My previous phone unexpectedly became a brick, that I haphazardly tried to reanimate and probably made whole situation worse.
On a new one I proceeded to not install most of doomscrolling apps I used, and my main source of news now are my 70+ y.o. colleagues. Quality of life significantly improved, zero regrets.
Nah, in this part of the world 70 is a bit above Facebook age bracket, and people will roll their eyes if you try to tell them what is happening in US, partly due to unflattering opinion on Americans.
My previous phone unexpectedly became a brick, that I haphazardly tried to reanimate and probably made whole situation worse.
On a new one I proceeded to not install most of doomscrolling apps I used, and my main source of news now are my 70+ y.o. colleagues. Quality of life significantly improved, zero regrets.
Sounds nice, except for this part:
Since people their age will generally tend to get their news from Faux News and/or the worst parts of Facebook…
I’ve decided to shake up my news gathering, and will now only take on board what my 75yo mother in law has read on Facebook.
What could go wrong?
Nah, in this part of the world 70 is a bit above Facebook age bracket, and people will roll their eyes if you try to tell them what is happening in US, partly due to unflattering opinion on Americans.
Stderrnia
…you alright?
My bad. I must have nodded off on the keyboard.
😄 It happens 🤷🏻
I’m a huge advocate of e-ink phones for a similar reason. Genuinely been a huge benefit ditching the traditional smartphone.
I also want to have the privilege of ignoring the news, and everything will be fine.
Except while I do that, some people actively make our life worse. I still experience the consequences, just much later and firsthand.