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Post by MetalBlade on Nov 3, 2009 8:58:42 GMT -1
www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/09/overcoming-news-addiction/# I found This Interesting blog this morning, and realised this applies to me. So I am going to try this and see what happens. I find myself scouring the news channels and teletext looking for ultimately meaningless news stories to feed what I now realise is an addiction of sorts. I found it quite sad when I realised everything in this blog, I was experiencing also. So here goes. Whenever I feel the need to inject news, I'm gonna go for a walk in the park and try to shed a few stone before I'm 40 next year.
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Post by Knoxville on Nov 6, 2009 22:12:11 GMT -1
lol, I have this too. I hate not knowing what is going on in the world. I check Sky News active like 5 times a day, its awful. Plus it never changes over like 3 days so it seems kinda pointless. I also buy two newspapers daily, dunno why though, I just do.
I couldn't imagine going cold turkey. Imagine all the stuff you wouldn't know!
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Post by MetalBlade on Nov 7, 2009 5:40:22 GMT -1
Not entered the cold turkey stage yet and it's been five days so far.
However, my mate in California phoned me last night and told me about some soldier nut going postal at an army barracks. I still resisted the temptation of switching on Sky News though. I don't mind being told news, I'm just gonna continue to choose not to watch it on my own accord.
It's great so far, as I've just discovered Warehouse 13.
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Post by Woo on Nov 7, 2009 11:35:05 GMT -1
I'm going to post shit loads of stories in the News section now!!
With stuff like "*SPOILER- GORDON BROWN QUITS!*
Didn't really happen Metal.
Or did it?!!!! Nope.
Or did it!?
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Post by MetalBlade on Nov 7, 2009 15:10:13 GMT -1
Cool, I'd rather live with paranoia than addiction.
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Post by EZD on Jan 8, 2010 18:00:59 GMT -1
I was a news junkie for a while. Now I'm not. Neither is better than the other IMO. However, I did find myself getting in a lot more debates when I did watch the news whereas now I just say, "I dunno."
Kinda nice not having to fight with morons about shit I can't change.
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Post by MetalBlade on Jan 8, 2010 22:12:53 GMT -1
Lol, that's exactly what I do now. I have no idea what's going on in the world so I can't argue about it.
The only problem now is I find myself focussing on my own problems now, which is kinda depressing in itself.
My name is MetalBlade, and I am an addict. I haven't watched the news in over two months.
YAAAAAY!
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Post by EZD on Jan 24, 2010 22:13:46 GMT -1
Yeah. Depression sucks. Now I'm depressed that I'm depressed. That sucks. Everything sucks.
I'm gonna go watch the news. It'll cheer me up.
Wait, what?
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Post by MetalBlade on Jan 24, 2010 22:38:20 GMT -1
What's Tiger Woods up to these days? I hear he's been in the news.
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Post by EZD on Jan 24, 2010 22:47:02 GMT -1
He's a sex addict, had a bunch of affairs.
I don't care one way or another. He lost some cool points with me, I'm sure that hurts his feelings.
I wanna know if they found BIG and Pac's killers yet.
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Post by Woo on Jan 27, 2010 18:57:15 GMT -1
Tiger Woods s now officially a legend in my book! You always see those Gillette adverts where the guy shaves and suddenly the girl is all over him, well Tiger Woods proves that Gillette really is the best a man can get.
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Post by Knoxville on Jan 27, 2010 20:04:57 GMT -1
Tiger Woods s now officially a legend in my book! You always see those Gillette adverts where the guy shaves and suddenly the girl is all over him, well Tiger Woods proves that Gillette really is the best a man can get. Haha thats quality Woo. I might even make it my facebook status. |
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Post by MetalBlade on Jan 27, 2010 21:00:54 GMT -1
Fnarr fnarr!
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Post by Knoxville on Feb 1, 2010 11:49:23 GMT -1
So I've decided to do this in a completely different way.
As of this morning, I have blocked all wrestling websites on my computer. For the whole month of Feb, I'm going to go cold turkey on wrestling news and see if I enjoy the products any more than I have been by knowing the spoilers.
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Post by Steala on Feb 1, 2010 12:30:29 GMT -1
So I've decided to do this in a completely different way. As of this morning, I have blocked all wrestling websites on my computer. For the whole month of Feb, I'm going to go cold turkey on wrestling news and see if I enjoy the products any more than I have been by knowing the spoilers. You chose the shortest month of the year to try this? That's commitment. Anyway, I've been doing this for the past two years or so. I'm gonna say it doesn't help. |
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