Every day I read local news and international news - at least I read the headlines. I look at new news every couple of hours.

Now, most of the time, I just read the headlines. It's frustrating to read the same again and again and nothing really changes.

 

Lots of repeated news about the war in Ukraine, lots of more war in the middle east, crazy American politics, corruption in Thailand, some natural disaster and more and more.

 

I guess at least 99% of this does not concern my life. But I still read it because somehow, I want to be informed what is going on here and in the world.

Most of the time I don't think much about it. It's bad, and there is nothing I can do about it. But sometimes I think a little more how f&$ up this world is. And the more I think about it the worse gets my mood. So, I decide it's best not to think about it. But I still read the news.

 

Does that sound familiar? Are you reading or watching or listening to the news a lot? Do you care about the details, like how the war in Ukraine or Israel changed in the last weeks? Do you follow why the bus fire happened? Do you feel powerless? Do you care?

 

Is life better without the news?

Yes it is.

 

How many foreigners regretted learnimg Thai once they realized the true nature of Thai people?

Just now, Celsius said:

How many foreigners regretted learnimg Thai once they realized the true nature of Thai people?

 

My Thai language skills (not reading and writing) are not too bad. I wish I would know Thai language better.

It helps with communication and understanding people. And it's good if we understand each other better.

The world worked fine pre-internet and pre-social media. I wouldnt mind going back to that

Im sure it keeps big pharma wealthy. 

 

I used to get quite upset, until I started to not give a F anymore about the world. Now I just share my simple opinions, and do not get so engaged as I used to. Not healthy

 

There is a few here who defend one side only, who Im quite sure struggle a little bit with doubt inside themselves. It is not healthy to so blindly believe in one part, and not see the whole picture. Be it local or world politics, or more serious as climate change and wars. 

 

In my eyes, not possible to be so narrow minded, and not for one sec admit there is maybe two sides who leads to dissaster and not only one. 

1 minute ago, mdr224 said:

The world worked fine pre-internet and pre-social media. I wouldnt mind going back to that

Thats what I think to, but at once you manage to block the BS, life is quite comfortable. 

 

We only got one chance to make it right, so WTH are we stalling for ?

3 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

My Thai language skills (not reading and writing) are not too bad. I wish I would know Thai language better.

It helps with communication and understanding people. And it's good if we understand each other better.

 

 

 

I have the same addiction as you to current events and I worry about it. But I wonder if it is healthy. I can no longer read the news about Palestine and Lebanon. The attitude of the press and politicians makes me sick. What atrocity can Israel possibly commit to get any condemnation from the western politicians or media???????????

I agree with the OP. Too many people repeating and reinforcing the same news, makes for far too much emphasis on the same bad things. I want to know about those things but I don't want hourly updates, new pictures, new theories, all on the same things. It's wearing after a while.

1 hour ago, Hummin said:

Im sure it keeps big pharma wealthy. 

 

I used to get quite upset, until I started to not give a F anymore about the world. Now I just share my simple opinions, and do not get so engaged as I used to. Not healthy

 

There is a few here who defend one side only, who Im quite sure struggle a little bit with doubt inside themselves. It is not healthy to so blindly believe in one part, and not see the whole picture. Be it local or world politics, or more serious as climate change and wars. 

 

In my eyes, not possible to be so narrow minded, and not for one sec admit there is maybe two sides who leads to dissaster and not only one. 

 

I wish you were right. But I think people get more and more news and other information in their bubble which confirms what they think already, and the rest is just not mentioned.

YouTube is a good example. On my YouTube homepage I see videos which I will likely like, and I don't see anything which I likely don't like. I can click on 100 videos, and they will all confirm what I know already it true. 😉

With news it's similar. Do I read The Guardian or watch Fox News? 

And let's not forget that many people are stupid and lazy. They feel just fine when they know already "the truth".

1 hour ago, retarius said:

I have the same addiction as you to current events and I worry about it. But I wonder if it is healthy. I can no longer read the news about Palestine and Lebanon. The attitude of the press and politicians makes me sick. What atrocity can Israel possibly commit to get any condemnation from the western politicians or media???????????

