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I check Twitter to learn what I should be outraged about. I literally say to myself "I wonder what I should be outraged about today?" and then lo and behold, Tw

I check Twitter to learn what I should be outraged about. I literally say to myself "I wonder what I should be outraged about today?" and then lo and behold, Twitter tells me. I don't know where else to get that information. I wish I did, since Twitter is very inefficient with too many people retweeting the same tidbit so they can try their hand at a witty rejoinder. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the rejoinders, but they're also exhausting and lower the signal to noise ratio a lot.

garmaine 6y ago
Why do you want to be outraged?
- ThankYouBernard 6y ago
  Why do you not want to be outraged? Do you have a source to say that being not outraged is better than being outraged?
- liminal 6y ago
  There's a lot of stuff I want to know about that I don't know where else to find out about it, and much of this is outraging. For example, a lot of my Twitter feed is people pointing out how the Canadian media misrepresents events with a pro-conservative bias. Perhaps ignorance would be bliss, but I opt for a daily dose of poison to keep my tolerance up.
  - rubyist5eva 6y ago
    Have you ever thought that you think your perception of Canadian media is that way because Twitter is full of outraged leftists who think everything right of Marx is "far right propoganda"? Because as a Canadian that stays off of twitter because I find it toxic and not useful, I have to say when you wrote that Canadian media is pro-conservative I kinda laughed out loud a little.
    - liminal 6y ago
      Don't forget the moderate/centrist outrage with both the leftists and rightists.
nercury 6y ago
It's possible to unfollow everyone who posts outrage tweets, give it a try. It will become eerily quiet, and hopefully only occasional once-a-day quality tweet will remain.
KineticLensman 6y ago
> I don't know where else to get that information. The Daily Mail is a fairly good source of 'fury' (a term they use a lot in their headlines).
rubyist5eva 6y ago
You could try just...not being outraged?

garmaine 6y ago

Why do you want to be outraged?

ThankYouBernard 6y ago
Why do you not want to be outraged? Do you have a source to say that being not outraged is better than being outraged?
liminal 6y ago
There's a lot of stuff I want to know about that I don't know where else to find out about it, and much of this is outraging. For example, a lot of my Twitter feed is people pointing out how the Canadian media misrepresents events with a pro-conservative bias. Perhaps ignorance would be bliss, but I opt for a daily dose of poison to keep my tolerance up.
- rubyist5eva 6y ago
  Have you ever thought that you think your perception of Canadian media is that way because Twitter is full of outraged leftists who think everything right of Marx is "far right propoganda"? Because as a Canadian that stays off of twitter because I find it toxic and not useful, I have to say when you wrote that Canadian media is pro-conservative I kinda laughed out loud a little.
  - liminal 6y ago
    Don't forget the moderate/centrist outrage with both the leftists and rightists.

nercury 6y ago

It's possible to unfollow everyone who posts outrage tweets, give it a try. It will become eerily quiet, and hopefully only occasional once-a-day quality tweet will remain.

KineticLensman 6y ago

> I don't know where else to get that information. The Daily Mail is a fairly good source of 'fury' (a term they use a lot in their headlines).

rubyist5eva 6y ago

You could try just...not being outraged?