Burnt out on all the bad news

SimNut · 10-08-08, 05:19 PM

I'm really getting a bit tired of all of the doom and gloom, talking about wars, financial crisis, oil prices, global warming....... jeeze it's enough to give optimists a bout of depression.

Is it just me or is everyone starting to get tired of hearing about all the problems we're facing today? Normal conversations with people, the dinner table, social events, it seems like the topic always ends up on the latest crisis.

I'm old. I watched Walter Cronkite on the evening news in black and white. Then the local news would be another 1/2 hour. Between that and the newspapers, that was our news and our view into the world. Of course as a kid I payed attention to different things, but I don't recall things being this bad.

We're all so connected now and news (especially bad news) is in your face 24/7 and we now hear about all the crap happening everywhere in the world, instantly, with pictures and video.

I still haven't figured out if things are worse than they were before, or if it's always been like this and we just didn't know about all of it.

Either way, I could use some good news right about now.

10-08-08, 05:19 PM	#1
SimNut A-ganger Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 75 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Burnt out on all the bad news I'm really getting a bit tired of all of the doom and gloom, talking about wars, financial crisis, oil prices, global warming....... jeeze it's enough to give optimists a bout of depression. Is it just me or is everyone starting to get tired of hearing about all the problems we're facing today? Normal conversations with people, the dinner table, social events, it seems like the topic always ends up on the latest crisis. I'm old. I watched Walter Cronkite on the evening news in black and white. Then the local news would be another 1/2 hour. Between that and the newspapers, that was our news and our view into the world. Of course as a kid I payed attention to different things, but I don't recall things being this bad. We're all so connected now and news (especially bad news) is in your face 24/7 and we now hear about all the crap happening everywhere in the world, instantly, with pictures and video. I still haven't figured out if things are worse than they were before, or if it's always been like this and we just didn't know about all of it. Either way, I could use some good news right about now.