 

I agree. That's why I mostly skip that part of the news. It's bad, very bad, and the people who could do something about it don't do enough or maybe anything about it. Sad, and frustrating. So, as bad as it is, let's look away because that's the way it is.

1 hour ago, chiang mai said:

I agree with the OP. Too many people repeating and reinforcing the same news, makes for far too much emphasis on the same bad things. I want to know about those things but I don't want hourly updates, new pictures, new theories, all on the same things. It's wearing after a while.

 

I wouldn't mind if there would be any real updates.

But i.e. with the bus on fire and all the dead children, it is obviously what caused this, corruption. And it's obvious that now people will talk for a couple of days or weeks what should be done, and then soon it will all be back to normal. And then another day: I am shocked, how could this happen.

Imagine there would be news that hundreds of corrupt officials were arrested, and that is just the start. I would love to read those news. 

7 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

I wish you were right. But I think people get more and more news and other information in their bubble which confirms what they think already, and the rest is just not mentioned.

YouTube is a good example. On my YouTube homepage I see videos which I will likely like, and I don't see anything which I likely don't like. I can click on 100 videos, and they will all confirm what I know already it true. 😉

With news it's similar. Do I read The Guardian or watch Fox News? 

And let's not forget that many people are stupid and lazy. They feel just fine when they know already "the truth".

I have to double check and find other channels to prove there is more than one side, I can not just accept what everyone thinks is the only truth. Bit that is me, and also make a deep dive in to the history "books" as well, which also might be corrupted. 

 

Anyway, there is always more than one side of every single biased news article, even we would like to believe it is not.

 

I tend to get alot of police violence, and especially horrible motorbike chasing by lunatic police officers, even I try to eliminate topic and the channels, it is overflowing my feed. 

 

As well every single Tate update, even I truly think the guy is disgusting.

 

I guess my interest for extreme sport, motorbikes ans UFC or combat sport in general makes me a target for such feed? Not to mention weapon technology 

10 minutes ago, Hummin said:

tend to get alot of police violence, and especially horrible motorbike chasing by lunatic police officers, even I try to eliminate topic and the channels, it is overflowing my feed. 

I get nothing like that.   You got some bad feeds.

Reading about a child being hit by a bus in downtown Cincinnati will not;

Make me feel good

Help bring him back to life

Fix a problem

So why do I need to read about it every day? (Substitute racial violence in Atlanta, school shootings in Buffalo, mob violence in Madrid, ranting and raving by political candidates, etc. for the bus accident.)  I can't have any impact on these issues, so why do I need to suffer by giving them my attention?

 

No... hearing about these things day after day does NOT make people feel more mentally comfortable. So, I remain 'aware' of the issues but don't get mentally 'involved' with them. I won't carry them around all day.

If you are generally feeling quite happy it shouldn't effect your mood much

22 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

I get nothing like that.   You got some bad feeds.

That's exactly the point.

Maybe for "you", motorcycle problems don't exist. Nobody mentions them...

(Don't take it personal, it's a general statement). 

It seems many here agree that all those bad news are not helpful.

 

So, did you, or maybe a friend, tried and maybe succeeded not to read or watch any news?

7 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

It seems many here agree that all those bad news are not helpful.

 

So, did you, or maybe a friend, tried and maybe succeeded not to read or watch any news?

I skip most of Ukraine, Israel, Gaza Trump and Harris updates here, and only once and awhile briefly click on one visible reply on the View new content tent page. 

 

It is a few here who always manage to trigger my urge to reply because I think they are stuck in a single minded pattern. 

 

 

2 hours ago, mdr224 said:

The world worked fine pre-internet and pre-social media. I wouldnt mind going back to that

Agree.

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Imagine there would be news that hundreds of corrupt officials were arrested, and that is just the start. I would love to read those news.

I agree. But don't hold your breath, the those charged with making arrests, and judges are also corrupt, those at the top will escape justice, while those at the bottom won't IMO.

I manage well with this;  "Mai pen rai..."

Don't want/need more.

