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PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. Some of you might want to try to find a button on your remote

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Feb 8, 2025, 03:38 PM

Feb 8

that enables you to turn the TV "off". Or your cell phone. "Off" is a novel concept, but extremely effective.

For one thing, about 90% of the news is repeated, endlessly, during the news cycle. You simply don't learn anything new. So, go watch a documentary. Go to a movie, out with friends. Read a book. Too many people never read a book.

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How many waking hours a day are you taking a break from this catastrophe? [View all] milestogo Feb 8 OP

There is no escape. Voltaire2 Feb 8 #1

Just getting over the flu. I didn't look in except once or twice a day. Scrivener7 Feb 8 #2

And while you're continuing, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 8 #4

Some of you might want to try to find a button on your remote PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 8 #3