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> The final straw for me was finding myself angry about the vague opinions of people I don't really care about at all. I laughed when I read this because I've
by josefresco 5y ago
> The final straw for me was finding myself angry about the vague opinions of people I don't really care about at all.
I laughed when I read this because I've replaced browsing Twitter while eating breakfast with reading my local newspaper. Today I was so upset by what I read in the paper, the feeling stuck with me all morning. In my head I composed several "letters to the editor" and only now am I finally moving on. I won't write those letters, but I probably would have engaged with that content on Twitter. I don't know what this means, but being outraged at the news is not exclusive to new media.
- sersnth 5y agoYour comment reminds me of this comic https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/mind-3 https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/mind-3 Perhaps with social media it applies as much to younger people as well.
- Thorentis 5y agoThis still seems healthier. You were angry about something presumably in much closer proximity to you, and therefore in a much better position to change/do something about. You didn't have an immediate way to fire off a response, so you had to think about it more. Twitter takes all those things and gives us the worst possible version: outrage you can engage immediately with, about issues on the other side of the planet.