My rabidly right-wing dad has been uploading all his old CDs into his car's cool new stereo system and he says he's in a great mood now that he's listening to music instead of ragebaiting right-wing radio. Meanwhile here I am on social media getting pissed off, the old man has owned me again
I realized at some point early in the Trump admin that I was ruining my life by turning on the news first thing in the morning wondering what awful thing he did today, that getting on social media
So I stopped and now first thing I start reading some non-fiction book about the arts - much calmer!
I have been depressed for over 30 years. I've had a few epiphanies this week and I genuinely don't think I would have had the clarity for self reflection if I was still angry from stuff I saw on twitter.
People are largely nice here so I use this.
But does he still watch Fox News? I'd say that because both my right-leaning parents watch it for the "news" and I fear they're getting too addicted to it.