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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Thu Feb 1, 2018, 10:17 PM Feb 2018

You Almost Have To Quit Watching News. Each New Day Is Living Hell, Torture, Pain, Et Al.

A erosion certainly does want to stay informed in this twisted time. Yet each day the news is another day of torture. PTSD among the populace who cares is likely growing by the day.

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You Almost Have To Quit Watching News. Each New Day Is Living Hell, Torture, Pain, Et Al. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Feb 2018 OP
I am more hopeful than you are Gothmog Feb 2018 #1
I stopped watching news after Nov 8, 2016. honest.abe Feb 2018 #2
Yeah. Im starting to limit my intake of the demise of the American empire. roamer65 Feb 2018 #3
LOL! Great line, close to "THEY almost want US to stop watching the news". Not gonna happen! n/t FreepFryer Feb 2018 #4
I stopped in 2008. All of TV, actually. I highly recommend it. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2018 #5
Thought of another: "You Almost Have To Be Kidding Me With This Discouragement, Et Al." (n/t) FreepFryer Feb 2018 #6
Every Day I Wake Up And Say, "What Fresh Outrage Is It Today?" ChoppinBroccoli Feb 2018 #7

Gothmog

(145,264 posts)
1. I am more hopeful than you are
Thu Feb 1, 2018, 10:20 PM
Feb 2018

I remember being very depressed when Reagan was elected but we survived someone who was just as stupid and senile as trump

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
3. Yeah. Im starting to limit my intake of the demise of the American empire.
Thu Feb 1, 2018, 10:20 PM
Feb 2018

Never thought it would die via Russian infiltration.

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,784 posts)
7. Every Day I Wake Up And Say, "What Fresh Outrage Is It Today?"
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 12:38 AM
Feb 2018

And he never disappoints. It's literally something new EVERY DAY. But as I tell people, all this we're putting up with now will only make it THAT much sweeter when he leaves the White House in disgrace. Hopefully in cuffs.

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