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sexy_wash_bucket t1_j8omn3o wrote

Reply to comment by extra_specticles in [OC] Lately Reddit made me feel down and I just had to figure out why, data gathered over 3 days, 263 posts scrolled through and each one analyzed how it made me actually feel. RESULTS: 35% positive 23% neutral 42% negative posts. by NecrisRO

Don’t you feel like hiding the depressing subs is just kind of a head in the sand situation though? For me I feel shitty reading bad news, but then I also feel shitty avoiding it. Womp

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kemh t1_j8oomah wrote

For me, it's a mental health issue. I have to "hide my head in the sand" to some extent, otherwise the likelihood increases that I'll finally decide that nothing is worth it anymore.

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Onesie13 t1_j8p7psj wrote

Sure but if you're only viewing sad/bad news from selected subreddits then it's easy to conflate that with the normal or assume it's happening more often and it could just be a rare select one off.

Shouldn't stick your head in the sand but I wish the amount of good/bad news is proportional to what is happening in the real world but sensationalism gets more clicks which also means more hot/top threads.

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extra_specticles t1_j8prbrn wrote

I don't feel shitty stopping having shit things put into my life. I only have one life and a certain number of clicks. I don't want to be wasting them on knobends.

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