 

PS. I taker a break to read news when war etc news get to be too depressing. It's more and more so.

 

 

Best to skim over it and try not to get emotionally involved. It is largely depressing because that’s the kind of news that sells. The msm media (especially) push their, often politically bias/woke, agenda and are sadly more focused on that and making money than telling the news how it actually is. Some folks ‘back home’ are addicted to it, watch every main bulletin and make a point of catching hourly radio broadcasts when on a road trip etc. To what end? Get a F life already!

 

I’ll have a quick gander at the bbc every now and then only because the site and app are uncluttered and work well… but know that what they put out is oftentimes only part of the story. It wasn’t always that way. 

1 hour ago, daveAustin said:

Some folks ‘back home’ are addicted to it, watch every main bulletin and make a point of catching hourly radio broadcasts when on a road trip etc.

That reminds me of when I was young.

In the evening at 7pm or 8pm my father switched on the TV and watched the news.

And then no more new news until the next evening. 

Just now, OneMoreFarang said:

That reminds me of when I was young.

In the evening at 7pm or 8pm my father switched on the TV and watched the news.

And then no more new news until the next evening. 

I stayed at Moonshine in Jomtien where I moved out from prior to the election in Usa 2016. Fox news was rolling from morning to evening over and over again and again. I believe the owner was a former vietnam vet. 

 

It was quite annoying, and I finely moved out. American news, is not just news, it is brainwashing no matter which channel you watch, it is repeating the news and their take enough times to make bad news their heroine 

 

If you read any self-help book on how to be happy, most will start by saying to stop listening to the news. The reason for this is that it's negative most of the time. It's designed to stir up negative emotions within you. I watch a documentary on this years ago where the news outlets use to only tell news that was positive most of the time. They worked out that it wasn't getting as much of an audience compared to being negative, their viewers increased by 1000%.

 

Ever noticed what goes viral? It's what triggers people, hence how Trump received so much attention before the 2016 election and why Andrew Tate was once the most Google man in the world. These two are the masters at stirring up emotions. 

 

Some self-help books say the news is the main reason why people are unhappy today. 

 

I used to read the news all the time where I was moody most of the time and sometimes angry. Since I stopped, I'm mainly happy now. I feel 100 times more happier where my New Years resolution for most years is to stop wasting my time reading the news cause I dump my moods from listening to the news on my family where it upsets them. This is why I gave it up!

 

At the moment, with the US election, I've been reading the news all the time again. My moods are playing up again, which caused my health to play up too. I suffer from back problems, and most back problems are due to stress, cause your nerves run down your spine. Since I stopped reading the news a lot prior to the US elections, my health is near perfect. No back problems, Now my back has been sore for the last 3 weeks... It hasn't been his bad in years. The US election is so important this year cause it affects the world. 

 

I also find that people who don't follow the news are 100 times happier compared to people that follow the news, what they are doing is taking the burdon of the world onto your shoulders instead of just your and your family's problems. After the US election, I will stop listening to the news except a little on a Sunday. I find once a week (moderation) is the key. 

The less one consumes the rubbish that passes for news on MSM these days the happier one will be, IMO.

It's so bad now that sometimes I have to turn it off just to stop being angry.

 

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

The less one consumes the rubbish that passes for news on MSM these days the happier one will be, IMO.

It's so bad now that sometimes I have to turn it off just to stop being angry.

 

I guess reading Breitbart is so much better. Or maybe not?

8 hours ago, organicman said:

The US election is so important this year cause it affects the world. 

 

The result of that election affects the world. 

If you are an US citizen, then I can understand if you get involved to convince people how they should vote. But otherwise, I think it's like watching a soap opera. It's often hilarious but we don't actually miss anything if we don't watch the fighting.

I still see the headlines, and I just read an article about Bob Woodward's new book about Trump. But that was the only article which I read about Trump for maybe a week.

We can all decide to skip a lot of the news. I will read on the 7th of November who won that election. And hopefully then I can forget that I ever heard about Trump. Or maybe then it will get interesting what he will do next. But until then, let's sit back.