Mastodawn

Nov 19, 2019

I'm slowly starting to process the fact that not everyone reads the news.

Instagram and TikTok is proving again and again that people prefer to not look at the ugliness in the world and just keep away from it all.

Maybe it's escapism, maybe it's self-preservation. I'm also changing my opinion about how, "Everyone needs to be updated about the latest news stuff."

They really don't. Fuck it. Live in your little bubbles & be happy.

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Chandrima Das Nov 19, 2019

@Memeghnad Not reading the news all the time is also an attempt to live into our individual realities, not just the collective ones.
No individual who is constantly connected to the collective (whether it's nation, religion, fate of humanity, etc.) can grow and learn in their individual capacity. A little disconnection allows quirkiness, originality.
It also helps to not have live in anxiety 24/7. No useful contribution can come from that state of mind.

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Sandip Bhattacharya ☮️

@hackiechan Really well said. Completely agree.

Mentally speaking, I have always felt that I only get a sense of passing time in my real world, not the online world.

So when I spend more time online or on my mobile, I feel time in my real life is passing by too quickly, and gives a very disorienting and disconnected feeling in my day to day life.

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