am.
Goodnight everyone ❤️
For the welfare of my loved ones and the general public I have bought a big bottle of lacteeze 😬💨
arm fell off my glasses, tried putting the screw back in, the little holes won’t line up , so it’s back to the optician to get it fixed
damn that was frustrating …lol
You gave me a flashback to when I was flat stoney broke and the arm of my specs was too… I ended up stripping the plastic off one of the plastic coated wire bag ties that come with kitchen tidy/freezer bags and using that wire, threading it through both parts and twisting it until it was tight enough to hold.
That sounds like an excellent stop gap. Thank you. 💖
Big Talk with Mum went well. She was worried about some of the same things I was and was relieved I’ve found an option that will work better. Now I just need to make sure there are no major objections from my sister (which I am not anticipating) and we can start actually putting future plans in to place.
It will be a relief getting this all sorted. Having older parents is a double worry, both the direct worry about health problems etc. and also the worry that you don’t have the power/authority to actually do anything to help prevent problems, but will be suddenly put into the position of trying to sort everything out in the middle of a crisis if something goes wrong.
Woollies seaweed flavored rice crackers are weird. Not at all like the Sakata ones - and the Aldi seaweed rice crackers are like the Sakata ones but not as much seaweed. The Woollies ones are more like salt & vinegar pringles. 100% do NOT recommend. Will use the remainder of the packet crushed as a sprinkle on the next tray bake. They are not nice as crackers.
Saw a BYD as an insurance replacement vehicle just now. Smart move.
All the bad press can’t beat people driving one for a week if they’re as good as people say they are
My neck, my back, my pussy, and my crack - all frozen solid.
No Bueno.
even with oodie?
Life By You has been cancelled :(
I was looking forward to playing it. And it’s weird because I’ve seen YouTube people play it, and it looks fun, but the public release has been cancelled.
