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Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed

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757 points headalgorithm | 1 comments | 05 Feb 25 14:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.481s | source
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morpheos137 ◴[05 Feb 25 16:20 UTC] No.42950747[source]▶
If you're outraged by anything that does not directly impact your life you're doing life wrong. We all have limited time and energy. I have never been able to understand people who get emotional over things they read online that have no impact on their day to day life.
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1. kccoder ◴[05 Feb 25 17:52 UTC] No.42952362[source]▶
> I have never been able to understand people who get emotional over things they read online that have no impact on their day to day life.

Maybe they have more empathy for the plight of others?

Also, it is often the case that the events of today which don't directly affect you, if not stopped, will affect you before you know it, at which point it is too late to do anything about.

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