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Frownland 08-26-2015 05:52 PM
I don't think anybody's saying you can't, dude.

The Batlord 08-26-2015 06:06 PM
Wait, what happened in Virginia?

YorkeDaddy 08-26-2015 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1630111)
Wait, what happened in Virginia?
Are you joking or are you actually uninformed?

John Wilkes Booth 08-26-2015 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Charlie (Post 1630085)
@JWB

Maybe it's about not caring, about being selfish. Maybe it's about not needing to know. I really don't know. All I know is I'm happier not watching it. Maybe ignorance really is bliss? Again, I don't know.

History worth studying? Not to my mind, no. What was it Confucius said, "to divine the future, study the past", and maybe he has a point. Maybe history is scattered with valuable lessons and warnings. And in all truth, I used to love history, and so it's value isn't entirely lost on me. But these days I don't give it much thought.
tbh i love history and **** like that just cause it's interesting more than anything else. maybe there's a lesson to be learned here and there but that's certainly not the only reason it's interesting. maybe ignorance is your personal preference. as for me, i like to observe the world around me and will use any possible medium to do so.

The Batlord 08-26-2015 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy (Post 1630117)
Are you joking or are you actually uninformed?
I know there was a shooting, but I haven't watched a second of news in... a while, so if there wasn't a TV in the Burger King dining room that played Fox News all day, I wouldn't even know about it.

Frownland 08-26-2015 06:36 PM
A disgruntled reporter shot two of his former coworkers (cameraman and reporters) and injured an interviewee on live television. Then he posted a pov video of the incident on Twitter and Facebook. He shot and killed himself after being pursued by the police. He's got some manifesto saying it was based off of the Charleston shooting and his coworkers' comments after that shooting.

Here's Tom with the weather.

The Batlord 08-26-2015 06:45 PM
Crazy story, but my life isn't really changed for better or worse just by knowing this. I checked out the pov video out of morbid curiosity, but I'm ready to move on and not watch the news again.

DeadChannel 08-26-2015 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Charlie (Post 1630102)
@ Trollheart

It could be interpreted as burying your head in the sand. Or it could be interpreted as not looking over your neighbour's fence.

But you can still be kind, compassionate, caring, loving, to those around you without actively seeking injustices or watching the news. Just look at me! ;) Haha. But, no, you really can.
It could also be interpreted as willful ignorance. Or narcissism.

The point is that if people stick their heads in the ground, nothing ever gets better.

Aux-In 08-26-2015 07:01 PM
I'm with Charlie on this one. I was a complete news junkie when I was younger. But, after awhile, particularly after 2008, I got sick of reading about every petty crime, heavier crimes and all the continuous lies of public figures and politicians. There comes a point where you realize what's being sold to you as news is not really news at all, but sensationalism at best, other people's depressions/delusions/paranoia as a middle point, or as a way to simply make money at worst. You are what you eat, and if you consume a ton of negative news, then it's going to affect you if nothing more than subliminally.

I don't completely shut it off, but I've learned when to say no mas.

Trollheart 08-26-2015 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Charlie (Post 1630102)
@ Trollheart

It could be interpreted as burying your head in the sand. Or it could be interpreted as not looking over your neighbour's fence.

But you can still be kind, compassionate, caring, loving, to those around you without actively seeking injustices or watching the news. Just look at me! ;) Haha. But, no, you really can.
Yeah, but do they even have television in The Shire? :rofl:


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