Matthew GertzFree advice for people who aren't paid to watch cable news: Turn it off, log out, read a book or something, see where things are when you wake up in the morning. You aren't learning anything useful right now.
It’s a very low level of info (because no one knows more now than they will tomorrow) so unless you really love the tainment (endless anchor vamping and digital screens) it’s not a great value proposition.
Gau@MattGertz This sounds you trying to get people to stop watching Kornacki
WndlB@MattGertz Seriously, I’m muting.
jenn.@MattGertz The thing is, I know you're right. I need some sort of detox program.
amazingprizzini@MattGertz BUT THE NEEDLE
Dave@amazingprizzini @MattGertz 😝 you're a masochist like me? 🤣🤣🤣
Have a 🍷 or 🍺 if you're so inclined
@Brightdave @MattGertz goodness, yes.
shaun@MattGertz @amazingprizzini 🎶 Ohh, the damage done
LaOneHuman@MattGertz Exactly
Llamagorn@MattGertz Excellent advice. I’m doing just that.
Rachel Maria@MattGertz I’m watching #TCM lots of Robert Ryan films 🎥 today. Oh behave Rach 🤩
Richard A. Wells@MattGertz BUT STEVE KORNACKI
Mona Sigal MD@MattGertz that’s EXACTLY what I am going to do
GuitarGirl@MattGertz Cable news has become a health hazard, honestly. It’s madness.
Cris -serial crafter, geek!@MattGertz done and done👍I’m picking up Thai from my favorite place and then shall go home and sit in front of my fire and knit :)
Churro Enthusiast@MattGertz Sound advice.
Robert A. Hill@MattGertz I am choosing to simply work on my personal project and recover from being sick. There is absolutely nothing I can do about the results, but I am hoping for the best.
NanaKim@MattGertz So should I get back to reading Confidence Man? Or listening to the trump tapes?
HappaWolves@MattGertz watching a bunch of christmas movies and old retro game shows
Ginny@MattGertz Passing the time watching Jeopardy
ATellurian@MattGertz I'm going to watch local new coverage the first few minutes after the polls close then shut off the TV and read.
Paul Willett@MattGertz Hey, we can watch a hockey game without being bombarded by toxic election ads every five minutes! Winner, winner!
jeffhorowitzNJ@MattGertz Thanks, I sat down, turned to the coverage, which was thankfully in commercial, then read your post (toot?). Looking at streaming for a bit, and have some personal paperwork to do. Much better for my sanity!!!
Catrathustra@MattGertz boo hiss
Kyle Woodley@MattGertz I’m watching MACtion — OU vs Miami. No need to stress myself out. The results will be the results whether I’m watching or not.
graymatter@MattGertz Your right…back to Netflix
Jayne 📚☘️🐾💃🏻🎶🌊🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻@MattGertz I’m shutting it off shortly. My anxiety isn’t going to make a difference. I’ve done all I could.
Bethany Usher@MattGertz I am doing this. But as a UK political junkie because I stayed up on the Trump horror night I did end up comforting Ally Sheedy from the Breakfast Club on that other site we don't mention any more. So there are upsides. 😎 Night and good luck, good folks across the pond. #midterm #electionsus
Rose Darling
Joan Locke@MattGertz
Watch “The Offer” it’s really good
Watch “The Offer” it’s really good
ckinneen@MattGertz agreed, but keep checking back in. Feeling like I can’t sit still tonight.
Musique NonStop [TECHNOPOP]@MattGertz I closed the birdsite tab, and no tv til tomorrow evening.
Ingeborg@MattGertz Still up in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Am gonna call it a (short) night. Wish you all luck but especially #VoteBlueAllTheWayDownTheBallot.
We also need the US to stay a functioning democracy.
Karrin Anderson@MattGertz I'm watching a horror movie instead of election results. Because I'll sleep better.
Anne Ursu@MattGertz playing Mario Party here (and, okay, peeking into mastodon)
Schawn Schoch@MattGertz it sucks for us who work night shift…
Nora Burns@MattGertz @WarYarnSpinner I wish I was the kind of person who could take this advice. I really do.
RegisterandVote@MattGertz Happy that today was my cataract surgery. Too blurry to watch anything. Too sleepy to care.
Alexandra Samuel@MattGertz ok but can I have your number so if my mom calls and wants to talk about how it's going, I can foward to your number?
Lisa@MattGertz I don’t know, it’s getting pretty interesting!
plount 🇷🇴 🇺🇦 🇪🇺I've been doing that for more than 15 years.
I'm Romanian, and my moment of clarity was when a reporter asked a lady whose children were just killed in a house fire "how do you feel?"
@MattGertz thanks best advice for the moment
@MattGertz I can’t stop
The Skeptic's Book of Lists@MattGertz I killed CNN after Biden was sworn in. Won't pay for a cable news channel ever again. Even when I agree with the politics of the network it's just non stop politicking, whinging, doom, gloom, etc. Doom scrolling is free online. You don't need to hand your cable company $5 a month to have it on your dial too.