Yes. It wasn't a conscious decision - I used to be obsessed with what was going on - but I have almost completely checked out. It's especially difficult to know

Yes. It wasn't a conscious decision - I used to be obsessed with what was going on - but I have almost completely checked out. It's especially difficult to know what the current affairs are with WFH. Sometimes I'm a little embarrassed when trying to make small talk with someone who brings up [huge news story everyone has been talking about for the last week] and it's the first I'm hearing of it. Throughout the pandemic my girlfriend would occasionally give me updates, for example about having to wear a mask or being barred from businesses for not being vaccinated. I do have an RSS feed set up for 4chan that I check on occasionally as it's proven to be a great source for things that I'd like to actively know more about. It's an indictment of the MSM that you may hear from them about a "lone wolf with no known motive" with a doctored photo, meanwhile 4chan has his entire biography, photos, religious affiliations, criminal record, and analysed his entire social media history in a fraction of the time.