People do a quick check-in to see if anyone important has died or if anything has blown up, then they're moving on to the important reality TV after the national and local news. That's if they even bother to turn on any news at all, much less wander over to one of the all-news stations.
And I myself will be wearing pink taffeta as chenille would not go with my complexion.
Giles ,'Touched'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Jul 14, 2013 8:02:23 am PDT #29144 of 30001
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Jessica - Jul 14, 2013 8:40:44 am PDT #29145 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The thing that really annoys me about the 24 hour news cycle is they often just cover the same 3 stories all day long on repeat, when there are so many important things left unreported or under reported.
I loathe 24-hour news networks for many reasons, and this is a big one.
le nubian - Jul 14, 2013 8:51:50 am PDT #29146 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Evening nightly news is useless. I watch it when I'm with my parents and I'm just stunned anew at how uninformative it is.
The local news (and I live in a big metro area) is WORSE. Holy shit.
Shir - Jul 14, 2013 8:54:22 am PDT #29147 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I loathe 24-hour news networks for many reasons, and this is a big one.
Oh, so much this. I try to listen as much as possible to those who come back to the same "story" (I write it like this because these are not stories, there are human beings behind them) every month or every few months. Sometimes every week.
Edited: grammar.
NoiseDesign - Jul 14, 2013 9:34:18 am PDT #29148 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
Many many folks do not have interest in finding out the news. I wouldn't be shocked to find out my sister doesn't even know who Trayvon Martin is, let alone about the killing and the case.
-t - Jul 14, 2013 9:54:21 am PDT #29149 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I do not have any interest in finding out the news. I pick up stuff here or on Facebook or just general conversation and that is depressing enough.
meara - Jul 14, 2013 10:10:21 am PDT #29150 of 30001
I read the paper online. That, Facebook links, here, and NPR.
I need help motivating myself to clean. Part of the problem is I have lots of papers that should be either filed or dealt with or shredded, but if I get I to that I don't clean...but if I just stick them all in a box, I never deal with them (which is how I end up with a huge box of papers that need to be looked at!)
-t - Jul 14, 2013 10:20:51 am PDT #29151 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dealing with papers should count as cleaning.
Laura - Jul 14, 2013 10:49:40 am PDT #29152 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Evening nightly news is useless. I watch it when I'm with my parents and I'm just stunned anew at how uninformative it is.
The local news (and I live in a big metro area) is WORSE. Holy shit.
I am le nubian. My only exception to my local news ban is when we have a hurricane because the local weather people are so much better than the national news.
I likely listen to MSNBC too much, but most of my news is via internet, or here.
meara - Jul 14, 2013 10:52:37 am PDT #29153 of 30001
t, it does count, but not if I end up with great files and still have other crap strewn about the room. (I think it's part of my Virgo-ness, I can also do things like seriously organize a bathroom cabinet while having bottles and lotions an jewelry still all over the counter...but by then I'm too tired to clean those!)