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Tribetime

(6,418 posts) Fri Nov 8, 2024, 11:09 PM Nov 8

I have not watched any news or cable since Tuesday and I feel

Pretty good considering...I'm not going to let this defeat me..I may lose my health insurance since I got cancer but I will never let maga take my happiness I will always look for what I can be thankful for that I am so much more blessed than millions and millions who are much much more worse off than me.

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I have not watched any news or cable since Tuesday and I feel (Original Post) Tribetime Nov 8 OP

I did the same Woodwizard Nov 8 #1

I never watched any of the election news. I found out Trump had won as I expected at 6 am doc03 Nov 8 #2

The autopsy shouldn't be worse than the murder. ... littlemissmartypants Nov 9 #14

Same here BigDemVoter Nov 8 #3

I am trying very hard to emulate your attitude. Susan Calvin Nov 9 #4

Your post is touching and sweet. chouchou Nov 9 #5

Peace and every good dealing with your situation Hassler Nov 9 #6

I cancelled my SlingTV subscription about 5 minutes ago. I only used it for news. I am done with all MSM. 33taw Nov 9 #7

I I tried to watch some news, but it was just too much. lucca18 Nov 9 #8

... ailsagirl Nov 9 #9

Haven't watched MSM for weeks MontanaMama Nov 9 #10

I spent most of the day binge watching Law and Order & L&O SVU yellowdogintexas Nov 9 #11

Always a good choice! We should have watch parties! 👍 littlemissmartypants Nov 9 #13

❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 9 #12

Me too! Blue_Roses Nov 9 #15

Life is too short and beautiful to be anxious and angry all of the time. n/t Yavin4 Nov 9 #16

We have been MSNBC addicts way back to the Olbermann years Silver Gaia Nov 9 #17

Woodwizard

(1,036 posts)

1. I did the same

Reply to Tribetime (Original post)

Fri Nov 8, 2024, 11:20 PM

Nov 8

Actually stopped a few weeks before the election, everything is a horse race for clicks and ratings.

Been going on long bike rides. And working in my shop listening to music. I don't need rehashing of it all.

Just kind of numb.

doc03

(36,964 posts)

2. I never watched any of the election news. I found out Trump had won as I expected at 6 am

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Fri Nov 8, 2024, 11:45 PM

Nov 8

Wednesday. I figured it was over after we didn't get any bounce out of the convention. It just had the feeling of 2016.
I have watched less than 1 hour total of news this week. It is just the same old bullshit. They trot out one analyst
after another and everyone has a different reason for us losing.

littlemissmartypants

(25,906 posts)

14. The autopsy shouldn't be worse than the murder. ...

Reply to doc03 (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 9, 2024, 01:45 AM

Nov 9

But here we are.

❤️

BigDemVoter

(4,554 posts)

3. Same here

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Fri Nov 8, 2024, 11:58 PM

Nov 8

Am on vacation & will disconnect cable upon my return.

Susan Calvin

(2,153 posts)

4. I am trying very hard to emulate your attitude.

Reply to Tribetime (Original post)

Sat Nov 9, 2024, 12:17 AM

Nov 9

I do it better some days than others.

chouchou

(1,432 posts)

5. Your post is touching and sweet.

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Sat Nov 9, 2024, 12:42 AM

Nov 9

Hassler

(3,783 posts)

6. Peace and every good dealing with your situation

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Sat Nov 9, 2024, 12:51 AM

Nov 9

33taw

(2,922 posts)

7. I cancelled my SlingTV subscription about 5 minutes ago. I only used it for news. I am done with all MSM.

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Sat Nov 9, 2024, 12:55 AM

Nov 9

lucca18

(1,324 posts)

8. I I tried to watch some news, but it was just too much.

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Sat Nov 9, 2024, 01:10 AM

Nov 9

It's so unbelievable what happened, and so sad for everyone.
Please take care of yourself.

ailsagirl

(23,870 posts)

9. ...

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Sat Nov 9, 2024, 01:12 AM

Nov 9

MontanaMama

(24,087 posts)

10. Haven't watched MSM for weeks

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Sat Nov 9, 2024, 01:23 AM

Nov 9

other than election night. There’s no benefit to watching now. It’s all BS.

yellowdogintexas

(22,819 posts)

11. I spent most of the day binge watching Law and Order & L&O SVU

Reply to Tribetime (Original post)

Sat Nov 9, 2024, 01:23 AM

Nov 9

It felt really good

littlemissmartypants

(25,906 posts)

13. Always a good choice! We should have watch parties! 👍

Reply to yellowdogintexas (Reply #11)

Sat Nov 9, 2024, 01:42 AM

Nov 9

❤️

littlemissmartypants

(25,906 posts)

12. ❤️

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Sat Nov 9, 2024, 01:40 AM

Nov 9

Blue_Roses

(13,456 posts)

15. Me too!

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Sat Nov 9, 2024, 03:21 AM

Nov 9

Yavin4

(36,615 posts)

16. Life is too short and beautiful to be anxious and angry all of the time. n/t

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Sat Nov 9, 2024, 03:24 AM

Nov 9

Silver Gaia

(4,915 posts)

17. We have been MSNBC addicts way back to the Olbermann years

Reply to Tribetime (Original post)

Sat Nov 9, 2024, 06:48 AM

Nov 9

in the early 2000s. We turned it off Tuesday night and back on briefly the next day to hear Kamala speak. That's it.

I'm tired, exhausted of Trump 24/7. So is my hubby. And our daughter. And that's all it has been. Even here on DU, which I think of as my "home" on the internet, there has just been too much focus on whatever his latest outrage is or was, and not enough on what is right and good about us and our people. I don't mean that as a disrespect, just a realization. I mean, I did it, too. I think we all just hoped we'd wake up one day, tune in to news or load up DU, and learn that he was arrested and jailed, or maybe even dead. It was an obsession. And I have to let that go. My family has to let that go.

I have to focus and center myself now on simple joys, kindness, and working and sharing with others toward shared goals. I see myself now as having been consumed by the darkness emanating from that sociopath. I need it to be cleansed from my system.

So that means not watching news, no more MSNBC, which I have loved. I am still here on DU, and have no plans to leave, but I am careful what I click on.

I doubt I will feel this way forever. It's a healing process. And I know I am not "done," either. (My paperclip attests to that.) But I am breathing, and healing, and regrouping. For now.

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