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I'm not a big reader of news, but here in germany you hear a lot about the situation over there. Just a few days ago they bombed their own people with fighterje

by mikub 3y ago

I'm not a big reader of news, but here in germany you hear a lot about the situation over there. Just a few days ago they bombed their own people with fighterjets. And of course there was that meme with the girl doing some yogaclass while in the background you could see the military vehicles starting the coup. """ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r6vnSR0wbI&pp=ygUXbXlhbm1hciBjb3VwIGdpcmwgZGFuY2U%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r6vnSR0wbI&pp=ygUXbXlhbm1hc... """

hammyhavoc 3y ago
Just an observation: in the time I spent in Berlin, I felt like I had a much better idea of what was going on in the world just from local news sources, which surprised me. The UK definitely feels like a bubble in and of itself (hence focusing on RSS feeds instead of TV). The USA is like the UK dialled up another notch. It's of course very US-centric, as you would expect.
- crossroadsguy 3y ago
  UK has been able to keep its generations of citizens blissfully unblemished by its true colonial past - the horrors, massacres, and the genocides - many many of each kind of them. I wouldn’t be surprised if the more recent events also get rather easily skipped.
- mikub 3y ago
  The good thing here is that you have the public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF which have really good news coverage, corospondents all around the world, or some "newsshows" that also tell you about some forgoten conflicts or such things from time to time. I was living in NewZealand for one year and the TV and newspapers always felt somehow sensationalist to me. One of the things I miss though, are some good FM radio talkstations, but now that we have podcasts thats not so much of a problem anymore.
v3ss0n 3y ago
Yeah , it happened a few weeks ago and i couldn't focus on anything after that event for a few days. The fear of it could be me and my family , anytime is overwhelming.

by mikub 3y ago

hammyhavoc 3y ago

Just an observation: in the time I spent in Berlin, I felt like I had a much better idea of what was going on in the world just from local news sources, which surprised me. The UK definitely feels like a bubble in and of itself (hence focusing on RSS feeds instead of TV). The USA is like the UK dialled up another notch. It's of course very US-centric, as you would expect.

crossroadsguy 3y ago
UK has been able to keep its generations of citizens blissfully unblemished by its true colonial past - the horrors, massacres, and the genocides - many many of each kind of them. I wouldn’t be surprised if the more recent events also get rather easily skipped.
mikub 3y ago
The good thing here is that you have the public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF which have really good news coverage, corospondents all around the world, or some "newsshows" that also tell you about some forgoten conflicts or such things from time to time. I was living in NewZealand for one year and the TV and newspapers always felt somehow sensationalist to me. One of the things I miss though, are some good FM radio talkstations, but now that we have podcasts thats not so much of a problem anymore.

v3ss0n 3y ago

Yeah , it happened a few weeks ago and i couldn't focus on anything after that event for a few days. The fear of it could be me and my family , anytime is overwhelming.